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Well-Adjusted Mama

Dr. Laura Braytondrlaurabrayton.com
A podcast dedicated to educating and empowering women from preconception, pregnancy, birth, and through early motherhood on wellness lifestyle. The host, Dr. Laura Brayton, is a maternity/pediatric chiropractor and mother who has hand-selected experts in natural, holistic health-care specialties to shine light on options and choices during this exciting phase of a woman’s life.
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Episodes

Melisa Keenan: Understanding Masculine & Feminine Energy in Personal & Professional Life | WAM178

Keynote speaker, International and USA Today bestselling author, Melisa Keenan is the go-to intuitive intimacy expert for the top 1%. She helps business owners have more confidence, connection, ease and trust in their personal relationships through mastery of intimacy and masculine/feminine energy. More that just a four-year coach or a certified master of the Gibson-Banning method, Melisa is a true expert on healing broken and strained relationships, starting with her own. Having overcome separa...

Feb 21, 202350 minEp. 178

Colleen Goidel: Navigating the Fourth Trimester | WAM177

Colleen Goidel is the co-founder of Two Doulas & You, an Atlanta-based doula collective offering consistent, continuous, compassionate support from pregnancy through postpartum. Their team-based approach ensures that clients receive more attention, flexible scheduling options and timely support as their journey unfolds. Colleen is a retired labor doula, a CAPPA-certified postpartum doula, a CAPPA-certified lactation educator, a Birthing From Within certified childbirth educator and a postpar...

Feb 07, 202341 minEp. 177

Stephanie Radler: Identifying & Releasing Conditioned Beliefs Around Pregnancy/Birth | WAM176

Go deep with this episode featuring certified intuitive life coach, Stephanie Radler, as she discusses how to identify and release conditioned generational and societal beliefs around pregnancy and birth. Stephanie Radler is a pregnancy expert, coach and doula. For over 15 years, she taught prenatal yoga and provided birth doula support in NYC and has guided 100’s of women and families through pregnancy, birth and early postpartum. She believes that a mama has everything she needs to carry, birt...

Jan 17, 202350 minEp. 176

Neil Cannon: Inner Healing | WAM175

Neil Cannon is an Authority on Holistic Health & Healing, the Founder of Vitality Secret and Author of the bestselling book The Vitality Secret . For 7 years he has been living a semi-nomadic lifestyle, working around the world where kitesurfing is possible, including Los Angeles, Bali, Brazil and now South Baja, Mexico. He comes with his own story of reversing an illness, suffering from eczema for 30 years, and receiving poor short-term treatments; he had a ‘Wake Up Call’ when his father ha...

Jan 03, 202353 minEp. 175

Dr. Karen Erickson: Better Health with CranioSacral | WAM174

Dr. Karen Erickson has a family practice in New York City, specializing in perinatal and pediatric chiropractic and craniosacral care. Dr. Erickson was a pioneer in ushering chiropractic into mainstream healthcare when she became the first chiropractor credentialed by a teaching hospital at Beth Israel's Continuum Center for Health and Healing in New York. She trained in pediatric craniosacral therapy with Dr. John Upledger. She is now on the faculty of the Master of Science in Integrative Pedia...

Dec 20, 202256 minEp. 174

Dr. Shivani Gupta: The Secrets to Immune Health for Busy Mamas | WAM173

Dr. Shivani Gupta, Founder of the Fusionary Method, has a passion to help others experience unparalleled health, vibrant immunity and to become happier humans, ready to do their great work in the world and live a life full of joy. Having had a fascination with health and wellness from a young age and seeing first-hand how it profoundly affects not just the quality of an individual’s life but also their loved ones, she discovered that her upbringing in both the United States and India gave her ra...

Dec 06, 202248 minEp. 173

Diana Gasperoni, LCSW-R: Boundary Setting for Mental Health | WAM172

Diana Gasperoni is the founder of Be.WELL. Psychotherapy Group, the co-creator of Indigo 108, host of the BeREAL Podcast and creator of BeHER Teen Program. Diana’s mission is to provide 360 degrees of mental health wellness to as many souls as possible through direct service and content. She believes in an integrative approach to mental health and wellbeing. Her first experience with both yoga and psychotherapy laid the foundation for her cutting edge approach to mental health. Diana walked into...

Nov 22, 202259 minEp. 172

Ellen Velez & Sarah Filipovitz: Motherhood & Entrepreneurship: Maintaining Your Identity | WAM171

Ellen Velez, partner FlipFort, is a serial entrepreneur, classically trained chef and published journalist. Her passion for entrepreneurship can be traced back to 2005 when she started a successful catering company in the NYC metro area and grew the sales to upwards of a quarter-million dollars. In February 2015, she sold it to her resident chef and moved to Cleveland where she started another small catering company and also continues to teach cooking classes. These experiences have helped her t...

Nov 08, 202251 minEp. 171

Maria McNish: Picky Eating & Difficulty Transitioning to Solid Food | WAM170

Maria D. McNish, M.S. CCC-SLP ASDCS is the founder and director of Advanced Therapy of America®. She is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist with over 20 years of experience and enjoys speaking at local, national, and international conferences. Maria is a Myofunctional Therapist trained by the IAOM® and is a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist. She is the creator of OccuSpeech®, a dynamic treatment approach that provides speech and feeding therapy in the context of movement...

Oct 25, 202251 minEp. 170

Dr. Jessica Hehmeyer: Three Ways to Support Your Mood & Your Hormones Following the Arrival of Your Babe | WAM169

Dr. Jessie Hehmeyer is the physician founder of Well Empowered where she practices data-driven, outcome-oriented Functional Medicine. She created Well Empowered with one commitment in mind: Guiding you to create the health and vitality that transforms your experience of life and alters what is possible for you. How does Dr. H live true to this? By taking a root-cause, natural medicine approach. Through working one-on-one, with groups or in delivering corporate webinars, Dr. H provides the inform...

Oct 04, 202245 minEp. 169

Keri Cooper, LCSW: Children's Mental Health Uncensored | WAM168

Keri Cooper, LCSW, is the owner of Keri Cooper Holistic Therapy in northern New Jersey. In her private practice, she counsels teens and works to give them the tools they need to navigate life. Keri takes a holistic approach to therapy, looking at the whole person, not just their symptoms. Keri is the author of Mental Health Uncensored: 10 Foundations Every Parent Needs to Know , a book designed to give parents steps on how to improve their child’s mental health. She is a speaker and writer who h...

Sep 13, 202250 minEp. 168

Dr. Gena Bofshever: How to Help Your Baby Poop & Sleep Better | WAM167

Dr. Gena Bofshever, a leading South Florida chiropractor and dedicated health advocate has influenced the industry for more than 13 years. A graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton and a doctorate from Life University, Dr. Gena completed post-graduate training in pediatrics through the ICPA and is certified in the Webster Technique. After beginning her career at a high-volume family care center in Pennsylvania, Dr. Gena relocated to Florida. Now the owner of her own clinic, Dr...

Aug 30, 202250 minEp. 167

R Blank: Effects of EMF on Reproduction, Children and Immune System | WAM166

R Blank is the CEO of Shield Your Body, whose mission it is to Make Technology Safer. With hundreds of thousands of customers in over 30 countries and having been interviewed on platforms ranging from ABC television to ElectricSense, R is an internationally followed expert on issues of EMF, health and safety. He was inspired to create SYB when he co-authored the best-selling book, Overpowered , with his father, Dr. Martin Blank, one of the world’s leading EMF scientists. He has degrees from Colu...

Aug 16, 202254 minEp. 166

Eugenie Kruger: Homeopathy for Fertility, Pregnancy & Beyond | WAM165

Eugenie Kruger is a Professional Homeopath based in Perth, Western Australia. She has a busy clinic, where she treats women and children for a variety of conditions from depression, anxiety and OCD to eczema, allergies and asthma. She has been working tirelessly for over a decade to empower families around the world with the knowledge of using Homeopathy to treat themselves for a variety of first aid and acute conditions. Her podcast, Homeopathy Hangout, is about to release its 100th episode, fe...

Aug 02, 202252 minEp. 165

Erica Orosco Cruz: Sleep Training Tips for New Parents that No One is Talking About | WAM164

Erica Orosco Cruz is an early childhood development expert and parent coach who helps children, families, and teachers thrive and grow together on the foundation of mutual respect. She is certified through RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) and the state of California and is also trained in the Waldorf methods. Erica’s passion for supporting families stems from her own experience as a mother of 4 boys (ranging in ages from 1 to 25!), and a daughter who set out to parent in a different way than...

