Natural Mother Podcast

Lorine Dolby Hoffer shares poignant and respectful tips for communicating with tweens and teens, in her words, "Before shit gets real."  The information she shares can be applied to communicating with anyone, and most importantly, deepening our connection to ourselves. You can find Lori at LorineHoffer.com, sign up for her Connected Communication course on her website, join her Facebook Group LIFE CONNECTED, or email her at ldhoffer@gmail.com Her book recommendation was The Joy of Genius by Gay Hendricks

Betty and Candace discuss traumatic births, and bonding with babies even without the golden hour.  They discuss finding your mom village and how important hearing each other's stories can be.  They discuss healing and moving forward from a less than ideal start to motherhood.

Jessika and Candace give you practical tips and natural remedies for alleviating seasonal allergy symptoms. https://www.naturalmothernetwork.com/2019/11/15/say-goodbye-to-seasonal-allergies/ https://yogainternational.com/article/view/6-homeopathic-remedies-for-seasonal-allergies/ https://www.aaaai.org https://pollen.com https://xlear.com/ https://www.injoynow.com/ https://daveshealth.com/immunity-herbal-formulas/daves-sneezonal-defense-formula/  

Join your host Jessika as she sits down with Lyn Christian of SoulSalt.com to offer our listeners ways to define your core values as moms and for your family.  This is an invaluable episode full of soul-food that we could all use, especially NOW. Grab your cup of tea and listen in.  Lyn is offering our listeners 75% off her BE TRUE course found at https://courses.soulsalt.com/p/be-true-discover-your-core-values with code NATURAL-MOTHER at check out. 

Dr. Shoshana Bennett is a PhD Psychologist and world renowned expert on perinatal mood disorders.  She and Candace discuss the six types of perinatal and postpartum mood disorders, and their signs and symptoms.  They each open up about their own personal struggles with postpartum mood disorders and hope for recovery.  Dr. Shosh talks about comprehensive assessments and postpartum wellness strategies for prevention and treatment of PMAD's. https://drshosh.com/ https://www.postpartum.net/  

Trigger Warning : Addiction, suicidal thoughts In this incredible episode you will hear the heart wrenching story of Elisabeth's first birth, addiction to opioids, her journey through chronic pain, a Fibromyalgia diagnosis, weaning her new baby, relactating, healing, and her second birth.  There simply are no words to sum up her story. But I will warn you, tissues may be necessary.

Join host Candace and guest Sara Hutchinson, a yoga, mindfulness, and childbirth educator and doula as they discuss the benefits of mindfulness for mothers.  They discuss tips and tricks for a practical mindfulness practice that can carry us from pregnancy, through childbirth and into all the parenting years.  Sara talks about her journey with mindfulness and how it has literally transformed her motherhood journey.  Sara teaches us about the importance of leaning into fear, and maintaining your sense of humor in motherhood. 

Join Candace as she talks with Jill Lancaster RN IBCLC about tongue and lip ties.  They discuss the common signs and symptoms as well as the lesser known problems with tethered oral tissues.  Jill explains why function is the most important assessment tool. They talk about why a comprehensive approach with a team of practitioners is best to achieve optimum function when a tie release is needed.   https://www.drghaheri.com https://tonguetieprofessionals.org http://www.lactivistactivist.com    

Join host Candace as she talks to Breana about her harrowing and healing birth stories.  Breana experienced severe pre-eclampsia and a classical cesarean as young mom and had a micro preemie.  She went on to have a very powerful redemptive home birth vbac.  

Join Candace as she talks with mom of two, Ellie, about her children's births.  They discuss gestational diabetes, shoulder dystocia, breastfeeding and bonding difficulties, and the importance of education and doula support.  They talk about how to have a healing birth experience amidst changes to your birth plan, and how to give yourself grace as a woman and mom and be at peace in bringing your babies here, however that ends up looking.

Join Candace and Annie for a conversation about turning a dream into a nonprofit organization.  They'll discuss what it takes to help humans from birth to hospice, all while teaching preschool, healing the planet and our communities.   Find Annie and Our Village Community Center at: https://www.ourvillagemoab.org    

Join Jessika and Candace as they have a conversation with Dr. Nathan Wall about true health, functional immunity, empowering mothers and individuals in a healthcare setting, vaccines and more. Dr. Nathan can be found at http://www.chiropractordraper.com

Listen in as your host Candace, talks with second time mom, Samantha about her very last minute switch to a home birth.  Samantha changed her birth plan and location just days before delivering, when she discovered recent hospital visitor policies would prevent her from having her doula with her during her second natural birth.  

