Episode Highlights With Mike Feldstein of Jaspr The reason indoor air can be more polluted than outdoor air How poor air quality can cause inflammation Humans breathe about one credit card worth of microplastics per week, and what this does to the body 100% of all homes tested positive for microplastics in air How we can get oxidative stress and accelerated aging from bad air quality Why we don’t have the same biosensors around air that we do around food and water We adapt very quickly to air an...
Jul 11, 2024•32 min•Ep. 824
Episode Highlights With Mike Feldstein We breathe so much more than we drink or eat, so air quality can be much more important than even food quality We breathe 11,000-15,000 liters of air per day Air is one of our most essential health factors, and we can only go minutes without air Why Mike carries a CO2 monitor, and when CO2 levels can affect performance What to do about high CO2 levels Why heat might not be the reason you feel fatigued in the sauna His fascinating background in catastrophic ...
Jul 10, 2024•35 min•Ep. 823
Episode Highlights With Dr. Courtney Hunt We evolved under the light of the sun to take code/energy from the sun Light is a symphony of information for our bodies How light can help us reverse age It is all coded into our bodies; how to send your body the right signals How sunrise and sunset are natural sources of red light When you get enough red light you burn through sugar faster and have better blood sugar control Carbs are free radicals when we eat them all the time The real reasons morning...
Jul 09, 2024•32 min•Ep. 822
Episode Highlights With Dr. Courtney Hunt Her own story of recovery from Hashimoto's She was trained as an OB/GYN and her path to what she does now You are not your diagnosis The importance of seeing yourself well What autophagy is and how it can be such a valuable tool How to encourage autophagy and self-cleaning in the body When you enter ketosis as a metabolic state you make acetoacetic acid which breaks down into beta-hydroxybutyrate and acetone and why this is beneficial How to flip the met...
Jul 08, 2024•40 min•Ep. 821
Episode Highlights With Adrienne Her story of autoimmune recovery and how it led her to learning about cold exposure Why she was taking over 20 prescriptions daily and how she recovered The reason cold exposure is the one healing modality she would choose Drastic effects she noticed when she started doing ice baths Why ice baths can be so helpful and the physiological ways they help the body How cold exposure creates norepinephrine and dopamine The way cold exposure can help with resilience and ...
Jul 03, 2024•44 min•Ep. 820
Episode Highlights With Barbara The power of listening, especially with our children How understanding human design can drastically change how we parent The way a child's design can affect how they learn and the school environment they need How our kid's type can affect how they eat and why we might call it picky eating The only thing that heals is love Importance of viewing our children as an asset, not an inconvenience Why psychological resilience is so important How anything can be a cult if ...
Jul 02, 2024•36 min•Ep. 819
Episode Highlights With Barbara Her incredible background and journey and what led to her work The wisdom she found in not needing to be or have power over other people Her friendship with Ra and Eckhart Tolle What human design is and how it can help us understand our gifts How human design is unique and what the different types are in human design The four basic types in human design: projector, manifestor, generator, reflector What the four transformations in human design are Decision-making b...
Jul 01, 2024•38 min•Ep. 818
Episode Highlights With Justin The real root cause of obesity and why it isn’t what you think Why diet can be so frustrating and why so many of us are recovering dieters The average woman tries 126 diets in the course of their lifetime Obesity often stems from unmet emotional and psychological needs The antidote to this problem How we inherit programmed thoughts from our parents about food and diet Body fat storage is not a bad thing, but a sign of adaptability that we just need to understand be...
Jun 26, 2024•51 min•Ep. 817
Episode Highlights With Paola Telfer Navigating parenting in an increasingly technological world How to maximize the benefits of technology for kids and minimize the addictive potential A relationship-focused approach to parenting around technology Some practical tips for managing technology in the home The most important part of managing a relationship with a teenage child Her litmus test for how her relationship with her teenager is doing Tips for sleep with teenagers Teaching kids entrepreneu...
Jun 25, 2024•29 min•Ep. 816
Episode Highlights With Sens.ai Her story that led to her creating at-home brain training that actually works How a brain injury and PTSD impacted her life and how she reversed it What is brain training and how it can be so impactful This is basically neurotechnology-assisted meditation What the different brain waves and brain states are and how to benefit from them How to access self-directed neuroplasticity The pillars of brain states What neurotechnologies Sens.ai includes and how they work H...
