The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With BartonWhy we are all facing a lack of nutrients in our food supply and why this is a new phenomenonThis issue is important because we are getting 50% less minerals in food but can’t easily take in 2x calories to compensate so we have to figure out what to doHow his Mom's struggle with life threatening health issues led to his work in this areaThe body is always putting out warning signs and speaking to us in a way we might not understandHow modern farming practices are causing a rapid depletion of minerals in our food supply and how if minerals are not present in the soil, they can’t be in the food (similar to a mother not being able to give nutrients she doesn’t have to her child in utero)Why blood tests aren’t necessarily accurate for mineralsBlood tests are “you on your best behavior because we will pull from bone marrow or even organs to make sure blood is as ideal as possibleWhy abnormal results in blood tests can indicate that a person has had a deficiency for decades8 out of 10 people are deficient in magnesiumWhy most women are also low on testosteroneMinerals are the building blocks for hormones and neurotransmittersHow absorbable minerals can help with things like making melatonin or serotonin naturally and how taking a very bioavailable one can help even if you have digestive issues or other things going on that make it hard to get them from foodMagnesium activates over 3200 proteins and over 800 enzymatic pathways in the bodyMinerals are a “light switch” of sorts that open the circuit for the body to be able to use other things like vitaminsHow activity level impacts mineral needRisk factors for mineral deficienciesWhy most people are also deficient in potassium and how potassium is connected to energyWhat sodium and lithium deficiencies causeResources We MentionUpgraded FormulasLMNT - salt and electrolytesThe Surrender Experiment by Michael A. SingerClean Gut: The Breakthrough Plan for Eliminating the Root Cause of Disease and Revolutionizing Your Health by Alejandro Junger

Episode Highlights With ToddThe problems with most wines todayWhy most wines are not natural and the unsavory things added to most wines todayWhat we don’t know about wine may be hurting usAlcohol is objectively toxic and why Todd, as the wine guy, explains this in depth and why it can be best not to drink it at allTodd’s own rules around drinking to minimize negative effects and why he chooses it for joy and not for health reasonsWhy they started adding toxins and additives to wineWine has been made for 9,000 years and all wine was natural, but this changed in the 1920sOnly 4% of US wines are organic but it’s worse than thatGrapes are #6 on the dirty dozen so organic wine is importantBeyond organic… the nasty stuff added to most wines (even some organic ones)The massive consolidation of the wine industry that led to 3 companies controlling over 50% of wineThere are 76 additives approved for use in wineWhy Todd believes wine labels should have a contents (ingredients) label and nutritional infoThe only two ingredients found in a natural wine: grapes and native natural yeastOther ingredients in conventional wines: sugars, dyes, animal products, 12 additives classified as health hazards, 8 derived from black mold, and two classified by NIH as acute toxins meaning too much in a 24 hour period can be fatalHow big wine companies respond to claims about natural wines (and how they responded to a lawsuit showing arsenic in wine at 5x the amount allowed in water)The reason Prop 65 in California can actually let companies get away with additives in wine based on disclosureWhat is natural wine and the standards it adheres toWhy wild native yeast is important and what makes it so differentHow conventional wines often contain GMO yeastWhy they only accept 21% of the wines they test (and they only choose organic wines to start with)Resources We MentionDry Farm WinesMastery by Robert GreeneThe Power of Now by Eckhart TolleThe Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel

Episode Highlights With BridgitHer experience living in a rice farming village for a yearWhat toxic mold is and how it developsMold is a natural part of the world and it serves a purpose but can be problematic when it thrives in our home environmentThe most common and most noticeable effects of mold exposure and the lesser known effectsWhy mold is really hard on the gutHow to test for mold in the home and in the bodyWays to do remediation in the homeHow to actually heal from mold and strategies to detoxTips to keep your liver healthyBenefits of sauna, coffee enemas, dry brushing and other interventions for moldWays to actively support detox from mold or other exposersResources We MentionBridgit Danner - websiteThe Ultimate Toxic Mold Recovery Guide: Take Back Your Home, Health & Life by Bridgit DannerSunlight SaunaCreatrix SaunaCastor Oil PacksAir DoctorSimply O3The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life, and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake KogaVideo on Coffee Enemas

Minerals expert Rick delves into the importance of mineral balance in supporting overall health, collagen production, and bone strength. He challenges the germ theory of disease, emphasizes silica for collagen building, and highlights the benefits of sea salt. The conversation explores the role of minerals in plant and human health, cautioning against excessive calcium intake.

Episode Highlights With JJWhy we should all stop trying to lose weight and why she says this after decades as a weight loss expertThe problems with some of the weight loss trends right nowThings that have helped her thrive and feel amazing in her 50s!The importance of skeletal muscle for maintaining a healthy body compositionMuscle loss vs fat lossCreatine, protein, and resistance trainingReasons not to focus just on the scaleReframing the conversation about health and weight especially with our kidsHow to use a DEXA scan to understand your body compositionWhy it is more dangerous to be under muscled than over fat and why where the fat is mattersWhy we need more protein as we age, not lessWhy you need to be healthy to drop fat, not drop fat to be healthyLess than 6% of the population is metabolically healthyWhy we burn fat well when we are sleeping and why fasted workouts might not be great for womenLet’s stop trying to be smaller and to take up less space and focus on getting strongerMuscle is your metabolic Spanx and a sugar sponge to handle carbsHow to use HRV as a tool to see what is helping you and use it to improve your nervous systemWhy you should absolutely be taking creatine and why it is a secret weapon for womenAn ending challenge for you (try it!)Resources We MentionMindshareJJ's YouTube video on OzempicGrip Strength TesterLevelsKion AminosKion CreatineMitopureThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

