
Body Wisdom
By Kiara Orbe & Gaby Barboza
Join us, your hosts, Kiara Orbe & Gaby Barboza every Wednesday for educational, inspiring and honest conversations about women's health, spirituality and so much more. The Body Wisdom Podcast was brought to life by integrating the physical + emotional body to deepen one's healing journey.
Note: Nothing inside of these episodes replaces medical advice. Please seek the guidance before implementing any changes.

Body Wisdom Nov 02, 2022
00:00
57:14

100. Dating Diaries
Today, we have a solo episode with Gaby on dating. Gaby speaks on:
Details of her last relationship, it's ending and how this was the catalyst to her year + of solo travel, even more self discovery, and softening
How she is navigating DATING and what she has learned from it so far! Dating in today's world can still be fun and not feel so daunting. Listen for some tips on how to lessen the pressure.
Sprinkled in are some listener stories of dating experiences gone wrong 😅
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Jul 12, 202344:41

99. Mediumship, Creating Intimacy within Relationship & Knowing When to Let Go with MJ Renshaw
Today on the show we invite MJ Renshaw, the founder of @beingmethod! The Being Method is a course on the science of spirituality. She is also a wife, a mother, & a rock collector.
In this episode we discuss:
How MJ landed in this space
MJ’s experience with clairvoyance & clairaudience
Her relationships before and after she came across this body of work
Some of the best relationship advice she’s ever received and given
How to let go & so much more!
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Jul 05, 202301:17:37

98. Feminine Embodiment (The Fun Way) with Em Debouver
Today on the show we invite Emily Debouver of @em.debouver! “Emily DeBouver is a women’s life & relationship coach. She is a certified somatic healer who guides women through releasing energy in their bodies and lives that keeps them stuck, leaving them with the tools to consciously create a life and relationship that feels fulfilling on a soul level.”
In this episode we discuss:
What Emily has done to create conscious partnership with her partner
The patterns Emily often sees in women
How we can open our hearts after deceit and betrayal
How to stop unconsciously manipulating men
What inner child work actually is
& so much more!!!
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Jun 27, 202356:27

96. Acne, Anti-Aging & Simple Skincare with Sara Sumic
Today on the show we invite Sara Sumic of @healthyskinglows! If you’ve been struggling with healthy skin, this episode is for you. As with everything else, there is so much information out there, greenwashing and 10 step skincare routines leading you to feel overwhelmed, frustrated and confused.
In this episode we discuss:
Sara’s history with her skin imbalances
Why we don’t need to overcomplicate our skincare routines
How a lot of today’s products could be more damaging to our skin
How to “get rid” of acne
How rosacea happens
How to rebuild a healthy skin barrier
Some of Sara’s easy practices everyone can use
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Jun 14, 202359:18

95. Building Strong Bodies With Dr. Shannon
Today we are excited to invite Dr. Shannon on the show. Join us as we dive into an educational, insightful conversation about science based workout strategies and finding a workout routine that supports our body and nervous system.
Dr. Shannon is a fitness trainer, former physical therapist and the owner of Evlo Fitness. Her goal is to provide science-based fitness education and classes to help women develop strong bodies without wearing themselves down.
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Jun 07, 202359:57

94. Attachment Theory with Maureen Gallagher, Phd, SEP
Today we are excited to invite Maureen Gallagher on the show. Join us as we dive into an educational, insightful conversation about attachment strategies, finding our true identity, and how prenatal & generational trauma can show up in our lives as adults.
Maureen is a Licensed Psychologist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, dedicated to the integration of somatic awareness and somatic intervention with psychotherapy and body work. Maureen brings a broad range of experience and training to her work, including Certifications as a Relational Psychoanalyst and Supervisor, Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist and Supervisor, Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapist and training in Inner Relationship Focusing and Integral Somatic Psychology. In her clinical work she integrates relational psychoanalysis and experiential and process oriented models of attachment theory with somatic psychotherapies. She has maintained a private practice for over 20 years.
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May 31, 202301:14:40

