Dr. Vivian Chen was practicing conventional medicine in the UK when her own debilitating symptoms of fatigue, brain fog, mood swings, and acne were dismissed as 'normal' by the medical community. She took matters into her own hands, became her own health detective, and uncovered a deep, holistic approach to understanding health at a whole body level and healed herself. She is a certified Integrative Health Practitioner and founder of www.platefulhealth.com through which she helps her clients find true, long lasting vitality of body and mind. In this episode, she shares her challenges with heavy metal toxicity, her way out of the fog, why listening to the body's wisdom is the most powerful thing we can do, and her tips for optimal wellbeing. You can learn more about Dr. Vivian Chen at www.platefulhealth.com and follow her on instagram @plateful.health

Kayla Mangione is a vibrant mother who radiates health and vitality but this wasn't always the case. In this episode, Kayla gets raw and real about her struggle with Crohn's disease and how she overcame her health challenges using food as medicine, helping us all see how sometimes our biggest difficulties can be our greatest gifts. You can follow Kayla for inspiring and delicious recipes and family food tips on instagram @thefamilyfoodproject

Today on Momlight, I had the amazing opportunity to chat with Renee Jain, founder and Chief Storyteller at GoZen!. Renee is recognized as a pioneer in marrying technology and child psychology. Through her writing, product invention and development, masterclasses for parents, and children’s advocacy, she works to build the emotional intelligence of kids, including resilience, empathy, kindness, and critical thinking. Renee is a certified life coach, and holds a MA in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She's also a wife and a mom, and can often be found reading a comic book, doodling or sipping a cup of coffee in a quiet nook in LA. In this heartfelt chat, Renee shares valuable nuggets of wisdom and actionable advice to help us find more zen in #momlife. Whether it's taking a character strengths survey at http://www.viacharacter.org/www/Character-Strengths-Survey or repeating "I am enough" (and even potentially getting it tattoo'd on our arm LOL), this conversation gave me so much to ponder and work with as I try and find lightness of being in chaotic and beautiful momlife.  You can learn more about Renee and her incredibly powerful work to combat anxiety in kids (and parents!) at www.gozen.com 

Welcome to the Momlight podcast! In this first episode (woohoo!) I share a bit about my journey, my personal struggles with heaviness, and why that inspired me to create the Momlight podcast. I want this podcast to help mothers find lightness in body, mind and spirit. I'm so excited (and nervous!) to embark on this exciting podcasting journey with you but I know that as we hang out together with my amazing guests, we are going to feel inspired and empowered to shine our MOMLIGHT bright bright bright into this world. Stay tuned!