Jun 24, 2024•34 min•Ep. 815
Episode Highlights With Dr. Tom O'Bryan The inflammation equation and all the variables we face in the modern world Bottom-line principles that affect inflammatory status 14 of the 15 largest killers are chronic inflammatory conditions Why inflammation is the trigger that pulls on the chain to break the weakest link The most common environmental toxins we are seeing in the modern world How mold affects inflammation and is even linked to things like Alzheimer's Where plasticizers are found and ho...
Jun 19, 2024•49 min•Ep. 814
Episode Highlights With Dr. Anthony Gustin What he learned from his stay with a hunter-gatherer tribe and how it changed his life Huge takeaways he had from witnessing a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and how this actually shifted his viewpoint away from just the physical aspects of health toward human wholeness His experience with mold exposure, detox, and getting to healing A drastic mindset shifts he had away from being as research-focused Why he stopped focusing as much on physical health markers...
Jun 18, 2024•31 min•Ep. 813
Episode Highlights with Dr. Anthony Gustin The problems with the current food supply chain How complex the meat supply chain is What regenerative agriculture is and why it is so important for the planet, especially now The point we are fast approaching that will be a big problem for our food supply and the planet Regenerative agriculture is a way to produce food that helps and not harms the planet How meat is important for the human body and for plant growth in the environment Why to look for re...
Jun 17, 2024•38 min•Ep. 812
Episode Highlights With Dr. Ryan Lazarus Pillars of health: Move, Rest, Nourish, Learn, Connect, Challenge, Spark The details on nutrition: the EAT plan Salt should not be demonized and what we need to know about salt consumption How 3-5 grams of salt a day can be really helpful Practical tips for getting enough high-quality sleep: routine, environment, timing, exercise Movement tips you can do at home and the value of movement/play over exercise Top-level pillars: learning, connecting, challeng...
Jun 13, 2024•33 min•Ep. 811
Episode Highlights With Ryan Lazarus The life-altering event that drastically changed the course of his life and led to the work he does now An indoor soccer injury that led to severe health problems for him including type 1 diabetes What he learned in his own recovery and how this led to him helping people His epiphany that led to incredible results in his work The four reasons people make changes: you have no other choice, when you learn enough that you want to, when you are inspired to by wit...
Jun 12, 2024•38 min•Ep. 810
Episode Highlights With Cameron Chesnut The things he does differently in parenting that make him a “weird” parent too Tinfoil hat topics for him with his kids and family Things he avoids with his kids: vegetable oils, sugar, EMFs Why he almost completely avoids sugar with his kids How insulin response as children can affect insulin sensitivity as adults Even more reasons to avoid vegetable oils completely How certain foods contribute to chronic inflammatory states Why he completely avoids seed ...
Jun 11, 2024•27 min•Ep. 809
Episode Highlights With Dr. Cameron Chesnut What sets him apart as a surgeon How he trains like an athlete to show up best in surgery Recovery protocols that set him apart from other surgeons How he makes sure he can show up for peak performance every time he enters the operating room Inflammatory states optimized - what to do His routine for getting into flow state for every single surgery A functional medicine approach to surgery and what you can learn from it Why he even does genetic testing ...
Jun 10, 2024•36 min•Ep. 808
Episode Highlights What life looked like 10 years ago! What has changed on the Wellness Mama business side How my mindset has changed over this past decade Physical health vs mental/emotional health - or both? How I lacked a work-life balance back then What I wish I knew 10 years ago: light, protein, sleep, inner work The real 80/20 is light, sleep, stress, community, and then nutrition and supplements Previous podcast guests I really enjoyed speaking with (and why!) Resources Mentioned Self Dec...
Jun 05, 2024•37 min•Ep. 807
Episode Highlights With Rori Her own transformative journey with trauma and healing How intimacy extends far beyond romantic relationships and some ways to help address it Why she disconnected after childhood trauma and how she learned to reconnect What the 13 pathways of intimacy are and how she learned them Wounds around intimacy related to competition among women The most common thing that comes up for women in her program Resources We Mention Desire for Intimacy Relax Sauna - Use code Rori10...
Jun 04, 2024•23 min•Ep. 806
Episode Highlights With Rori What craniosacral therapy is and how she got into it What somatic emotional release is The power of tuning into the subconscious mind and how to begin to tune into it Connection of breath and the subconscious mind The four areas of the subconscious that she helps people work on One simple way to tap into your intuition daily Resources We Mention Desire for Intimacy...
