The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights with Carolyn

• Some of the many reasons why magnesium is so important
• The reasons why magnesium deficiency is so common in the modern world
• Magnesium is necessary for fertility and healthy pregnancy
• How it comes into play with detox and sleep
• Stress depletes magnesium and why it's impossible to get enough from diet anymore
• How fluoride and related drugs deplete magnesium
• Calcium and mineral channels and how these...

Episode Highlights with Aimie

• Why she started this line of study after she foster parented while in medical school
• Assumptions about trauma that turned out to be all wrong
• The reason therapy might not be the solution, or certainly not the only one
• How trauma is connected to our physical health and why this matters so much
• Creating inner safety… and why this sounds so simple but can be tough to actually do
• What trauma is in the body. ...

Episode Highlights With Sinclair

• The nervous system connection to gut health and all health issues
• Why it isn’t an accident that everyone is becoming nervous system curious
• How the modern lifestyle isn’t naturally supportive to our nervous systems and things we can do to shift that
• The body is brilliant and is having a perfect response to what is going on… and how we can understand that more
• Most of the body’s communication is happe...

Episode Highlights With Sinclair

• How she had to personally learn this the hard way and how it was a big piece in her health journey
• The limitations of labs when it comes to parasites and gut health
• Parasites are really good at hiding and the limitations of each lab test
• How anxiety, depression, and fatigue can be connected to parasites
• You aren’t going to outsmart the body in the process of healing and you can’t force your way into ...

Episode Highlights with David and John

• Red flags when it comes to supplements and what to watch for
• Understanding bioavailability when it comes to supplements
• Synergy in supplements and how this can take something from 1+1=2 to 1+1=10
• How to get a much larger effect from supplements when synergistic then when taken alone
• What sulforaphane is and how it is so beneficial - it has 39 pro-health mechanisms in the literature
• Curcumin and ...

Episode Highlights With Mara Labs

• We're made of salt and have an inner ocean within us
• Our inner “salt sink”, which is a place where salt reserves are stored in our body
• If you under-eat salt, this will start depleting your salt
• Problems that increase when we don’t get enough salt
• How the kidneys come into play 
• The myth of too much salt leading to hypertension and high blood pressure
• Only 25% of the population is salt sensitive
• T...

Episode Highlights With Courtney

• Why this conversation is so important right now, and why 74% of adults are obese or overweight and over 50% of kids are
• Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease didn’t even exist decades ago, and it's now rampant
• Her own journey into health and wellness 
• The biggest offenders and contributors to why we're seeing this drastic rise
• 60% of Americans’ diets are coming from ultra-processed foods
• The rea...

Episode Highlights With Hannah

• Hannah calls herself a farmer of microbes and she sees fermentation as a sacred practice
• The resurgence of ancient wisdom though regenerative farming
• They do DNA sequencing on all of their cultures
• How to cultivate your microbiome at home by making your own fermented foods
• What to know about fermented products and sugar and why sugar in ferments is different
• How to mitigate excess sugar in kombucha and ...

Episode Highlights With Hannah

• How fermentation makes nutrients more bioavailable
• Why we are bacteriosapiens and we have a very intimate relationship with bacteria
• Bacteria isn’t always a bad thing and fermentation was used for preservation for a long time
• Fermentation is digestion happening outside the body and how it reduces antinutrients
• Fermented foods are our bacterial heritage 
• The gut is actually the first brain and the mood/h...

Episode Highlights With Katie

• What the lymphatic system is and why it matters for immune health and detox
• How the lymph system works (and why it needs your help to keep moving)
• Surprising ways lymph stagnation can impact your health
• How daily movement and walking support lymph flow
• Why hydration and minerals are non-negotiable for detox
• Simple self-lymphatic massage techniques you can do at home
• The benefits of dry brushing and how to...

Episode Highlights With Emily

• What she’s learned in working with hundreds of women on GLP-1s
• How hormones play a role in midlife weight gain and increased metabolic problems
• For women, weight can be so deeply personal, and why the person you are becoming in a weight loss journey is so important
• The mental health connection that often gets ignored
• How GLPs affect hormones and what to be aware of
• What happens physiologically with rapid...

Episode Highlights With Emily

• Why perimenopause isn’t a problem but a clue and what the data actually says
• Symptom treating vs dialing in and extending positive physiology
• Why she doesn’t even like to use the word perimenopause
• Estrogen is lowest on day 1 of the cycle
• What hormones fluctuate and when in a monthly cycle 
• How monthly hormone fluctuations affect every aspect of health for women
• Some things we don’t understand about our c...

Episode Highlights With Leigh

• What POTS is and what the symptoms are
• Her daughter's story with POTS and how she learned so much through this story
• The mindset shifts that started the healing journey for them
• Nutritional and lifestyle factors that they started with and the support team they built
• Her daughter's decision that began the whole journey 
• Inflammatory foods they removed and extra support they added in
• The two foods...

Episode Highlights With Leigh

• What we are seeing with the epidemic of teen mental health issues
• Her theory about the teen years, expectations, hormones and other factors that contribute 
• When the pressure gets so high for teens that they’re almost taught not to show up as themselves and to suppress certain emotions
• Are we overmedicating teenagers especially?
• I am vs I feel, and an integrative approach to helping kids build this skil...

Episode Highlights With Katie

• How to use the D Minder app to optimize vitamin D from sunlight
• The surprising benefits of swapping overhead lights for a salt lamp at night-
• Why blue-blocking light and gentle light hygiene can improve sleep
• What makes Slacka different from other energy drinks (and why paraxanthine matters)
• How functional ingredients like 5-HTP and electrolytes support mood and hydration
• How fascia work on the face can ...

Episode Highlights With Jen

• The different phases of the menstrual cycle and what cycle syncing is
• Follicular vs ovulatory vs luteal vs menstrual phases and how to support each
• When to fast and not to fast based on your cycle 
• The best parts of your cycle to go hard in workouts and productivity, plus when to avoid HIIT workouts and when they can stress your cortisol levels 
• Lifting weights is actually the best exercise for women to b...

Episode Highlights With Jen

• How she got into integrative medicine with a hormone-specific approach
• What happens to hormones during perimenopause and early symptoms that women may not notice
• PMS is not normal, and what it can tell you (plus how to resolve it)
• Cycles can change well in advance of menopause, and what the changes can tell you
• Symptoms are gifts, and how to learn from them 
• Ways to support estrogen balance and progesteron...

Episode Highlights With Julie 

• She does Japanese drumming and fire dancing as hobbies
• The underlying factors with ADHD that can be influenced by diet
• The inflammation connection and how food comes into play 
• Her approach of not trying to “fix” a problem in kids with ADHD, but support them so they can thrive within their environments and neurodiversity
• Food dyes, sugar, and other top dietary offenders
• Her tips for implementing dietary...

Episode Highlights With Julie

• What we know about autism and why it isn’t just isolated to the brain
• Where she starts when working with people with autism and how removing inflammatory foods and adding nutrient dense foods can help
• The top things she recommends avoiding in general and especially for anyone with autism
• Types of improvements she sees in her work with children and how much improvement parents could expect 
• They saw 4.5x...