The Wellness Mama Podcast

Latest Episodes:

365: Why What We Put on Our Bodies Matters So Much and CBD Science With Jessica Assaf of Prima Aug 13, 2020

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I am here today with Jessica Assaf, co-founder and the chief education officer at Prima, a company doing many of the same things in a different industry. She’s been a leading advocate for her safe beauty products and corporate accountability since she was fifteen. Since then she’s graduated from Harvard Business School and become an award-winning …

364: Mindset Strategies to Survive and Thrive as a Homeschooling, Working Parent With Carrie Husse Aug 10, 2020

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Carrie Husse has been one of the editorial masterminds behind the content on Wellness Mama and is now a homeschooling mom of four. She has a background in print book publishing and made the jump to join the Wellness Mama team in her spare time.

Like my family, Carrie and her husband both work from home in addition to homeschooling. It hasn’t always been an easy road, but at this point she’s addicted to building a flexible, out-of-the-box life where family and career go hand in hand. Reading, traveling, and learning as a family are always at the top of her priority list, as well as keeping up with her ever-growing suburban homestead.

It’s our hope this conversation can at least help lessen the learning curve for so many families in a time of great change.

Resources We Mention

Carrie Husse LinkedIn & Instagram
LoonlingLearning/GreenFire Gardens
Article: Finding the Bare Minimum in Your Homeschool
Kids Cook Real Food e-course
Smart Moves: Why Learning Is Not All In Your Head by Carla Hannaford, PhD
201 Relationship Questions: The Couple’s Guide to Building Trust and Emotional Intimacy by Barrie Davenport
Cook Once, Eat All Week: 26 Weeks of Gluten-Free, Affordable Meal Prep to Preserve Your Time & Sanity by Cassy Joy Garcia
The Wellness Mama Cookbook

Carrie’s Favorite Homeschool Picks

363: Mind Body Green on Mental Health, Micro-Communities, & 80/20 Personalized Wellness Aug 06, 2020

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I’m so glad I get to sit down today with Colleen Wachob, the co-founder and co-CEO of MindBodyGreen, one of my all-time favorite health resources. Colleen graduated from Stanford University with degrees in international relations and Spanish and spent 10 years working at Fortune 500 companies like Gap, Walmart, and Amazon. We touch on a …

362: A Cardiologist Takes on Common Health Myths With Dr. Jack Wolfson Aug 03, 2020

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We haven’t talked about heart health on the podcast in a while, but this is an incredibly important topic for women! Board-certified cardiologist Dr. Jack Wolfson joins me today to talk about how nutrition, lifestyle, and supplements can help protect and improve long-term cardiac health. During our interview, we bust some common myths and misconceptions …

361: Homeschooling and Raising Entrepreneurs With Nathan Barry Jul 30, 2020

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I am here with Nathan Barry, a friend of mine and also the founder of a business called ConvertKit which powers the email and newsletter that many of you subscribe to. He like me was homeschooled and dropped out of college. He now runs a hundred million dollar company. In this episode, we delve into …

360: Four Questions to Change Your Life & Doing The Work With Byron Katie Jul 27, 2020

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I’m here today with Byron Katie, one of my favorite authors and speakers on the topics of mindset, parenting, and about a million other things. She is the author of many books including Loving What Is, I Need Your Love – Is That True?, A Thousand Names for Joy and, A Mind at Home with Itself. In …

359: All About Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum, and Avoiding Mom Burnout With Midwife Diana Spalding From Motherly Jul 23, 2020

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This episode is about all things pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, but not in the usual way. Instead of just focusing on baby, we are taking a close look at our journey as moms through of all these life-changing stages. My guest is Diana Spalding, a digital educator and editor at Motherly. She also happens to …

358: A Practical Guide to CBD and Medicinal Mushrooms With The Rebel’s Apothecary Jul 20, 2020

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I’m here with Jenny Sansouci, author of The Rebel’s Apothecary and an expert on all things cannabis, CBD, and mushrooms. These may sound like controversial or off-the-wall topics, but they are actually increasingly relevant in the research right now. Now that they are more widely available than ever, I thought they would be important to talk about …

357: HPV: How to Support the Body to Recover Naturally With Dr. Doni Wilson Jul 16, 2020

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In this episode, we’re wading into a controversial area that parents are very concerned about, based on the number of emails and comments I get on the topic. Today we’re tackling HPV or Human Papillomavirus from all the possible angles, from vaccination to root cause approaches.

Since I don’t have personal experience within this area, I’m leaning naturopathic doctor Dr. Doni Wilson. She has an extremely high success rate in helping patients with problems like HPV or abnormal pap smears get back to normal after diagnosis. She goes deeps on underlying causes and factors, including genetic issues, reverse adrenal distress, autoimmunity, cervical dysplasia, and infertility.

p.s. Just in case you think HPV isn’t a concern for you: If you are female, you likely have up to an 80% chance of getting this at some point during your life. If you are male, you may never know if you had this or not, but you may be just as much at risk!

Episode Highlights With Dr. Doni Wilson

The factors that make a difference in your risk for HPV
What percentage of people likely have HPV at some point
How to know if you have it
Ways to support the immune system after an abnormal pap smear
The leaky gut connection more doctors need to be talking about
How many women resolve HPV and get a normal pap smear after
The amazing protocol that helps 95+% of Dr. Doni’s patients heal
And more!

Resources We Mention

More From Wellness Mama

Are you concerned about HPV? Is there an angle we didn’t cover? Please drop a comment below or leave a review on iTunes to let us know. We value knowing what you think and this helps other moms find the podcast as well.

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Child: Welcome to my Mommy’s podcast.

This episode is sponsored by Four Sigmatic, a company specializing in superfood mushrooms products designed to improve immunity, focus, sleep and health and so much more. I’ve been using these products for years and I am a big fan of their Lion’s Mane Coffee in the morning and their Reishi at night,

356: How to Improve Your Health Based on Genetics With Joe Cohen From SelfDecode Jul 13, 2020

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Joe Cohen won the lottery on bad genes. From childhood he suffered from all kinds of inflammation, fatigue, digestive problems, anxiety, depression, and many other issues his doctors couldn’t seem to sort out. Frustrated by the lack of good information and tools, he threw himself into experimentation and self-learning to improve his health like many of us have. He’s now a self-made “biohacker” and he created the ultimate biohacking resource, a website called SelfHacked.

All this led to his next venture, a biotech software platform for DNA-based health research called SelfDecode. We go deep today into how you can use your personalized genetics to understand how to meet your health goals.

There’s so much to cover here I bet we’ll need to have Joe back for round two, but for now let’s get started!

Episode Highlights With SelfDecode

A helpful analogy for how our immune system works
The role of genetics in our personal health
Why all MTHFR mutations aren’t equal (it depends on your genes)
How knowing your genetic information can help you figure out the right path to overcome depression
Ways to counteract your “bad” genes
Why COVID affects some people more than others
Diet considerations for someone with the PEMT (fatty liver) gene
And more!

Resources We Mention

More From Wellness Mama

Have you ever had genetic testing done? What did it do for your health? Please drop a comment below or leave a review on iTunes to let us know. We value knowing what you think and this helps other moms find the podcast as well.

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Child: Welcome to my Mommy’s podcast.

This podcast is brought to you by Wellnesse, my new personal care company that is based on the recipes I’ve been making at home in my kitchen for decades. Many “clean” products simply don’t work and this is why I have spent the last decade researching and perfecting recipes for products that not only eliminate toxic chemicals but contain ingredients that work better than their conventional alternatives and that nourish your body from the outside in. I’m so excited to finally share these produc