The Wellness Mama Podcast Katie Wells

Episode Highlights With Katie Kimball
Why life skills are still important (and maybe more so) in today's world How life skills foster confidence and relate to mental healthThe reason for the rise in anxiety and depression in kidsChore wars and balancing responsibility and life skills with kids doing too much workRequire the work, not the resultsThe downside of being overprotective and giving kids the idea that they need someone else to keep them safe How the correct level or risk for kids is a way to build resilience against fearNavigating the progression of toddlers to teens and handing off responsibility Ways to encourage critical thinking with kidsWhy young kids are wired for critical thinking and how to nurture itResources We Mention
Life Skills Now - summer campKids Cook Real Food courseiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Episode Highlights With Dane Maxwell
Ways to create more space and sanity, especially as a momSanity is available right now if you can figure out what your mind is doing or needing How to figure out what your mind is doing and say yes to itWhy women are often not told things that are in alignment with the complexity of who we areThe unconscious scripts running in our minds at all timesIt isn’t necessarily what we think, but what we think about what we thinkLearning to ask, "What is the invisible thought happening that is creating the pain?”How to say yes to your mind and to your pain in order to release itThe process of becoming best friends with your own mindWhy women are wired for success as entrepreneurs and how to tap into this if you want toCommonalities of the most successful businesses and why women innately do these things through building community and solving painResources We Mention
Dane's business course for women (limited time opportunity!)Start from Zero: Build Your Own Business. Experience True Freedom by Dane Maxwell Start from Zero PodcastStartfromzero.comiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Episode Highlights With Dane Maxwell
How his journey led him to write a children’s book for his daughterHis journey from high-achieving entrepreneur to singerHow Hatha yoga helped him process energy in his body after traumaThe therapies that helped him resolve past traumaHow he's working to avoid passing on negative patterns to his daughterWhat dual sympathetic reset is and how it helped his PTSDHow this led to writing a book for his daughterThe formula you can use to write a book for your children and the resources he sharesResources We Mention
The Mermaid Who Couldn't Pick A Tail by Dane MaxwelliMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Episode Highlights With Nazlie Lafefi
Why most OTC medications are outdated and were created before we understood inflammation and its roleThe reason many products don’t address root causes and aren’t helpful in the long-termSurprising ways that many OTC medications workHow to address the root cause of colds and flu at the inflammatory levelThe respiratory lining is similar to the gut lining and ways to support itOTC products can damage the respiratory lining just like we can damage the gut liningYet another reason to avoid sugar The fascinating way she discovered this new approach when studying signaling moleculesProblems with the conventional approach to handling allergiesHow some OTC products get in the way of the body's natural repair process Why taking allergy medication can make you more prone to getting sickHow aspirin plus omega-3 can help the body build resolvins and shorten the duration of illnessResources We Mention
BiovantaReady, Set, FoodiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Episode Highlights With Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
Why the body becomes less efficient at protein turnover with age and how to counteract thisThe biggest needle movers when it comes to building muscleWhy not to train to get better and what to do insteadHow to build an effective structure for getting stronger that doesn’t have to take a ton of timeWhy high-intensity training even just once a week, can make a huge differenceWhen you exercise, you sensitize muscles to glucoseThe long-term benefits of training on hormones and agingDifferences between women and men with training and hormonesThe most important workouts women can doWhat to know about sarcopenia and what we can do about itSarcopenia is not a disease of aging but a disease of inactivity How this relates to cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer'sWhat the normal recommendations get wrong about protein consumptionQuality of protein matters and how to optimize thisDietary protein is essential to building and maintaining muscle but quality matters a lotThe normal dietary protein numbers are just the minimum to avoid deficiency and are not adequate for building muscle and being metabolically optimalStandards vs goals for getting betterHow to use technology and tracking to your advantage in making these changesResources We Mention
Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Dr. Gabrielle LyonDr. Gabrielle Lyon - websiteDr. Gabrielle Lyon - PodcastHand Grip StrengtheneriMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify

Episode Highlights With Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
Why she went back to study nutrition after becoming a doctor and what she learnedThe one patient that changed her life and her career trajectory Why we’ve been trying and failing to fix an obesity epidemic for 50 years and why we’ve gotten worse, not betterFat is just a symptom of unhealthy skeletal muscle What happens when a person doesn’t have healthy skeletal muscleThe myth of “healthy sedentary individuals”Having healthy skeletal muscle is the only way to be healthySkeletal muscle is its own organ system and why this is important Why muscle is the best protection for having a healthy pregnancySkeletal muscle is the only organ systemWhat a DEXA is and what it measuresThe division between muscle mass and strengthWhat is happening in the body and the blood with unhealthy skeletal muscleThe loss of lean muscle mass is more detrimental than excess body fat!How waist-to-hip ratio is helpful in understanding where fat is Resources We Mention
Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well by Dr. Gabrielle LyonDr. Gabrielle Lyon - websiteDr. Gabrielle Lyon - PodcastiMOM PodcastIf you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify