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The Wellness Mama Podcast is a weekly series covering the topics of holistic health, real food, stress, sleep, fitness, toxins, natural living, DIY, parenting, motherhood, and other health tips to give you actionable solutions to improve your family’s life! Brought to you by Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com
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Why Women Ignore Their Gut (and What It Costs Them) With Chloe Melas
Episode Highlights With ChloeHer experience as an investigative journalist and how it was so much harder to ask the hard questions about her own bodyWhat she learned from interviewing victims of abuse and …
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Episode Highlights With Chloe
- Her experience as an investigative journalist and how it was so much harder to ask the hard questions about her own body
- What she learned from interviewing victims of abuse and covering high-profile trials
- The gut symptoms to really pay attention to
- Tips for advocating for yourself and getting your doctor to work with you
- Reasons to pay attention to your stool and what you can learn from it
Resources Mentioned
- Follow Chloe on X, Instagram, and Facebook
- The Girls Guide to Guts book
BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaHiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.How Light & Mitochondria Shape Our Biology With Dr. Alexis Cowan
Episode Highlights With AlexisHow she went from a background in molecular biology to a focus on lightWhat circadian biology is and how she got into itHow a mouse study first opened her eyes to circadian …
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Episode Highlights With Alexis
- How she went from a background in molecular biology to a focus on light
- What circadian biology is and how she got into it
- How a mouse study first opened her eyes to circadian biology
- What happens biologically when we interact with light
- Lux, brightness and temperature of light and how they impact us differently
- Mitochondria control health and life and your ability to sense your environment
- How mitochondria control the aging process
- Sunlight is not just about vitamin D and that idea is very unproductive
- What POMC is and why we need to know about it
- Beta-endorphins from sunlight- a powerful endogenous opioid molecule
- Our bodies are built to make their own healthy “drugs” when we get enough sunlight
- Many humans are effectively living in a forever winter and why this causes problems
- The primary signal from blue light and when it is problematic
- What the SCN is and why this master clock matters a lot!
- The sun doesn’t age us and actually does the reverse when we understand it
- How to practically age in reverse using natural light
- Blue light in isolation (screens) is inhibitory to the mitochondria
- How reptile bulbs and infrared light can help our internal light environment
- Benefits of winter and what to shift to get maximal benefit
- How to lean into winter biology
Resources Mentioned
Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!You are Probably Dehydrated Even If You Drink Enough Water With Carrie Bennett
Episode Highlights With CarrieWhat true hydration actually is and why it isn’t just about waterHydration inside the cells and how this happens - it isn’t the water we drinkMitochondria in the cells make water …
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Episode Highlights With Carrie
- What true hydration actually is and why it isn’t just about water
- Hydration inside the cells and how this happens - it isn’t the water we drink
- Mitochondria in the cells make water for us!
- How do we hydrate our blood and the link to histamine issues
- What ocean-based minerals are and how they support cellular hydration
- The earth and ocean-based protocol for truly hydrating cells
- Her take on magnesium and why it is actually beneficial
- Light and movement and how they relate to hydration
- Mitochondria take electrons and at the fourth step water is made and this only happens if we can send oxygen to the cells
- Dysfunctional breathing can be connected to cellular hydration issues
- Yet another reason red and near-infrared light exposure are important
- Blue light can inhibit the mitochondria in making water
- How to add infrared light to your environment and the benefits of doing this
- Her practical steps to improving cellular hydration
- Rapid fire learning about leptin, EMFs and hydrogen
Resources Mentioned
- Carrie's website and Instagram
- My Circadian App - use code Mama25 for a discount
- Carrie's Hydration protocol and all her protocols
- Prep for Winter Guide
- The Fourth Phase of Water book
- Magnesium lotion
BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaLMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.The Healing Effects of Winter - Fascinating Science with Carrie Bennett
Episode Highlights With CarrieWinter was never meant to make us feel miserable Why some people feel worse in winter and what it means in our bodiesThe unique aspects of winter that can make it deeply …
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Episode Highlights With Carrie
- Winter was never meant to make us feel miserable
- Why some people feel worse in winter and what it means in our bodies
- The unique aspects of winter that can make it deeply healing
- Understanding circannual rhythms and how this impacts the body
- Many of us try to live winter like it is perpetual summer
- How this creates a mismatch in the body
- What happens in the body starting around the autumnal equinox as we prepare for biological scarcity and why this is important
- The innate wisdom of wanting to rest more in winter and how to honor it
- Melatonin in winter is uniquely beneficial and we can make more in winter
- Why we don’t need elevated vitamin D all winter long!
- Melatonin binds to vitamin D receptors so in winter it can do some of the same work!
