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Healing Children’s Sleep, Behavioral Issues and Focus with Bridget
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April 16, 2024

Healing Children’s Sleep, Behavioral Issues and Focus with Bridget

It’s so easy to measure the healing of visual symptoms like skin rashes, constipation and diarrhea. It gets a lot harder to measure the improvement of your mood, sleep or your children’s behavior. These tend to be symptoms that when they are present they are all consuming but as soon as they go away, you hardly remember how challenging they were. You can’t take pictures or compare side by side. But when you witness the transformation like our guest, Bridget, did in her son - you sing it from the...
CBD Won’t Work For You if You Don’t Know This
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April 9, 2024

CBD Won’t Work For You if You Don’t Know This

Lack of education, misinformation and a profit driven industry has left a lot of people unsatisfied with CBD. Tune in to learn how to experience the healing benefits you desire. CBD has garnered a massive popularity for its health benefits. From managing pain to reducing anxiety, helping with hormones and improving sleep. But maybe you are among the many people who have purchased CBD with high hopes and were left feeling disappointed with a lack of results? In this episode we are going to talk a...
Constipation
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April 2, 2024

Constipation

There tends to be two types of poopers. People who are more prone to constipation and those who are more prone to diarrhea. Contrary to what your doctor will mostly likely tell you though, the answer isn’t a laxative like Miralax or a fiber supplement. These are bandaids that don’t heal your body. Your body isn’t constipated because it needs a laxative. The body gets constipated when something is off inside. Your poop is a direct reflection of your internal health and if you, your child or someo...
Could Your Implants be the Cause of Your Health Issues?
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March 26, 2024

Could Your Implants be the Cause of Your Health Issues?

After being bullied as a child, my dear friend Jody struggled with anorexia. Can you relate? At the young age of 20 she decided to get breast implants because she thought they would help her love herself more. Those implants would "fix" her. She could have never dreamed they would send her on a several year health journey. One where she had completely lost hope and didn't know how to get out of bed or be the mama or wife she desired being. In this conversation Jody so courageously and vulnerably...
Will Silver Supplements Turn you Blue?
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March 19, 2024

Will Silver Supplements Turn you Blue?

There are so many misconceptions about silver. I remember the very first time I heard of it being used as a natural supplement. It was well before I had children. Well, except for my bloodhound puppy named Olive. She was my first baby. She came to us with so many health issues and after the vet put her on several rounds of antibiotics and steroids I knew I needed to try something else. I went to a holistic dog store and the women recommended giving her a daily dose of silver. I had never heard ...
Medical Freedom
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March 12, 2024

Medical Freedom

Medical freedom goes beyond having the autonomy to make your own medical choices. It means taking precautionary measures to really own your health. It means doing everything you can to separate your family from our broken system that is profit driven and doesn’t give a shit about your health. It means educating yourself so you have enough self trust to be free. This episode will validate and inspire you. I hope it gets you thinking about ways you can be even more medically free. What can you do ...
Everything You Need to Know About Candida
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March 5, 2024

Everything You Need to Know About Candida

I have a very vivid memory of when my son was really unwell. He was six months old and we were back at the pediatrician for the third time that week because I knew something was terribly wrong. In addition to being covered in an eczema rash, he had so much mucus in his poop and while he was still breastfeeding, there were clumps of stringiness that just didn’t seem right. Then there was blood and I just kept taking him back in. His symptoms had been evolving over the past few months and I spent ...
Even When You Have Tried Everything, Your Child Can Heal with Brooke Norris.
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Feb. 27, 2024

Even When You Have Tried Everything, Your Child Can Heal with Brooke Norris.

It is so easy for us to feel alone and scared when our children are unwell. We naturally isolate ourselves when our babies are covered in red oozing rashes, or our toddlers experience speech delays or children melt down with violent behavioral issues because we feel embarrassed and ashamed that our children are suffering. The truth though is that none of us are on this journey alone. So many other mamas have walked the same path, been brushed under the rug by professional after professional and ...
What You Need to Know About Fevers
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Feb. 20, 2024

What You Need to Know About Fevers

As a first time mom, fevers terrified me. I always thought that fevers were bad and scary but as it turns out, fevers are one of our bodies' superpowers. So often with the slightest fever, we flood our own or our children’s bodies with over the counter medications and we unknowingly stop our bodies from doing the job they were designed to do. It has taken me having four children and learning so much to get to this place of honoring fevers as a gift. In this episode I hope to share this perspecti...
Healing From Antibiotics
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Feb. 13, 2024

Healing From Antibiotics

Antibiotics not only kill the bad bacteria in your body, they also kill the good bacteria. There are some amazing studies that have recently came out showing that one course of antibiotic for something like an upper respiratory infection or maybe a urinary tract infection, or whatever the need - this one course increases your chance of a major depressive episode by 24% in the next 12 months, and the chance of developing a generalized anxiety disorder goes up by 17%. Now this is with just one cou...
Medical Kidnapping and Hillary's Tragic Story
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Feb. 6, 2024

