The Modern Ancestral Mamas Podcast

The Modern Ancestral Mamas Podcast

Bringing ancestral food, cooking, eating, and living to the everyday, modern mom.

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August 5, 2026 102 mins

Is eating before working out actually necessary? Learn how food manages exercise stress and balances your hormones.

Many people view physical training as the primary stressor on the body, but the reality is that your nutrition dictates the response. Eating before working out acts as the critical first step in a cascade that helps your body handle physical exertion. By focusing on proper pre-workout nutri...

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Are you questioning child medication side effects? We discuss finding alternatives to standard pediatric prescriptions.

In this episode, we tackle the difficult reality of navigating pediatric health and the pressure to conform to conventional treatments. We share our personal journey of looking beyond the prescr...

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Understanding a women's cycle is a superpower that helps you align your daily energy with your natural rhythm.

Most school and work systems are built around a 24-hour productivity model, which mirrors the male cycle. This creates a disconnect for women who operate on a longer, more dynamic internal clock. Learn...

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📍 Dream Walkers glasses & circadian lighting – https://dreamwalkerz.ai/ (code: M...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

📍 Join our Patreon Community – https://patreon.com/modernancestralmamas

📚 Resources & Links Mentioned:

📍 Dream Walkers glasses & circadian lighting – https://dreamwalkerz.ai/

📍 Dream Walkers on Instagram – https://www.instagram.c...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

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What if almost everything draining you as a mother, the isolation, the touched-out exhaustion, the sense that you were never meant to do this alone, isn't a personal failing but the...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

📍 Join our Patreon Community – https://patreon.com/modernancestralmamas

What if every meal you sit down to is meant to be a rehearsal of your faith, and the church has completely missed it?

In this episode, Corey and Christine kick off a brand new seri...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust.Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

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What if the reason you can't lose weight isn't your willpower, but the wrong goal entirely?

In this episode, Corey and Christine continue their weight loss series with Brenna Kenned...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust.

Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

What if everything your garden needs is already sitting in your kitchen?

In this episode, Corey and Christine welcome back Sophie Eng, author of The Nourishing Asian Kitchen and the forthcoming The Nourishing Asian Homestead. The daughter of Vietnamese refugees...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

You're eating clean. You're working out. So why is the scale still going up?

In this episode, Corey and Christine welcome functional nutritionist Deanna DeWitt, a women's hormone specialist who spent her late 20s and early 30s battling gut issues, anxiety, and ...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

The crunchy movement has a dogma problem, and even the homesteaders are starting to question it.

In this episode, Corey and Christine sit down with Sarah Stutsman of Wellfolk Revival, a homesteading mom of three teen daughters in Pennsylvania who has spent near...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

The fourth trimester is a lie, and your body knows it.

In this episode, Corey and Christine sit down for a long-overdue catch-up after Christine's maternity leave from the podcast. Now six weeks postpartum with baby #4, Christine shares the realization that's r...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

The generation raised on ultra-processed food is starting to fight back.

In this episode, Corey and Christine welcome Bishaka Chowdhury, a Gen Z health advocate and content creator behind @foodlicious444, for the third installment of their series: Gen Z and How...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

The generation raised on ultra-processed food is starting to fight back. In this episode, Corey and Christine welcome Penelope, a Gen Z health advocate and co-founder of both the MAHA Girls account and the Step It Ups natural weight loss program, for the second ...

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🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com

The generation raised on ultra-processed food is starting to fight back. In this episode, Corey and Christine welcome Lexi Noel, a 19-year-old Gen Z health advocate, baker, and co-founder of the MAHA Girls account, for the first installment of their new series: ...

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The way we drink is shaping how we feel… more than we realize.

In this episode, Corey and Christine sit down with Blair Horton, creator of Holistic Rendezvous and author of Everyday Elixirs, to explore the growing shift away from alcohol and what’s replacing it. From college party culture to intentional, ingredient-driven drinks, this conversation challenges the assumption that alcohol is the only way to relax, celebra...

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What most moms are eating after birth is actually making recovery harder.

In this episode, Corey and Christine sit down with postpartum chef Alana Speed to unpack one of the most overlooked pieces of postpartum recovery: nourishment. From surviving on snacks and skipping meals to the pressure to “bounce back,” this conversation challenges the modern approach to postpartum and reveals why so many moms feel depleted, exh...

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What if your exhaustion isn’t just part of motherhood… but a sign your body is asking for help?

In this episode, Corey and Christine sit down with Kristen Files, adrenal expert and founder of Forest Creek Wellness, to unpack what’s really behind the constant fatigue so many moms are experiencing. From “mom burnout” to brain fog, low motivation, and that feeling of being only half yourself, this conve...

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What if everything you’ve been told about pork being “unclean” is missing the bigger picture?

In this episode, Corey and Christine sit down with Charles Mayfield of Farrow Skincare to unpack one of the most misunderstood foods in the modern health space. From viral claims about pork being toxic to long-standing religious and cultural beliefs, this conversation digs into where those ideas came from and whether the...

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What happens when the world of “healthy eating” becomes so confusing that we stop trusting our own bodies?

In this episode, Corey and Christine sit down with Chef James Barry of Eat Pluck to unpack one of the biggest problems in modern health: we’ve outsourced our instincts. From carnivore to vegan, keto to “clean eating,” the conversation explores why so many diets seem to work at first, why they oft...

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