- Winter= melatonin season and summer = vitamin d season
- We make melatonin during the day when we are exposed to infrared light
- How to optimize infrared exposure
- The potential downsides of taking oral vitamin D
- Why Vitamin D testing isn’t comprehensive enough to tell us what’s going on
- How to prepare for winter in a way that your body understands
- How to actually use cold exposure to your benefit for winter (and it isn’t ice cold plunges always!)
- Ways to optimize cellular clean up and brown adipose tissue in winter
- The dietary changes that support healing in winter
Resources Mentioned
- Carrie's website and Instagram
- My Circadian App - use code Mama25 for a discount
- Carrie's Hydration protocol and all her protocols
Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaNothing Is Missing: Lessons From 1,100 Episodes on Health, Healing, and Being Human (Solo)
Episode Highlights With KatieWhy, after 1,100 episodes, health was never really the destinationHow my view of the body shifted from something broken to fix to an intelligent, adaptive systemThe difference …
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Episode Highlights With Katie
- Why, after 1,100 episodes, health was never really the destination
- How my view of the body shifted from something broken to fix to an intelligent, adaptive system
- The difference between supporting your body and obsessively monitoring it
- Why optimizing health is a means to living more fully, not the end goal
- How attachment to identity and others’ perceptions can quietly create suffering
- The freedom of not needing everyone to understand you
- What the Stoic idea of amor fati means and how loving what is differs from resignation
- How these lessons have reshaped my approach to parenting and honoring children as individuals
- Why being willing to say “I might be wrong” is a sign of growth
- A personal reflection on consciousness, impermanence, and the gift of being human
- What I’d tell my younger self about peace, control, and enjoying life now
BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaYou are Solar Powered: How to Supercharge Your Body With Peter Forhan
Episode Highlights With PeterHumans are photosynthetic and why this is important to understandPhotosynthetic means synthesizing usable energy from photonsWater is photoelectric and what this meansHumans are …
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Episode Highlights With Peter
- Humans are photosynthetic and why this is important to understand
- Photosynthetic means synthesizing usable energy from photons
- Water is photoelectric and what this means
- Humans are photosynthetic because water is photoelectric
- We are 99% water by molecule count and 70% by weight so we are essentially a water solar panel
- Why many humans are a solar battery operating at 1% of their optimal solar energy intake
- What happens with mitochondria and ATP when we interact with light
- Mitochondria absorb infrared light and use this stored energy to boost cell energy
- Mitochondria are photoelectric
- The fourth phase of water and why this is important to our biology
- Our body heals itself, and light gives us extra energy
- What it might mean if sunlight makes you feel tired and get burned easily
- Water is a solar panel, and melanated water is 100x better at being a solar panel
- Melanin is the darkest naturally occurring molecule in nature and does much more than just protect us from sunlight and UV. it isn’t that it shields but it absorbs and converts it to electricity
- The highest concentration of melanin in the body is in the middle of the brain
- Hormonal implications of light exposure
- His 25 practical tips for maximizing benefit of hydration, minerals and radiant energy/sunlight
- No amount of drugs or supplements can fix chronic light dehydration or chronic mineral and water dehydration
- How this relates to iron and anemia in women
- Some practical tips you would never guess that are deeply impactful (and often free and easy)
Resources Mentioned
- The Light Body book by Peter Forhan - free to download
- Peter's website
- The Fourth Phase of Water by Gerald Pollack
- Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
- Mayu Swirl water structure pitcher – code wellnessmama gives 10% off
Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium and digestive enzymes. Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama and use wellnessmama15 at checkout to get the best dealLMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.What Are We Teaching Our Children About Being Human with Laurie Emery
Episode Highlights With LaurieWhat children are subtly learning about being human by our own presence and reactionsOur children can bump into places in us that are not resolvedWhat they learn about if sadness …
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Episode Highlights With Laurie
- What children are subtly learning about being human by our own presence and reactions
- Our children can bump into places in us that are not resolved
- What they learn about if sadness or anger is welcome even within themselves
- How to shift so your child isn’t inadvertently responsible for managing our nervous system for us
- The most powerful things we can model for our children and it isn’t being perfect
- How can my child know what I feel without making them responsible for what I feel
- Children don’t need a parent who never gets activated; they need to know that they won’t be abandoned because of the activation
- How do we listen and communicate in a way where each person is taking responsibility for their perspectives
- Empathy and boundaries can exist together, and the downside of doing everything for our kids is that it makes us feel good, but they learn that we don’t think they are capable
- Not every childhood pattern looks dysfunctional from the outside. Maybe I became patient because anger wasn’t safe. Or I do everything because being needed feels like love
- Questioning: “Am I choosing this or am I compelled to do this?”
