The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Michael

• Why he thinks synthetic fragrance is the new secondhand smoke and how he can back this up with data
• Secondhand smoke was such a brilliant marketing push and why fragrance needs this now
• The worst offenders and what to look for
• What “fragrance” actually is when you see it on a package
• Safe swaps that actually work
• Having safe and beneficial indoor air quality 
• The air freshener industry ...

Episode Highlights With Michael

• What he learned from years in working on mold remediation
• When he learned that the mold industry had a serious integrity problem 
• Mold remediation - what does this actually mean
• What companies are doing wrong that leaves families sicker than before
• Lessons learned from 8 years of doing mold testing
• The Mold Rush (or Mold is Gold) in the industry
• At its core, mold remediation is demolition with more...

Episode Highlights With Katie

• Why the traditional biochemical model of the body is incomplete...and why the body is electric first
• The shocking amount of energy your body generates each day (about your own body weight in ATP!)
• Why 90–95% of chronic diseases have mitochondrial dysfunction at the root
• How your mitochondria act not just as powerhouses but as quantum batteries, antennas, and information hubs
• The surprising sources...

Episode Highlights With Ninu

• What the gut hormone connection is and why it matter so much
• How supporting the gut supports hormones and can improve cortisol and sex hormones
• Why most women are chronically constipated and how to remedy this
• Why high cortisol is a good thing at the right time of day and why it's more about balance
• How screens disrupt melatonin and sabotage sleep
• The inputs we need for balanced hormones: sugar stability,...

Episode Highlights With Ninu

• The reason women can still feel stuck even if they’re doing all the “right” things with nutrition and exercise
• Why those are only two pieces of the pie and the other things that can be really helpful
• Women hear all the time that their labs are normal and still don’t feel well… delving into the reasons why
• The major reason bloodwork isn’t the best place to look for an...

Episode Highlights With Todd

• What quantum energy actually is and how Todd went from skeptic to deep understanding 
• How this term gets misused a lot and the important things to actually understand
• What quantum entanglement is and how this can benefit us practically 
• The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Zellinger, Clauser and Aspect for proving quantum entanglement, but how it actually works
• How they do experiments...

Episode Highlights With Katie

• Why resilience and adaptability...not restriction...are the true markers of vibrant health.
• How rigid diets and “perfect routines” often reflect a dysregulated nervous system
• The mindset and language shifts that changed your health from the inside out.
• The nervous system foundations that created real healing capacity.
• How gradually expanding inputs taught your body it was safe again.
• Why meta...

Episode Highlights With Mike

• What the money habit is and how this differs from traditional budgeting 
• Why most financial systems fail to change behavior long term
• The psychology behind money habits and how to change them
• What commitment devices are and how they can help
• How this works if you're at essential living and a very tight budget
• The simplest way to get started 
• How this ties into the hierarchy of needs and how to wo...

Episode Highlights With Katie

• Why I never even thought to question college when I was 17... and why I’m rethinking it now with my own kids.
• How college became the default safe choice, and why that may no longer be true in today’s world. 
• The emotional side of this decision for parents: fear, social pressure, and wanting to  do right by our kids.
• The hidden  avoidance pattern of using college to delay the ...

Episode Highlights With Ann

• Key ways to future proof fertility and protect mitochondria to have healthy pregnancies, even as we get older
• New studies show mitochondria in eggs are preserved better than other parts of the body
• How minimizing toxins is protective of fertility in a major way
• Ways to lower inflammation to protect fertility 
• The dramatic decline in sperm quality and count in the last few years
• Male infertility and ho...

Episode Highlights From Ann

• Why she decided to write this book on preconception health
• Surprising thing she’s found in her work as a functional medicine doctor 
• Decline in fertility isn’t just about age, there are some major biological and lifestyle factors behind the fertility decline 
• Top nutrients for building a healthy baby and for fertility 
• How the buildup of environmental toxins affects both fertili...

Episode Highlights With Katie

• How all minerals form your body’s electrical field
• Why minerals are the foundation for hormones, sleep, detox, digestion & mood
• The 4 layers of the Mineral Matrix: 
  • Sodium = the charger
  • Potassium = the stabilizer
  • Magnesium = the conductor
  • Humic/Fulvic = the activators
• How mineral depletion affects blood sugar, stress, PMS, and metabolism
• Why modern life drains minerals faster than an...

Episode Highlights With Dr. Tony Ebel

• The perfect storm of what is affecting our kids
• We are our own primary healthcare provider, and that of our children 
• His background work in genetics and how it led to his current work
• Where he starts with the top triggers in addressing these conditions in kids
• Nervous system, gut, and other important triggers, especially in children
• The link he discovered between birth interventions and neu...

Episode Highlights With Katie

• What humic and fulvic minerals actually are ... and why they’re not electrolytes
• The difference between fulvic (small, cellular) and humic (larger, gut-supportive)
• Why these minerals used to come from rich soil… but don’t anymore
• How humic minerals bind toxins gently without stripping nutrients
• How fulvic minerals improve mineral absorption & mitochondrial signaling
• Their role in g...

Episode Highlights With Katie

• Why potassium is the #1 most underconsumed mineral today
• How potassium runs the sodium–potassium pump that powers the entire body
• Why potassium is the mineral of calm electricity and inside-cell stability
• How potassium affects insulin sensitivity, blood sugar, and metabolism
• The role of potassium in heart rhythm, muscle relaxation, and digestion
  Why low potassium mimics anxiety and hormone imba...

Episode Highlights With Meno Plus

• Hormone shifts beyond just menopause and understanding the other shifts outside of just menses stopping
• Sometimes up to ten years before menses stops, hormone shifts can be more 
• What is happening in the perimenopause state and what changes women tend to notice first
• This particular phase can have big estrogen swings and women can feel this in a big way
• Late 30s and early 40s are often when thi...

Episode Highlights With Katie

• Why magnesium is the master mineral your body burns through fastest
• The real reason magnesium powers 700+ reactions in the body
• How magnesium activates ATP and mitochondrial energy
• Why stress, pregnancy, and modern life create chronic depletion
• The difference between forms like glycinate, citrate, malate, threonate, taurate, etc.
• Why I personally use Magnesium Breakthrough (7 forms)
• How topical magnesium ...

Episode Highlights With Frank 

• Frank's personal journey from journalist to healer
• Why manifesting is his biggest pet peeve word 
• Manifesting was the most used word in Webster’s dictionary in 2024
• How spirituality is getting hijacked and what to watch for
• What his energy clearing is and how it works
• Real-time example of an energy clearing live on the podcast 
• A real time energy clearing for all mothers and the femi...

Episode Highlights With Frank

• What is happening in the brain when we have negative thoughts
• Pain is experienced in the body, and the mind is what creates suffering 
• One of his favorite lessons from A Course in Miracles: Love is real, everything else is an illusion. "You need not defend against illusion.”
• Common categories of negative thoughts and how to identify them: mind filter, jumping to conclusions, mind reading, an...