93. Holistic Hair Care With Arielle De Martinez
Today we are excited to invite Arielle de Martinez on the show. Join us as we dive into an educational, insightful conversation about ditching mainstream shampoo, green washing and supporting your natural hair texture through the "No Poo Method."
We walk through:
-Healing your hair
-Questioning the ingredients in mainstream hair products
-Holistic hair care and greenwashing
-Scalp health and "non toxic" options
-Heat free style options
Arielle de Martinez helps women all over the world free themselves from the industries that benefit from women not claiming their own autonomy, from the beauty industry that breeds insecurities and toxicity, the stylist/client power dynamics in the salon industry, and the allopathic systems that don’t seem to actually know how to truly be (and stay) well.
With her guidance, women are actually healing their hair by using products they can make themselves at home with ingredients found in their garden that come straight from the earth and taking responsibility for the health of themselves and their family!
Her “No Poo Method” has developed a cult following of women ditching the shampoo for good, and her course “The Wild Mother’s Medicine Chest” has allowed women from all over the world to become the healers of their families.
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May 24, 202301:05:03

92. Blood Sugar Regulation, Type 1 & 2 Diabetes, & Insulin Resistance with Isaac Pohlman
Today we are excited to invite Isaac Pohlman on the show. Join us as we dive into an educational, insightful conversation about blood sugar, type 1 & type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and advocating for yourself.
We walk through:
- The difference between type 1 & 2 diabetes
- How genetics / predispositions play a role in our health
- Chronic fatigue & cystic acne
- The importance of consuming usable protein
- The effects of mineral depletion
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Isaac Pohlman - Registered Dietitian and Fellow T1D
Isaac is a dietitian originally from a small rural town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and is currently residing in Chicago.
During his formal education in undergrad and grad school, he studied human physiology and nutritional sciences and has since gone through a series of trainings, including internships to become a Registered Dietitian, mentorship programs under Josh Rubin and Morley Robbins, and independent research.
Despite his formal education, his personal experiences with health and working with clients 1:1 have been just as if not more valuable to his work. He was inspired to pursue nutrition after developing a series of health issues, including hypothyroidism, low testosterone, chronic fatigue, cystic acne, and type 1 diabetes, during his high school and early college days.
Isaac currently helps adults with type 1, type 2, and pre-diabetes improve their blood sugar control without cutting out carbs, in his coaching program, The Balanced Blood Sugar Roadmap.
May 17, 202301:06:40

91. How To Navigate Somatic Attachment With Self & In Relationships With Jen Ray
Today we are excited to invite Jen Ray on the show. Join us as we dive into a deep, insightful conversation about boundaries, trusting ourselves, and the power of calling in healthy relationships.
We walk through:
Black & white thinking
The power of setting healthy boundaries in our relationships
Generational wisdom
Giving ourselves time and space to heal, and trusting that we can
Parenting, and our relationships with our primary care givers
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Below is some information about our wonderful guest on today's episode, Jen Ray. You can connect with her on Instagram @healwithjen https://www.instagram.com/healwithjen/
I’m Jen Ray. For the past decade, I’ve been a student of the human body and have followed my passion for supporting people on their personal growth and healing journey. As a trauma survivor, I spent most of my life stuck in a state of survival. I lived disassociated from my body and spent my teenage years and early twenties struggling with things like substance abuse, toxic romantic relationships, and self-sabotaging behaviors. When I began my education on trauma, I finally felt like I made sense. I realized that my compulsive relationships and “self-sabotaging” patterns were self-protective behaviors that I developed to meet unmet needs and achieve safety. After several years of tending to the needs of my inner-child and healing in areas like attachment, sex, and intimacy, I received the call home to my body through a chronic illness diagnosis. Instead of accepting the fate of a lifetime of illness, I decided to become educated on how to heal myself. Learning how to bring a felt sense of safety to my body has set me freedom years of suffering with chronic symptoms and has helped me create healthy and secure relationships in my life. As a trauma-trained somatic practitioner, my intention is to support fellow trauma survivors in healing attachment wounds, building resilience in their nervous system, and learning how to trust the innate intelligence of their body.
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Mar 29, 202301:09:13

90. How to Listen & Trust Your Body Again, People Pleasing & Nervous System Education
Today we are excited to explore a topic that many of us have some personal experience with in learning how to trust our bodies. Join us as we dive into the benefits of trusting our body, and how it impacts our feelings of safety, confidence, and empowerment.
We walk through:
How to acknowledge and be a better listener to our bodies' cues
How can your body cultivate trust in you
Things that we do that might build distrust in our bodies
What the window of tolerance is and how can we rebuild
Understanding that we can't compare our healing process to others
How the concept of people pleasing is fear-based
How everything is a reflection of our nervous system state
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Mar 22, 202333:11