- Our job is not to make our children happy, it is to alow them to struggle and teach them they can handle it, to teach them all parts of them are welcome and they are still responsible for their actions
- Moving away from reactive parenting to intentional parenting and how to repair when needed
- “Who are we committed to being as a family?”
- Learning and teaching the distinction between doing and being
- How to repair when we don’t handle things like we wish we had
Resources Mentioned
- The Return Experience - Use code wellnessmama
- The One Thing Underneath Everything
- Follow her on Facebook, and Instagram
- The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! book
Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!Why Knowing Your Patterns Isn’t Enough to Change Them with Laurie Emery
Episode Highlights From LaurieWhy just knowing why we do something isn’t enough to shift itHer start in psychology and what she learned through her own experience as wellHow to be freer inside moments that used …
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Episode Highlights From Laurie
- Why just knowing why we do something isn’t enough to shift it
- Her start in psychology and what she learned through her own experience as well
- How to be freer inside moments that used to run you
- What does the body have to do with changing emotional patterns
- It isn’t that behavioral change is unimportant; it is just a doorway, not the destination
- Often, the pattern starts in the body before the mind, but we think it starts in the mind, and that we can change it only with the mind
- The body becomes a doorway into slowing down and how this is so important
- Can you notice what is happening inside of you without trying to change it or explain it
- Experience is made up of three things: thoughts, feelings, and physical experience
- What does SEE - BREATHE - STAY look like in an ordinary moment?
- Differentiating what happened vs. what we make it mean
- Healing in a relationship: Can I bring those old activations into the relationship
- The difference between mindfulness and actually staying with ourselves in emotional moments
- Being aware of not bypassing or abandoning when staying with a feeling
- Not “can I get rid of this feeling” but “can I remain with myself while the feeling is still here”
- We spend so much of our life trying to control our external world so we don’t have to feel certain things, and how to shift this
Resources Mentioned
- Follow her on Facebook, and Instagram
- The Return Experience - Use code wellnessmama
- The One Thing Underneath Everything
BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaLMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.What Iridology Reveals About Your Health With Dr. Angel Hill
Episode Highlights With AngelWhat iridology is and how it actually worksHer work with thousands of people and how the eye can be an insight into healthHow she got into this work and how this has been practiced …
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Episode Highlights With Angel
- What iridology is and how it actually works
- Her work with thousands of people and how the eye can be an insight into health
- How she got into this work and how this has been practiced for centuries
- There are 28,000 nerve endings that come into the eye
- Iridology can’t see blood pressure or blood, but can see most other things
- This is not a diagnostic tool but a complementary one
- What stress lines are in the eyes, and what they can indicate
- Personality lines in the eyes and what they can tell you about someone
- What shows up most in women and moms, and the patterns she sees most
- Her Iris-Hormone map and what she can see based on these
- Cortisol is the base of the hormone hierarchy, and she sees this in many people
- Her one-week plan to help start moving cortisol in a positive direction
- Eyes do not lie (but people can)
- There are four spots in the eye that show the pancreas and can indicate a person is consuming too much sugar for them, even if they think they are low-carb
- Importance of real food protein
- Thyroid deep dive related to the eye
- Some easy and free tools to improve insulin sensitivity
- Too much exercise and under-eating can be big problems, especially for women
- She looks at the gut whenever the thyroid is off
Resources Mentioned
- Dr. Angel's website and free gift
- Follow Angel on Instagram and Facebook
Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.A Spark of Greatness: Building a Strong Life and Strong Family Foundation with Laila Ali
Episode Highlights With LailaHow to create a strong family foundation with structure, values, healthy habits and connectionBoxing was her outlet when she was younger and what she learned through thatWhy she …
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Episode Highlights With Laila
- How to create a strong family foundation with structure, values, healthy habits and connection
- Boxing was her outlet when she was younger and what she learned through that
- Why she wrote a children's book to inspire kids to follow their spark
- The importance of physical outlets for kids
- Why her dad didn’t want her to box and why she did it anyway
Resources Mentioned
- Connect with Laila on Instagram and Facebook
- A Spark of Greatness: The Autobiography of a Fighter by Laila Ali
- Reach! Finding Strength, Spirit and Personal Power by Laila Ali
- Free signed, personalized book plates from Laila
- Laila Ali Lifestyle - Spice blends
Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!Saliva Hacker: How Oral Health & Inflammation Impact the Body with Lora and Dr. Elmira
Episode Highlights With Lora and ElmiraHow they got into looking deeper at the oral microbiome and the connection to oral healthRoot cause factors of oral health that many people don’t realize Oral health can …
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Episode Highlights With Lora and Elmira
- How they got into looking deeper at the oral microbiome and the connection to oral health
- Root cause factors of oral health that many people don’t realize
- Oral health can be a missing part of the puzzle that most people don’t look into
- What oral testing is and what it can help reveal
- The specific pathogens they test for and the ones they actively work on
- Oral environment is microbially rich and the balance of bacteria matters
- Most common things they see flagged on oral tests and which ones they take seriously
- A big myth about oral microbiome balance
- H. pylori can appear in the mouth and be linked to periodontal disease
- How the airway can impact oral health and why this is important, especially with kids
Resources Mentioned
Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.How to Break the Cycle of Over-functioning & Deepen Intimacy With Christine Hassler
Episode Highlights With ChristineOver-functioning and why capable, efficient people end up doing everything, but how to break the cycleThis can look like competence but be connected to control and safety …
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Episode Highlights With Christine
- Over-functioning and why capable, efficient people end up doing everything, but how to break the cycle
- This can look like competence but be connected to control and safety starting in childhood
- How can we actually break the pattern of over-functioning
- “If I stop doing all this, bad things will happen” and the myth of that belief
- The question of "will I still be valued if I don’t do everything for everyone?"
