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Kristin Hauser is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, somatic sex educator, wife and mother to soon-to-be four children. She is currently experiencing her third wild pregnancy and freebirth and about to embark on a move from Kansas to Costa Rica.

In this episode, we cover comprehensive ground with Kristin including:

• When Kristin realized participating in ART (assisted reproductive technology) treatments as a part of her acupuncture practice was ethically out of alignment.
• The lack of informed consent and painful disassociation she observed with women undergoing common ART treatments such as IVF and egg freezing.
• How and why Kristin embraced womb healing and its ties to birthing fully embodied and in your power and authority.
• Thoughts on pap smears and other invasive pelvic exams
• Signs of estrogen imbalances and what they mean
• Allopathic/Western medicine's approach vs. the Chinese medicine approach
• The parallel between nervous system regulation and how women are psychosomatically impacted 
• How Kristin manages to balance motherhood, marriage, her business and her own needs.

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Morgan a.k.a. @VeryCrunchyMama unveils some hard truths about the correlations between the consumption of artificial food dyes— which are sadly ubiquitous and hidden in foods you would never suspect— and children's behavior and chronic disease.

We discuss the deceptive name changes that recently went into effect with these toxic dyes as well as what each of us would do in a scenario where our children were offered food dyes.

Towards the end, Morgan differentiates between "cleanwashing" vs. "greenwashing" and how to keep it simple when it comes to transitioning away from toxic household chemicals and into a lifestyle abundant in minimalism and holistic health.

Resources:

• Follow Morgan on instagram: @verycrunchymama
• website: https://www.verycrunchymama.com
• email Morgan your questions: [email protected]
• freebies (free guide to food dyes and free guide to cleanwashing & greenwashing)
• Access Morgan's "Label Literacy 101" course (MOTR listeners receive 10% off with code MOTR10)

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Gentle Parenting. Permissive Parenting. Authoritative Parenting. The misunderstanding and noise behind parenting styles is confusing and stressing out an entire generation of well-intentioned but misinformed parents.

That's where Rebecca Giannini helps! Rebecca is a mother of two, relationship and parent coach, and founder of The Present Parents.

In this episode, Rebecca breaks down the four principles for healthy relationships:

• Everyone deserves to be listened to when they’re struggling
• Everyone deserves to be spoken to with respect, even when the speaker is upset
• Everyone deserves their body safety
• Everyone deserves their boundaries to be respected

We also reveal some personal parenting struggles we have been battling and seek Rebecca's sage guidance in resolving them through the lens of her principles.

After listening to this episode, you will understand the distinct difference between permissive and gentle parenting. You will also be well-equipped on how to enforce boundaries and implement natural consequences for optimal outcomes. The end result is eliminating unwanted behaviors while developing emotionally intelligent children who can communicate well and achieve greater success.

***Rebecca has generously extended a 15% discount off her private and group coaching to our listeners! Apply code MOTR at checkout here!***

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Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner who trains women’s health practitioners to use their menstrual cycle as a vital sign in their practices. She is the founder of the Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship program. She is the author of three bestselling books: Real Food For Fertility (co-authored with Lily Nichols), The Fifth Vital Sign, and the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why the non-hormonal IUD really isn't so benign despite some women preferring this birth control method.
• The science behind how cervical fluid is a powerful indicator of your overall health and cervical cell health
• The mechanics of how ovulation works from estrogen levels, LH and follicle ripeness
• Why the feminist movement's programming that men and women should be equal in every respect has backfired specifically as it relates to how we move through life during the different phases in our cycle and throughout the feminine cycles of our lifetime (menstruation, pregnancy, postpartum, and menopause).
• Why reliance on cycle tracking apps alone as a way to plan or prevent pregnancy is not sufficient and what the best marker of fertility actually is.
• What is common vs. what is normal in regard to ovulation and our menstrual cycles
• Why sperm counts have been on the decline since the 1940s and by how much
• The specific role men play in the fertility equation and just how much agency both men and women have in regard to ameliorating their fertility outcomes through lifestyle choices
• Considerations to ponder in regard to IVF

Resources Mentioned: 

• Real Food for Fertility book
• The 5th Vital Sign book
• The Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook
• Fertility Friday podcast
• Fertility Friday website
• Wild Power book

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Since we have yet to unravel the profound topic of pregnancy loss, particularly from a sovereign woman's perspective, we invite you to witness Alex's moving story of the loss of her daughter Lila in the moments after birth. 

Alex chose to experience a wild pregnancy— a pregnancy outside the obstetric industrial complex, devoid of ultrasounds, blood work, measuring, tracking, and testing— and despite the emotional suffering she endured as a result of her tragic loss, she explains why she would not hesitate to proceed with another wild pregnancy and freebirth the second time around.

We discuss themes such as the fine line between birth and death, how nobody and no technology can "save" us, the way our society views miscarriage and stillbirth in the hospital vs. at home, setting boundaries with well-meaning yet fearful friends and family, and we hear Alex's theory on the likely cause of death of her sweet baby girl.

Follow Alex on instagram and DM her to join her virtual loss support group.

Regardless of whether you've experienced a miscarriage or stillbirth or where you chose to give birth, you are welcome to join Alex's support group.