Jul 19, 202248 minEp. 164

Jenny Watson: Natural Remedies to Keep Your Family Healthy & Active | WAM163

Jenny Watson is the founder of The Elderberry Co. The wife of a pastor and stay-at-home mom with two small children, she was looking for ways to keep her family healthy, naturally. She started making Elderberry Syrup in her kitchen and found they were no longer fighting colds or flu. Friends and family were her first customers, but soon, it got to the point where strangers were showing up at her doorstep at all hours wanting to buy the magic elixir. Within a year, Jenny was making the syrup in m...

Jul 05, 202251 minEp. 163

Paige Cornetet: Teaching Your Kids About Money | WAM162

Paige Cornetet is the bestselling author of the Spend-Then series, a collection of children’s books teaching financial literacy by simplifying traditionally complicated concepts. A forward-thinking entrepreneur, Paige founded Millennial Guru at the age of twenty-six to provide companies like Kroger and Capital One with business coaching and strength-based team-building workshops. Paige, the eldest of four, is passionate about helping parents teach children imperative life skills and financial ma...

Jun 21, 202244 minEp. 162

Debra Goldman, PT: Creating a Proactive Approach to Your Health During Pregnancy, Childbirth & Postpartum | WAM161

Debra Goldman began her career as a modern dancer in New York City. But after a couple of dance-related injuries, she shifted her focus to the field of dance and sports medicine and earned a B.S. in physical therapy from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Debra then returned to Manhattan and for 12 years she worked at orthopedic and sports medicine clinics in the financial district. She also created a practice with a focus on prenatal and postpartum issues, located in New Yor...

Jun 07, 202251 minEp. 161

Josh Ford: Boost Your Energy & Create Healthy Habits on Your Own Terms | WAM160

Joshua Ford is the CEO and Co-Founder of HipTrain. As the son of two teachers, he is passionate about creating more affordable and accessible services for people of all income levels. Prior to starting HipTrain, he was an early employee and served for three years as Head of Global Business Development at Candid, a venture-backed company focused on making oral healthcare more accessible and affordable. He previously led strategic partnerships in Latin America for Uber. He also worked for the Whit...

May 24, 202247 minEp. 160

Dr. Patrick Porter, PhD: Managing Stress During and After Pregnancy | WAM159

In late 2020, Patrick K. Porter, PhD was the honored recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Interdisciplinary Association of Functional Neurosciences and Rehabilitation (IAFNR), and for good reason. Over a career spanning more than three decades, Dr. Porter has been on the cutting edge of brainwave entrainment technology. He was co-developer of the first personal light & sound brain training machine, voted “Best New Gadget of the Year” at the 1989 Consumer Electronics Show and la...

May 10, 202248 minEp. 159

Lisa Greaves Taylor: Gathering Your Optimal Birth Team | WAM158

Lisa Greaves Taylor is the founder of Birth Matters NYC and has been working with NYC-area birthing families since 2010 as a childbirth educator, birth doula and lactation counselor. She teaches group and private childbirth classes in-person in Astoria Queens, virtual live classes, and also offers an online, on-demand version of her comprehensive course. She’s certified with Lamaze International, Childbirth Education Association of Metropolitan New York, Evidence Based Birth, and DONA Internatio...

Apr 26, 202249 minEp. 158

Juraj Kocar: Mitigating the Effects of Radiation During Pregnancy | WAM157

Juraj Kocar is an endless optimist with a passion to build and grow projects with meaning. Right now, he is working on his dream project - Somavedic. A functional and broadly accessible frequency therapy device harmonizing the negative effects of EMFs (electromagnetic radiation from cell phones, wifi, etc.). Somavedic is helping people in the office and home environment to have more energy, mental clarity, and focus during the day with confirmed results from users and science labs. Visit www.Som...