89. Feeling Safe In Your Body, The Sympathetic Nervous System and Learning Your Body's Boundaries
In today's Body Wisdom Podcast episode, join us for a talk about the concept of creating safety. We share our insights and how we can pay attention to our body cues and realistically cultivate safety.
We walk through:
•How can we feel safer with our bodies
•Identifying and learning our bodies' boundaries
•Understanding your sympathetic nervous system
•How trauma is not mental and we can't think our way into feeling something
•How to cultivate safety together in co-regulation
•Identifying and listening to your body cues
•Rewiring the years of conditioning that saying "no" is bad
•How can we bring in more of the regulating resources
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Mar 15, 202334:22

87. How obsessing over healing can prevent you from actually healing
Today's Body Wisdom Podcast episode is all about the little frustrations that keep us from healing. Our perfectionism, wanting to heal in our ideal way can actually hold us back from healing. In this episode, we share how we can get past our frustrations and allow more joy and flow into our life!
We walk through:
How obsessing over healing can take our joy
How important is giving time and space to integrate healing
Why having symptoms are so important
How do we stop trying to be perfect in every way we do
How we can heal with a community
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Mar 08, 202333:17

86. Navigating Body Image & Embodiment
In today's podcast episode, join us for a talk about body image. We share our thoughts on the matter and how it has impacted each of their lives, as well as what we have done to overcome the struggles associated with body image.
We walk through:
•How extreme the diet culture can be
•Kiara & Gaby's inner struggles with their bodies
•How it's okay to love your body and still want to change it.
•How your upbringing, relationships, and society can impact the way you view your body
•The importance of metabolic health
•Why you should hone into the real foundation of a healthy and nourished body
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Mar 03, 202330:02

85. How Trauma Creates Chronic Illness
Destigmatizing a chronic illness can be challenging. And acknowledging that trauma is the reason people develop a chronic disease that may take some time to adjust to. In this episode, Kiara & Gaby tackle how trauma creates chronic illness.
We talk through:
•How emotional health is a reflection of nervous system health
•What are adverse childhood experiences and how it affects our development
•Why we cannot compare our trauma to others
•The need to learn our bodies' boundaries
•Why it's important to permit ourselves to rest
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Feb 22, 202329:45

84. Postpartum Nutrition & Care with Kim Perez, FNTP, RWS, RCPC
Today's Body Wisdom Podcast episode with Kim was a delight to listen to. Kim Perez is a functional nutritionist on a mission to help moms and moms-to-be experience their body’s full power and feel vibrant, resilient, and whole by guiding them along their healing journey. Kim instills in herself, her clients, and every woman she comes across that their needs matter. Her passion and determination are like no other around. She is a real inspiration to women everywhere.
She is @rootandbranchnutrition on all social media platforms and she's launching a postpartum group program this winter to bring women in all sorts of life and build community and connection!
We walk through:
•How Kim got into this work and how her approach to health and with clients has developed
•The common struggles that women she works with go through
•How to care for and prioritize ourselves postpartum
•How to prepare for the unexpected in pregnancy and postpartum
•What nourishment looks like for a postpartum mom
•Why mothers need to voice their needs and set healthy boundaries
Nourished Postpartum
Feb 15, 202351:28

83. Are you Running on Cortisol? What it is, What it Feels Like, and What to do About it
Join Kiara & Gaby today for a mini-lesson on cortisol.
We talk through:
What Cortisol Is
What it feels like to operate from cortisol
Why does it feel good?
How to regulate and bring safety to your body
Just a reminder, Body Basics is launching soon! Body Basics is exactly how it sounds, the foundations of your physical body and nervous system that we teach to every client. It is everything we come back to time and time again when supporting ourselves and others. You’ll find a waitlist link in the show notes to get access to the lowest price this course will ever be.
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Feb 01, 202326:54

82. HTMA Testing 101 & What You Need to Know About Your Thyroid with Jensen Schoonover, FNTP
This week we are joined by Jensen Schoonover. She is an FNTP on a mission to help practitioners attract and retain more clients by using Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis as a baseline test for every client because of its alignment with the Foundations and affordability. She’s the developer of the HTMA Analysis App and the creator of the Instant HTMA Professional Course.
When she isn’t devouring webinars or helping unlicensed practitioners navigate the wild world of functional lab testing @testdontguess on instagram, she can be found rollerblading at the oceanfront in Virginia Beach where she lives with her 6’9” husband Eric, 2.5 year old daughter Amelie, and Rhodesian Ridgeback Seneca.
We talk through:
What is the HTMA? What does it tell us?
Top Takeaways from Kiara's recent test
What can it tell us about your thyroid?
Top 3 ways to support thyroid from an HTMA perspective
Does it matter if you have hyper or hypothyroidism?
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Jan 25, 202301:06:35