Jun 03, 2024•41 min•Ep. 805
Episode Highlights With Michelle Grosser Three lifestyle factors that help support nervous system health How to incorporate moments of stillness every day and how just 10 minutes a day can help Movement as a healthy lifestyle factor for nervous system health The importance of ten minutes of play a day (and different forms of play/redefining that term) What language our nervous system speaks and how to communicate effectively with it Simple somatic techniques you can do at home for free to regula...
May 30, 2024•28 min•Ep. 804
Episode Highlights With Michelle Grosser Regulated vs dysregulated nervous system states Why a regulated nervous system doesn’t mean we are calm all the time Sources of nervous system stress in our modern lifestyles The different nervous system responses to stress and how they look different in different people Acute steps you can try to regulate the nervous system in the moment Ways to respond and address different types of nervous system responses Our bodies are constantly communicating with u...
May 29, 2024•42 min•Ep. 803
Episode Highlights With Ryan Blaser Why indoor air can be more contaminated than outdoor air The most common problems with indoor air quality How to test the air quality in your home CO2 levels in the home and what to do about it What to know about mold in the home and how to test for it Why mold is the biggest unknown health problem we are dealing with 70% of homes have a mold problem they don’t know about it What to know about chemicals and water contaminants Reasons to have air filters in you...
May 28, 2024•30 min•Ep. 802
Episode Highlights With Ryan Blaser The most common EMF problems we encounter in our home environments Our bodies run on electrical signals, so things like EMFs can affect our bodies Technology isn’t going anywhere, but how to minimize any damage from it How the wiring in your home can create EMFs you don’t know about More reasons that spending time in nature is so beneficial Why nature is the gold standard for lighting and how to take advantage of this What flicker rate is, and how this impacts...
May 27, 2024•39 min•Ep. 801
Episode Highlights Why I make an effort to get more sun exposure, not less The many benefits of light beyond just vitamin D exposure How light improves our cells and is a huge health hack The reason I consume a LOT of salt water and feel great when I do The one natural ingredient I treat like the dad in My Big Fat Greek Wedding treats Windex and use for everything Resources Mentioned Jaspr Air Filter LMNT Function Health Castor Oil packs TruDiagnostic Masszymes Pectasol Courtney Hunt, MD - Insta...
May 22, 2024•55 min•Ep. 800
Episode Highlights With Dr. Elisa Song The state of children's health today, and why we are seeing some type of problem Alarming data about the rise of autoimmune disorders in children Why teenagers are at the highest risk and the most rapidly rising segment of the population for autoimmunity What to know about antibiotic use The time and place for antibiotics and what to do if kids need them When antibiotics can be avoided and what to try instead Antibiotics are the single biggest disrupter of ...
May 21, 2024•47 min•Ep. 799
Episode Highlights With Dr. Elisa Song How she got into integrative pediatrics and holistic wellness for kids What whole child resilience is and how we can nurture it in our kids The foundation of resilience in children What cellular resilience is and how to increase it Why illnesses spike in the winter The number one thing we can do to uplevel resilience in kids How the gut microbiome is the key to lifelong wellness Psychological stress can affect the gut, and gut health can affect psychologica...
May 20, 2024•48 min•Ep. 798
Episode Highlights With Mira Dessy The problem with fragrances and why she calls the cleaning product aisle "the aisle of death" How chemicals and fragrances affect the body and why it matters Why fragrance-free isn’t always a better alternative Fragrances can have a lot of harmful compounds involved and they aren’t required to list them The easiest and most important first things to swap out in your house Why dryer sheets are terrible offenders for home air The biggest offenders in personal car...
May 16, 2024•25 min•Ep. 797
Episode Highlights With Mira Why preparedness is a growing trend How financial concerns are leading to more interest in having preparedness pantries The problem with most long-term food storage — highly processed foods Why access to clean water is so important with stored foods How much food and water do we need to store ahead A reason to have a regular pantry and a preparedness pantry How to figure out what your family eats over a two-week period to know what to store Freeze-dried vegetables an...
May 15, 2024•33 min•Ep. 796
Episode Highlights With Dr. Olivia Lesslar The science of the mind-body connection and why it matters so much Ways foreign things enter the body and why understanding this is important What guardian sites are and how to support them How to get the mind, body, and emotions in alignment It is only within a parasympathetic state that the body will heal Your nervous system responds to the neurochemicals you pump out in relation to your emotions The biggest needle movers for supporting the nervous sy...
May 14, 2024•28 min•Ep. 795
