The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells
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The Wellness Mama Podcast

The Wellness Mama Podcast is a weekly series covering the topics of holistic health, real food, stress, sleep, fitness, toxins, natural living, DIY, parenting, motherhood, and other health tips to give you actionable solutions to improve your family’s life! Brought to you by Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com

  1. 3D AGO

    Don’t Believe Everything You Think With Joseph Nguyen

    Episode Highlights With Joseph His amazing story that led to his bestselling book and how great books often come from the author's great painThoughts vs thinking and why this is importantThe core questions he asked himself were: Who am I? Why am I here? Why do I have so many negative thoughts?Learning to question the root of negative thoughts and ask if they're trueHow to separate yourself from the thoughts you haveThoughts don’t control us, beliefs do, so thoughts don’t affect us unless we believe them to be trueThoughts are neutral observations, thinking is judgment about thoughtsThe real root of suffering and how to shift it- is this true? Is this useful?Suffering is resistance to reality What is more important… being right or being at peace?The idea of letting go and surrendering is present in so many traditions around the world Attachments as the roots of suffering and ways to practice letting go throughout the day in small waysWe are not our thoughts… we are the space between. We are the canvas and not the paintOur attention is the architect of our realityWe live in a perception of reality, not reality ourselves, and where we put our attention shapes our perception How would I be if I knew everything would work out? And then operate from thereHow to get your body and your emotions on your side in this journey- they're there to remind us to come back to the present momentFear becomes gratitude, anxiety becomes fuel to show you what is importantEverything is a reminder and emotions can be guidepostsWe acquire knowledge through information but wisdom can only be obtained through lived experience Fear is not in the way… it is the way to the life that you wantA thought experiment: look back in your life at your best decisions and see how many were rooted in logic and analysis and how many were rooted in a sense of knowing Intuition is still, calm, never rushed or urgent The cost of making other people happy is your own happinessWhat other people think of you is a reflection of them, not of youHis 5 step PAUSE process for negative emotionsWhen you are fully present, the byproduct is peaceResources Mentioned Don't Believe Everything You Think - bookJoseph's website and InstagramAwareness by Anthony De MelloLetting Go, the Pathway of Surrender by David Hawkins

    1h 12m

  2. 4D AGO

    Menopause and CVD: How to Reduce Risk with Jessica Brown

    Episode Highlights With Jessica Why does cardiovascular disease risk rise in menopause to match the rate of men?What happens to hormones and the heart when a woman goes through menopause?45% of women have some marker of cardiovascular diseaseHow the loss of estrogen in menopause is the tipping point1 in 3 women will die of cardiovascular disease which is more than all cancers combinedWhat to monitor and look out for starting in our 20s50% of people in the US have high blood pressure and this is a marker of metabolic diseaseHow insulin comes into play and why this marker is so importantWhat metabolic markers to start tracking to know your riskHow visceral fat comes into play and why this is importantWhat causes visceral fat to accumulate in the bodyHer take on microdosing GLP-1 medication and if you lose lean muscleResources Mentioned The Loving Diet - websiteJessica's Instagram

    24 min

  3. 5D AGO

    How Self-Compassion and Reparenting Are The Actual Tools of Healing and Transformation With Jessica Brown

    Episode Highlights With Jessica She was a surprise twin and she and her sister could communicate in their own language before they could even talkWhat reparenting is and how we have the ability to give ourselves what we might not have gottenACE scores and what we know about how highly traumatized people suffer from diseases at much higher ratesThe difference in how women and men respond to stressful events. Women don’t respond with fight or flight, but men doHow do women respond to trauma? Usually tend and befriendWhat self-parenting is - it's the feeling of safety you get when your best friend hugs you and tells you it is going to be ok, or the feeling you get when all of your needs are metThe things from childhood that can leave a lasting imprint and can help by being reparentedWhy we can seek partners, situations, and jobs that reinforce childhood patterns until we resolve themQuestions to ask to begin to go within and skills to build to begin reparenting Looking at how you judge yourself is one of the best ways to avoid passing on this judgement to our kidsResources Mentioned The Loving Diet - websiteJessica's Instagram

    35 min

  4. JUL 2

    All About Fiber: Soluble, Insoluble, Resistant Starch & Why We Need Them With Shefaly Ravula

    Episode Highlights With Shefaly The difference between soluble and insoluble fiber and what they each doMost plant foods that are fiber rich have a mix of both soluble and insoluble fiberWhat fiber does in the body and its roles in the bodyHow fiber benefits gut ecologyWhat resistant starch is and how it works differently in the body and are connected to short chain fatty acids and gut and systemic healthWhat bitters are and why bitter foods are importantDark chocolate is a bitter food, let it dissolve in the mouth for benefits of bittersCoffee is also a bitter foods and good for youHow fermented foods come into play and benefit the gutWhy polyphenols are important and how to get enough from herbs and spices and fruits and vegetablesGut health and natural GLP production and how to support thisResources Mentioned Precision Gut HealthSip Herbals - Dandelion Drink

