Episode Highlights With Divya Gupta

• Her own story of having her gallbladder removal linked to her thyroid 
• What’s going on biologically with the liver and gallbladder connection to thyroid issues
• Nothing in the body works in isolation, and what symptoms can tell us 
• The thyroid and liver have a very symbiotic relationship 
• Three main organs to look at to help support the thyroid: liver, adrenals, and gut
• How to support these three organs to support your thyroid 
• The real story with cortisol and why it isn’t the issue, but we do need to understand it 
• Ways we can support our liver naturally
• The liver isn’t just a detox organ but does hundreds of thousands of other things
• How your liver is involved in hormone creation 
• If you are hypothyroid, you are also more likely to get non-alcoholic fatty liver 
• T3 to T4 conversion also happens in the liver 
• Her four pillars to improve health universally are nutrition, exercise, mental health, and sleep
• The big offenders to remove from a dietary perspective 

Resources We Mention

• Divya Gupta - Website
• Health Discovery Call with Divya Gupta
• Divya Gupta - Instagram

Episode Highlights With Divya Gupta

• Her own incredible story and how she broke the cycle
• When she started to notice something was wrong with her health and how she started to change the story
• Differences between growing up in India and moving to the US
• Genes only impact 10% of outcomes, and much more is in our ability to change 
• A doctor can never know your body as well as you can
• You hire a doctor and have the power to fire them if they aren’t helping you 

Resources We Mention

• Divya Gupta - website
• Health Discovery Session with Divya Gupta
• Divya Gupta - Instagram

Episode Highlights With Everbella

• Why collagen declines with age and why just taking it alone won’t fix it 
• Her dramatic story with collagen, biotin, hair loss 
• Does collagen really work? What it might mean when it isn’t working 
• Warning signs you're low in collagen
• Not all collagens are created equal
• Collagen affects so much more than just the skin and face, it goes much deeper than that 
• How collagen is used in connective tissue and joints 
• The six warning signs that we are low on collagen 
• The body’s ability to create new collagen begins to decline at 25
• Factors that deplete collagen levels even more quickly 
• Your skin is 70-80% collagen, and if you don’t have enough collagen, your body will pull skin collagen for primary functions in the body, so lots of wrinkles can relate to collagen deficiency 
• How collagen is related to leaky gut 
• Collagen is the key nutrient responsible for keeping hair strong and smooth, and without enough collagen, it will become dry and brittle 
• 60% of cartilage in joints is made up of collagen 
• Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body, and a lot is needed for recovery from injury or activity 
• How to help your body get enough collagen with diet and lifestyle 
• Ways to restore collagen levels in the body 
• Nutrition strategies related to collagen — vitamin C is vital for collagen synthesis 
• Most collagen is too big to be absorbed by your body 
• Why collagen needs “packages” to work effectively 
• The reason most collagen is being destroyed by stomach acid 

Resources We Mention

• Everbella Collagen - Use code wellnessmama40 for a discount

Episode Highlights With Heather Gray

• Her experience with many chronic issues and how this led to the work she does now
• If you don’t recognize an ingredient on a label, neither does your body 
• Your lifestyle of convenience is part of what is killing you
• How coffee enemas can be helpful and why to consider them, even if they sound scary 
• Sleep and supplements and how these things changed everything for her
• The things she has people rule out before they start working together 
• Ways to support sleep in order to recover 
• Importance of outdoor light first thing in the morning for healing 
• The core things (that are free) that we can all do to improve health before we supplement or try expensive therapies 
• The inner piece of making time for downtime

Resources We Mention

• Heather Gray - Free Guide

Episode Highlights With Heather Gray

• How she entered the detox world after being sick as a child
• Understanding the downsides of detoxing incorrectly 
• The nuance to any healing protocol and why there is no one size fits all
• How to support your detox pathways and things to avoid that can hurt them
• “My self-care feels like a part-time job, but it is better than being full-time sick”
• The three main detox pathways: sweat, pee, and poop, and how to support them
• Addition through subtraction and how to remove things that are keeping the body from thriving 
• How the liver is vital for detox and how to support it 
• What a Herx reaction is, and why/how to avoid them

