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**The Wellness Mama Podcast**

The Wellness Mama Podcast is a weekly series covering the topics of holistic health, real food, stress, sleep, fitness, toxins, natural living, DIY, parenting, motherhood, and other health tips to give you actionable solutions to improve your family’s life! Brought to you by Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com

Latest Episodes:

Detox, Epigenetics, and Biohacking from a Traditional Chinese Medicine Perspective With Ashley Beckman Apr 14, 2025

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Episode Highlights With Ashley

What are the foundational differences between Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine?
It’s all about constitution in TCM and what the differences are here
What it might mean if you wake up at 3 am each morning
The way TCM looks at taste and temperature of foods and supplements
The elements and how they pertain to organs in TCM- and how they all show up
How to know what element/constitution you might be in TCM
A lot of women tend to be more earth-oriented in TCM
Understanding emotions in TCM
What lung and skin issues are connected to in TCM and how this can relate to grief and sadness, especially in kids
Liver health in a TCM perspective and ways to support yours- including why the liver needs movement like daily walking
How fast-paced modern life and being out of alignment with nature stresses the liver
Biohacking for women and how we might do this differently if we had a TCM perspective
TCM: With every child, you give away half of your chi
Red meat is the most nourishing food to build up your chi

Resources Mentioned

Dr. Ashley Beckman on Instagram and her cellular detox Instagram page
Mastering Mold program - use code wellnessmama for an exclusive discount. $100 off all pricing options (both full payment and installment plans)
Labs Unveiled
Mold Resource Guide - how to recognize mold exposure, detox tips, and creating a mold-free environment.

The Benefits of Walking: Health One Step at a Time (Solo Episode) Apr 09, 2025

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Episode Highlights With Katie

What the research actually says about the benefits of walking
Is there any magic in the 10K steps a day number?
Timing considerations for maximum benefit
The physiological benefits of walking
When adding a weighted vest can be useful
How much to walk for the most benefit
How to build the habit of walking

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How to Discover Your Why and Your Unique Health Equation with Jill Foos Apr 07, 2025

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Episode Highlights With Jill Foos

Her background in equestrianism as a kid and how she has five kids
She essentially grew up in a barn
How she took charge of her own health by age 16 after deciding she wanted a different outcome than others in her family
Finding your “why” for changing your health
Ways to help our kids find their own equations
Stepping into the active vs passive role in your health and kids' health
Who we need on our health team as we go through perimenopause and menopause
The big pillars she notices that are helpful for most people across the board
Importance of protein and fiber as we get older
Why she recommends having a health coach to help bridge the gap with other practitioners
Your health equation has to be portable and sustainable
More reasons we need to prioritize protein, especially as women

Resources Mentioned

Jill Foos Wellness - Her website
Health Trip Podcast
Function Health
Equip protein powder
Puori protein powder (use code WELLNESSMAMA for 20% off)
Lab tests you can order at home (without a doctor)

Thyroid Update: Hashimoto's Gone… What I Did That Worked! (Solo Episode) Apr 02, 2025

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Episode Highlights With Katie

My recovery journey from Hashimoto's
What my most recent labs show with no medication for over two years
All of the factors I feel contributed to my healing
How long this approach took and what I wish I’d learned earlier
The uncommon factors that made a big difference for me

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Thyroid Health Deep Dive: Labs, Remedies, Medications and More with McCall McPherson Apr 01, 2025

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Episode Highlights with McCall McPherson

Why we can’t put our blind trust in practitioners when it comes to thyroid health and the tools to step into being your own primary healthcare provider for thyroid health
If you have thyroid symptoms, TSH is not enough
Labs to get: TSH, Free T3, T4, Reverse T3 (full thyroid function panel)
Women also need to be screened for Hashimotos with TPO
There is not a standardized “normal” range for thyroid labs… it's just based on what the lab dictates as normal and varies by lab
How diet and lifestyle factors come into play with addressing thyroid issues and activating thyroid issues
Diet and lifestyle factors that help: bring in more nutrients, experiment with reducing gluten and dairy
Bring in vs keep out mindset shift when it comes to healing
Food ordering for signaling safety to the body: protein first, micronutrient dense

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GLPs: Myths, Microdosing, Studies and Cautions with McCall McPherson Mar 31, 2025

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Episode Highlights with McCall McPherson

How GLPs were developed and how they became popular for weight loss
What GLPs actually are and how they work
The inflammatory pieces related to GLP use and her theory that they may reduce inflammation
Inflammation is a common factor in chronic disease but tough to pinpoint and affect, though easy to test
She measures HS-CRP on labs to check inflammation
How she is seeing a consistent reduction in autoimmune antibodies with GLPs
What to know about muscle loss with GLPs and how to maintain muscle mass if you take them: eat enough protein and strength-building activity
Heart disease kills more people than all cancers combined
A couple of important studies looking at cardiovascular death risk for diabetics on GLPs - 51% risk reduction with GLP use
The select trial in non-diabetics found a 21% reduction in heart attack and stroke risk with GLPs
How being undernourished and underhydrated can impact metrics like HRV and resting heart rate if people don’t drink enough water on this
The real data about thyroid risk and why this is really important to understand
Dosing is so important and overdosing is responsible for the majority of issues

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Tips for Teens In Sports or Athletics (Solo Episode) Mar 26, 2025

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Episode Highlights With Katie

Teen athletes need lots of protein—one gram per pound of body weight
How a protein-packed breakfast boosts energy and recovery
Creatine helps muscles, the brain, and ATP energy production
Why electrolytes like sodium and magnesium are essential
Sunlight and vitamin D aid hormones and injury prevention
Sleep is key—teens need 9-10 hours for recovery
Recovery drives strength and speed, not just training
Teens thrive when they choose how to fuel their bodies

Resources Mentioned

BiOptimizers - Masszymes and Magnesium Breakthrough supplements
Just Thrive - Vitamin K2 supplement
Creatine - supplement
Biostrap - wearable health monitor
Manta Sleep - Products to help you sleep better
Essentia Mattress

Addressing Toxic Burden, Mold, Metals and Parasites With Dr. Brandy Cummings Mar 25, 2025

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Episode Highlights With Dr. Brandy Cummings

What toxic burden is and all the factors that can contribute
What pleomorphism is in the body and how this can impact us
Big factors in toxic burden: mold, mycotoxins, parasites
The real deal on parasites and why a simple parasite cleanse isn’t necessarily a miracle solution
Parasites are toxin sponges
How our inner language can really impact our nervous system and how to pay attention to this

Resources Mentioned

Dr. Brandy Cummings - Website
Dr. Brandy Cummings - Instagram

Never the Same Since I Had Kids: Chronic Symptoms in Moms With Dr. Brandy Cummings Mar 24, 2025

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Episode Highlights with Dr. Brandy

A fun fact about her fear of whales
Why there's a common experience of women not feeling the same after having kids and some common underlying factors
Common isn’t necessarily normal… the unrealistic expectations often put on moms
What microchimerism is, how this can affect women, and how it happens more in c-section births
What to keep an eye on to early identify some of these things going on
How keeping a journal can be really helpful
Things we can do proactively to help avoid some common problems
Normal vs not normal postpartum and what to keep an eye on
How circadian rhythm health can be so important and how to support yours

Resources Mentioned

Dr. Brandy Cummings - Website
Dr. Brandy Cummings - Instagram
Skylight Calendar for schedule management

How Digestive Bitters can Support Digestive Health and Natural GLP-1 Production with Tina Anderson Mar 19, 2025

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Episode Highlights With Tina

How health topics are now entering the mainstream conversation, and how this can be a net benefit for so many of us, separate from podcasts
We are each our own primary healthcare provider and CEO of our health
High-impact changes we can make in supporting our health
How the gut and brain are connected and how this two-way communication can support both gut and brain health when we understand it
Most of our serotonin and many other neurotransmitters are produced in our gut!
For the immune system to work properly, we have to have good gut health
If you have an autoimmune issue, you have leaky gut
What digestive bitters are and how they support the gut
How these things were largely removed from the food supply in our modern diets
Bitters can improve stomach acid and help with fat metabolism
How probiotics and bitters do different things
Bitters specifically support the stomach
Why their bitters are in a capsule vs a liquid
How to take and use bitters for maximal benefit

Resources Mentioned

Just Thrive - For a limited time, get 20% off your first bottle of digestive bitters and probiotics with promo code WM20

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