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 ... more

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How many episodes does Body Wisdom have?

The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.

Body Wisdom episodes:

March 22, 202390. 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

Kiara's Instagram⁠
⁠TNW group program⁠
⁠Gaby's Instagram⁠
⁠HTMA Consult with Gaby⁠
⁠Body Basics Waitlist⁠
Today's Sponsors:
⁠Just Thrive⁠- code: BODYWISDOM
Purity Coffee - code: BODYWISDOM
...more
34min
March 15, 2023 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

Kiara's Instagram
TNW group program
Gaby's Instagram
HTMA Consult with Gaby
Body Basics Waitlist
Today's Sponsors:
Just Thrive- code: BODYWISDOM
Jigsaw Health - code: BODYWISDOM
...more
35min
March 08, 202387. 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
Kiara's Instagram
TNW group program
Gaby's Instagram
HTMA Consult with Gaby
Body Basics Waitlist
Today's Sponsors:
Jigsaw Health- code: BODYWISDOM
Purity Coffee - code: BODYWISDOM
...more
34min
March 03, 2023 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
Kiara's Instagram
TNW group program
Gaby's Instagram
HTMA Consult with Gaby
Body Basics Waitlist
Today's Sponsors:
Purity Coffee - code: BODYWISDOM - 20% off for new customers
Just Thrive - code: BODYWISDOM
...more
31min
February 22, 2023 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

Kiara's Instagram
TNW group program
Nutrition & Somatics masterclass
Gaby's Instagram
Gaby's website
...more
30min
February 15, 2023 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
...more
52min
February 01, 202383. 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.
Connect with your hosts:
Body Basics Course Waitlist
Kiara’s instagram
Kiara’s email newsletter
Gaby’s instagram
Gaby’s email newsletter
Today's Sponsor:
Savvy Rest - use code KMW for a discount!
...more
27min
January 25, 202382. 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?
Links -
Instant HTMA course
Promo Code: KIARA50 gets you $50 off
Free Guide for Practitioners: testdontguess.org/starthtma
Jensen's Instagram
Connect with your hosts:
Body Basics Course Waitlist
Kiara’s instagram
Kiara’s email newsletter
Gaby’s instagram
Gaby’s email newsletter

Today's Sponsor:
Savvy Rest - use code KMW for a discount!
...more
1h 7min
January 18, 202381. 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.
Body Basics Course Waitlist
Connect with your hosts:
Kiara’s Instagram
Kiara’s email newsletter
Gaby’s Instagram
Gaby’s email newsletter

Products Mentioned:
Promix Protein Powder
Boncharge Blue Light Blocking Lamp

Today's Sponsor:
Savvy Rest - use code KMW for a discount!
...more
54min
January 11, 202380. 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
Connect with Michael here:
Work with Michael
Michael's Website
Connect with your hosts:
Body Basics Course Waitlist
Kiara’s instagram
Kiara’s email newsletter
Gaby’s instagram
Gaby’s email newsletter
...more
1h 16min

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How many episodes does Body Wisdom have?

The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.

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