- For true change to happen, there is usually chaos in between
- It’s never too late to have a great childhood
- Nervous system tips for re-patterning the over-functioning
- How have you set yourself up so that people can’t help you?
- Ways to help our kids develop a healthy foundation without over-functioning
- We are usually subconsciously attracted to people who remind us of the patterns of our family of origin
- The female nervous system needs to feel safe and can feel this from the masculine through consistency and presence
- What happens to a relationship when women are overfunctioning
- Hypervigilance looks like being too “in the masculine” and protecting yourself from relationships
- Women can try to create safety through control
Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaResources Mentioned
- Christine's website including the Love Magnet workshop
- Christine's books
The Light Diet: 10 Rules for Using Sunshine & Darkness to Optimize Health (Solo Episode)
Episode Highlights With KatieWhy light is the most important “nutrient” your body receives each dayHow natural light and darkness influence metabolism, hormones, gut health, and circadian rhythmHow blue light …
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Episode Highlights With Katie
- Why light is the most important “nutrient” your body receives each day
- How natural light and darkness influence metabolism, hormones, gut health, and circadian rhythm
- How blue light after dark affects melatonin, glucose, mood, and inflammation
- Why sunrise light is nature’s most important daily reset button
- The difference between UV, visible light, and infrared ... and how each impacts biology
- How to align light exposure with your biology for better sleep, energy, and emotional regulation
- Simple, family-friendly ways to create a light-friendly home
- The 10 rules I personally follow (flexibly) to keep my circadian system aligned
Why light exposure is more foundational than diet or exercise - How to start improving your light hygiene in just one day
Resources Mentioned
- Follow Peter Forhan on Instagram
- Follow Roudy Nassif on Instagram
- The Light Body by Peter Forhan
- My Circadian app
BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaJust Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.Hair Loss in Women & What To Do About It With Colleen Renee
Episode Highlights With ColleenHow hormones affect hair health for womenWhy hair loss can increase in perimenopause The reason thyroid and medication can affect hairNutritional deficiencies that affect hair How …
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Episode Highlights With Colleen
- How hormones affect hair health for women
- Why hair loss can increase in perimenopause
- The reason thyroid and medication can affect hair
- Nutritional deficiencies that affect hair
- How PCOS affects hair health and growth
- Insulin resistance can come into play as well
- Understanding the connection of thyroid problems and hair loss
- Hypo and hyperthyroidism both can cause hair loss
- What is a normal amount of hair loss, and how to know if it is too much
- Nutritional factors that influence hair health or loss: collagen
- How GLPs affect hair loss and why these can increase hair loss (plus how to help avoid that)
- The problem with some topics and prescriptions that can slow hair loss
- A compound that works naturally to slow and stop excess hair loss and why it works
Resources Mentioned
Purality Health - 40% off Hair Renewal with code WELLNESSMAMA40
Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaHidden Factors Affecting Health & How to Fix Them With Dr. Torrie Thompson
Episode Highlights With TorrieHow living in Thailand inspired her current work and what she learned about Eastern medicineHer own health story and how this inspired the work she doesBiggest missing factors in …
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Episode Highlights With Torrie
- How living in Thailand inspired her current work and what she learned about Eastern medicine
- Her own health story and how this inspired the work she does
- Biggest missing factors in health and wellness that some people miss
- In Asia, they look at lifestyle first, and how this shifted her approach
- What she learned about herbalism on her own journey
- The root cause of all root causes
- Why are we seeing an increase in toxic load in the modern world?
