Regulating & Raising

MaKenzie Byram
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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.

  1. 5d ago

    How She Quit Her 6-Figure PA Career to Save Her Family | Kayla Licari

    Today’s conversation is for the mom who has been quietly building a life she did not fully choose — and is finally ready to walk away from what is no longer serving her, even when it does not make sense on paper. I’m joined by Kayla Licari, who spent 15 years making six figures as a physician assistant before walking away from her career in 2023. That decision saved her health, her marriage, and her relationship with her three kids. Now she and her husband are redefining what success actually means for their family — and doing the deep work of parenting through CPTSD, healing their marriage, and reclaiming their voices as they go. Kayla is a Manifesting Generator married to a Generator — and the way she talks about rupture, repair, and co-regulation inside a marriage is the kind of honesty most moms in her exact position are quietly begging for. What We CoverThe identity shift of walking away from a career that looked good on paperWhat chronic symptoms (migraines, fatigue, anxiety) were actually trying to tell herWhy PMS is the week your voice refuses to be held back any longerThe art of rupture and repair inside a marriage (and why avoiding the rupture is what breaks it)Grief as the “unexplained heavy weight” and how to move it through your bodyWhy perfectionism is a trauma response — not a personality traitHow Human Design shifted the way she and her husband communicateThe two free lifestyle changes with the biggest hormonal impact: consistent sleep/wake + 5-10 min of morning sunlightConnect with KaylaKayla Licari is a former physician assistant turned coach helping women and couples heal their nervous systems, their marriages, and their relationships with themselves. She and her husband are relaunching their coaching work for couples. Instagram: @kayla.licari (spot-check this handle before posting)Second account for couples content: @happywivesandhusbands (verify this is live)Free couples call: linked in her bioConnect with MaKenzieMaKenzie Byram is a Human Design practitioner, gut health specialist, and nervous system regulation coach helping mothers come home to themselves through the wiring they were born with. She’s the host of Regulating and Raising and the founder of The Clean Mom Edit Club. Instagram: @thecleanmomeditJoin The Clean Mom Edit Club (free community): https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/aboutBook your Human Design chart breakdown with MaKenzie: https://claude.ai/artifact/FDYwpP9uJSadfrYGpP8wJxLoved this episode? Leave a review — it’s how more women find their way here. Screenshot it, share it to your stories, tag @thecleanmomedit, and I’ll send you a little thank-you 🤍

  2. Oct 6

    Why Your Nervous System Work Isn't Working | Taylor Cope

    Today’s conversation is for the woman who has done the breathwork, the journaling, and the nervous system tools — and still feels like her body is running the show. I’m joined by Taylor Cope, a somatic trauma resolution practitioner who helps highly self-aware women resolve — not just regulate — the dysregulated nervous system responses running their lives. We both open up about our own experiences with loss and survival mode, and Taylor breaks down why regulation alone keeps you managing the same patterns — and what it actually looks like to resolve them in the body. What We Cover The difference between regulating and resolving traumaWhat somatic resolution actually looks like in practiceOur personal journeys through trauma, loss, and survival modeWhy emotional connection and self-love are part of healingGrief and the non-linear journey of healingBody wellness vs. body obsessionWhy survival mode can be both protective and harmfulHow societal pressure shapes women’s healthConnect with Taylor Taylor Cope is a somatic trauma resolution practitioner helping highly self-aware women resolve the nervous system responses running their lives. Instagram & TikTok: @taylorcope_Free monthly somatic resolution training + session: sign up hereResources & Support If this episode brought up something heavy, please reach out: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (call or text 988) · Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors (allianceofhope.org) Connect with MaKenzie MaKenzie Byram is a Human Design practitioner, gut health specialist, and nervous system regulation coach helping mothers come home to themselves through the wiring they were born with. She’s the host of Regulating and Raising and the founder of The Clean Mom Edit Club. Instagram: @thecleanmomeditJoin The Clean Mom Edit Club (free community): https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/aboutBook your Human Design chart breakdown with MaKenzie: https://claude.ai/artifact/FDYwpP9uJSadfrYGpP8wJxLoved this episode? Leave a review — it’s how more women find their way here. Screenshot it, share it to your stories, tag @thecleanmomedit, and I’ll send you a little thank-you 🤍

  3. Sep 29

    Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself Postpartum — Even Years Later | Amy Dave