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We were joined by 1/2 of the Radical Moms Union, Andrea Haskins, who gives insight into the impetus behind the recent "Back Off Bobbie" campaign initiated with the help of RMU partner Natasha Vargas-Cooper and backed by heaps of concerned, empowered women. 

• What does it mean to be a "radical" mom nowadays, and what is so radical about the way we mother?
• What is going on with the nefarious motives of certain formula companies i.e. Bobbie and their infamous marketing campaigns?
• Low supply seems like such a common perceived and pathologized issue, but how many women have real as opposed to perceived low milk supply, and what are the physiological factors that actually cause it?
• What's up with the social media trends that seem to disparage motherhood for clicks and views?

Subscribe to Radical Moms Union's Substack: https://radicalmomsunion.substack.com/

Follow Radical Moms Union on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/radical_moms_union/

Follow Andrea on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/instinctualmothering/?hl=en

Resources: 

• Check out our episode where we discussed the WHO Code for Milk Substitutes
• Peep the Nestle drama with fake nurses pushing formula onto vulnerable moms & other scandals

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Most holistic-minded moms already know screen time is objectively bad and try to limit it or only rely on it as a brief, last-resort. But, just how bad is it really? 

Melanie Hempe, mother of four and the founder of the non-profit ScreenStrong, keeps it 100% real with us when divulging the truth about the way screen time is robbing our children of a healthy and happy childhood.

• What effects do interacting with a device have whether it’s a tablet, iPhone, or television on a child’s developing brain, and why should parents think twice about when and whether to introduce screens to their children?
• Is there such a thing as “good” types of screen time or screens in moderation?
• What about low-stimulating shows for short periods of time?

We of course also had to discuss the alarming, modern phenomenon of children glued to iPads while out at restaurants. 

In our tech-obsessed society, is it even realistic to expect parents to forego screens for their children such as refusing to give children smartphones for the first 18 years of life?

• *LIMITED TIME ONLY* Get the ScreenStrong Summer Fun Bundle at a discount
• Follow ScreenStrong on instagram
• Subscribe to the ScreenStrong podcast
• Subscribe to the ScreenStrong Substack
• Find resources, courses, and more on the ScreenStrong website
• Screen Assessment

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Kristen is a former NICU nurse of nearly a decade who saw some things she cannot unsee. Her great awakening transpired during the COVID madness, and she does not hold back when we ask her what she witnessed behind the scenes in the NICU and in the hospital setting as a whole, as well as what she bravely endured with her very own children.

Kristen walks us through the vaccine injuries she witnessed amongst her three children, and what she wishes she knew as a former NICU nurse prior to becoming "awake".

We find out what parents of NICU babies need to know and how they can best arm themselves prior to the daunting NICU experience. Find out how the NICU does not practice informed consent and which shots are routinely administered to your baby regardless of your baby's weight or condition.

• Which states are the best in regard to exercising medical freedom according to Kristen?
• What are the most unethical and non-evidence based practices Kristen witnessed imposted upon our most vulnerable population— premature babies— during her time in the NICU?
• And a question many of you have posed to us directly in email: what's the best vaccine protocol for a premature baby?

Connect with Kristen on Instagram.

Resources: 

• How to check the VAERS database
• Dopesick
• Kristen's free guide for how to research vaccines

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Since our last episode featuring Nicole Cheever aired nearly a year ago during which we discussed Elimination Communication, we're thrilled to welcome her back to exclusively discuss potty training!

This is not your typical potty training pep talk. Nicole breaks down potty training the Go Diaper Free way. This method is aligned with how our wise women ancestors successfully got their babies out of diapers no later than 18 months old without bribes, sticker charts, shame, and coercion.

How and why did we get to where we are today— a time when diapering our children well beyond 2-3 years old has been normalized and in some cases even encouraged? What are the real signs of "readiness" when it comes to potty training? 

Resources: 

• Emily Oster potty training graph 
• Go Diaper Free  and Tiny Undies (code MOTR for discounts)
• Go Diaper Free podcast
• The Brazelton Study
• Follow Nicole on Instagram and learn more about her background here

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We sit down with the one and only Lily Nichols, RDN & CDE— author of Real Food for Gestational Diabetes, Real Food for Pregnancy, and  her latest work, Real Food for Fertility, to set the record straight and debunk myths about some of the most common preconception and pregnancy routine practices and complications. The nutritional choices we make do have an impact on all of these areas, and the mainstream medical paradigm is slow to adapt, per usual.

In this episode we discussed:

• What is the real deal with the infamous glucose test? Why is the artificial orange drink a.k.a. Glucola the “gold standard” when testing women for Gestational Diabetes, and what are the shortcomings with the 50g, 75g, and 100g screening tests? 
• How can Gestational Diabetes be managed, and what is the problem with the mainstream medical model’s current guidelines for GD management?
• When it comes to preconception and fertility, we of course have to mention The Pill. What must women know about their fertility when coming off the pill, and how does hormonal birth control impact future fertility outcomes and nutrient stores?
• What is recurrent miscarriage and how can women uncover the root cause?
• Male Factor Fertility— what is one thing all men can do across the board to contribute to the fertility equation, since we know they play a role in this too?
• What is the biggest scam with mainstream advice given for gestational hypertension, and what guidance should women follow instead?

Find Lily here

• Real Food for Pregnancy 
• Real Food for Gestational Diabetes 
• Real Food for Fertility 
• Follow Lily on instagram

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