- How to support the body in healing naturally
- Important things to know to detox without overloading the body
- Why she recommends test, don’t guess
- Parasites are a piece of the puzzle for a lot of people
- How to show your liver some love and support it in health
- Ways to support the lymphatic system effectively: movement and hydration
Resources Mentioned
- Dr. Torrie's Website
- Follow Torrie on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram
- Dry brushes for lymph system
- LMNT Minerals
Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.The Identity of Health: How “I Am” Statements Shape Biology (Solo Opinion Episode)
Episode Highlights With KatieWhy your identity (especially your “I am…” statements) shapes biology more than any protocolHow the nervous system responds chemically and electrically to the language you use about …
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Episode Highlights With Katie
- Why your identity (especially your “I am…” statements) shapes biology more than any protocol
- How the nervous system responds chemically and electrically to the language you use about your body
- The difference between identifying with your symptoms vs. identifying as someone who is healing
- How subconscious narratives can keep you stuck in illness patterns, even when your actions are “healthy”
- The surprising way language influences your mitochondria, redox balance, and stress responses
- Why your thoughts become safety signals or threat signals
- How to rewrite your internal scripts from limitation ? expansion
- Real examples from my own healing journey (AIP, chronic symptoms, identity shifts)
Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!You Can’t Hack Your System, The Body is Way Too Smart With Ian Clark
Episode Highlights With IanUnderstanding detox and why harsh ones can be too much for the bodyThe things you don’t know that you’re breathing in and how to avoid accumulating itHow to avoid becoming an …
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Episode Highlights With Ian
- Understanding detox and why harsh ones can be too much for the body
- The things you don’t know that you’re breathing in and how to avoid accumulating it
- How to avoid becoming an aggregator of air toxins
- All of us have been poisoned in some way in the modern world
- Can we have perfect health? And what’s the alternative
- Why indoor air is more polluted that outdoor air and what to do about it
- The sneaky microplastics in most clothing these days
- A great reason to open your windows every day
- Why to air dry your microfiber cloths in the home
- What advanced glycation byproducts do to the body and how to avoid them (pressure cookers don’t produce them!)
- How to reverse the damage of AGEs and slow aging
- Brazil nuts aren’t the right form of selenium
- You can’t hack your system, the body is way too smart, and what to optimize instead
- Consistency over intensity for long-term change
Resources Mentioned
- Healthy Home Bulbs – Use code wellnessmama for a discount
- Activation Products – Use code wellnessmama20 for a discount
- Pact organic clothing and Quince clothing
LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.What did Jesus Really Say & What Did Humans Change? With Lauren Geersten
Episode Highlights With LaurenHow she went from health blogger to an incredible inner and outer journey to writing about some even bigger topicsWhy healing the body can also lead to questioning deeper …
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Episode Highlights With Lauren
- How she went from health blogger to an incredible inner and outer journey to writing about some even bigger topics
- Why healing the body can also lead to questioning deeper topics
- It’s hard to open to truth when we’ve been manipulated by fear unless we know there is more love on the other side
- What did Jesus actually say vs how it has been changed throughout history
- Being comfortable in curiosity rather than certainty
- When were the gospels actually written and what changed based on who authored them
- One thing Jesus never said - that blood atonement was necessary, and he actually resisted this idea in what we know in some of his writings
- The Bible itself says it was corrupted, so even if we believe that it is the unquestionable word of God, it says it is corrupted
- Why is it necessary for God to have blood or murder to forgive?
- Love itself cannot be harmed and God cannot be harmed by the actions of humans
- Forgiveness is a human process that humans have to go through and projected onto God
- Why was blood sacrifice so prevalent in ancient Judaism and how did it become a cornerstone of Christianity
- Was Jesus an Essene and what insight this may give us about his message
- The real roots of eternal punishment and the theology of hell - important historical context
- Wisdom is the journey to more love and less fear
- Some important considerations about the book of Revelation
Resources Mentioned
Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaIs a College Degree Worth It Anymore? (& What Might Be Better) With Degree Free
Episode Highlights With Degree FreeThe shocking data around college now, and how many jobs actually require a degreeWhat has shifted in the last couple of decades, and why new data is important to considerMost …
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Episode Highlights With Degree Free
- The shocking data around college now, and how many jobs actually require a degree
- What has shifted in the last couple of decades, and why new data is important to consider
- Most people who are employed in the US do not have college degrees
- Less than one in five jobs even mention a degree as preferred
- How is this a simple supply and demand problem
- The real deal with student loans and the college industrial complex
- The Social cost of criticizing certain areas of society and why questions are important
- A large percentage of careers that require a degree are marketed to women
- Debt will close more doors than a degree will open
- Physicians have the highest suicide rates of any profession
- The most important career conversations to have with your teenager
- Why teens struggle to answer "What do you want to be?"