    35 min

  5. JUN 30

    Vitamins J & C: Two Vitamins You Might Be Missing With Shefaly Ravula

    Episode Highlights With Shefaly What Vitamin J is and why it is a crucial nutrient in our life (and not a typical nutrient)Vitamin C, which stands for community and why it is so importantHow these in particular can have such a profound impact on our healthThe downstream effects of joy and community on so many aspects of physical healthHabit stacking in a way that builds joy and community into daily lifeThe benefits of gratitude journaling and just writing 7 things per dayWhy it is hard for us to invest in free stuffResources Mentioned Precision Gut HealthGratitude Journal

    34 min

  6. JUN 25

    Hidden Stress Might Be Keeping You Sick + How to Fix it With Dr. Tiffany Caplan

    Episode Highlights With Tiffany What stress actually is and how it is more far-reaching than you might expectYour body can be experiencing stress even if you don’t “feel” stressedEven things like nutrient deficiencies are a form of stress for the bodyIf we are in fight or flight, we can’t rest, digest, and healWe actually need stress, and not all stress is bad- how to get it in balanceExercise is an example of good stress, and why we do not want to avoid all stressThe stress factors we can address and how stress impacts the immune systemUnderstanding cortisol and the stressors we can do something aboutPhysical and chemical stressors that you might be getting without knowing itHow to do a stressor audit of your physical environmentCertain foods, too much exercise, metabolic issues,  and other physical stressors Even more reasons to add magnesium to your life! And the two key nutrients she recommendsResources Mentioned Caplan Health Institute - WebsiteThe Lupus Solution: Your Step-By-Step Functional Medicine Guide to Understanding Lupus, Avoiding Flares, and Achieving Long-Term Remission by Dr. Tiffany Caplan

    31 min

  7. JUN 23

    Why Autoimmunity Happens & How to Reverse It With Dr. Tiffany Caplan

    Episode Highlights With Tiffany Her first home birth story was also a breech birth, a connection she and I share!What is happening in the body when someone is diagnosed with autoimmunityWhen the immune system gets confused and attacks part of your bodyAutoimmune diseases are treated as different problems, but they share a common component and causesWhy are women affected by autoimmunity more than men, and some reasons whyThe rise of autoimmunity in kids and factors that may contribute to thisHow hormones come into play with autoimmunityChemical toxin load is often higher in women and this may also be a factorFactors that can contribute: insulin resistance, hormone imbalances and estrogen dominance, cortisol and stress, gut health, and toxins in environmentHow to address autoimmunity holistically and move toward remissionResources Mentioned Caplan Health Institute - WebsiteCaplan Health Institute - InstagramThe Lupus Solution: Your Step-By-Step Functional Medicine Guide to Understanding Lupus, Avoiding Flares, and Achieving Long-Term Remission by Dr. Tiffany Caplan

    37 min

  8. JUN 18

    How Food Reflects the Soul: Using Mindfulness to Heal Wounds and Cultivate Deep Self-Love With Gina Worful

    Episode Highlights With Gina How our relationship with food is a mirror into our inner world and how this starts the day we are bornEvery single person on the planet develops a relationship with food and how this impacts usAssociations we can develop around food, like food being a source of love and affectionKnowing how to eat healthy is only about 5% of our drive and decision making when it comes to behaviors95% of what influences our behaviors comes from the subconscious mindSomething important to understand around hunger that might make things like Ozempic irrelevantThe one piece of science that if you can understand, you will have so much compassion for your bodyWhen your body is in a state of stress or your nervous system is activated and this increases your hunger hormones, as well as an area of your brain that is responsible for sensing when you are full doesn’t become active anymoreGet curious and move toward the thing that you are scared to look atHow to learn to listen to your body and trust itWays to learn how to shift your awareness into your body and learn to really feel itDeveloping mind/body harmonyTools to create regulation in the body to begin to tune inCravings are one of the misunderstood aspects of ourselves and what we can learn from themOvereating is an attempt to fulfill the soul’s unmet needsResources Mentioned Gina Worful - Mastering Mindfulness InstituteGina Worful - Instagram

    55 min
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The Wellness Mama Podcast is a weekly series covering the topics of holistic health, real food, stress, sleep, fitness, toxins, natural living, DIY, parenting, motherhood, and other health tips to give you actionable solutions to improve your family’s life! Brought to you by Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com

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    Katie Wells
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2025
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