Apr 12, 202245 minEp. 157

Dr. Martin Rosen, DC: "Common" v. "Normal" for Pediatric Growth and Development | WAM156

Dr. Rosen is a 1981 summa cum laude graduate of Life Chiropractic College. Since 1982 he has maintained a private practice in Wellesley, MA. Besides his practice Dr. Rosen has traveled nationally and internationally teaching chiropractic technique, pediatrics, cranial adjusting, chiropractic philosophy and practice management. His educational offerings include hands on and online workshops and seminars, guest lectures, instructional videos, written books and articles, published research papers a...

Mar 29, 202258 minEp. 156

Dr. Michelle Klein, DC: Different Versions of Motherhood | WAM155

Dr. Michelle Klein is a highly regarded third-generation family wellness Doctor of Chiropractic, board certified Clinical Nutritionist, and certified Applied Kinesiologist. She has a deep understanding that the body has an innate intelligence and incredible power to adapt and heal itself given the proper environment. She has always loved children and has studied extensively to advance her expertise in her care for pregnant women, babies, and children. Dr. Klein is licensed as a Doctor of Chiropr...

Mar 15, 202232 minEp. 155

Julie Tupler, RN: Bulging Belly Basics | WAM154

Julie Tupler is a Registered Nurse, Certified Childbirth Educator and Certified Personal Trainer. She developed the Maternal Fitness® Program in 1990 and for over 30 years has been teaching and developing the Tupler Technique® Program for women during and after pregnancy. In 2009 she opened Diastasis Rehab to specialize in the treatment of diastasis recti for women, men and children. Dr. Oz calls Julie an "expert" on diastasis recti and Elle Macpherson credits the Tupler Technique® for a 20-minu...

Mar 01, 202239 minEp. 154

Dr. Elissa Diamond-Fields: Self-Care and Movement for New & Expectant Mamas | WAM153

Dr. Elissa Diamond-Fields is a family chiropractor, mom, yogi and health advocate. With a focus on family care, she has worked with pregnant moms and babies for over 20 years to balance their bodies and nervous systems, setting them on the right path for long term health and function. As a long-time local advocate, she has been working with officials on improving health policies. She recently helped create a digital use posture awareness program for the local school curriculum and is passionate ...

Feb 15, 202243 minEp. 153

Natalie Diaz: One + One Does Not Equal Twins - How Having a Duo is Different | WAM152

Natalie Diaz, CLC, CPST is the Pied Piper of twin families around the globe. As founder of Twiniversity — the world’s leading resource and support network for multiple birth families — Nat’s become a global influencer for this small niche community. Natalie is the world’s #1 twin parenting and twin gear expert, serving as a twin consultant for top brands and worldwide recognized foundations. Natalie is also a twin-specific Certified Lactation Counselor and a Child Passenger Safety Technician. Fo...

Feb 01, 202253 minEp. 152

Dr. Erin Kumpf, D.A.C.M.: Chinese Medicine & the 4th Trimester | WAM151

Dr. Erin Kumpf D.A.C.M., L.Ac, FABORM, is a nationally board certified and state licensed Acupuncturist and Herbalist in the states of New Jersey and New York. Erin specializes in Women’s menstruation disorders, hormonal imbalance and fertility. She is also a Certified Holden QiGong Teacher. Erin graduated from the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in 2013 with a Masters in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in 2015 and has continued on to study...

Jan 18, 202246 minEp. 151

Dr. Merrill Rudin, DC: Optimizing Health Potential for the Entire Family | WAM150

Dr. Merrill Rudin is a NYC family wellness chiropractor with over 30 years of experience caring for thousands of people of all ages from newborns to the elderly. Her patients appreciate her compassionate presence and her big heart, and they benefit from her intuitive, wise, and gentle hands. She provides warm guidance and healing spinal adjustments with each visit. As a woman and mother, she has a particular attunement to the needs of women including pre and post-natal care. Dr. Rudin is a gradu...

Jan 04, 202245 minEp. 150

Dr. Beth Forgosh, DC: Addressing Infant Alignment After Birth Strain | WAM149

With over 600 hours of post graduate coursework and testing, Dr. Forgosh is distinguished as a certified Craniopath and an instructor through Sacro Occipital Research Society International. She is additionally certified as a Pediatric and Pregnancy Chiropractor (C.A.C.C.P.), having completed 200+ hours of post graduate training and testing through the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. She is certified in Webster’s Technique, with 22 years of experience helping to optimize the mec...

Dec 21, 202156 minEp. 149
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