81. Q&A: Acid Reflux, Respectful Fat Loss, Getting Unstuck, and Moving through Resentment & Anger
Today, we are answering your questions!
We talk through:
Acid Reflux Explanation and Supports
Gallbladder Removal Support
What’s the deal with Red Light Therapy?
Fat Loss & How to Support This Respectfully
Feeling Stuck
How to Let Go of Anger and Resentment
Just a reminder, Body Basics is launching soon! Body Basics is exactly how it sounds, the foundations of your physical body and nervous system that we teach to every client. It is everything we come back to time and time again when supporting ourselves and others. You’ll find a waitlist link in the show notes to get access to the lowest price this course will ever be.
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Jan 18, 202353:58

80. Hypermasculinity & How Relationships Impact Your Physical Health with Michael Angel
We’re so excited to share today’s guest with you. We are joined by Functional Diagnostics Nutrition Practitioner, Michael Angel, who combines functional medicine, Ayurveda, and spirituality into his practice. Through his own suffering, he has learned how to heal and help others overcome digestive issues, mold, anxiety, fatigue, and much more. His formal studies in psychology and personal exploration with yoga, plant medicines, and psychedelics, have made him particularly skilled at uncovering the mental and emotional blocks that prevent people from healing. His scientific mind and open heart make him a wealth of knowledge and a joy to listen to.
We talk through:
PCOS & the Connection to Masculinity
How Michael got into this work & how his Unique Approach to Health and with Clients has Evolved
Michael’s Connection to his Feminine Energy
How Relationships Impact our Health, especially as we Heal the Masculine & Feminine, Together
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Jan 11, 202301:15:42

79. 2022 Reflections | Learning Your Body’s Boundaries, Owning Your Truth & Stepping into Your Worth
We’re back! On today’s episode, Kiara and Gaby reflect on their extended break from social media and life in general since we last connected with you all.
SURPRISE! Kiara and Gaby are releasing a course, together, called Body Basics. It is exactly how it sounds, foundations to your physical body and nervous system that we teach to every client. It is everything we come back to time and time again when supporting ourselves and others. Stay tuned for more information!
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Jan 04, 202359:47

78. Polyvagal Parenting with Mandy Flanders
In today's Body Wisdom Podcast episode, we sat down with Mandy Flanders. Mandy is a Certified Natural Health Practitioner, Certified Doula, Certified Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master, and Trauma Informed and Trained practitioner. After years of working with clients suffering from cancer, autoimmune issues, anxiety, overwhelm, insecurity, and intrusive thoughts, she has learned that unhealed trauma is very often at the root of these issues. In this episode, Mandy led us through a grounding & orientation practice, so if you could listen to the first part while not driving, that would be most beneficial!
We discussed:
What drew Mandy to somatic therapy
How somatic therapy can benefit those who are symptomatic
How to discharge sympathetic energy
How to reparent ourselves
Flexible vs rigid boundaries
Being honest & communicating with our children
Mold as a trauma response
Review of polyvagal theory & so much more!
Mandy's website
Mandy's Instagram
Embracing Consciousness
Polyvagal Parenting
Nov 02, 202257:14

77. Embracing the Feminine with Dr. Trish Ferrer
In today's podcast episode we sat down with Dr. Trish Ferrer. Dr. Trish Ferrer is a Naturopathic Doctor and Filipina Medicine Woman. By blending her medical training, and trauma training with lineage-based wisdom, she has facilitated spaces of inspiration, empowerment, and education about full-spectrum healing, by means of teaching her clients how to listen & honor the body’s sacred intelligence. Her passion for integration & awakening one’s potential through combining human physiology, nervous system regulation & energetics, has led her to be a featured speaker on several programs, podcasts, and various organizations. She believes that emotional liberation is our birthright and can be achieved through embodied transformation.
We discussed:
Ancestral/lineage trauma
How to call in the masculine
Beginning to understand your relationship to the feminine & what it means to you to be a woman in today's society
How social media can impact relationships
How to integrate naturopathic medicine with trauma healing
When to integrate the masculine
Where to find Dr. Trish:
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Website
Oct 19, 202258:47