Episode Highlights With RyanHow he shifted from just talking about stoicism to bringing this into parentingThe imbalance in the domestic load that often exists between moms and dads and what he views as paths forward to help balance thisWhy there aren’t a lot of good parenting books, especially for DadModern times expect much more of parents and how this has shifted parentingWhy it might be a good thing when kids misbehave or push boundaries and how to handle this in a positive wayWe don’t really control our kids and even if we can, it isn’t a good idea, so what to do insteadThe importance of modeling in parenting and especially in communicating valuesWhy parents need to get serious about understanding what our values actually are when it comes to our childrenThe things we can get caught up in thinking are important now with our kids that won’t be important at all in 20 yearsBalancing protecting our kids with helping them learn to be autonomousKey takeaways from his book that he hopes to leave listeners and readers withMaking parenting decisions with the long term goals in mindResources We MentionThe Daily Dad: 366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids by Ryan HolidayThe Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan HolidayThe Obstacle is the Way by Ryan HolidayRyan Holiday The Stoic Virtues Series 2 Books SetThe daily dad email signup linkAdult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson PsyD

Episode Highlights With LenoreHow she initially rose to fame by letting her child ride the subway alone and how she got the title “America’s worst mom” because of itThe way we got to a point where we're afraid to let our kids do things that many of us remember doingCrime is lower now than when we were kids so why are we more worried?Two big things that happened in the 1980s that shifted parenting in the USBig factors that have influenced why we have more fear around parenting nowWhy we all have the desire to keep our kids safe but the downsides of an over curated childhoodThe negative effects of over curated childhood for childrenWhy more kids are having depression and anxiety and how kids feeling underestimated can contribute to thisHow too much control is harming children and why kids need an internal locus of controlIndependence, responsibility, and trust all help contribute to this internal locus of control for kidsWhat the Let Grow Project is and the free resources they haveHow to rewire your own fears as a parent to feel safe in letting our kids have more independenceResources We MentionFree-Range Kids: How Parents and Teachers Can Let Go and Let Grow by Lenore SkenazyLet Grow WebsiteLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottFree to Learn by Peter GrayThe Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan HaidtRange: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein

Episode Highlights With JonathanWhy his favorite thing to do is walk and how he cultivated this habitThe basic foundational building blocks of understanding water and the real definition of waterHow water can communicate and how to help it communicate betterWhy water is alive in a simple way and why this is important to understandWhat the terrain model is and how this relates to waterHow information is stored in the waterThe correlation between human pregnancy and single cells and water’s action in the bodyOur blood is similar to ocean water and why this mattersLife cycle behavior in water and how to use this to your advantageThe double-blind studies he has done on water and ice crystalsHis four-year study on the vibration of waterThe inertia of water and what this meansWhy we are declining in hydration as we age and how to hydrate better as you ageThe geometric patterns in water and how people with illness have the same geometric patterns of waterWhat his experience with working with nuclear power taught him about waterStructured, coherent, or revitalized water that occurs in nature and how we can replicate it at homeHow he went from working on nuclear power to now innovating with waterWhat the phases of water are and his in depth understanding about thisInteresting facts about water: water is the number one nuclear remediation method, the power of a well designed nuclear reactor is regulated by waterWater systems that revitalize water in the home and the one I use (linked below)Resources We MentionNatural Action Tech products - Use Coupon Code - WELLNESSMAMAWhite Fang by Jack LondonWay of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives by Dan MillmanThe Greatest Salesman in the World by Og mandino

Episode Highlights With KianaHow she is also a doula and how she got into female sexual healthHer work as a somatic therapistThe importance of pleasure in our lives and how it impacts wellbeing and relationships beyond just physical pleasure or sexualityHow the nervous system is like the window through which we see the world and how this can make it difficult to identify if it is dysregulatedWays to help regulate the nervous system and help the body feel safeHealthy vs unhealthy nervous system regulationTwo ways to work with the nervous system and when to use eachHow sexual pleasure relates to nervous system lastThe connection between sexual and emotional intimacyDifferences between the two types of desire and what responsive desire isWhy it can often take the female body 15-40 minutes to reach peak arousal and how this is often different than it is for malesSome exercises we can do to help reconnect with our body and our sexual experienceWhat sexual polarity is and how to nurture it in long term partnershipsHow to nurture dynamic tension in partnershipResources We MentionForia ProductsWhere Should We Begin?: The Arc of Love by Esther PerelThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.Women's Anatomy of Arousal: Secret Maps to Buried Pleasure by Sheri Winston CNM. RN. BSN. LMTWomen Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Episode Highlights With MeganHow she got into the world of dietetics and metabolismHer own experience with nutrition, weight loss, and metabolismTeaching over telling, and how she has helped hundreds of women with this approachWhat metabolism actually is and what we need to understand to work with our bodiesMetabolism is actually how the body uses what is put into itThe body is something that is always building or breaking down and understanding this can help usA slow metabolism just means that the body isn’t utilizing everything we put into itThe problem with chronically undereating and how this can be tough for the metabolismSix pillars of a healthy metabolism: blood sugar control, muscle, movement, stress management, gut healthMore reasons protein is importantWhat weight loss resistance is and how it can relate back to stressBreaking the cycle of being overly busy and stressed and breaking the idea that we need to run ourselves into the ground for our families, our careers, etcWhat the stress bucket is and how to manage yours wellProtein, fiber, healthy fats, and how to nourish your body wellThe importance of micro habits and focusing on one thing at a timeYour body is not at war with you!Resources We MentionMetabolism Makeover: Ditch the Diet, Train Your Brain, Drop the Weight for Good by Megan HansenHer websiteHer InstagramLevels Glucose MonitorJust Thrive - Gut Health ProductsThe Calorie Myth by Jonathan BailorYou Are a Badass by Jen SinceroOutlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia