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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:

You Are Not Your Diagnosis: The 5-Element Chinese Model With Susan Fox Sep 16, 2024

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Episode Highlights With Susan Fox

Why she feels that infertility as a diagnosis is incomplete, and what we need to know about it
The difference between subfertility and infertility and why the distinction is important
Diagnostic codes that go along with infertility and why it doesn’t tell the whole story
Shocking statistics around fertility and why this is important to understand
What the 5-element model is, and how can this help with fertility and so many other aspects of health
The five elements: wood (liver/creation), fire (spirit/soothing), earth (transformation/PCOS), air (lungs and large intestine/inspiration), water (kidney/hormonal health)
How the Chinese element model includes our emotional experience
The way to know which Chinese element you are
Tips and tips for supporting each element

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How Hormonal Imbalances Can Wreak Havoc On Your Hair – And What You Can Do To Fix It With Everbella Sep 11, 2024

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Episode Highlights With Cristina from Everbella

How she went from living in a city to living on a homestead with her kids and growing food and raising animals
Her health journey that led to the work she does today
Hair health is an inside story, and internal nutrients make a big difference
What hair is made out of and how to support it from the inside out
How stress can affect hair health
What cortisol does to estrogen levels and hair
The five ways hormonal changes affect hair
How hair grows and why understanding this can help support it
The four different cycles of hair growth
How hormone changes can get your hair stuck in the shedding phase
Warning signs to look for before your hair starts falling out
How to support the body in producing the right amount of estrogen
Ways to support healthy hair with nutrition and supplementation
Yet another reason protein is important… this time for hair
The most effective nutrients for supporting estrogen levels and healthy hair production
You can’t produce keratin without biotin
The unusual foods and nutrients that drastically support hair that you might not be getting
Hair healthy reasons to get the right amount of sunlight

Resources We Mention

Everbella - Use code wellnessmama40 for a discount
D Minder app

Beating Brain Fog & Mom Brain With Emma Willis and Helen Christoni Sep 10, 2024

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Episode Highlights With Emma and Helen

What is going on in the body when we have brain fog or mom brain
How hormones come into play with brain fog
The most impactful small habits you can add for your brain health
Supplements that can be most helpful
Ways to improve sleep quality naturally
Why it's important to model making time for ourselves to our kids
How modeling teaches our kids to support their own brain health

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Brain Health for Women With Make Time Wellness Sep 09, 2024

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Episode Highlights With Emma and Helen

How each of them got into the field of brain health
Why brain health is important for women to understand and be aware of
When brain fog isn’t just brain fog and why to pay attention to it
Why women are more at risk than men for brain health issues
1 in 11 women will get breast cancer… 1 in 6 will get Alzheimer's
A brain-first approach to wellness
Yet another reason that sleep is so important!
The supplements that can support brain health and help the brain function optimally as we age
Why sugar isn’t great for brain health and worth avoiding

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Metabolic Health in Menopause and Perimenopause with Wise and Well Sep 05, 2024

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Episode Highlights With Kristin and Maria

What midlife women need to know about metabolic health as we age
Nutrition and what needs to change
Concerns about cholesterol and cortisol changes as we age
Shifts in the microbiome and insulin sensitivity as we age
The changes in inflammation in the body that happen due to hormone shifts and what to do about it
Why exercising more and eating less doesn’t work in perimenopause and menopause
Muscle definition is a big regulator of inflammation in the body, and more muscle helps reduce age-related inflammation
What to know about cortisol, especially in these phases of life
How we can bring back adrenal health if we support sex hormones correctly
We have adrenal and ovarian sources of testosterone, and stress could be the culprit and not just perimenopause
The real role of adaptogens and what you need to know about them
Real deal on adrenal fatigue and how to properly support the adrenals
How under-eating puts the body in a state of stress, especially during hormone changes
The true importance of getting enough protein and why most of us really aren’t getting enough
Why protein in the morning matters
Supplements that can be helpful for menopausal symptoms
Ways to track your metabolic health as you age

Resources We Mention

Website - Wise and Well
The Great Menopause Myth: The Truth on Mastering Midlife Hormonal Mayhem, Beating Uncomfortable Symptoms, and Aging to Thrive by Kristin Johnson and Maria Claps
Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

851: The Great Menopause Myth & Changing the Conversation with Kristin and Maria Sep 04, 2024

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Episode Highlights With Kristin and Maria

What the great menopause myth is
Why these myths are not serving women and what is important to understand
Important things to understand about HRT
Menopause as a definition - one day after 12 months of not having a cycle, but this isn’t a medical or clinical definition but more an arbitrary definition created to draw a starting line
Why the menstrual cycle alone isn’t a good benchmark for menopause
The symptoms that can correlate to the beginning of hormone shifts
Progesterone, sleep, and how to support both
Why progesterone declines and what to do about it
The myths about hormone replacement therapy
Wanting to do menopause naturally and why it is worth considering HRT
The role of bioidentical hormones and when they can be beneficial
Preventative role of HRT vs waiting until metabolic conditions develop
What inflammaging is and how to address it
Menopause is essentially a state of inflammation, and you can still be inflamed even if you are doing all the right things physically because you're missing hormones