- Important reason not to ask or have these conversations with your teens in a public forum or even around other people
- Where the majority of jobs are that are outside of traditional degree jobs or even trade jobs
- Why college grads are actually having trouble getting jobs because they don’t have work experience
- College grads actually churn at a higher rate in jobs and are sometimes not considered because of their degrees
- The very real way having a college degree can now make getting a job more difficult
- We are 11 years into the trend of companies down credentialing and not requiring degrees
Resources Mentioned
- Follow Hannah Maruyama on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and on X
- Degree Free website and podcast
- Degree Free Way workbook set
Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.Dying of Embarrassment: One Part of Health We Don’t Talk About As Much With Scott Hickle
Episode Highlights With ScottHow we track so many things, but often don’t know what’s going on with bowel and urinary healthHis path into this- both of his parents are doctorsIs there something we can learn …
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Episode Highlights With Scott
- How we track so many things, but often don’t know what’s going on with bowel and urinary health
- His path into this- both of his parents are doctors
- Is there something we can learn from our poop that we are missing?
- How stress comes into play with gut health
- The big factors related to gut health that people don’t always get right
- We know gut health affects the whole body, but we miss some big warning signs with gut health
- 70% of our calories come from ultra-processed foods, and we are the first generation to experience this
- The staggering numbers he sees on gut health-related things
- 52% of Americans think it is normal to have abdominal pain on a daily basis (it isn’t)
- 62% of people surveyed said they had some digestive issue that week
- The stats on colorectal cancer show that it is now the most deadly cancer in Americans under 50
- Colon cancer is the only cancer that is on the rise right now!
- 1 in 20 people will get colon cancer at some point in their lives
- Interesting reason that the DOD funds colon cancer research
- Why veterans were at higher risk for colon cancer decades later
- How throne is improving hydration levels
Resources Mentioned
- Throne Science use code Katie for a discount
- Follow Throne on Instagram, on X, and on Facebook
- Follow Scott on Instagram, and X
Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.Fast Like a Girl, Eat Like a Girl, and Age Like a Girl With Dr. Mindy Pelz
Episode Highlights With MindyCutting through the myth… can women fast and what we need to do differentlyHow to navigate fasting with a female hormone cycle and why it is so important The three types of women …
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Episode Highlights With Mindy
- Cutting through the myth… can women fast and what we need to do differently
- How to navigate fasting with a female hormone cycle and why it is so important
- The three types of women and how each fasts differently
- There are times when women shouldn’t fast and times when it can be a game changer
- We have two metabolisms: glucose and ketones and how to use them differently
- Somewhere 8-12 hours after food we shift to ketones
- The healing switches that turn on when we fast
- What flex fasting is and how she helps people find what works best for them
- Perimenopause and menopause specific fasting guidelines
- The cortisol component and how to pay attention to this part
- Can fasting be brain protective post menopause
- When to fast and when not to, and the most important meal you eat after fasting
- The important nutrients to focus on after fasting and the story about leucine
- Let’s stop making beans the enemy! And her take on sardine fasting
- Supplements she most often recommends and why
- The one food group that kills our ability to make our own GLP (it might surprise you)
- Order of food matters, not just the amount and type!
- Important concerns with GLPs and how to make your own and not lose muscle!
Resources Mentioned
- Mindy's books - Fast Like a Girl, Age Like a Girl and Eat Like a Girl
- Mindy's YouTube channel
- Stress questionnaire
- Live like a girl podcast
Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!Why We're Attracted to What Hurts Us (& How to Change It) With Stef Sifandos
Episode Highlights With StefHis work with gold medalists, special forces soldiers and elite entrepreneurs and the wound that always shows upWhat people call chemistry is actually nervous system dysregulationWe …
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Episode Highlights With Stef
- His work with gold medalists, special forces soldiers and elite entrepreneurs and the wound that always shows up
- What people call chemistry is actually nervous system dysregulation
- We move toward what feels familiar even if it is dysfunctional
- The nervous system is a hidden matchmaker often operating in the background
- Why do we want to create situations that feel familiar
- These circumstances are the body’s attempt to have a re-do and move from disempowerment to empowerment
- We heal relationally and we are relational beings
- The somatic aspect of integrating and processing this
- Big T vs little t trauma
- Why this process doesn’t start with logic or cognition and must involve all parts including the body
- We avoid our truth because we make it mean something
- Curiosity not judgement
Resources Mentioned
- Tuned In and Turned On by Stef Sifandos
- Follow him on Instagram, Facebook, and on X
- Stef's website
The Art of Letting Go: What I Learned From a Decade of Unlearning (Solo Episode)
Episode Highlights With KatieWhy healing often requires unlearning more than learningThe invisible beliefs, identities, and patterns that kept me stuck … even when I was doing “all the right things”How clinging …
