The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Juliet and KellyHow Juliet survived a run-in with a hippo… the most dangerous animal on earth after the mosquitoTheir journey into the work they do now and the world of movementThe ten key techniques to enhance your capacity for movementWhy the ability to get up and down off the floor without putting a hand or knee down is correlated with living longer and having fewer health issuesThe objective health benchmarks that are missing in the broader conversation and how to benefit from themWhat the ten vital signs of movement are and how to know if you're doing these wellHow this book stemmed from their work with elite performers and what worked bestWhat mobility actually is and why it isn’t exerciseThe real story about sitting and why it isn’t bad but how to do it betterConsistency trumps heroismResources We MentionThe Ready State - Juliet and Kelly's websiteBuilt to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully by Kelly Starrett and Juliet StarrettThe Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles DuhiggThe Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul GawandeFrank Herbert's Dune Saga 3-Book Boxed Set: Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune

Episode Highlights With Chris and MelissaHow they got into the work of helping families and doing family brandThe biggest challenges families face today and how they navigate those challenges“More is caught than taught” - importance of modelingHow to keep values from coming across as a list of dos and don'ts and how to do values wellWays to identify and incorporate your family valuesEvery family has a culture… was your created by default or by design?Either you can define what your family stands for or the world will do it for youHow to do a weekly family check-in around culture with: What you are grateful for, Who in the family did something really kind for you this week, Who has something going on this week (calendar syncing), and Does anyone have a challenge or problem they’d like the whole family’s help in solving?Resources We MentionFamily Brand websiteFamily Brand PodcastFamily Brand Podcast - My episodeThe Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak ChopraThe Go GiverByron Katie's The Work JournalWe Are All the Same Age Now: Valuegraphics, The End of Demographic Stereotypes by David AllisonThe Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Episode Highlights With Dr. SandiHow she once taught disco dancingHer different approach to clinical psychology and why she doesn’t like focusing on the “what's wrong with me” but on what the strengths areWhy positive psychology is not happyology and why this difference is importantHow her psychological approach is different and how it relates to healthA tribute to her mentor: how to refuse to make yourself miserable about anythingThe things that bug us about our partner can actually lead to a good long-term relationshipResources We MentionFunctional Medicine Coaching: Stories from the Movement That's Transforming Healthcare by Sandra ScheinbaumStop Panic Attacks in 10 Easy Steps by Sandra ScheinbaumDr. Sandi - WebsiteHow to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about Anything: Yes Anything! by Albert Ellis Ph.DThe Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy by Viktor E. Frankl

Episode Highlights With Dr. Izabella WentzThe thyroid adrenal connection and why it is important to understandWhat exactly adrenal dysfunction is and how to know if you have itHow adrenal issues can lead to other hormone imbalances in the body and the stress connectionSome symptoms that may point to adrenal dysfunctionHer own personal experience with adrenal fatigue and how this led to her workAddressing the myth… does adrenal fatigue actually exist and why some doctors claim it doesn’tHow she couldn’t do some of the normal things that help when she was a new mom and the tools she discovered instead that are actually more helpfulSafety signals we can send to the body when we are sleep deprived or under stressTools for re-patterning the chronic stress responseResources We MentionAdrenal Transformation Protocol: A 4-Week Plan to Release Stress Symptoms and Go from Surviving to Thriving by Izabella WentzHashimoto's Thyroiditis: Lifestyle Interventions for Finding and Treating the Root Cause by Izabella WentzDr. Izabella Wentz - websiteOura RingMagnesiumHow to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie

Episode Highlights With Dr. ShefaliWhy she wrote this parenting book and how this one is the how-to for parentsHow we can move away from control and into connection with our kidsThe chaos and nonsense we can create as parents without realizing itHow parents accidentally create the cycle of dysfunction in familiesNo human being likes to be controlled and how this control backfires with childrenHow to depersonalize interactions with our kids to calm the situationAnytime you perceive it as a loss of control, you are going to lose controlWhy kids aren’t trying to be disrespectful and when we fail to understand what is going on under the behavior, we create more of their behaviorLooking for Signs: Something inside gone negativeThe three reasons children misbehave: lack of skill, lack of life experience, lack of worth and how to help each of theseWhat a savior complex is and how it harms our relationship with our childrenHow showing up as the savior disempowers them and makes things tougher in the long runWays to teach our children to carry to oars of their own savingDevelopmentally appropriate ways to nurture this in our childrenWhy she claims that our children don’t owe us respect (and I agree)How punishment and learning are opposed and how to actually help them learnWhy not to have outcome focused parenting (trying to raise happy, successful children) and how this can keep them from being in touch with their feelingsTeach your children to be authentic instead of teaching them to be happyCreating successful children is an unhealthy goal, and what to do insteadHow to navigate this method of parenting when parents disagree on method of parentingWhat to do when kids are angry, disrespectful, unmotivated, or lie and how to build better connection in these instancesIt’s about being more conscious not perfectResources We MentionThe Parenting Map: Step-by-Step Solutions to Consciously Create the Ultimate Parent-Child Relationship by Dr. Shefali TsabaryThe Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Dr. Shefali TsabaryThe Awakened Family: How to Raise Empowered, Resilient, and Conscious Children by Dr. Shefali TsabaryDr. Shefali - WebsiteThe Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Episode Highlights With MattHow he was shot in a robberyHe spent $45k on sleep and these are his main lessonsInexpensive things related to sleep that anyone can do: light, sleep environment, temperature, food timingHow temperature drastically affects sleepWays to improve deep sleepWhy one hour of sleep is worth two hours (with some nuance)The reason when you work your body you tend to get more deep sleep and when you work your brain you tend to get more REM (and this is a good thing)During daylight savings, when we lose an hour of sleep, heart attacks go up by 24% and when we gain an hour, it goes down by 21%Why night shift work is classified as a carcinogenHow not getting enough sleep leads to weight gain or loss of muscle massLack of sleep directly impacts hunger, willpower and moreHow blood sugar response changes from just one night of impaired sleepHis top supplements for sleep: L-Theanine (in evening), magnesium, glycine, potassium, GABAA reason to consider taking potassium at night and how it can help minimize bathroom trips at nightWhat to know about wearables and trackables for sleepHRV- what to know and understand and ways to improve it with float tanks, breathwork, and movementWhy he sets an alarm for his sleep supplements and his bedtimeA simple rule: 8 hours plus an hour for every hour of exerciseWhy sleep quality trumps sleep quantityResources We MentionBiOptimizersBon Charge red bulbsEssentia Mattress - Use code wellnessmama15 for discountSleep.me - ChiliPadEight Sleep - Use code Mama150 for a discountOura RingLevelsNanoViPower Sleep : The Revolutionary Program That Prepares Your Mind for Peak Performance by James MaasThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior by Dr. David R. Hawkins