Join host Candace as she talks about hospital visitor restrictions and laboring moms with Aleisha Paspuel.  Aleisha shares her three birth stories and her perspective as a registered nurse, laboring mother, and lactation specialist.   Book recommendation: Real Food For Pregnancy  

Your host Candace talks with Elissa Lauber about the birth of her twin sons.  Her membranes ruptured dangerously early and she stayed on hospital bedrest until the birth of her twins.  She talks about their premature and emergency cesarean, extended nicu stay.  

Your host, Jessika, speaks with Dr. Jed VanDenBerghe, M.D., a Pediatrician with 30+ years of experience about the Cover-19 pandemic and the supplements (and dosages) you and your children should be taking daily for good health, and how to adjust the dosages for when you are fighting any illness, including Covid-19.  Invaluable information that every mother needs in her pocket.

Your host Candace talks with Shannon Colborne about the trials of prodromal labor, and her experience with postpartum maternal sepsis.  We discuss changing birth plans, birth trauma and ptsd and healing from it all.

Listen in as your host Candace speak with a Functional Medicine Nurse Practitioner about how to optimize your immune system in the midst of this Covid-19, coronavirus pandemic.  Back to the basics of staying healthy. Heather has been treating patients at some level for over 20 years and has been disappointed with patient outcomes using only traditional medicine and ignoring the root of the problem. It is simple to diagnose an illness and prescribe a medication. The challenge is finding where and when the problem occurred and then taking the appropriate steps in changing lifestyle behaviors and creating a personalized plan to achieve ultimate wellness. Heather believes lifestyle medicine needs to be the primary intervention. Without addressing the basic needs: nutrition, exercise, sleep, and stress, healing is incomplete. She is very passionate about treating your gut, as it is important for all your body's functions, especially your immune system. Looking at individual food plans and working on improving your microbiome is essential to balance your body and work toward optimal health. Along with the gut, detoxing your body and exploring the potential toxins that can impair health is necessary. Balancing hormones is an essential element in wellness. When chronic health concerns have been ongoing, hormones tend to suffer as a result. Hormones, gut health, and detoxing are all important and must be examined together. When Heather is not working she loves being with her family, traveling, cooking, and being outdoors.   https://www.amazon.com/Transformation-Discovering-Wholeness-Healing-Trauma/dp/0062870718/ref=sr_1_2?crid=XXRJ3EU6GEYJ&dchild=1&keywords=the+transformation+james+gordon&qid=1585334006&sprefix=the+transformation%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-2   https://www.amazon.com/Garden-Life-Antioxidant-Supplement-Probiotic/dp/B00280M12U/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1LBLUWPUD5B2&dchild=1&keywords=garden+of+life+vitamin+code+raw+antioxidants&qid=1585334038&s=hpc&sprefix=raw+vitamin+code+anti%2Caps%2C431&sr=1-4   https://www.rawhealthwellness.com

Your host Jessika asks Ph.D. epidemiologist EVERYTHING you need to know right now about the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.  Get the answers you've been looking for in a down to earth, easy to make sense of style.Christy Porucznik earned a PhD in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.  She worked as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the Utah Department of Health before joining the faculty of the University of Utah School of Medicine full time.  Dr. Porucznik teaches epidemiology in the master of public health program and is the director of the academic program in addition to conducting community-based research on environmental exposures and childrens’ health. She’s passionate about breastfeeding, clear communication, and public health.

Jessika speaks with gentle parenting coach, More Malatt of SavvyParenting Support.com about ways we can set ourselves up for a more peaceful experience amid our social-distancing, lockdown or quarantine during this global Coronavirus pandemic.  You can find Moorea's workshops on her website above, and her podcast Wash Your Mouth Out.

Candace spoke today with Erin Hayes, a mother of 4, one bio kiddo, one adopted kiddo, and two angels who were born with Trisomy 16, a very rare genetic disorder.  Erin is a nurse and a bereavement doula, get to know more about this amazing woman on her blog http://www.boofred.blogspot.com

On this episode Jessika speaks again with Dr. Jen Schwartz, Ph.D. CFLE, about a strategy that can be tailored to your family's individual needs, to help mediate conflict between family members.    Jen references:  The Center for Non Violent Communication the book The Surprise Purpose of Anger You can find Dr. Jen at Third Eye Family Solutions and Sego Lily School. Dr. Jen also has a podcast called Some of the Answers.  