76. Meeting the Parts of You with Elizabeth Macinnes, LCSW
This week, we sit down with Elizabeth MacInnes to talk about a therapy modality called Internal Family Systems. Elizabeth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Internal Family Systems trained Therapist, Intuitive, and Astrologer. Elizabeth works with individuals and couples to build a healthier relationship with self that is rooted in love and nourishment. Elizabeth's goal is to provide guidance to help us unlearn what we have been taught so we can return to who we were before the world told us who to be. Elizabeth believes our bodies are our greatest messengers and we just need to learn the language of our bodies. Elizabeth lives in Maine with her wife and two children.
We talk about:
- What Internal Family Systems/Parts Work is and the difference between other therapy/treatment modalities
- How to start working with the different parts of you and also, the parts of others
- IFS and Trauma work
- How to use IFS with Anxiety, Depression, and Grief
- We end with a mini IFS session on Gaby!
Elizabeth is currently available for new clients! Connect with her here:
Website: www.ritualartofwellness.com
Email: Elizabeth@Ritualartofwellness.com
IG: Elizabeth.Ritual
Sep 21, 202201:00:06

75. Romantic Relationships & Your Nervous System
Today, we're going deep on romantic relationships & how they impact your nervous system. Kiara & Gaby share personal experiences and lessons they are taking with them to relationships now.
We talk through:
- Triggers from partners & how to navigate them, including stretching your nervous system/building capacity when appropriate
- Self & coregulating during times of emotional activation
- Attachment styles & how to deal!
- Us then vs us now in terms of allowing what comes into our life (boundaries with others & ourselves)
- What to notice/ask new partners
- Discerning between fear & intuition
*We also talk through some listener questions around triggers & sexual trauma. We want to be sure you are aware of topics like these before listening, as they may bring up some activation within you. We also want to extend our deepest consideration for the listener who inquired about sexual trauma. We are so sorry this has been your experience and we hope we can shed some light on a path forward.
The Coming Home to You Breathwork series is a beautiful compliment to this episode. You can grab that here.
We are preparing for the next round of The Nourished Woman group program! We will have a free info session on 10/12/22. Want $300 off the program? Join the waitlist here! PS..TNW members also receive $400 off our next retreat in Asheville, NC :)
Let us know if we should do a Relationships episode, part 2!
Sep 14, 202256:42

74. Is Your Movement Serving You?
On today's episode, we talk through movement. This can be a tricky one for women and especially when on a healing journey. However, we want to help you find ease + excitement for movement without stressing your body too much.
We discuss:
- Why movement is important
- How to know when to pause, take breaks, or try more
- Our thoughts on running/cycling
- Should you quit exercise entirely with hormone imbalances?
- Best types for hormone imbalances + How to know if it's serving you
- Female vs male cycles & why they matter for movement
We are preparing for the next round of The Nourished Woman group program! We will have a free info session on 10/12/22. Want $300 off the program? Join the waitlist here! PS. TNW members also receive $400 off our next retreat :)
Sep 07, 202252:31

73. Elimination Diets -- Are They Worth It?
After an AMAZING Nourished Woman Retreat in Tulum, Mexico… we're back! On today's show, we start with some retreat reflections & then talk all things elimination diets. It is hard to put into words the experience we had with ourselves + the women on the retreat, but we are going to do our absolute best.
We discuss:
▪️ Retreat reflections + DREAMS! Let us know if you relate!
▪️ Elimination diets & if we think they're worth it
▪️ Digestion & optimizing your ability to digest MANY whole foods
▪️ Reflections on clients who had eliminated foods prior to working with us
▪️ Mineral status & its role on digestion
▪️ Hope for an expansive dietary intake :)
ALSO - We are preparing for the next round of The Nourished Woman group program! We will have a free info session on 10/12/22. Want $300 off the program? Join the waitlist here!
Aug 31, 202257:06

72. Trauma, Attachment Styles & Women's Health with Kymber Maulden
Today on the show, we have my friend & colleague, Kymber Maulden. Kymber is a functional nutrition consultant and a women's health coach based out of California, running a private practice online. She is deeply passionate about supporting women to take their healthcare back into their own hands, using embodiment practices, body literacy, and prometabolic nutrition principles. In her work with women, she combines several different tools, such as critical thinking, hard sciences, attachment work, and nervous system regulation, to offer women the necessary guidance for long-term self-healing. Find her on Instagram, where she hangs out the most!
We discuss:
▪️ How her trauma as a child impacted her relationships
▪️ Why sisterhood is important for our health
▪️ How our attachment styles can manifest in our bodies
▪️ How to tap into your feminine essence
& so much more!
We really enjoyed this conversation & we hope you do too.
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Aug 24, 202201:01:23

