Regulating & Raising

MaKenzie Byram

Regulating & Raising is a podcast for moms who want to feel calm, aligned, and in control again. Hosted by MaKenzie, this show blends Human Design and nervous system support with real-life motherhood—so you can understand your energy, trust your decisions, and stop feeling like you’re constantly in survival mode. Each episode is a mix of honest solo conversations and expert interviews, covering everything from emotional regulation and identity shifts to clean living, holistic health, and raising a family in a way that actually feels good. This isn’t about doing more or getting it perfect. It’s about learning how to regulate yourself while raising your kids—and building a life that works for your season. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or like there has to be a better way… you’re in the right place.

  1. 2d ago

    Emotional Balance, Safety, and Doing the Real Work as a Mother

    This episode is for the mom who is longing to create a calm, emotionally safe home for her children — but knows, deep down, that it has to start with herself first. MaKenzie sits down with Rebecca, a spiritual guide, teacher, and mentor who blends numerology, hypnotherapy, and energy mapping to help people understand themselves on a deeper level and create true emotional balance from the inside out. Rebecca opens up about her own transformation — going from a burnt-out mom pouring from an empty cup to a woman who mothers from overflow — and shares the tools that made the biggest difference. Together they explore why so many moms have been taught to talk about their feelings instead of feel them, and how that pattern keeps women stuck in loops for years. Rebecca teaches how emotions become physical energy stored in the body, why every choice literally shifts our molecular structure, and how to use numerology and energy mapping as practical daily tools — not just concepts. She also shares her powerful reframe on masculine and feminine energy in modern motherhood, why so many moms are stuck in masculine mode, and what it actually takes to soften without collapsing everything you have built. If you have been trying to create emotional balance for your kids while quietly falling apart yourself, this conversation is your soft place to land. What We Cover Why you cannot regulate your children until you regulate yourselfThe difference between talking about your feelings and actually feeling themWhy emotions get stored in the body — and what that costs youHow every choice you make literally changes your molecular structureWhy so many modern moms are stuck in masculine energy without realizing itHow to soften into your feminine without losing your capacity or your driveNumerology and energy mapping as practical daily tools for momsWhy your children are your most honest mirrorWhat it looks like to make the work work FOR you instead of you working FOR itRepair-based parenting when you catch yourself passing on old patterns Connect with Rebecca Website: www.akashicbec.com Instagram: @Akashic_bec Connect with MaKenzie Website: www.cleanmomedit.com Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

  2. Jul 9

    Internalized and Inherited Body Shame: Healing What Was Never Yours to Carry

    This episode is for the woman who has carried shame about her body for as long as she can remember — and is finally ready to find out that so much of it was never even hers to begin with. MaKenzie sits down with Meghan Machado, a Somatic Embodiment and Sacred Sexuality Coach who helps women reconnect with their bodies and pleasure by releasing shame, rebuilding trust, and feeling safe, alive, and fully expressed. Meghan's trauma-informed approach creates space for deep healing through body awareness, sensual aliveness, and authentic self-connection. Drawing from her training as a VITA Sex, Love, and Relationship Coach, over 20 years as a somatic movement artist, her experience as a Kundalini yoga teacher, solo mother, and her BA in Anthropology, Meghan weaves together embodiment, feminine mystery lineages, and ancestral wisdom reclamation. Together they explore where body shame actually comes from — not just from lived experience, but from the wombs of our mothers, grandmothers, and generations of women before us. If you have carried body shame for as long as you can remember, this episode is your permission slip to finally set it down. What We Cover Why you started in your grandmother's womb (and the shame you inherited from her)Epigenetics and why what your grandmother lived through is still living in youWhy mindset work and affirmations alone will never touch what the body is holdingWhat is actually happening in the body when a woman lives in chronic freeze and shrinkingWhy the body will always choose safety over pleasureHow to meet yourself where you are, even if that place is numbnessThe live posture experiment that shows how your body responds to shame vs. expansionWhy saying thank you to a compliment is somatic workPleasure as reclamation — and how women are performing pleasure instead of feeling itRaising daughters without body shame and sexual shame Connect with Meghan Instagram: @wisewildembodied Website: wisewildembodied.com Free — Sensual Self-Devotion Ritual: A 15-minute guided audio that brings women into their bodies through self-love, celebration, and sensuality. Meets you exactly where you are. Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

