The Wellness Mama Podcast

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  What did Jesus Really Say & What Did Humans Change? With Lauren Geersten 14.09.2026 1t 5min

  Episode Highlights With Lauren How 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 topicsIt’s hard to open to truth when we’ve been manipulated by fear unless we know there is more love on the other sideWhat did Jesus actually say vs how it has been changed throughout historyBeing comfortable in curiosity rather than certaintyWhen were the gospels actually written and what ch...
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  Is a College Degree Worth It Anymore? (& What Might Be Better) With Degree Free 10.09.2026 57min

  Episode Highlights With Degree Free The 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 people who are employed in the US do not have college degreesLess 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 ce...
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  Dying of Embarrassment: One Part of Health We Don’t Talk About As Much With Scott Hickle 02.09.2026 47min

  Episode Highlights With Scott How 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 from our poop that we are missing?How stress comes into play with gut healthThe big factors related to gut health that people don’t always get rightWe know gut health affects the whole body, but we miss some big warning signs with gut health70% of our calories come from ultra-processed fo...
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  Fast Like a Girl, Eat Like a Girl, and Age Like a Girl With Dr. Mindy Pelz 26.08.2026 53min

  Episode Highlights With Mindy Cutting 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 and how each fasts differently There are times when women shouldn’t fast and times when it can be a game changerWe 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 t...
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  Why We're Attracted to What Hurts Us (& How to Change It) With Stef Sifandos 24.08.2026 1t 3min

  Episode Highlights With Stef His 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 move toward what feels familiar even if it is dysfunctionalThe nervous system is a hidden matchmaker often operating in the backgroundWhy 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 e...
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  The Art of Letting Go: What I Learned From a Decade of Unlearning (Solo Episode) 19.08.2026 54min

  Episode Highlights With Katie Why 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 to control, perfection, and certainty created more stress than peaceThe 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 healingHow rewriting internal stories (“I ...
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  Why Everything We Know About Alzheimer's Is Wrong With Dr. David Perlmutter 17.08.2026 1t 2min

  Episode Highlights With David Why 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 defenders the most urgent and important thing he’s ever writtenWhat the brains immune system is and why this is vital to understanding long term brain healthMicroglial cells and why these matterWhy it isn’t just about beta amyloid plaques for alzheimer's and why this thinking was harmfulTh...
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  Healing with the Sun and Transformation From Grief With Nat Collier 12.08.2026 1t 10min

  Episode Highlights With Nat Her experience with homesteading, homeschooling and native plantsReasons to plant some native things in your yard!Her recovery from Autoimmune disease with circadian healthHow she reversed Hashimoto's naturally We are circadian beings, and our cells need light to produce the proper hormones and responsesNonna-maxxing and living like Italian grandmasIntuition getting stronger from the sun and why this happensWhere did this disconnect happen and why we got taugh...
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  Mineral Balancing, HTMA + Safe and Effective Detoxification With Matt Coffman 10.08.2026 1t 13min

  Episode Highlights With Matt His 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 important Why he prioritizes hair mineral analysis as a form of testing over a blood testWhat makes HTMA different than other forms of testingMy personal experience with mineral balancing Minerals work within a system, and knowing your status mattersHow minerals can help the...
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  How I Build Sun Tolerance & Solar Callus in Early Spring (Solo Episode) 05.08.2026 33min

  Episode Highlights With Katie Why 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 musclesHow to safely build sun tolerance in early spring without burningThe internal factors that determine whether sunlight helps or harms you: minerals, hydration, antioxidants, and fat-soluble vitaminsWhy people who burn easily are often mineral-depletedHow I personally use apps lik...
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  The Mineral Reset of all Cellular Systems With Caroline Alan 03.08.2026 50min

  Episode Highlights With Caroline Her 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 different and why her job is to make these famous Why she considers these compounds the celebrities of mineral replenishmentA 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...
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  My Birth Story with Baby #7- My Physically Easiest Pregnancy at Almost 40 (Solo) 29.07.2026 32min