71. The Relationship Between Psychedelics & Minerals
Today's episode is a special one. We discuss two topics that are now widely spoken about...but not necessarily in relation to each other. Today, we merge psychedelics with minerals alongside Hamid Jabbar from @mineralshaman !
Some highlights to expect:
▪️ Hamid's history/experience with psychedelics & his own health
▪️ Do psychedelics have therapeutic impacts? At what cost?
▪️ The connection between psychedelics & minerals
▪️ Trauma, minerals, and plant medicine
▪️ The potential impact of legalization
▪️ Specific considerations before embarking on a plant medicine journey
We leave for Tulum in less than one week AND we still have O N E room left! If body, mind, and soul nourishment is calling you...it's not too late. We would absolutely love for you to join us :)
Send an email to us & join!
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Aug 03, 202253:41

70. Minerals & Nervous System Health
Today's episode is all about the relationship between minerals & mental health.
We cover:
A look into each of our own mental health history
The calcium/magnesium ratio & how it impacts mental health
What impacts calcium & magnesium levels
How the state of your autonomic nervous system impacts minerals
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Jul 27, 202236:35

69. Living a Low Toxin Life
In today's episode, we discuss:
Danielle's story & background
How to avoid overwhelm as you transition to a less toxic lifestyle
Her skincare routine
How your skin expresses itself when your nervous system is dysregulated
We love using the wide array of products from @balanced.bod!
Don't forget to leave a review/rating letting us know what you think as this helps the health & vitality of the podcast.
We appreciate you listening!
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Jul 20, 202254:45

68. Parasites: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Today, Kiara & Gaby are diving into a very popular topic (parasites) these days. However, we have a unique approach that might be different than what you are used to hearing about them. We hope, that this episode reduces any fear you might have & gives YOU hope!
We talk through:
Foundations before considering a parasite cleanse
The role of iron in relation to parasites
The underlying root cause of parasitic infections
How to build up your body's innate resilience for prevention
And so.much.more.
Also..it's not too late to join The Nourished Woman Retreat, but we are getting very close!! Click here to find out more & perhaps, you'll join us 💕
Jul 13, 202258:07

67. How to Support Digestion with 5 Basic Steps
Today, Gaby & Kiara talk about supporting digestion which is probably THE most important foundation. It sure isn't fun being bloated, gassy or backed up. So often when we're feeling this way, we are DESPERATE for relief. For this reason, we tend to fall into trends & quick-fixes. We get to the root of why these quick-fixes are not sustainable & why it's so important to establish this foundation. Don't worry, we give you the HOW, too!
We discuss:
Our backgrounds with digestive health
What didn't work & why
5 steps towards better digestion
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Jul 06, 202201:13:18

66. HA & Eating Disorder Recovery Using Somatics and Parts Work with Meg Doll
Meg Doll is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Certified Spiritual
Coach, and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in training. After years of
battling and overcoming eating disorders of her own, Meg specializes in
supporting women heal from eating disorders and disordered eating as
well as hypothalamic amenorrhea and quasi recovery. She is the host of
the weekly podcast, Unbreakable You, and can be found on Instagram at
@iammegdoll.
Links:
https://megdoll.com/
https://megdoll.com/freebies/
https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/unbreakable-you-podcast
https://megdoll.com/coaching/
Jun 29, 202201:04:37

65. Integrative Pelvic Care with Caytlyn Dee
Caytlyn is the founder and creatrix of Integrative Pelvic Care. her own healing journey led her into this sacred body of work and she is deeply committed to revolutionizing the story we have been told about living in a female body. How we feel about and in our bodies affects every single aspect of our lives. It is her life's mission to support other women on their journey to feeling deep belonging in their own bodies and on this Earth.
Integrative Pelvic Care offers a nervous system centered approach to whole woman healing and lifelong vitality. Her work reaches women all over the globe to guide them back to the inherent wisdom and power they hold within their bodies.
Caytlyn holds a sacred, tender container for women ready to explore this life changing work. This is a pilgrimage deep into your own body. A descent into the shadows, ancestry, trauma, and emotions we hold within. It is a journey of reweaving every aspect of Self back into relation with our sacred center. This is an invitation to explore our beliefs and stories about being a woman.
She offers online programs and in person retreats for women all over the world to connect and heal together. In person retreats, energy and bodywork are hosted in Denver, CO and Dublin, Ireland.
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May 18, 202255:50

