The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Dr. RobinEmerging research about how gut health is even more important than we thoughtThe things affecting our gut bacteria in a negative way95% of disease begins in the gutThe link between fertility and gut healthNew advanced testing that looks at vaginal and gut microbiome for fertility that is helping 75%+ of women struggling with infertility to get pregnantImportant findings that they’re learning from this new testing that can help everyone, even those not trying to conceiveThe dramatic health benefits of gratitudeResources We MentionTerrain Health - Dr. Robin RoseThe Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles by Terry Wahls M.D.Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds by Kelly A. Turner PhD

Episode Highlights With Frank ElaridiHow he went from nationally known journalist to what he does nowThe way trauma stores in the bodyHow to clear trauma on a subconscious levelWhat the emotion code isHow emotional release works remotely and what’s going onA live heart clearing example on meWhat inherited trauma is and how to clear itA study on mice that helps explain generational and inherited traumaHow movement and meditation help process emotionsMeditation and tapping for kids to help them process emotionsHow with trauma, the body feels and responds to the memory as if it was happening in real time and how clearing the emotions allows the memory to remain without the negative physical responseHis conference in September (I will be there)How to work with FrankWhy the body knows what to do and how to learn from itThe reason pain is a good thingResources We MentionFrank Elaridi - websiteFrank Elaridi - InstagramFrank Elaridi - YoutubePlant Medicine PlaylistBlind People Seeing Without Eyes - YoutubeModern Nirvana Summit - September 2022 (I'll be there)The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.Power vs. Force by David R. Hawkins, MD, Ph.DLetting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R. Hawkins, MD, Ph.DIt Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark WolynnLeelaq block A Course in Miracles and the Workbook by Helen Schucman

Episode Highlights with Louie SchwartzbergHow gratitude was built in since he was little by his parents who were Holocaust survivorsThe connection between nature and gratitudeHow to increase wonder, gratitude, and creativity in your lifeSimple exercises to increase gratitude in your own lifeWhy beauty is nature's tool for survivalHow fungi might be the greatest natural solution for climate changeAmazing lessons he learned while filming fantastic fungiResources We MentionGratitude RevealedFantastic Fungi - Available on NetflixMoving ArtLouie Schwartzberg - Tedx TalkSiddhartha: A Novel by Hermann Hesse

Episode Highlights With Philipp and IanWhat quantum energy is and the science that helps us understand itHow they concentrate quantum energy using certain types of platesThe energy first vs matter first explanation of lifeHow things like wifi affect these types of energy in the bodyA roots up approach to understanding energyWays to improve quantum energyWhat the Hawkins scale is and how it relates to quantum energyWhat the quantum bloc is and how to use itBlocking vs harmonizing EMFsHow this technology can work at a distance and how to get the most benefitWhat quantum entanglement is and how they use it to improve health at a distanceThe science of why love and gratitude make such a big differenceResources We Mention14-day free trial for QUANTUM UPGRADE - Use code Katie14Power vs. Force by David R. Hawkins M.D. Ph.DTelegram Group invite

Episode Highlights From KatieWhy and how our family created a family cultureThe importance of having kids be proud of themselves (versus me being proud of them)How my parenting style is unique and based on "first principles parenting"What radical self-sufficiency is and how I don't do anything for my kids that they can do themselvesWays we encourage them to eat healthy and provide nutrient dense meals for our kids, but we allow them to make their own food choicesWhy I have very few rules and rarely use the word "No"The verbal contract we have with our kids on having their own phone and/or carThe tools we give our kids to help them process, understand and feel their emotionsWhy I highly encourage my kids to ask and answer questions and to always ask better questionsWhy I never used "Because I said so" as an answer to my toddlersOur family traditions and what we do nowHow we value experiences instead of giftsWhat Unstitute is and how I developed the school curriculum for our kidsHow 10-20 minutes of one-on-one time with each child can make a differenceWhat I want my kids to remember about me and their childhoodResources MentionedIt Didn't Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark WolynnThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.Positive Parenting SolutionsBen Greenfield Podcast

Episode Highlights With MichelleThe resistance she runs into as a doctor trying to support natural birthWhy doctors and patients often have trouble having a low intervention birth in some settingsThe reason the c-section rate has risen so drastically in the last few decadesSome factors to consider when approaching birthThe real data about if low intervention birth is more dangerousWays women can advocate for themselves in laborInterventions you actually have a choice about in labor and can refuseThe factors women can do to increase their chances of a natural birthStats on the real safety of home birth vs hospital birth and why home birth isn’t as safe in the US as it can be in other placesResources We MentionNatural Labor and Birth: An Evidence-Based Guide to the Natural Birth Plan by Michelle AristizabalFacebook page - Wombkeepers ScottsdalePushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block