    Today’s conversation is for the mom who still doesn’t feel like herself after having babies — whether that was six months ago or six years ago. I’m joined by Amy Dave, a physician assistant, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, and women’s wellness coach who helps women decode what their bodies are actually telling them — through hormones, labs, nervous system work, and real food. What We Cover Why postpartum hormone shifts can linger for yearsNutrient deficiencies and the essential nutrients for recoverySigns you need more supportCortisol vs. progesterone: the stress connectionSimple practices for stress managementNavigating postpartum depression and the role of antidepressantsMaternity leave, support systems, and household systems for balancePersonal growth and cycle awarenessConnect with Amy Amy Dave is the founder of The Wealth of Wellness LLC, host of the This Incredible Mom Life podcast, and a mama who lives what she teaches. Website: thewealthofwellness.comInstagram: @thewealthofwellnessPodcast: This Incredible Mom Life — wherever you listenConnect with MaKenzie MaKenzie Byram is a Human Design practitioner, gut health specialist, and nervous system regulation coach helping mothers come home to themselves through the wiring they were born with. She’s the host of Regulating and Raising and the founder of The Clean Mom Edit Club. Instagram: @thecleanmomeditJoin The Clean Mom Edit Club (free community): https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/aboutBook your Human Design chart breakdown with MaKenzie: https://claude.ai/artifact/FDYwpP9uJSadfrYGpP8wJxLoved this episode? Leave a review — it’s how more women find their way here. Screenshot it, share it to your stories, tag @thecleanmomedit, and I’ll send you a little thank-you 🤍

  4. Sep 25

    The 40K Email Empire That Runs While You Log Off | Melissa Seideman

    Today’s conversation is for the mom entrepreneur who wants her business to keep working while she logs off and shows up for her family. I’m joined by Melissa Seideman, an award-winning email marketing strategist who went from teacher to building a successful email marketing business. Melissa breaks down how automated email engines let you scale revenue without being glued to your phone — plus the simple strategies that actually get your emails opened and clicked. What We Cover Melissa’s journey from teacher to email marketingThe power of automated email engines for moms in businessStrategies for growing your email listThe tools she recommendsWriting effective emails and a welcome sequence that convertsThe rule of three: subject lines, links, and imagesPlanning and executing email campaignsEngagement and list maintenanceConnect with Melissa Melissa Seideman is the email marketing strategist behind Not Another Email Company. Instagram: @notanotheremailcompanyWebsite: notanotheremailcompany.comEmail Edge Membership: join hereConnect with MaKenzie MaKenzie Byram is a Human Design practitioner, gut health specialist, and nervous system regulation coach helping mothers come home to themselves through the wiring they were born with. She’s the host of Regulating and Raising and the founder of The Clean Mom Edit Club. Instagram: @thecleanmomeditJoin The Clean Mom Edit Club (free community): https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/aboutBook your Human Design chart breakdown with MaKenzie: https://claude.ai/artifact/FDYwpP9uJSadfrYGpP8wJxLoved this episode? Leave a review — it’s how more women find their way here. Screenshot it, share it to your stories, tag @thecleanmomedit, and I’ll send you a little thank-you 🤍

  5. Sep 20

    The One Question That Told Me My Ambition Wasn't Mine | Dr. Sandra Fernandes

    Today’s conversation is for the ambitious mom who looks completely fine on paper — and is quietly running on empty. I’m joined by Dr. Sandra Fernandes, a family physician turned burnout coach. She once went an entire workday without stopping to pee — and didn’t notice until her husband asked what was wrong. That’s what high-functioning burnout looks like from the inside. What We Cover The three real signs of burnout hiding inside a life that still looks successfulWhy “sleep more, do less” advice keeps failing ambitious momsWhy discipline was never the problemThe gut-check question to ask before any big decision: if nobody expected this of you, would you still choose it?Connect with Dr. Sandra Dr. Sandra Fernandes is a family physician turned burnout coach helping ambitious women build success that’s sustainable. Instagram: @SandraFernandesMDSustainable Success Workbook: sandrafernandes.com/sustainablesuccessworkbookConnect with MaKenzie MaKenzie Byram is a Human Design practitioner, gut health specialist, and nervous system regulation coach helping mothers come home to themselves through the wiring they were born with. She’s the host of Regulating and Raising and the founder of The Clean Mom Edit Club. Instagram: @thecleanmomeditJoin The Clean Mom Edit Club (free community): https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/aboutBook your Human Design chart breakdown with MaKenzie: https://claude.ai/artifact/FDYwpP9uJSadfrYGpP8wJxLoved this episode? Leave a review — it’s how more women find their way here. Screenshot it, share it to your stories, tag @thecleanmomedit, and I’ll send you a little thank-you 🤍