64. Postpartum Recovery with Therese Dansby
Therese is a Registered Nurse and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She believe in taking a "whole"-istic approach to the breastfeeding relationship, and she strives to find creative solutions to common (and not-so-common) struggles, enabling moms to reach their breastfeeding goals. She truly believes that a mom who is active and involved in her plan of care is the happiest, and happy moms are most prepared to raise a baby in the healthiest possible environment, physically and emotionally.
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May 11, 202241:39

63. Somatic Intuitive Healing with Stephanie Scarminach
Stephanie is a a body-focused mental-health practitioner, and offers Somatic Healing. She has an MA in Clinical and Mental Health: Somatic Psychology and blend this with her own intuition and flavor to help guide clients towards themselves and healing. Through my own journey of healing past trauma, she has found deep purpose in sharing this practice. She teaches and lives this practice, using this skill to continue listening and learning from my body about how better to connect and deepen our relationship together. She believe our bodies hold deep innate wisdom, and are always trying to guide us home to ourselves. Her goal is to walk alongside her clients, helping them discover their own bodies' natural wisdom.
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May 04, 202258:42

62. Meeting Your Inner Child with Tracy Holemeyer
Tracy Holemeyer is my mentor inside of Pause Breathwork. I invited her on because she has helped guide me for the past almost 6 months and I am so grateful for her. Tracy is chockful of wisdom. Each time I ask her a question she never hesitates and the answer is always just what I needed to hear. Tracy holds space for her clients + students through breathwork, meditation and somatics as they embark on their journey of sacred healing. Tracy is a soul worker but also, human.
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Apr 06, 202201:03:57

61. FAM for Conception with Jamie Murphy
Jamie Murphy is a fertility awareness educator with a passion for educating women about their bodies. She believes everyone should have the tools necessary to be confident and knowledgeable about their fertility and her mission is to help FAM users become autonomous and empowered, whether trying to achieve or avoid a pregnancy.
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Mar 30, 202257:46

60. Cycle Alignment with Emily Butner
Emily Waterfield-Buttner is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and founder of Golden Wellness. She specializes in women's hormonal health and menstrual cycle wellbeing. She works closely with women to discover the root cause of their hormonal imbalance. Through this, she creates personalized protocols to gently guide them into a more sustainable and healthy way of living that helps balance hormones and promote healing. Emily's specialized 1:1 program helps women to reclaim their lives through focusing on the foundations of health and connection to the menstrual cycle to experience easy, symptom free periods and true wellbeing.
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Mar 23, 202201:03:02

59. Going deep into IBS with Hannah Aylward
Hannah Aylward is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, gut health expert, author of Recipes for A Healthy Gut, and the founder of HAN. She helps women around the world overcome chronic digestive issues naturally, regain their energy, and feel at home in their bodies again. Hannah cuts through the overwhelming wellness noise and uses a science-backed, intuition-guided formula to help her clients transform their gut health. Hannah approaches health issues at the root cause level to get her clients real, sustainable results.
When Hannah isn’t helping clients you can find her singing RnB, dancing in the kitchen, or cuddling her cat Winston. A few things she’ll never give up: watching New Girl reruns, her morning cold brew, and being everyone’s hype woman.
Read more about Hannah’s story here.
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Mar 09, 202259:44

58. Real Food for Pregnancy with Lily Nichols, RD
Lily Nichols is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Certified Diabetes Educator, researcher, and author with a passion for evidence-based prenatal nutrition. Her work is known for being research-focused, thorough, and critical of outdated dietary guidelines. She is co-founder of the Women's Health Nutrition Academy and the author of two books, Real Food for Pregnancy and Real Food for Gestational Diabetes. Lily’s bestselling books have helped tens of thousands of mamas (and babies!), are used in university-level maternal nutrition and midwifery courses, and have even influenced prenatal nutrition policy internationally. She writes at https://lilynicholsrdn.com.
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Mar 02, 202201:06:09

57. Womb Work with Carly Rae
Carly has been a full spectrum birth worker for 8 years and manual therapist for 16 years; specializing in hands on, hands in pelvic work - guiding women into the layers of their female anatomy and physiology. Carly walks with women womb to tomb, exploring the edges of their flesh, feminine nature, and animal bodies. She is the creator of FLESH + BLOOD, a community devoted to women knowing their female body literacy, embodying their true nature and being in reciprocity with their blood. All of Carly’s work is devoted to the remembrance of the feminine in ourselves.
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Feb 23, 202201:01:57