Listen in as your host Candace talks with Kendra Mitchell, a doula and childbirth educator, about her two home births and one scheduled cesarean.  Kendra will talk about her health challenges with Chiari Malformation and how that led her to a very different experience for her third birth.  She will also tell us how her births led her to becoming a doula and childbirth educator. Kendra's book recommendation is Babies Are Not Pizzas by Rebecca Decker of Evidence Based Birth.    

TRIGGER WARNING: A heart wrenching and inspiring journey of infertility, adoption, and still birth. If you listen, have your box of tissues handy.Camille's book recommendation is Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body Camille's website is camilliehawkins.com

Jessika speaks with Jennifer Nitrio of Mold Help for You about her illness(es), her research into mold exposure, how to find answers and get help.  Main website: https://moldhelpforyou.com Mold testing page: https://moldhelpforyou.com/mold-testing/ ERMI: https://moldhelpforyou.com/ermi-test/ Mold Inspector Article: https://moldhelpforyou.com/mold-inspection/ Mold Remediation Article: https://moldhelpforyou.com/mold-remediation/ How I detoxed: https://hybridrastamama.com/need-to-detox-from-mold-exposure-heres-how-i-did-it/ Mold doctor list: https://hybridrastamama.com/toxic-mold-doctors-a-comprehensive-list/

Listen in as your host Candace speaks with mama Robin Moses about her didn't-go-as-planned birth story, which is sure to pull on your heart strings. Robin's book recommendation is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon.

On this episode we talk with Kristen Crawford of Darwin's General Store about easy, everyday ways to reduce our plastic consumption. You can save 15% off any purchase on her website by entering code NATURALMOTHER at check out.

Listen as your host Candace speaks with her long time friend, Marianne, about her two birth stories.  The first she gave her baby up for adoption as a teenage girl, and the second a surprise baby that saved her marriage.  Very real, funny, and down to earth!

Your host Jessika speaks with Mary DeMocker, author of The Parent's Guide to Climate Revolution about how to navigate the subject of the climate crisis with our children and loved ones.  Below is a list of the books, websites, etc that came up in our conversation.Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life by Richard Louv Merchants of Doubt documentary Indivisible is a nationwide movement of thousands of volunteer-led local groups that engage in progressive advocacy and electoral work at the local, state, and federal levels. Indie Bound A community of independent local bookstores. Bill McKibben author, educator, environmentalist. Yes Magazine Yale Climate Connections Greta Thunberg New World Library 

Join host Candace as she speaks with mama Sarah Hall about her journey to get pregnant and give birth as an LGBTQ mama.  This is an incredible story.  Sarah's book recommendation is Everyday Blessings: The Inner Work of Mindful Parenting by Jon & Myla Kabat-Zinn.  Also one of Candace and Jessika's favorite parenting books.

Listen in as your host Jessika speaks with Karen Folcik, author of Happy Tummies: A Cookbook for New Mamasabout foods and recipes that help boost your immune system. Karen's book recommendation is The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormy Omartian.

 Join host Candace as she speaks with mama Erica Negrete about her 3 birth stories, of which she attended as Erica's doula.  One mama, two perspectives, three births.

Join hosts Candace and Jessika as they listen to mama Michelle Pease as she takes us through her unexpected footling breech birth story.  The book recommendation she talks about at the end of the episode is Helping Young Children Flourish by Aletha Jauch Solter. You can watch an evening news story done about this birth here. You can also download ISSUE 43 of Natural Mother Magazine etc read her birth-story-in-a-nutshell here.

Listen in as your host Jessika talks with Dr. Jen Schwartz Ph.D., CFLE about Sudbury Schools.  You can learn more about HER school in Salt Lake City, UT, Sego Lily School at www.SegoLilySchool.org, about Sudbury Schools in general at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sudbury_school.  Jen also owns a mental health clinic, Third Eye Family Solutions, and is the author of the book Trusting Children, A Look at Sudbury Education Around the World.

Join host Candace as she talks with mama Kayla Geddes about her 3 birth stories. 

Listen in as Jessika speaks with work renowned parenting expert Naomi Aldort, author of Raising Our Children Raising Ourselves, printed in 19 languages.  You can reach Naomi via her website AuthenticParent.com, purchase her book or schedule a parenting coaching session with her.  In this episode we are talking about sleeping with your growing child and meeting the emotional and developmental needs of your kiddos.

Find out what co-hosts Jessika and Candace have in store and listen to them ramble on while introducing one another. A quick overview of what they have planned for this podcast and Natural Mother Network.Find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instgram, and Pinterest under Natural Mother Network, subscribe to our newsletter on NaturalMotherNetwork.com and join Natural Mother Network Forum on Facebook.