The Wellness Mama Podcast

In her years of practice, Dr. Terry Wahls has helped thousands of people fight incredible odds. If you haven’t heard her story, prepare to be amazed. In 2000, Dr. Terry was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Her health deteriorated, leaving her in a wheelchair and dependent on medication. She fought back with years of medical training …

Today we’re honing in on the science of high intensity interval training, which is the science-supported idea that you can get more benefit from a short, intense workout than from a 45-minute run, if you do it right. I’m here with Ratna Singh, a mom of two and co-founder of a new startup called CAR.O.L, …

I am here today with one of the most requested podcast guests ever. Dr. Steven Gundry MD is a renowned heart surgeon and four-time New York Times bestselling author and physician-scientist. He’s a leading expert on the lectin-free diet as the key to reversing disease and increasing longevity, which he explains in his book The Plant Paradox. …

Chris Masterjohn is one of those people you never want to stop talking to, so although he’s been on the podcast before, my list of questions for him might be longer than the first time! Chris Masterjohn holds a PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut and his understanding of the intricate relationship …

My guest Dr. Rick Henriksen is a concierge medicine doctor with SteadyMD, my favorite online source of health care for our family. Dr. Rick is also Whole 30 founder Melissa Urban’s personal physician, which means he has an in-depth understanding of how diet affects health and a functional medicine approach to solving health problems. Before coming …

I’d call Cynthia Garcia a true mentor of mine and someone I look up to in every way. Cynthia founded the Institute of Transformational Nutrition, which is where I got my MCHC certification. I love that now I get to share her with you! Today we’re going to talk about how the key to weight …

I’m really looking forward to this conversation today! Angelo Keely is one of my most inspiring and favorite friends, and I admire him so much both personally and professionally. Angelo is the CEO of Kion, a lifestyle supplement and functional food company he founded along with Ben Greenfield. I love their coffee, energy bars, and …

Today we’re going in a different direction but it’s one more closely related to physical health than we often realize. I am here with Dr. Kelly Brogan, MD, whom you have heard from before. (See the show notes below for her first episode.) She’s board-certified in psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and integrative holistic medicine and specializes in root cause resolution as an approach to psychiatric syndromes and symptoms (not to mention graduating from Cornell and M.I.T.)Dr. Kelly has a lot of fascinating things to say about the anxiety, depression, and mental health struggles so many women face. She’s reframing the entire conversation and has authored the New York Times bestselling book A Mind of your Own as well as the children’s book A Time for Rain. She’s also co-editor of the landmark (and much-needed) textbook Integrative Therapies for Depression.In this conversation, we get super vulnerable about life changes that come with being a mother and something she calls a dark night of the soul. We all have a lot to share with each other on this topic I’m sure, so please chime in and let me know if you can related and what you think in the comments.Learning to Own Yourself: Episode HighlightsWhy we might need to reframe the stories we’ve learned about birth, mothering, and the emotional realmWhat the dark night of the soul isHow to know if this is what you’re facingWhy symptoms can be a beautiful invitationThe things we all have things where we love to be “right about being wrong”How emotions get coded physically in the bodyWhether men experience anything similarAnd more!Resources We MentionKellyBroganMD.comBooks by Kelly BroganOwn Your Self: The Surprising Path beyond Depression, Anxiety, and Fatigue to Reclaiming Your Authenticity, Vitality, and Freedom A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their LivesA Time for Rain (A Book for Parent and Child)Other ResourcesBooks by Byron KatieAnatomy of an Epidemic by Robert Whitaker

Today’s guest, Ryan Holiday, has been on my dream list of interviews for a long time. He is the best-selling author of many books including Ego is the Enemy, The Obstacle is the Way, and his newest Stillness is the Key, along with the Daily Stoic, a book I read one page from each morning. …

I’m going to go ahead and say it: this is one of my favorite interviews I’ve ever done to date! You definitely need an open mind for this one. We’re talking about how a breakthrough technology could change the way we manage, treat, and actually fix things like anxiety, treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, and other conditions. I’m here with Dr. David Rabin, the chief innovation officer, co-founder and co-inventor at Apollo Neuroscience. Apollo is the first wearable system to improve focus, sleep, and access to meditative states by delivering gentle layered vibrations to the skin.Since Dr. Rabin has also spent the last 10 years studying the impact of chronic stress in humans, I figure he’s a great person to also brainstorm with about ways to improve your own sleep, your children’s sleep, and your heart rate variability, which is one of the things most linked to health.Episode Highlights With David RabinWhy Dr. Rabin became so interested in mental health and the topic of stress in particularThe single biggest factor in any type of recovery and healingHow he figured out a way to “trick” the body into feeling safeWhat heart rate variability (HRV) is and why we are coming to know it as an important health markerThe risks associated with low HRV… and ways to raise itWhy pyschedelics might be the answer for stopping PTSD and other pyschiatric conditions for goodMDMA and what it does for the brain and the emotionsWhat the FDA trials show so far about these controversial medicinesHow the Apollo wearable balances the nervous system in real time (without drugs!)Why Dr. Rabin thinks psychiatrists are not just for the mentally illAnd more!Resources We MentionApollo (wearable device)David Rabin, MDOura RingIn Search of Memory by Eric Kandel More From Wellness Mama470: Amy Emerson of MAPS on the Future of Psychedelic Assisted Therapy & Research454: Dr. Jennifer Tippett on Trauma Therapy, Never Wasting Triggers, and Psychedelic Research447: Kambo Frog Medicine for Detox, Healing, and Trauma Release With Todd Shipman162: Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics & How to Be 10% Happier147: Using Heart Rate Variability With HeartMath to Stop Stress & Improve Nervous System Health110: How Vibrational Frequencies Affect Our Daily Lives262: Dr. Andrew Weil on Integrative Medicine, Reducing Inflammation & Most Important Factors for Health190: The Easiest Way to Track HRV, Sleep, and Movement With Oura RingTips to Naturally Reduce Stress… Starting Now!