The Wellness Mama Podcast

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453: Dr Tami Meraglia & Ian Mitchell on a Holistic Approach to Hair Loss Jun 17, 2021

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I’ve gotten an increasing number of questions about hair loss recently. The stress of the last year has gotten to a lot of us! That’s why today’s episode delves into the science of hair loss and provides evidence-based methods for reversing it! I chat with Dr. Tami Meraglia, author of the bestselling book The Hormone Secret …

452: Esther Blum on How to Navigate Menopause Without All the Negative Symptoms Jun 14, 2021

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I may be a few years away from menopause, but this is the time to start learning about it and how to approach it in a natural way. Today’s episode is jam packed with really direct, practical resources on menopause, from dietitian and women’s coach Esther Blum. Esther’s helped thousands of women permanently balance their …

451: Dr. Roseann on How to Develop Resilience and Support Kids With ADHD, OCD, LD, or PANS/PANDAS Kids Jun 10, 2021

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This episode goes deep on things like PANS and PANDAS, which I don’t have any firsthand experience with but get many questions about. Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge is the founder of the Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health and has been recognized as a thought leader in children’s mental health by Forbes. She’s worked with thousands of …

450: Aviva Romm on Hormone Intelligence: Calming Hormone Chaos & Feeling Good Again Jun 07, 2021

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This episode is all about getting your hormones into balance, a topic that’s so important to us as moms. I’m here with Aviva Romm, a world-renowned midwife and herbalist who also happens to be a Yale-trained MD and a board-certified family physician. Her specialties are integrative gynecology, obstetrics, and pediatrics. Aviva has an incredible new book …

449: Randy Newberg on Seasonal Eating, Sustainable Food Sourcing, & Learning From the Outdoors Jun 03, 2021

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I’m here with Randy Newberg, the host of popular TV shows and podcasts focused on self-guided public land hunting, conservation, and environmentalism. We discuss some misconceptions around these topics and really delve into the difference we make when we source our food as locally and as sustainably as possible, whether it be through gardening, fishing, …

448: Mike Bayer on Creating a Strong Mindset in Ourselves and Our Kids May 31, 2021

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I’m here with Mike Bayer, who is all about curating a strong mindset in ourselves and in our kids. Mike is a two-time New York Times bestselling author, founder and CEO of the leading mental health treatment center in Los Angeles, and one of the top life coaches in the world today. Mike works with …

447: Kambo Frog Medicine for Detox, Healing, and Trauma Release With Todd Shipman May 27, 2021

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If you follow my Instagram, you already know that I’ve tried Kambo, a secretion from a poisonous Amazonian frog that actually has positive health benefits for humans. Understandably this raised a lot of questions from all of you, like “why would you do that?” and “what does it do?”. This episode goes deep on all …

446: The Science of Psychedelics (& Why I Took Drugs) With Ted Achacoso May 24, 2021

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Welcome back to Ted Achacoso, one of the smartest doctors and human beings on the planet, for the second part of last week’s episode. In our first interview, we talked about consciousness, suffering, ego, and a lot of other topics related to that. Today we take it a step further into some controversial waters, the substances called psychedelics and their possibilities from a medical and neurological perspective.

I would encourage you to listen to this episode with an open mind, not only because you’re hearing from one of the smartest people in the world, but because these substances, while often misunderstood, have truly life-changing potential. I know this firsthand from my own experience with several of them, which were instrumental in healing some personal trauma in my past.

Episode Highlights With Dr. Ted Achacoso

What ketamine is and how it can be used therapeutically
How ketamine can do a DNM reset
The way ketamine inhibits the inhibitor by taking away from the task positive network
How psychedelics calm the default mode network to allow for emotional recovery
How the 5HT2a receptor affects mood and why these substances can be a great alternative to other depression medications
What psilocybin, DMT, and MDMA are and how they affect the brain, body, and consciousness
How psychedelics are to the mind what a telescope is to astronomy and a microscope is to biology
“Meditation is like a mental gym and psychedelics are like steroids for your mental gym”
What psychedelic therapy is and how it is being used in research for things like PTSD
The research happening at Johns Hopkins
How they are so safe that we can say that no one has actually died from certain psychedelics
Why psychedelics are by their nature non-addicting
Who should be very cautious or not use psychedelics
The importance of being in therapy when considering using these substances (and the importance of integration after)
Important safety notes related to all of these substances
The science of how psychedelics affect and can benefit the body too!
Why ketamine has been approved for treatment-resistant depression (and where to find it)
And more!

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445: Understanding Consciousness, Ego & How to Reduce Suffering with Dr. Ted Achacoso May 20, 2021

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Dr. Ted Achacoso is, in my opinion, one of the smartest physicians in the world, and he’s back today to share more from his depth of knowledge about human consciousness and wellness. I think this conversation is so important for moms, since our awareness around this topic affects the next generation. We start by delving …

444: Dr. Stephen Cabral on The Rain Barrel Effect, Inflammation, Fasting & Hormones May 17, 2021

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Dr. Stephen Cabral is a board-certified doctor of naturopathy and founder of the Cabral Wellness Institute. He has been through his own life-altering illness diagnosis. After recovery, he discovered a passion for helping other people do the same through naturopathic and functional medicine. In this episode, we talk about the common root causes he looks …

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