Resources We Mention

• Heather Gray - Free Guide
• Renegade Health Boss - Website

Episode Highlights With Dr. Frank Anderson

• What IFS is and how it differs from other types of therapies 
• His personal trauma history that started at age 6 
• Why he isn’t a fan of differentiating “big T” and “little t” trauma
• Why don’t we need to forgive in order to heal and why he calls it the F-word
• How early childhood experiences with our caregivers can have a strong, lasting impact, even if they aren’t big moments of trauma or abuse
• Many therapies push forgiveness too early — he recommends healing and then forgiveness
• Neglect is the silent wound that can be hardest to notice and heal 
• Release the energy and the pain first and then decide about forgiveness 
• When it is ok to choose not to forgive 
• His own shocking experience with forgiveness and his dad
• Forgiveness is setting a prisoner free and realizing the prisoner is yourself 
• It is hard to forgive yourself if you are holding resentment toward another person
• The four “Ts” of trauma healing: Thank, Trust, Transform, Takeback
• Releasing trauma vs. managing trauma 
• How to take back your power after you release trauma
• Our choice: repeat the pattern, repress it, or heal from it
• When we experience trauma, we experience the feeling of being the victim but also absorb the energy of the perpetrator, and when we have kids, both can show up, so when we feel hurt, we can perpetrate in the way we were perpetrated upon
• When you have an intense reaction, it is about you and not about your kid
• Every time we lose it, our kids lose a safe parent

Resources We Mention

• Dr. Frank Anderson - website
• To Be Loved: A Story of Truth, Trauma, and Transformation by Dr. Frank Anderson
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.

Episode Highlights With Dr. Phyllis Pobee

• What she sees related to intermittent fasting and women
• Why fasting can lead to an initial 10-pound weight loss and then a rebound with more weight gain
• We are already losing muscle in our 30s and beyond without fasting, and fasting can speed up muscle loss if we aren’t careful
• Not everyone responds well to a lack of food
• Age matters in fasting and impacts younger and older people differently 
• How we can heal the metabolism after fasting and dieting
• The cortisol piece and how to support the body 
• Why women especially often need to eat more, not less, to lose fat
• How we can raise our metabolic rate to preserve muscle and lose fat long-term

Resources We Mention

• GeneLean 360

Episode Highlights With Dr. Phyllis Pobee

• How she lost over 100 pounds after having two kids by understanding genetics
• Obesity affects all organ systems 
• What genetic weight loss is, and how she figured this out
• The biggest gene that comes into play with weight loss… the FTO gene
• Genetic avatars and how this helps pinpoint what will be effective
• The craving captives and how this comes into play with genetics and dopamine genes
• The gene/hormone connection and how certain genes can affect things here
• How detox pathways play a part in weight loss
• Things that are generally helpful or not helpful for women, especially how fasting isn't great for women over 30 
• What to know about detox and how to support the body in this process
• The fructose and liver connection and how this can stress the body out
• Why cellular health is so important and how our genes can give us insight into that
• Gut microbiome and genetics 
• Histamine intolerance and how this can affect weight loss
• Understanding exercise, genetics, and how this impacts weight loss
• The answers are within us

Resources We Mention

• GeneLean 360

Episode Highlights With Dana Cohen

• We know ultra-processed foods are a problem, but it may be worse than we think
• People who cook for themselves are healthier
• The important mindset shift when it comes to food and nourishment 
• How to use the blender to make sauces, soups, and other condiments that can up your nutrition
• Less common recipes like nutrient-dense ice cream and popsicles that can be made in the blender
• How to make nut milk in the blender in seconds and save a ton of money
• Her go-to easy blender recipes for the most nutrition

Resources We Mention

• Fuel Up: Harness the Power of Your Blender and "Cheat" Your Way to Good Health by Dana Cohen, MD
• Quench by Dana Cohen

Episode Highlights With Dana Cohen

• Hydration is so important, but a lot of us get this wrong
• This is the single most important step in preventing chronic disease
• There is no 80/20 without hydration and no detox without hydration
• We detox through poop, pee, and sweat, and none of these happen without hydration
• Low-level dehydration is a causal effect of aging and chronic disease
• One very important key takeaway about hydration and how to know you are properly hydrated
• Thirst is an overt signal of dehydration, not a first sign
• The variables that can increase the need for hydration

Resources We Mention

• Quench by Dana Cohen, MD
• Fuel Up: Harness the Power of Your Blender and "Cheat" Your Way to Good Health by Dana Cohen, MD
• LMNT