  Episode Highlights With Katie What 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 timeResources 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! L...
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  Hypochlorous Acid: The Non-Toxic Healing Molecule Every Mom Needs to Know About with Justin Gardner 27.07.2026 31min

  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 processIt 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 the...
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  Fast Food is Bigger Than Food and How to Choose Cleaner Supplements in an Ultra-Processed World with Eddie Stone 22.07.2026 32min

  Episode Highlights With Eddie How fast food goes beyond just food and navigating a hurried culture Some simple ways we can shift the nutrient quantity of foodWhy nutrient levels matter more than macro levels with foodWhen supplements are necessary and why he became concerned with the supplement industry Big problems you may not realize exist in supplementsWhat fractionated supplements are and why the body doesn’t understand themResources Mentioned Touchstone Essentials SupplementsHi...
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  The Modern Toxic Burden and What We Can Do About It With Eddie Stone 20.07.2026 33min

  Episode Highlights With Eddie What the modern toxic burden is and reducing everyday toxin exposureWe are exposed to over 100k chemicals that have been produced and not cleared for safetyMicroplastics, chemicals and other toxins found in general everyday living What zeolite is and how it works gently to support detox Common food and water toxin exposures and how to reduce themZeolite is inert in nature so it is gentle - what form to look at How zeolite is formed and its highly u...
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  The Year That Almost Broke Me (& Surprise Baby #7) - Solo Episode 15.07.2026 43min

  Episode Highlights With Katie The real story behind baby #7 and the hardest year of my life — not the polished version, but the honest journey of what it looked like behind the scenes.The unexpected prayer that changed everything and what happened when I asked life to shake up anything that wasn’t rooted in love and kindness.What it felt like to walk through a season where I couldn’t fix, plan, or control my way out — and the lessons I learned from finally letting go.Navigating an unexpected ...
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  What's the Deal with Infrared Saunas: Facts vs Myths with Connie Zack 13.07.2026 45min

  Episode Highlights With Connie What makes infrared different than traditional saunas How infrared combines light energy with heatWhat infrared actually is (we also get this from the sun!)Light and heat as energy medicineHow this can help with emotional resilienceWhat we know about the sympathetic nervous system and how sauna can influence thisFIR specifically for entering a parasympathetic stateMood benefits and how infrared helps specifically with depression The cardiovascular bene...
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  You Can’t Hate Yourself Happy: The Key to Lasting Change with Jessica Ortner 08.07.2026 52min

  Episode Highlights With Jessica What tapping or EFT actually is and how it is such a powerful nervous system resetUnderstanding the nervous system and what a lot of sources get wrong Tapping has over 300 peer-reviewed studies behind itWhy always being calm isn’t the goal of nervous system regulationHow quickly the nervous system can respond to safety signals through tappingTapping meditations that can reduce stress by 30% in a few minutesThe results they've seen with the millions of peop...
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  Synthetic Fragrance Is the New Secondhand Smoke — Here's the Science 06.07.2026 32min

  Episode Highlights With Michael Why he thinks synthetic fragrance is the new secondhand smoke and how he can back this up with dataSecondhand smoke was such a brilliant marketing push and why fragrance needs this nowThe worst offenders and what to look forWhat “fragrance” actually is when you see it on a packageSafe swaps that actually workHaving safe and beneficial indoor air quality The air freshener industry is a 7 billion dollar industry. The air filtration industry is less than half...
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  What the Mold Industry Doesn't Want You to Know With Michael Feldstein 01.07.2026 39min

  Episode Highlights With Michael What he learned from years in working on mold remediationWhen he learned that the mold industry had a serious integrity problem Mold remediation - what does this actually meanWhat companies are doing wrong that leaves families sicker than beforeLessons learned from 8 years of doing mold testingThe Mold Rush (or Mold is Gold) in the industryAt its core, mold remediation is demolition with more precautionWhat the actual best testing is and which ones are not...