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Episode Highlights With Katie
- Why healing often requires unlearning more than learning
- The invisible beliefs, identities, and patterns that kept me stuck … even when I was doing “all the right things”
- How clinging to control, perfection, and certainty created more stress than peace
- The surprising nervous-system science behind letting go (and why your biology resists it)
- How my identity as a “fixer,” “caretaker,” and “high achiever” held me back from true healing
- How rewriting internal stories (“I am responsible for everything” ? “I am allowed to live with ease”) transformed my health, business, parenting, and relationships
- How grief, loss, and major life transitions became openings rather than endings
- Why releasing old stories frees up enormous energy, creativity, and resilience
- Practical ways to start letting go in your own life … without fear, force, or overwhelm
- The difference between surrender and giving up, and how to tell which one you’re doing
- How to trust yourself, your body, and your path even when it doesn’t fit the old rules
Resources Mentioned
- Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R Hawkins, MD
- Awareness: Conversations with the Masters by Anthony De Mello
Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.Why Everything We Know About Alzheimer's Is Wrong With Dr. David Perlmutter
Episode Highlights With DavidWhy living an adventurous lifestyle is so good for your brain and bodyBeing sedentary is one of the biggest things that threatens brain health- here’s whyWhy he considers brain …
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Episode Highlights With David
- Why living an adventurous lifestyle is so good for your brain and body
- Being sedentary is one of the biggest things that threatens brain health- here’s why
- Why he considers brain defenders the most urgent and important thing he’s ever written
- What the brains immune system is and why this is vital to understanding long term brain health
- Microglial cells and why these matter
- Why it isn’t just about beta amyloid plaques for alzheimer's and why this thinking was harmful
- The reason many drugs designed to address alzheimer's are not just ineffective but dangerous
- How one study showed completely stopping the decline of alzheimer's with lifestyle intervention and actually showed improvement
- Nurturing mitochondrial function helps the brain support M2 cells that are protective
- Brain metabolism mirrors the body’s metabolism and how being metabolically healthy protects the brain
- Even one night of non-restorative sleep can impact the brain
- Exercise is a tonic for the brain and bathes the brain in protective compounds
- How to protect the brain from the problems of less sleep even postpartum (there is an amazing built in protective mechanism from oxytocin)
- Why this means human connection is brain protective as well and community matters for brain health
- What the latest research says about statins and what we need to understand
- His take one gamma light, olfactory signaling and hyperbaric for brain health
Resources Mentioned
- Brain Defenders: Harness the Power of Your Immune Cells to Protect Your Brain for Life by David Perlmutter, MD
- Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your Brain for Life by David Perlmutter, MD
- Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar--Your Brain's Silent Killers by David Perlmutter, MD
- Jaspr Air Filter
LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.Healing with the Sun and Transformation From Grief With Nat Collier
Episode Highlights With NatHer experience with homesteading, homeschooling and native plantsReasons to plant some native things in your yard!Her recovery from Autoimmune disease with circadian healthHow she …
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Episode Highlights With Nat
- Her experience with homesteading, homeschooling and native plants
- Reasons to plant some native things in your yard!
- Her recovery from Autoimmune disease with circadian health
- How she reversed Hashimoto's naturally
- We are circadian beings, and our cells need light to produce the proper hormones and responses
- Nonna-maxxing and living like Italian grandmas
- Intuition getting stronger from the sun and why this happens
- Where did this disconnect happen and why we got taught to fear the sun
- Why morning light is non-negotiable and the most important thing
- Excess weight can be connected to trapped emotions and energy
- The body is always on our side
- What sun scoops is and how it helps the body respond to sun
- Why melanin is important and why a tan isn’t just skin damage
- The protective role of melanin beyond just the skin
- Why she chose to go sober and says it was the best decision of her adult life
- The power of grief to transform and awaken
- We heal by feeling
Resources Mentioned
Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaMineral Balancing, HTMA + Safe and Effective Detoxification With Matt Coffman
Episode Highlights With MattHis wild health journey and how he got into the work he does nowOvercoming Lyme, Babesia, Epstein-Barr, parasites, mold, and heavy metals What mineral balancing is and how it is …
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Episode Highlights With Matt
- His wild health journey and how he got into the work he does now
- Overcoming Lyme, Babesia, Epstein-Barr, parasites, mold, and heavy metals
- What mineral balancing is and how it is important
- Why he prioritizes hair mineral analysis as a form of testing over a blood test
- What makes HTMA different than other forms of testing
- My personal experience with mineral balancing
- Minerals work within a system, and knowing your status matters
- How minerals can help the body get rid of heavy metals
- What ionic mimicry is and how this means our body can hold on to heavy metals and displace minerals at the level of an enzyme site
- What enzymes are, what they do in the body, and how this relates to minerals