  6. Sep 14

    Human Design as a Business, Money, and Life-Changing Framework

    This episode is one MaKenzie has been dreaming about for a long time — and it is for the woman who knows she is meant for more and is finally ready to build a business and a life that actually matches how she was designed. MaKenzie sits down with her own mentor, Becca Francis — a Human Design and Gene Keys expert, business mentor, psychic medium, and the woman behind an entire body of work teaching women how to build coaching businesses, make more money, and step into their gifts using their own energetic blueprint. Becca has helped thousands of women monetize their gifts, launch aligned offers, and step into psychic gifts they were once told to hide. Together, MaKenzie and Becca explore Becca's journey from struggling in a corporate law firm for 15 years to leaving her job just 8 months after discovering Human Design. They dive into what it actually means to live your design — starting simple with type, strategy, and authority — and how one shift changed everything for Becca's relationships, business, and marriage. Becca teaches on the ego (heart) center and splenic center as the two hidden money patterns most women are never told about, walks the audience through the "what if that weren't true?" reframe for changing money beliefs, and unpacks deconditioning as a practical, ongoing practice (spoiler: it does not have to take seven years). She also shares her jaw-dropping story of the honeymoon night in the Redwoods that cracked open her psychic gifts, and closes with a real, tangible starting point for the mom just discovering Human Design today. If you have been quietly performing a version of yourself that never fit, this conversation is your permission slip to finally build from your actual blueprint. Connect with Becca Website: beccafrancis.com Instagram: @thebeccafrancis TikTok: @beccafrancismedium Free — Human Design + Money AI Tool: beccafrancis.com/money Free — 5-Day Intuition Challenge: beccafrancis.com/intuition Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Website: www.thecleanmomedit.com Join The Clean Mom Edit Club — Free Community A supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, understand their human design, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie — completely free. Join the Club: https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about Get Your Human Design Chart Breakdown Want a personalized walkthrough of your chart? MaKenzie's Chart Breakdown session dives deep into your type, authority, profile, centers, and the practical experiments to start applying it in your life this week. Book your Chart Breakdown: https://www.thecleanmomedit.com/hdexperiences Loved this episode? Leave a review and share it with a mom who needs to hear it — it is the easiest way to help more moms find the show. 🤍

  7. Sep 8

    Midlife Is Not a Crisis. It Is an Awakening. | Lori Lisai

    Today’s conversation is for the woman who has spent decades living everyone else’s design — and is finally ready to meet her own. I’m joined by Lori Lisai, a Human Design guide who helps midlife women navigate transitions and figure out what’s next. After 26 years as a teacher, Lori followed her Generator gut and emotional authority out of the classroom and into the calling that had been building underneath her career for years. What We Cover Why midlife is an awakening, not a crisisHow the Uranus opposition and perimenopause rewire who you areWhy the “people-pleasing hormone” drops away — and what that frees upThe Wild Woman archetype: the missing phase between mother and croneHuman Design in schoolsThe parts of your chart (determination, earth gate, authority) that ground you through hormonal chaosTeaching my seven-year-old daughter to use her authority to make decisionsConnect with Lori Lori Lisai is a Human Design guide and host of Midlife by Human Design, helping women see midlife as a beginning full of possibility, purpose, and joy. Website: lorilisai.comInstagram: @lorilisaiPodcast: Midlife by Human DesignFree Human Design Guide + Perimenopause Survival Guide: lorilisai.com/workwithloriConnect with MaKenzie MaKenzie Byram is a Human Design practitioner, gut health specialist, and nervous system regulation coach helping mothers come home to themselves through the wiring they were born with. She’s the host of Regulating and Raising and the founder of The Clean Mom Edit Club. Instagram: @thecleanmomeditJoin The Clean Mom Edit Club (free community): https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/aboutBook your Human Design chart breakdown with MaKenzie: https://claude.ai/artifact/FDYwpP9uJSadfrYGpP8wJxLoved this episode? Leave a review — it’s how more women find their way here. Screenshot it, share it to your stories, tag @thecleanmomedit, and I’ll send you a little thank-you 🤍

  8. Sep 1

    EFT Tapping: The Missing Piece Most Women Are Skipping | Meryl Hayton

    Today’s conversation is for the high-functioning woman whose life looks great from the outside — but whose body has been quietly holding tension, anxiety, and overthinking for years. I’m joined by Meryl Hayton, a trauma-informed inner peace specialist, certified EFT tapping practitioner, Reiki energy healer, and creator of the Emotional Clearing Method. After 30 years as a salon owner listening to women through their layers, Meryl stepped into her calling as a coach in her 50s. Meryl walks us through a real tapping session you can follow along with — and explains why “calming down” is not the same as healing. What We Cover Meryl’s journey from salon owner to nervous system healerWhat EFT tapping is actually doing to your parasympathetic nervous systemWhy general tapping scripts don’t work — and what doesA live tapping session you can follow in the car, the store, or at the dinner tableThe five-step Clearing Method: Clarity, Letting go, Encouragement, Alignment, ReinforcementConnect with Meryl Meryl Hayton helps women release trauma, calm anxiety, and build self-trust — without forcing, fixing, or pushing themselves into change. Website: merylhayton.comInstagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube: Meryl HaytonFree Clearing Method Workbook: download hereConnect with MaKenzie MaKenzie Byram is a Human Design practitioner, gut health specialist, and nervous system regulation coach helping mothers come home to themselves through the wiring they were born with. She’s the host of Regulating and Raising and the founder of The Clean Mom Edit Club. Instagram: @thecleanmomeditJoin The Clean Mom Edit Club (free community): https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/aboutBook your Human Design chart breakdown with MaKenzie: https://claude.ai/artifact/FDYwpP9uJSadfrYGpP8wJxLoved this episode? Leave a review — it’s how more women find their way here. Screenshot it, share it to your stories, tag @thecleanmomedit, and I’ll send you a little thank-you 🤍

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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.

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  • Creator
    MaKenzie Byram
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    40
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 MaKenzie Byram
  • Show Website
    Regulating & Raising