The Wellness Mama Podcast

Latest Episodes:

493: Dr. Talya Miron-Shatz on Medical Decision Making & Being an Informed Patient Nov 04, 2021

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In this episode, Dr. Talya Miron-Shatz is my guest. She’s the author of a book called Your Life Depends on It: What You Can Do to Make Better Choices About Your Health. Today, we talk about our relationships with doctors and health care providers—and the specifics of navigating these relationships. I hear from a lot …

492: Lee Holden on Qi Gong for Less Stress and More Energy Nov 01, 2021

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Today, I’m excited to have Lee Holden as a guest on the podcast. Lee has been a Qi Gong teacher for 28 years. If you aren’t familiar with Qi Gong, it’s a new tool I’ve been using for movement, stress relief, and breathing. He started practicing Qi Gong when he nearly lost his ability to …

491: Peter Crone on Freedom From the Prisons of the Subconscious Mind Oct 28, 2021

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I’m here today with Peter Crone, who does amazing work around subconscious beliefs, past trauma, and patterns from childhood. Since I shared some of my trauma, I’ve received follow-up questions about tangible things we can do to heal, which is why I wanted to have Peter on the podcast!

Peter’s story is fascinating — his mother passed away when he was seven, and his father when he was 17. This led him to a fear of loss, which was triggered when his first romantic relationship ended. He faced a lot of sleepless nights until he realized that life is uncertain and the answer to most of his problems was found in three simple words: I don’t know.

He went on to explore how the mind influences our lives and works with professional athletes, entertainers, and all kinds of global organizations around this concept.

In this episode, Peter challenges the subconscious patterns that show up in our adult lives. We also delve into consciously interacting with our children so that maybe they can enter adult life with fewer subconscious patterns. I hope you enjoy this episode!

Episode Highlights With Peter Crone

The story of a hit-and-run accident that allowed Peter to help someone in a powerful way
What our main obstacle to freedom is
How who you think you are keeps you from actually being who you are
How the loss of his parents when he was young helped him understand trauma
Why the feeling of not being enough is almost universal
The reason that anywhere there is resistance, there is suffering
Different types of trauma and where they show up
Why acceptance is the first step to healing
How traumatic childhood experiences can lead to physical health problems (like Hashimoto’s for me)
The importance of recognizing that we are clueless, the future is uncertain, and how to find freedom in this
Ways to be more mindful of language and why this is important
The reason problems are often just symptoms of subconscious constructs
Power of imagination and how it fits into healing
Your kids will rarely succeed at listening to you, but they will always succeed in becoming you
How children learn by mimicking and why this is important
How to move into compassion in interactions with people
His advice for parents on helping avoid some of these patterns and embrace creativity and imagination
How to maintain the joy of possibility in our kids as much as possible
What true happiness is and how to transition to joy
How to transcend happiness and sadness as both parts of the human experience
Why happiness, in the way we often think of it, is impossible and why this is beautiful
The importance of making room for all of our emotions

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490: Paul Jaminet on the Perfect Health Diet, Carbs, and Cancer Research Oct 25, 2021

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Today I’m here with Paul Jaminet, who had a very strong early influence on me with his “Perfect Health Diet.” As a key leader in the health and wellness world, he also influenced people like Chris Kresser and Mark Sisson. If you aren’t familiar with Paul, he’s MIT-educated in both physics and philosophy and has a Ph.D. in physics. After working in astrophysics, Paul became an entrepreneur and then transitioned into the natural health world after he experienced his own health problems.

Paul’s also the founder and president of Angiex, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapies for solid cancers. It’s built on discoveries made by his wife and co-founder, Shou-Ching. They created a new class of cancer drugs, and so far the results are absolutely astounding! Normally I am not a big proponent of pharmaceuticals, but I actually invested in this company because of its potential.

We talk about a wide range of topics from diet and natural health, circadian biology, and these novel cancer treatments. And without further ado, let’s jump into this fascinating episode.

Episode Highlights With Paul Jaminet

What the Perfect Health Diet is and how Paul created it
How the work of Art DeVany impacted his work and what he learned in his own experimentation
The reason he thinks carbohydrates are important (within a certain ratio)
Paul’s own health struggles that led to his research and experimentation for the Perfect Health Diet
The gut, carb, thyroid connection and how to understand carb needs
How cycling fits into an evolutionary approach and how to use it effectively
Key lifestyle and nutrition interventions for health and how circadian biology plays a pivotal role
How he shifted into cancer research
Paul and his wife Shou-Ching’s work on effective cancer treatments and what sets them apart
The innovative way they are taking a two-prong approach to cancer treatment that is much less toxic and appears to be much more effective in initial trials
Natural vs pharmaceutical approaches to cancer and how they work best together
The things people don’t know or understand about his areas of expertise
And more!

Resources We Mention

Perfect Health Diet website
Perfect Health Diet: Regain Health and Lose Weight by Eating the Way You Were Meant to Eat by Paul Jaminet
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel

489: Deanna Byck on Carbon Offsets, Climate Change and How Hemp Can Help Save Our Planet Oct 21, 2021

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Today’s episode is a little different than our usual health topics and I’m excited to explore the extremely versatile uses of hemp, the carbon equation and how that comes into play, and how hemp can truly help save our planet. I am here with the Deanna Byck who is the chief global engagement officer of …

488: Laila Ali on Mindset From World Championship Boxing to Health and Wellness Oct 18, 2021

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This podcast was so much fun to record! I’m here with Laila Ali, my personal friend and a former four-time world boxing champion. She’s also a cookbook author, a health and wellness advocate, a TV personality, and most importantly, a mom to her two children! You may know Laila as the daughter of the late, …

487: Dr. Andrew Hill on How to Build a Better Brain at Home (Starting With Sleep) Oct 14, 2021

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This podcast is all about the brain, and specifically how to build a better brain at home starting with sleep. I’m here with the neuroscientist I trust my own brain to, Dr. Andrew Hill, who is a previous guest on this podcast. We spoke in the first episode about neurofeedback and very specific brain training …

486: Sara Gustafson on the Four Feminine Archetypes and Finding Purpose Oct 11, 2021

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I’m really excited to have Sara Gustafson back on the podcast today and we focus on the mental, emotional and spiritual side of women’s health. We went deep in our first episode on the physical and medical side and the mismatch between men and women both in research and treatment. But, we ran out of time before we could really delve into these other areas.

Today, we cover what she calls the four feminine archetypes and how those each relate to women in various periods of their lives, and even in a smaller basis throughout the month. She works with many women in resolving trauma, working through health problems, and a lot more. She’s a CHEK practitioner and has direct experience helping a lot of people work through issues, both physically, mentally, emotionally. We go into some really interesting topics like intuition, balancing those archetypes, and having a proper amount of each in our lives.

I’m excited to share it with you. Let’s jump in!

Episode Highlights With Sara Gustafson

What an archetype is and the most common ones within the heroes journey
The four specific feminine archetypes are and why they are important
How these archetypes play a role in health
What happens when we become detached from the archetypes
The shadow of these archetypes and how they express themselves
How overexcited or underdeveloped archetypes can express
What happens when a woman isn’t allowed to express one of these archetypes
The seven dark arrows and how they affect relationships
How doing the work can sometimes lead to relationship problems and how she helps counteract these
Ways to nurture intuition
A reason to write down dreams
How to use artwork for inner processing
Why Sara paints everyday and how she starts her day

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485: Dr. Kanwal Bawa on Overcoming Cancer, Sexual Health and Biohacking Oct 07, 2021

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This podcast is all about an amazing and inspirational story of overcoming cancer, how mindset can impact your health and also dives into other areas such as sexual health and biohacking. I am here with Dr. Kanwal Bawa, who is a Board Certified physician and founder of Bawa Medical and Chief Medical Officer at New …

484: Steve Wright on Tributyrin Breakthrough Molecule for Microbiome, Histamine and Leaky Gut Oct 04, 2021

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I’m excited to have Steve Wright back on the podcast today. He’s the founder of healthygut.com and has a lot of expertise specific to gut and health issues. I wanted to bring him back to talk about the promising research on tributyrin, which is a new molecule that I’ve been using that helped in my …