Episode Highlights With Sherry WallingHow she got into flying trapeze as an adult and the reason whyHer personal story around grief and how it led to her work as a psychologist in helping othersTips for navigating the experience of grief with kids and why this is so importantWords we can use with our kids to help them process emotionsThe stages of grief and how understanding them can help your experience of themWays to use movement to ease grief and painWhat somatic trained therapists are and how they can helpHow we can move our feelings through our body using movementDifferent types of movement to try to process griefWays to encourage kids to talk (at different ages) and how to support them through itOne of the biggest factors in someone not becoming significantly depressed from griefStrategies to protect the mental wellness of your familyOne of the biggest threats to mental well being for kids especially and how to mitigate itHer encouragement to dance every day!Resources We MentionTouching Two Worlds: A Guide for Finding Hope in the Landscape of Loss by Sherry Walling, PhDThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.The Gift of an Ordinary Day by Katrina Kenison

Episode Highlights With Todd KashdanWhy he wrote a book on insubordination and all the connotations attached to that wordThe reason we are seeing a higher percentage than we’ve ever seen of people questioning societal normsWhat makes people want to cling to the status quoHow understanding this affects his parenting style and his relationshipsWhy disagreeing can be extremely beneficial to a group and why it can be the most caring thing to doWhat minority influence is and why it is important to understandStrategies we can use to have more effective groups, friendships and work environmentsStories of dissenters who have changed historyWays to nurture our kids curiosityWhy play is a virtue and how curiosity and play are the antidote to many of our current problemsHow to increase resilience and well beingHis strategy for microtransitions that can help overwhelmResources We MentionThe Art of Insubordination: How to Dissent and Defy Effectively by Todd KashdanTodd Kashdan - WebsiteSelf-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Dr. Kristin Neff The Blank Slate by Steven PinkerShadow Syndromes: The Mild Forms of Major Mental Disorders That Sabotage Us by John J. Ratey

Episode Highlights With Shawn WellsThe experience that drastically shifted his own life and helped him find self loveImportant caveats for women when it comes to supplementationWhy most research on supplements is done on young males and what to understand if you aren’t in this group (age, gender or ethnicity)The things women have a greater need for and can benefit from supplementingHow much protein he recommends for womenWhat it means for protein to be thermogenicWhy women need more muscle and what this doesn’t make women bulkyWhat leuine is and why it is importantCreatine for women - what to know and how it can slow agingThe surprising benefits of baking soda and how it enhances performance (and why it is the most disease fighting compound he has seen in research)75% of the population is deficient in magnesium and how to fix thisHis take on how to support hormone healthWhat spermidine is and how it can be beneficial and correlates to longevityHow mortality is directly tied to mitochondrial healthTop ways to increase mitochondrial healthHis take on niacin and how to use it to slow agingSupplements that enhance NAD and what to be careful ofHis stack: NMN, Fissitin, COQ10, and PQQWhat ergothianine is and why he’s excited about this supplementSupplements he suggests that women avoidResources We MentionShawn Wells websiteThe ENERGY Formula by Shawn WellsGrip strength tester - AmazonMag breakthrough from biOptimizers (magnesium)NativePath CollagenThe Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Episode Highlights With Gabby BernsteinHow she learned how to ride a unicycle!What inspired her current work and her most recent bookWhy there is a tendency to minimize trauma or compare it to othersHow to use things like somatic therapies and IFS to process and release traumaTrauma is the inability to be presentWhat somatic experiencing therapy is and how it can helpPractices to help regulate your nervous system if you’ve experienced traumaHer mental health first aid kit and how to use these toolsMaternal mental health tools and why as moms, it is so important to take care of our own mental healthWhy she's trying to break the stigma of medication for mental health when neededHer journey with postpartum depression and how she moved past itWhat it means to reparent yourself and how this can benefit your childrenResources We MentionHappy Days: The Guided Path from Trauma to Profound Freedom and Inner Peace by Gabrielle BernsteinThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark WolynnLiving in the Light: A Guide to Personal and Planetary Transformation by Shakti Gawain