  3. Jun 25

    Why Making More Money Feels Unsafe: Money Identity & Nervous System Healing

    This episode is for the mom who dreams of building something bigger—but every time she starts making more money, investing in herself, or stepping into a new level, something inside tells her to slow down, play small, or stay where it's safe. MaKenzie sits down with Amy Diamond, money and empowerment coach, transformation expert, and host of the Manifesting Millions Podcast, for an honest conversation about the invisible relationship every woman has with money. Together they explore why earning more isn't just about strategy—it's about identity. Amy explains what happens inside the nervous system when your income changes, why women unconsciously spend their way back to familiar financial patterns, and how childhood conditioning quietly shapes the way we receive, save, invest, and build wealth. They also dive into the stories women inherit around self-sacrifice, why investing in yourself isn't selfish, and how learning to regulate your nervous system creates the capacity to hold more abundance without burnout. If you've ever felt called to dream bigger but found yourself shrinking the moment things begin to grow, this conversation will help you understand why—and show you how to move through it. What We Cover• What actually happens in your nervous system when your income increases • Why women often unconsciously return to familiar financial patterns • How childhood conditioning shapes your money identity • The difference between earning money through force versus alignment • Why investing in yourself changes every area of your life • How to recognize supportive money beliefs—not just limiting ones • Why your nervous system doesn't want more money—it wants familiarity • The role of identity in creating sustainable wealth • Why mothers struggle to spend time, money, and energy on themselves • Reframing "selfishness" and learning to receive • Why your children benefit most from watching you pursue your dreams • Processing fear while continuing to move forward instead of waiting until you feel ready • Building wealth without abandoning the version of yourself that matters most Connect with AmyInstagram: @xoamydiamond Free Private Podcast: Unapologetic Abundance — a free three-day audio series helping women release money shame, stop waiting for perfect timing, and expand their capacity to receive abundance. Website: amyvanmeijl.com Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

  4. Jun 18

    Why Trying to Fix Yourself Makes You Fail Faster (And What Actually Builds Capacity)

    The conversation explores the gap between insight and embodiment, the experience of self-awareness, and the challenges faced by sensitive, intelligent women, especially mothers. Ravelle shares her personal journey and the development of her methodology, Holosoma, which focuses on deep embodiment and coherence across all layers of consciousness. The conversation covers the topics of energy management, holistic healing, and capacity building for mothers. It explores the impact of energy imprints, the concept of Holosoma, and the shift from chasing transformation to building sustainable capacity. It also delves into the interconnectedness of mental, emotional, and physical well-being, as well as the importance of reprogramming and redefining self-identity. Takeaways Insight vs. EmbodimentThe Transactional Nature of Healing Energy imprints impact our mental, emotional, and physical well-being.Holosoma addresses healing across all layers of consciousness.Shifting from chasing transformation to building sustainable capacity is essential for holistic well-being. Chapters 00:00 The Journey to Self-Discovery09:20 The Gap Between Insight and Embodiment19:11 Curiosity as a Healing Tool25:09 The Concept of Holosoma34:01 Reprogramming and Redefining Self-Identity Connect with Ravelle Website: ravellelaurette.com Instagram: @ravellelaurette Threads: @ravellelaurette Free Energetic Hygiene Meditation: available through her site Capacity Practice: available through her site Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. Join The Clean Mom Edit Club— $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie. 💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

  5. Jun 11

    The Identity Shift Nobody Prepared You For: Grief, Autonomy, and Coming Home to Yourself with Elaine Alexander

