The Wellness Mama Podcast

Episode Highlights With Katie
Why sodium is the most misunderstood mineral
How sodium runs your body’s electrical system, nerves, and muscles
The surprising connection between sodium and safety signals
Why many health-conscious women are quietly under-sodium-ed
Symptoms of low sodium that look like stress or anxiety
How sodium interacts with potassium and magnesium
Why sodium needs to come from mineral-rich salts, not processed foods
Microplastics in sea salt and better alternatives
How to increase sodium safely in a real-food lifestyle
Practical ways to hydrate with electrolytes without overdoing water
Why sodium is essential for sauna, exercise, pregnancy, and stress recovery
Resources Mentioned
Himalayan salt tablets
LMNT electrolyte drinks
BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmama and use code wellnessmama for 20% off!
LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.

Episode Highlights With Paul
What horizontal relationships are and why they matter
How vertical dynamics create shame and resistance
The nervous system connection in parenting and how this can help us be more connected and effective in relationship with our children 
How Freud and Richard Adler differed on the topic of horizontal relationships and trauma
Practical examples for shifting into horizontal parenting
The flaw with superior positions in relationships and how this robs us of our confidence and autonomy 
“Self sacrifice” and how it's a nobler term for self abandonment and how we program this into our kids
How the vertical side uses extreme circumstances to argue for vertical relationships
Why connection > control in raising autonomous adults
How repair builds lifelong trust
How this approach makes you a better leader everywhere else in your life
Utility verticality vs relational verticality 
Reputation and the puppet strings it has on us as human beings and how this comes into play in parenting
It isn’t that the strong survive.. It is the connected that survive 
Punishment: So much of punishment is laziness on the parents part and the fear of reputation
It isn’t about just changing the behavior but addressing the underlying reason and capacity 
Forgiveness isn’t the letting go of what happened but the softening of the blame 
There are over 400 unique characteristics that will emerge in your child regardless of how you parent them
How this can create space for a both/and instead of an either/or in parenting 
Guilt perpetuated by reputation and verticality 
After age 7, our role as a parent is to be a safe place for a child's exploration of themselves
Resources Mentioned
Paul's website and his Instagram
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk 
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Paul Levine
Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art by Gene Wilder
Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium and digestive enzymes. Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama and use wellnessmama15 at checkout to get the best deal
BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmama and use code wellnessmama for 20% off!

Episode Highlights With Kevin Gianni and Rachel Pachivas
The environmental implications of chemical sunscreen and how these impact oceans and waterways
Why certain countries have banned certain sunscreens because of their impact 
Over 14,000 tons of sunscreen enter waterways every year and why this is so problematic
How chemical sunscreens can also interact with pool sanitizers to create really toxic byproducts
What does reef safe indicate on a sunscreen and what to actually look for 
Why to look for non-nano zinc and titanium dioxide in sunscreen
Lesser known ingredients in sunscreen that are really beneficial to the body
The plastic equation and why they choose plastic free
Resources Mentioned
Salt + Blue sunscreen
Annmarie Gianni 
Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium and digestive enzymes. Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama and use wellnessmama15 at checkout to get the best deal
Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.

Episode Highlights with Salt + Blue
The fear messaging around the sun and around sunscreen
Common misconceptions about sunscreen and when it isn’t actually beneficial and can be harmful
Harmful ingredients found in many sunscreens 
Chemical vs mineral sunscreen and how these impact the body differently 
Why our culture has become so afraid of the sun and how we got here
Questioning the sunscreen prevents skin cancer narrative and what the data actually says
Why many sunscreens on the market aren’t actually broad spectrum and don’t block the damaging parts of UVA
What does broad spectrum mean in sunscreen and why to look for this
Physical sunscreen like zinc are naturally broad spectrum
What does the term waterproof on sunscreen actually mean
The problems with petroleum in sunscreen
Why I don’t wear sunglasses almost ever!
Resources Mentioned
Salt + Blue
Dminder app
Annmarie Gianni 
Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama for 50% off your first order.

LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.

Episode Highlights With Savannah
What face mapping is and her journey that led her to develop this fascinating modality 
She cracked her sacrum and sternum and was having 5 migraines a week and how she resolved it
Your face speaks to what is happening in the body
What different things in the face represent in other parts of the body 
The pelvic floor tension connection for many women and how this also shows up in the face
How the jaw can often be connected to hip and pelvis imbalance (it was for me)
Pain is our friend, numb is our enemy
Resources Mentioned
Savannah's website and her Instagram
Face tools and face programs from Savannah
Free face mapping tool
Book: It Didn't Start With You
LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.
Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.