56. Creating Safety with Theresa Piela
Theresa Piela is the founder of Living Roots Wellness. A Colon Hydrotherapist by training, she now works as an independent health researcher & brain rewiring coach. Theresa holds space for 1:1, group coaching, and hosts a brain rewiring membership & community. She emphasizeses “brain rewiring & EFT tapping” for those with complex histories of gut-brain-trauma reactions. Theresa focuses on supporting the most complicated cases with “chronic illness” & trauma patterns that may have lost hope & the ability to connect to joy as a result of their conditions. With pro-metabolic nutrition, learning to truly embody safety at the level of the nervous system, and release inherited & stored trauma, she empowers her clients with simple tools to reclaim their elegance, confidence, and strength and to ultimately, heal themselves.
Links:
www.tappingwitht.com
www.livingrootswellness.com
Feb 16, 202201:16:44

55. Embodiment + Somatics with Stevie Wright
Stevie Wright is a Transformational Embodiment Mentor who specializes in supporting people in both deepening and ascending. Deepening into the safety in their bodies, and ascending into their most aligned life. She applies somatic embodiment, breathwork, depth psychology and subconscious practices to help her clients live full, fun, creative and limitless lives. Stevie is the founder of The Breath Channel, a breathwork membership platform that has attracted hundreds of members for its fast and effective breathwork practices.
Links & Resources:
Join the Embodied Woman
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Join the Breath Channel
Feb 09, 202255:57

54. Cultivating a Relationship to Self During Preconception
Kourtney is a nutritionist that helps women identify the root causes of health struggles and show them how healing is possible. Through strategic nutrition and targeted supplementation, she empowers and educates those she works with so that they can reach their goals and find healing. Her compassionate and strategic approach brings custom solutions that help you succeed. Her years of experience in the field of health, combined with her knowledge and expertise, fuel her ability to help women get their health on track.
In this episode we discuss:
What it's like being a woman who wants to have a baby, but not right now
Prepping the body for pregnancy In other ways than food & getting off the pill
What to do if you're wanting to get off birth control
Why we wouldn't recommend just getting off the pill & trying to conceive right away
Building a relationship to self before a baby comes Into the picture
Healing any Inner childhood wounds before conception
How we can begin to trust our bodies
The spiritual component to healing
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Oct 05, 202101:44:53

53. Fertility Awareness with Nina Boyce, FAM coach
In this episode Nina & I chat ALL about FAM:
What is Fertility Awareness
What you need to get started
What your cervical mucus means throughout the month
How to confirm ovulation
What FAM can tell you about your health
What to do if you're afraid to come off birth control
... & so much more!
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Sep 28, 202152:25

52. Minerals & Fertility with Loren de la Cruz
Loren de la Cruz is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Root Cause Protocol Consultant, and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner that specializes in preconception nutrition. Her mission is to empower women with the tools and the knowledge they need to regulate their cycles, balance their hormones, heal their metabolism, optimize their fertility, and have a thriving pregnancy.
In this episode Loren & I chat all about preconception:
Fetal imprinting
Why balancing minerals prior to conception is important
Her perspective on prenatals
A mini breakdown of the iron recycling system
The importance of vitamin A
... & so much more!
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Sep 21, 202101:32:52

51. Preconception Prep
In this episode, you'll learn about the actionable steps you can begin taking to plan for pregnancy in regards to your nutrition + lifestyle -- more than your standard conventional advice of starting a prenatal. Men, this is for you too!
If this episode resonated with you, please feel free to give the Functional Fertility podcast a 5 star review so we can have spectacular fertility specialists on the show!
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Sep 20, 202142:02

50. Pelvic Floor, Strength Training + Preconception with Adina Rubin, NTP, MES
Join Adina + I as we chat ALL about the pelvic floor as it relates to women's health + preconception!
You will learn:
- What the pelvic floor is exactly
- How to tell if it is overactive or underactive
- How breathing + alignment play a role in correcting the pelvic floor
- Why aligning the pelvic floor prior to birth is so important
- How strength training could play a pivotal role
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Aug 31, 202101:07:36

49. Hypothalamic Amenorrhea + Stress with Strong Sistas Ashley + Sarah Armstrong
Join Sarah, Ashley + I as we start to connect the dots in their healing journeys as it pertains to their loss of their periods + how stress (in so many different forms) has played a role.
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Aug 24, 202101:00:08