A return guest is Athletic Trainer Tessa Martin. We’ll dive into the profession, and her specific role working with high school athletes.  What kind of impact an athletic trainer has with a student athlete, coaches, and parents.  There is much more to The field than meets the eye.   Tessa is an advocate for young people who are interested in the profession of athletic training. She provides a practical standpoint with insight about the tools she can't live without.  And some of the tools/products that just might be more placebo than fixing anything!  Don’t miss her recommendation for the prevention of injuries too!

Can your brain really have that big of an affect on the gut?   The answer that Dr. Kimberly Kolkhorst of Essentia Health will really get you thinking.  Dr. Koko is a return guest that has some excellent perspectives on your GI and trendy topics that are the buzz these days.  Like the popular weight loss meds and the big side effects, also having a bowl movement as soon as you go out shopping? We'll cover some other topical and concerning things about age and colon cancer too. And Dr.'s KOKO call to action asking for a well known celebrity to be the face for awareness and prevention!

Noise exposure is a real issue these days.  For everyone, but it can really be especially threatening to our young peoples hearing.  So Essentia Health Audiologist Cari Frisk helps parents know what to look for when things are "too loud" for our kids.  And we'll get into conversations on hearing from newborn to adults and the progress we are making in the medical field as well as what parents can be looking for every single day to combat hearing loss in our children.

Starting healthy conversations with our kids and teens about mental health, nutrition and body positivity can be a daunting task for parents. Having the right resources can be key!  Essentia Health’s Dr. Mari Knudsen helps us unpack weight management for our children.  What the new guidelines for intervention recommend and how getting to know young patients can help break such intimidating subjects.  She also provides some awesome, and surprisingly simple goals to start right now to help your kiddos and the entire family to lead healthier lifestyles.

As women we are inundated with options, advertisements, constant "noise" about our weight, our hormones and our diets.  How do we cut that down.  Be open to what will work for us and not get fooled by the next trend.  Insert the expert!  An Essentia Health Dietician Moriah Anderson.  We'll cover a lot of those hot topics to help you make the right choices for your health.

It’s a trending topic for couples who can no longer sleep in the same bed: Sleep Divorce.  And it’s much bigger than a social media trend.  A National Sleep Foundation survey from 2017 estimated one in four American couples sleep in separate beds.  We’ll chat with one of Essentia Health’s sleep experts, Spring Huffman, APRN, CNP.    We’ll dissect sleep divorce and see if this could be the answer to troubled sleep couples!

HOW do you know when you are in Perimenopause? Essentia Health's Dr. Stefanie Gefroh's makes a comparison that is like the opposite of puberty.   We'll talk about the AHAH moments women can look for including what TWO things most women can and should look for to find their answer if they are in perimenopause. We'll also discuss age ranges, how long it'll last, symptoms, including the weird ones, and many other things that surround this season of life.

To kick off the 3rd season we held a live event with a panelist of 7 female providers and we covered many topics one women's health.
It was a causal atmosphere that brought a sense of humor even when covering big women's health issues. Enjoy the podcast version, and if you'd like to watch the event it's made available on Essentia Healths website.

She gives what she calls pockets of lactation education as a lactation consultant at Essentia Health.
Mom and Baby are learning together when it comes to lactation.
Christofferson and I cover a LOT of ground when we talk about feeding your infant.
From the trends to the education of nursing and feeding a newborn.
She gets vulnerable and real with her own journey with her two oldest
kids and now expecting a new baby. How 'silly' she felt through the struggle
of trying to breastfeed her oldest when she was a nurse. Yet,
with education and resources feeling confident and growing through her personal story.
And how that helped shaped her to be the compassionate lactation educator she is.
It's a journey nearly every new mom can relate too.
We also cover the exciting ways things are changing to be more inclusive,
and less judgmental when it comes to the "how" you are able to feed your
babies. She gets candid about what she calls "annoyingly important" to do
after baby's first few hours here. Less rules and more natural lactation
plus be as prepared as you can be, are some of her words to live by.