The Wellness Mama Podcast

This podcast is all about breathwork and how this simple (and free!) practice can profoundly impact health. Just a few small changes to how we breathe can promote feelings of safety in our own body, activate our parasympathetic nervous system, improve health, and so much more! I’m here with Josh Trent, the founder of Wellness …

This episode is on a really cool new concept called “umbrella parenting,” a term for raising children with strong coping skills. I’m here with Dr. Jen Forristal, a naturopathic doctor and the founder of the Umbrella Project, a well-being curriculum that is currently running in hundreds of schools internationally. Since tools for emotional well-being are …

This episode goes deep on the science of psychedelic-assisted therapy and research in light of some really astounding Phase III clinical trials that have recently come out about some of these substances. I am here with Amy Emerson, the CEO of the MAPS Public Benefit Corporation of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. Just as …

I’m here with Dr. Kenneth Bock, a leader in integrative medicine with over 35 years of direct experience helping brain-inflamed children. He’s well respected as a leader on some of the new childhood epidemics, such as autism, PANS, PANDAS, tick-borne illnesses, and a lot more. Unfortunately, it’s no secret that a lot of these chronic …

I loved doing this interview! This podcast goes deep on the idea of human domestication and our diminishing relationship with nature. I’m here with Daniel Vitalis, host of the WildFed TV show and podcast. For over a decade, he has taught in the U.S. and abroad about living healthier, more integrated, nature-based lives. He’s also …

This episode is all about mold! Mold exposure, mold toxicity, and mold remediation, both in the home environment and in the body. I’m here with Dr. Tim Jackson who is a functional medicine practitioner and biohacker, and he’s also a member of the Wellness Mama medical review board because I really trust his opinion and …

I’m here with Cynthia Thurlow, who is the CEO and founder of the Everyday Wellness Project. She’s also a nurse practitioner and a globally recognized expert when it comes to intermittent fasting and nutritional health. In fact, she has a TED talk on intermittent fasting that has been watched over 8 million times!We go really, really specific on the differences between fasting for men and women, how to fast without stressing out your body, and some really important reasons to stop snacking. If you fast or practice time-restricted eating (or are considering it), this is the episode for you!Episode Highlights With Cynthia ThurlowThe reason for the differences in fasting between men and womenHow to navigate fasting as a woman during fertile yearsThe time of the month that it is better not to do much intensive fastingA reason to stop snackingThe importance of hydration and electrolytes with any type of fastingHow snacking keeps insulin elevated and makes weight loss difficultThe reason our body (liver especially) needs a break from food between mealsWhat the mitigating motor complex is and why it’s importantWhy not to over-exercise and what we get wrong about thisThe importance of electrolyte balance, especially during fastingHow fasting changes after menopauseHer tips for mitigating stress and staying in parasympathetic modeAnd more!Resource We MentionCynthia ThurlowLevelsEveryday Wellness PodcastTEDx Talks by Cynthia ThurlowThe Unhealthy Truth by Robyn O’BrienSalt Sugar Fat by Michael MossMetabolical by Robert LustigMore From Wellness Mama455: Gin Stephens on the Real Deal About Intermittent Fasting for Women444: The Rain Barrel Effect, Inflammation, Fasting & Hormones With Dr. Stephen Cabral345: How to Use Circadian Fasting to Improve Health & Slow Aging With Dr. Amy Shah255: Dr. Valter Longo on a Fasting Mimicking Diet and Increasing Healthspan201: Understanding Fasting & Keto for Women (Even During Pregnancy or Breastfeeding) + Instant Pot Tips134: Five Benefits of Fasting, Autophagy, Diet Variat

Did you know 80% of all autoimmune diseases and 90% of fibromyalgia diagnoses are in women? And (less surprisingly) that women experience more anxiety and PTSD than men?This episode separates fact from fiction when it comes to how men and women differ on the physiological, limbic, semantic, biochemical, and physiological levels. Sara Gustafson is a holistic tech practitioner and a women’s health researcher from Austin, Texas. She has a lot of expertise in many areas, but today we’re digging into tough questions like why medical studies focus on men, what factors in our modern world affect women more than men, and how to use this knowledge for better health.Episode Highlights With Sara GustafsonThe problems that arise when studies look primarily at men but women receive the same treatmentsA fascinating hormonal difference that affects how women respond to virusesThe surprising reason so many Alzheimer’s patients are womenTwo items that we use on a daily basis that were designed on the measurements of women and not on the average manHow we can understand and use knowledge of cellular differences based on sex to better help everyoneA metaphysical link to chronic disease symptoms and why this affects women moreThe surprising statistic of how much work women do, unpaid and paidWhy autoimmune disease often comes from a feeling of not feeling like you have worth or that you aren’t good enoughThe link between breast cancer and disease and self-sacrificial emotionsA short exercise to help get emotionally unstuck by asking “is this true?” and “what else could be true?”The cortisol connection: how our cortisol response is still pumping out cortisol for a 24 hour period after a stimulusDrastic differences between cortisol patterns in response to stress in women and menWhy Sara recommends reading a lot of books written before 1989!And more!Resources We MentionPrimal Fusion HealthPrimal PrideMore From Wellness Mama486: Sara Gustafson on the Four Feminine Archetypes and Finding Purpose455: Gin Stephens on the Real Deal About Intermittent Fasting for Women246: What Women Need to Know About Heart Health With Dr. Mark Menolascino201: Understanding Fasting & Keto for Women (Even During Pregnancy or Breastfeeding) + Instant Pot Tips93: How to Avoid the Most Common Fitness Mistakes Women Make204: The Rise of Autoimmune Disease (& How to Thrive Even If You Have It) With Dr. Guillermo Ruiz115: Decoding Autoimmune Disease with Dr. Tom O’BryanDid you enjoy this episode? Please drop a comment below or leave a review on iTunes to let us know. We value knowing what you think and this helps other moms find the podcast as well.Read Transcript

It’s always a pleasure to chat with Justin Mares, who’s a friend of mine and also the founder and CEO of Kettle & Fire bone broth. Today we go deep on regenerative agriculture as a solution to climate issues and health issues. We go into the different ways that animals are raised and how certain …

Matt Dawson is a father of four and a doctor who wants to be a farmer “when he grows up.” He’s also the founder and CEO of a genomics-based personalized medicine company called Wild Health. We’re here to talk about the paradox of how medicine is often 20 years behind the current science, yet often …