    This episode is for the mom who is doing it all — raising her babies, building her business, going back to school, and still trying to figure out who she is in the middle of it all. MaKenzie sits down with Elaine Alexander, a Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying) in Ontario, Canada, practicing under supervision. Elaine works with adults navigating grief — including suicide loss — as well as relationship and dating challenges, and her work lives at the intersection of AI and mental health. Before becoming a therapist, she spent two decades in entrepreneurship while navigating burnout, financial pressure, personal loss, and becoming a wife and mother in her forties. This conversation is raw, honest, and deeply needed. Elaine and MaKenzie both share their personal experiences with suicide loss in their families and walk through what it actually takes to grieve, heal, and find peace when there is no clean answer. They explore the four-year identity shift Elaine has been walking through since becoming a mother, the grief of lost autonomy, the truth about mom guilt, and the importance of solo trips, sleep, and emotional regulation as a mother. Elaine also shares her powerful reframe of emotions as road signs — not good or bad, just data — and the practice that helps her neutralize her hardest memories so she can choose how she responds. If you have ever felt like you do not recognize yourself anymore, this conversation is a soft place to land. What We Cover The four-year identity shift Elaine has walked through since becoming a mom at forty. Why becoming a mother is like a new software update being installed. Grief that lives in the lungs and chest, and the truth about losing three loved ones in one year. Suicide loss as its own category of grief — and what most resources are missing. Why the brain needs a story to find peace, and how to find one that helps you settle. Being a cycle breaker in a family that does not talk about loss. The importance of sleep for moms — and why sometimes you have to leave the house to get it. Why mom guilt is a downloaded belief, not a truth. How to take a solo weekend or solo week without burning your family down. The reframe of emotions as road signs — stop, yield, or go. Why neutralizing a memory gives you back your choice. Why most emotions only last sixty seconds if you actually feel them. Why doing the thing with the guilt — instead of waiting for the guilt to go away — is the whole work. Connect with Elaine Instagram: @elainetalexander  Website: grieftherapyontario.com (Ontario-based grief therapy) Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood.  Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required.  Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you.  💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

  6. Jun 9

    The Nourishment Code: Why No Diet Has Ever Worked (and the Human Design Framework That Will)

    This episode is for the mom who has tried every diet, every workout plan, every wellness trend — and is finally ready to understand why none of it has stuck. In this solo episode, MaKenzie pulls back the curtain on her years as a fitness coach — the 5 AM workouts, the macro tracking, the meal prep containers, the constant food noise — and the moment her body finally stopped letting her push. She shares the slow postpartum unraveling that led her to human design, and how learning the way her body was actually built changed her entire relationship with food, movement, and her own nervous system. MaKenzie also introduces her brand-new framework — The Nourishment Code — a five-layer human design roadmap that gives every woman a personalized, customized blueprint for how she is actually meant to eat, move, rest, and nourish herself. You will hear the five layers in detail (type, authority, defined and undefined centers, determination, and environment), how each one shapes your daily life, and what shifts when you stop following directions that were never written for your body. If you have spent years chasing the wrong wellness plan, this episode is your permission slip to come home to your design — and to your body. What We Cover The wellness identity MaKenzie used to live in — and the moment her body finally stopped cooperating. Why no diet has ever worked long-term (and why it has nothing to do with discipline). The postpartum unraveling that led her to human design and a slower, softer, more aligned approach. The Nourishment Code — a five-layer human design framework for personalized wellness. Layer one: your type and how your energy is actually meant to move. Layer two: your authority and how to make food, movement, and rest decisions in alignment. Layer three: defined and undefined centers — what your body broadcasts vs. what it absorbs. Layer four: your determination — the exact conditions your body needs to digest and absorb food. Layer five: your environment — the space your nervous system actually feels safe in. What changes when you finally live from your code — food noise quiets, movement gets fun, sleep deepens, and your relationship with your body softens. Why the grind was never built for you — but your design was. Get Your Personal Nourishment Code Session A custom session walking you through your unique five-layer code. After you purchase, you will receive a quick form, a pre-recorded session, and a personalized PDF delivered within 24 hours — yours to keep forever.  Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood.  Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required.  Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you.  💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

  7. Jun 4

    Capacity Is a Choice: Building a Business and a Life That Actually Supports You with Danikah Rose