- The many places heavy metals hide and how these get passed on generationally
- How low zinc in kids can result in picky eating, and how to replenish it easily
- The potential autism link with heavy metals and how mineral balancing might help
- Why the body wants to hold on to heavy metals until minerals are balanced
- Most important lifestyle factors for detox and mineral balancing
- The surprising place where many people are getting a lot of their mercury
- A surprising reason to avoid seed oils that you might not have heard before
- How you can actually have a deficiency and a toxicity of a mineral at the same time
- Important nuance about copper in the body
- Manganese toxicity, how it happens and what it does (and Lyme can hide behind manganese)
- A missing piece with anemia that many people miss
Resources Mentioned
- Valence Nutraceuticals
- Follow Matt on Instagram
LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.How I Build Sun Tolerance & Solar Callus in Early Spring (Solo Episode)
Episode Highlights With KatieWhy sunlight is essential for hormones, energy, mitochondria, circadian rhythm, and Vitamin D productionWhat a “solar callus” is and why the skin needs gradual training — just like …
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Episode Highlights With Katie
- Why sunlight is essential for hormones, energy, mitochondria, circadian rhythm, and Vitamin D production
- What a “solar callus” is and why the skin needs gradual training — just like muscles
- How to safely build sun tolerance in early spring without burning
- The internal factors that determine whether sunlight helps or harms you: minerals, hydration, antioxidants, and fat-soluble vitamins
- Why people who burn easily are often mineral-depleted
- How I personally use apps like D-Minder to time my safe UVB exposure
- The difference between infrared (IR) light vs UV light and why IR prepares the skin for safe UV
- How to combine morning sunlight, gradual exposure, and internal nutrient support for deeper resilience
- Seasonal strategies: how the body shifts from “winter mode” to “summer mode”
- My exact step-by-step protocol for increasing exposure each spring
Resources Mentioned
Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!The Mineral Reset of all Cellular Systems With Caroline Alan
Episode Highlights With CarolineHer story with minerals and fertility and what she learned the tough wayThe long road to having her two kids and how her health suffered afterWhat makes fulvic and humic minerals …
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Episode Highlights With Caroline
- Her story with minerals and fertility and what she learned the tough way
- The long road to having her two kids and how her health suffered after
- What makes fulvic and humic minerals different and why her job is to make these famous
- Why she considers these compounds the celebrities of mineral replenishment
- A new way of thinking about the body and fuel
- Minerals are the fuel that's translated into energy in the body and the real consequences of being low in minerals
- What humic and fulvic actually are and the way that the earth stores energy for future use
- What changed for her when she replenished minerals at a cellular level
- The symptoms that can be connected to low minerals that you may not realize
- How mineral depletion relates to hormones, hair loss, fatigue, blood sugar and more
- The voltage first understanding of the body’s energy
- We're meant to generate enough energy to run a light bulb and many of us aren’t!
- How chronic issues are often connected to mineral depletion
- What plant-based minerals are and what makes them different
- The difference between fulvic and humic and why we need both
- Humic (dark): microboost- nature’s janitor. Fulvic- (clear): electrolyze (natures hydration)
- How to introduce these minerals the right way to support the body
Resources Mentioned
- BEAM Minerals
- The Mineral Reset book by Caroline Alan
LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmamaMy Birth Story with Baby #7- My Physically Easiest Pregnancy at Almost 40 (Solo)
Episode Highlights With KatieWhat my birth was like this timeThe things that I think made it easierWhat I’m doing differently now with ten more years of parenting and contextHow simple I’m keeping things this …
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Episode Highlights With Katie
- What my birth was like this time
- The things that I think made it easier
- What I’m doing differently now with ten more years of parenting and context
- How simple I’m keeping things this time
Resources Mentioned
Hiro Diapers - use code wellnessmama for a discount
Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.Hypochlorous Acid: The Non-Toxic Healing Molecule Every Mom Needs to Know About with Justin Gardner
Episode Highlights With JustinIs he the real most interesting man alive? How he got hit by a train!What is hypochlorous acid and how he discovered it The body already makes this, but what makes it so unique …
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Episode Highlights With Justin
- Is he the real most interesting man alive? How he got hit by a train!
- What is hypochlorous acid and how he discovered it
- The body already makes this, but what makes it so unique
- What makes this such a strong antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, speeds up healing process
- It has the same safety profile as saline but is over 100x more powerful than bleach!
- The things that matter with hypochlorous acid and what to look for on labels
- How to know if there is any actual active ingredient and how it fades over time
- How this is antibacterial and antimicrobial and doesn’t sting!
- Safe to use around eyes, ears and mouth
- Even safe to use as breastfeeding mom and even in nipple care
- What makes this really unique for eczema
Resources Mentioned
Active Skin Repair - use code WELLNESSMAMA20 to get 20% off
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