Resources We Mention

The Great Menopause Myth: The Truth on Mastering Midlife Hormonal Mayhem, Beating Uncomfortable Symptoms, and Aging to Thrive by Kristin Johnson and Maria Claps
Website - Wise and Well
Function Health

How to Talk to Someone With Cancer with Katie Deming, The Conscious Oncologist Sep 03, 2024

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Episode Highlights With Dr. Katie Deming

Her unique perspective on cancer and healing
Perspective on how to talk to people with cancer and show up with more empathy and compassion
The importance of curiosity
Words that can be really triggering for people with cancer, like survivor, fight, and battle language
The ideal place for healing happens in peace
How she learned the importance of language and words when working in oncology for years
Ways to talk to someone with cancer in a way that brings peace and shows empathy
Our thoughts guide everything that we are creating in our lives

Resources We Mention

Website - Dr. Katie Deming
Born to Heal Podcast
TED Talk
The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter, & Miracles by Bruce H. Lipton
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing by Anita Moorjani
Heal With Kelly Documentary

What No One Tells You About Cancer With The Conscious Oncologist Dr. Katie Deming Sep 02, 2024

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Episode Highlights With Dr. Katie Deming

How she was a professional athlete before transitioning to her current work
Her background in neuroscience and biology and how she ended up in medicine
A fascinating shared death experience that shifted the course of her life and her work
Why she feels that we might be completely off base with some aspects of current models
The connection between emotional trauma and physical illness
What the radical remission data says- it’s so fascinating!
Two things people with spontaneous recovery have in common (hint: it has to do with emotions)
The startling statistic that 1 in 3 women and 1 in 2 men will get cancer in their lifetime in most industrialized countries
How our modern life is contributing to illness across the board, not just cancer
How light, lifestyle, stress, and other factors contribute to illness
Her take on sunscreen and sunglasses and why to consider avoiding them
Cancer is an imbalance of increased toxicity in the body and decreased immune function
Though it isn’t our fault, it is our responsibility
A reframe to think about emotional trauma
How techniques that deal with the subconscious can be helpful
What PsychK is and how it can be helpful

Resources We Mention

Website - Dr. Katie Deming
Born to Heal Podcast
The Biology of Belief by Bruce H. Lipton

Building Muscle, Losing Fat, and Mastering Mindset with Drew Canole Aug 27, 2024

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Episode Highlights With Drew Canole

The real story of how to build muscle, lose fat, and get healthier as we age
"Whydentity" process — the why that makes you cry and how to find yours
Feeling creates your reality and how to start here
How to create a ritual around mindset and healthy habits
When you change your unconscious mind, you change your reality
Why he recommends 1 g of protein per pound of ideal body weight for moms
Hormone and sleep benefits of sun exposure and how to optimize this
Sunlight is the most underrated nutrition we have as human beings
Why many people eat too much of the wrong food and don’t get enough micronutrients and sunlight
Melanin is one of the greatest substances in our body
A reason to really focus on protein and how getting enough can change your life
His best sleep tips and ways to improve your sleep drastically
Tips for improving HRV
Creating an optimal sleep environment in your home
A random reason he sometimes has two golden kiwis at night

Resources We Mention

Organifi
ButcherBox
Real Plans
Levels
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine

Adaptogens and Superfoods for Stress, Sleep, and Mood With Drew Canole Aug 26, 2024

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Episode Highlights With Drew Canole

There are about 80,000 toxins in the environment each year and why this matters
Miracle foods that help protect the body and that are higher in nutrition than regular foods
RDA was created in WW2 but the food supply has changed and they’ve modified the recommendations
How Drew got into researching superfoods and the ones that will actually make a difference
The real deal about Moringa and why it's beneficial
What adaptogens are and how they can be so helpful and lower stress
How Rhodiola was used historically and how we can benefit from it today
His theory on one of the big reasons for the obesity epidemic
What to understand about greens' fiber and antioxidants
Why he drinks 32 ounces of water with lemon and salt each morning before getting up
Tip: Put salt in your mouth first thing in the morning and then drink water
Ways to support the liver for optimal health and hormone support
Why he recommends reverse fasting and moving the eating window earlier
The reason he stops eating at 3 pm each day and how this improves his HRV
He does a parasite cleanse once a month!
What binders are and his experience with mold
The truth about shilajit, why it is helpful, and how to get it without gagging
What Happy Drops are and why I love them
Natural ingredients that are tested to be more powerful than SSRIs
A day in the life of his daily routine
TIP: Get 50 grams of protein first thing in the morning

Resources We Mention

Organifi - Mood and Stress Products
Organifi - GOLD
Organifi - Happy Drops
You Be You: Detox Your Life, Crush Your Limitations, and Own Your Awesome by Drew Canole
Juicing Recipes From Fitlife by Drew Canole
The Dust Test

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