    This episode is for the woman who knows she is meant for more — but wants to build it in a way that actually feels like her. MaKenzie sits down with Danikah Rose, a business strategist and mom of five who has spent over 17 years in business, sales, and marketing helping women scale to multi-six and seven figure businesses without abandoning themselves to do it. Danikah blends real strategy with energetic alignment to help women shift their identity, energy, and approach so their business can grow in a way that is both powerful and sustainable. She is also a living example of building a business that supports her life — not the other way around. Together they explore the masculine leadership our husbands often bring (and why so many of us mistake it for an attack), the multiple identity initiations a woman walks through across motherhood and entrepreneurship, and why capacity is not something you find — it is something you choose. Danikah opens up about her own intentional decision to not scale during her fifth postpartum, and what it actually took behind the scenes to have the most peaceful postpartum of her life. They also get into anti-comparison, the "spend vs. invest" reframe that will change how you spend your time, the five hidden fears that keep most women stuck, and what it looks like to build a business and a life rooted in sovereignty. If you have ever felt behind, overwhelmed, or like you do not have enough time — this conversation is your permission slip to choose differently. What We Cover The moment her husband asked her "when are you just going to do the thing?" and how it changed everything. Why our husbands are often reading our energy and reflecting our own intuition back to us. The identity initiations women walk through across maidenhood, motherhood, and marriage. Why most parenting and business struggles trace back to old programming we never consciously chose. The "spend vs. invest" reframe — and why this one word swap will change how you spend your time forever. Why capacity is a choice, not a circumstance — and how Danikah had her most peaceful postpartum by intentionally not scaling. The truth behind every six and seven figure month — what it actually took, not what the highlight reel shows. The five hidden fears that keep women stuck in their businesses: scarcity, victim, lack of self-trust, outside validation, and the visibility wound. Why your sovereignty is where the magic is — and how to stop changing 15 variables of your life all at once. Connect with Danikah Instagram: @danikahrosecreative  Threads: Search Danikah Rose Creative DMs are open as her main call to action. Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood.  Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required.  Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you.  💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

  8. Jun 2

    The Cycle Breaks With You: Cycle-Breaking Parenting, Inherited Beliefs, and Becoming the Conscious Parent with Tanith Carey

    This episode is for the parent who wants to do things differently than how they were raised — but keeps catching themselves slipping into the same patterns they swore they never would. MaKenzie sits down with Tanith Carey, a parenting and psychology author, counselor, and mom of two who has written 12 parenting books published in over 40 languages — including the bestselling What's My Child Thinking? series with clinical psychologist Dr. Angharad Rudkin. Tanith is also training in Gestalt psychotherapy, and she brings such a grounded, evidence-informed, and deeply human approach to the inner work of parenting. Together they explore why cycle-breaking parenting is not about becoming a different parent — it is about becoming a more conscious one. They get into how our nervous systems run our reactions before our brains catch up, the inherited core beliefs we are unknowingly passing on (big feelings are dangerous, good children are compliant, my child's behavior reflects my worth), the importance of inner child work, and why repair is far more powerful than perfection. Tanith also shares the Spark concept — a beautiful framework for simplifying your child's extracurriculars — and her gentle case for returning to primal, present parenting in a world that wants us to optimize our children at every turn. If you are doing the brave work of breaking generational patterns, this episode is a deep exhale. What We Cover Why we parent from the nervous system, not the brain — and what that means in high-conflict moments. The difference between becoming a different parent and becoming a conscious one. The inherited core beliefs most parents are carrying without realizing it. Why the real work of cycle-breaking happens away from your kids, not in the middle of meltdowns. How to start the inner work with compassion instead of overwhelm. The repair conversation — why messing up is a learning opportunity for your child, not a failure. How core parenting beliefs clash in marriages and how to navigate it together. Why the years zero to seven are so foundational — and why the work is never "too late." The Spark concept for simplifying extracurriculars. Why we have massively overcomplicated parenting — and the case for primal, present-moment parenting. Sitting with discomfort as the doorway to growth. Connect with Tanith Instagram: @whatsmychildthinking and @whats_my_teenager_thinking_  Therapy Account: @tanithcareytherapy  LinkedIn: Tanith Carey  Facebook: What Parents Need Now Tanith's Books — What's My Baby Thinking?, What's My Child Thinking?, What's My Tween Thinking?, What's My Teenager Thinking?, The Friendship Maze, Girls Uninterrupted, and Taming the Tiger Parent. Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training that walks you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood.  Work With MaKenzie Aligned Strategy Session — a 60-minute deep dive for clear direction and sustainable habits. Restore 1:1 Transformation — a complete lifestyle change, application required.  Join Aligned — $33/month A simple, supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, and break cycles in community. Monthly teachings, tools, and the women walking this path right alongside you.  💛 If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

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Regulating & Raising is a podcast for moms who want to feel calm, aligned, and in control again. Hosted by MaKenzie, this show blends Human Design and nervous system support with real-life motherhood—so you can understand your energy, trust your decisions, and stop feeling like you’re constantly in survival mode. Each episode is a mix of honest solo conversations and expert interviews, covering everything from emotional regulation and identity shifts to clean living, holistic health, and raising a family in a way that actually feels good. This isn’t about doing more or getting it perfect. It’s about learning how to regulate yourself while raising your kids—and building a life that works for your season. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or like there has to be a better way… you’re in the right place.