Episode Highlights With AaronHis own amazing story with adoption and using functional medicine to help his childrenHow he was able to use these techniques to help his daughter who they were told would never walk or talk or even crawlFascinating therapies he learned about for his daughter that are helpful to many of his other patientsMore reasons to avoid processed foods and vegetable oils and how these foods can affect the brainHis foundational principles of health that are important before considering more advanced methodsThe real data on omega-3 and omega-6 balanceWhat happens when we consume too much omega-6 and how this affects the brainWhy vegetable oils are partially plasticized and how these integrate into the cell membranes and hormonesWhy women actually need more protein per pound of bodyweight than menThe average American is dehydrated and how this impacts health on many levelsHow trace minerals can improve healthWhat peptides are and how he uses them with his children and with patientsHow peptides can tell hormones what to doInsulin was the first peptide we started using at large scaleWhy being hypermobile in kids comes with a 400% increase in chance of spectrum disorders and what to learn from thisHow the body is electric and how to support your body's electrical systemThe science of meditation and how it physically improves health in a profound wayResources We MentionDr. Hartman - websiteEidon trace mineralsMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Episode Highlights With Dr. JoleneThe things women are told are normal that aren’t when it comes to health and hormonesWhy many of the things women are told about our bodies are wrongWhat period symptoms are common but not normal and how to fix themWhy urinary incontinence doesn’t exist in France because they do postpartum therapy to help thatHow to stop peeing when you jump or laughWhy to keep an eye on your thyroid and adrenals, especially in relation to hormone problemsWhat to know about periods for our kids, what’s normal when it comes to cycles and what isn’t and how to support an optimal cycleThings that can help with menstrual pain, heavy periods and other menstrual problemsWhat seed cycling is and how to use it to help your hormonesThings that are normal when it comes to vaginal microbiome, pH, scent, etcWays to support vaginal microbiome health and pHWhat to understand about libido and how to support itThe brakes vs gas theory of libido and spontaneous vs responsive desireHer 28-day plan for better hormone health, mood and libidoResources We MentionIs This Normal?: Judgment-Free Straight Talk about Your Body by Dr. Jolene BrightenIs This Normal Book and website083: Dr. Jolene Brighten on Beating Postpartum Depression & Pelvic Floor Care226: Dr. Jolene Brighten on Science-Backed Reasons to Ditch the Pill (& What to Do Instead)Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business by Gino Wickman

Episode Highlights With AlessandraHow her biological age is 15 years younger than her actual age and what she attributes that to! (sleep, movement, and meditation)Hydration tips both internally and keeping your skin barrierAnother reason to avoid sugar for the sake of the skin and how excess sugar can break down collagen fibers and age the skinWhy skin aging happens and some ways to slow or stop itWhat inflammaging isBiggest drivers of skin aging: sugar, dehydrationThings we can do internally that help reduce skin inflammation and agingDifference between things that make skin look younger but can actually harm it long term (deep peeling, etc)A tip to clean skin at night and not cleanse with cleanser again in the morning to help protect the skin barrierHow to target the root cause of agingTheir proprietary peptide OS-01 and how to addresses root cause of agingResources We MentionOneSkinWellnesseA New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

Episode Highlights With KimHow she became “The Sleep Lady”Her gentle approach to sleep with babiesWhy she's concerned about some of the common advice given to parents about getting babies to sleep through the nightA different approach than “cry it out” that helps babies sleep and enhances bonding and connectionHer guidelines for building the foundation for a good night of sleep for babyA few tips that go against the common advice but help a baby learn to sleepThe developmental stages that can disrupt sleep and how to navigate theseResources We MentionedThe Sleep LadyThe Sleep Lady's Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Without Leaving Them to Cry it Out by Kim WestThe Sleep Lady®'s Gentle Newborn Sleep Guide: Trusted Solutions for Getting You and Your Baby FAST to Sleep Without Leaving Them to Cry It Out by Kim WestGood Night Sleep Tight: The Sleep Lady's Gentle Guide to Helping Your Child Go to Sleep, Stay Asleep, and Wake Up Happy by Kim WestBoncharge lightbulbsThanks to Our Sponsors:Hiya Children's Vitamins - A clean line of children's vitamins that provides growing kids with all the essential nutrients that might be missing from their diet.Wellnesse - My line of clean and non-toxic personal care products such as toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo and much more!