Medical Kidnapping and Hillary's Tragic Story

Every parent's worst nightmare is their child being taken away from them. In today's episode we get to hear the tragic story from a mama whose child was medically kidnapped. Something I didn’t even know was a thing but is horrifically common. Really early in the episode you will realize how any of us could find ourselves in this situation and how vulnerable we are. I invited Hillary on today, not to instill fear in you but because recently a mama sent me a message saying how having my Childre...
Ear Infections
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Jan. 30, 2024

Ear Infections

We have all been told that you have to take antibiotics for ear infections. And if you don’t finish the complete cycle, your ear drum could explode. This isn’t an anti antibiotic episode but rather a deep dive into what is behind ear infections and how antibiotics exacerbate the problem. Most of us know that ear infections stem from an infection somewhere in the body that lands in the middle ear. This infection causes inflammation and excruciating pain. But there is a massive component that is o...
A Vulnerable Spiritual Healing Session with Karina
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Jan. 23, 2024

A Vulnerable Spiritual Healing Session with Karina

A huge component to healing is our spiritual well being. This is an area that is so often overlooked and when we experience trauma it is equally important that we heal our spirit along with our physical bodies. I am just now going through the repercussions of this. Of not healing my soul after fighting for my sons health. That was over 7 years ago and it is just now surfacing. I think this happens so often, we heal our children and we forget about all the heartache the experienced caused us. It’...
Leaky Gut
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Jan. 16, 2024

Leaky Gut

Did you know that the majority of the population is experiencing some variation of gut imbalance right now without even knowing it? Someone you know, likely several people you know - have leaky gut whether they know it or not. Gut imbalance is an umbrella term that includes conditions like leaky gut, SIBO, candida yeast overgrowth, H.pylori and even parasites. All of these conditions stem from a gut imbalance but have their own characteristics. Today we are focusing on leaky gut. So? What exactl...
The Gut is the Center of Everything with Nurse Krysti Jonas
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Jan. 9, 2024

The Gut is the Center of Everything with Nurse Krysti Jonas

When you are a nurse in a system that fails you, it makes you rethink your career and this is exactly what happened to Krysti. Today we are get to hear her story and how she was a traditional nurse for 13 years in all areas from ICU to Home health. About her own health scare experience in the traditional healthcare system with severe, chronic diverticulitis and how she decided to become the leader of her own health and left the system. Not just in her own healing journey but in her career and pr...
Self Diagnosing and Being Your own Doctor. With a Focus on PMDD
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Jan. 2, 2024

Self Diagnosing and Being Your own Doctor. With a Focus on PMDD

I recently self diagnosed myself with PMDD or Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Self diagnosed because from the little bit of research I did along with being very familiar with how our medical system focuses on treating instead of healing, I wasn’t interested in going to see a doctor who would just prescribe me birth control. I am on a mission to heal my body so I am heading on a self driven journey. I will be bringing you on every step because we are all continuously healing. We heal one area of...
Unraveling ADHD & the Gut Connection
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Dec. 26, 2023

Unraveling ADHD & the Gut Connection

At the age of 16 I was told I had one of the worst cases of ADHD my psychiatrist had ever seen. I left feeling so confused. Had I always been that way? I was prescribed Adderall and sent on my way. Just like that. I was handed a stimulant drug. One that compares so insanely close to methamphetamine. I took one pill and instead of experiencing the “regulated calm” I was told I would, I became even more fidgety and felt like I needed to run away from myself. So I did. I ran 15 miles that night. I ...
The Cause of Colic in Infants
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Dec. 19, 2023

The Cause of Colic in Infants

Colic isn't just a term — it's a thief of peace and a relentless intruder that shatters the tranquility of a home. But what causes it? Why does your baby scream for hours and hours and your gut tells you something is wrong but doctors just tell you to just “wait it out”? Join me in this episode to learn the real cause of colic and how important it is to heal your babies body from the inside. Links from the episode: Women's Gut Rebalance Kit Children's Gut Rebalance Kit Gut Health Mainte...
When Will You Be Done Healing Your Gut?
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Dec. 12, 2023

When Will You Be Done Healing Your Gut?

Will you ever be done healing your gut? Gain insights into the ongoing journey of gut health and the profound transformations it brings. Listen now to uncover why the quest for gut balance is a perpetual evolution, and how embracing this journey can lead to a life of abundant thriving. Links from the episode: Women's Gut Rebalance Kit Children's Gut Rebalance Kit Gut Health Maintenance Bundle Everyday Balance Thanks for listening! I would love to connect with you ♡ Subscribe to the Nourished New...
Are You Wasting Your Money on Dead Probiotics?
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Dec. 5, 2023

Are You Wasting Your Money on Dead Probiotics?

Our food not only lacks nutrients, it lacks the essential bacteria that was once found in abundance. This is why supplementing with probiotics is so important. But not all probiotics are the same and without the knowledge you will gain in this episode, it is likely you are wasting your money on probiotics that are already dead. Links from the episode: Nourish Probiotic Free Gut Health Quiz Children's Gut Rebalance Kit Women's Gut Rebalance Kit Thanks for listening! I would love to connect with y...
Why my Family is Plant-based
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Nov. 21, 2023

Why my Family is Plant-based

This is a deeply personal exploration into the heart of my plant-based lifestyle, the why behind my plant-based pregnancies and raising four passionate plant loving children. This episode is not intended as judgment or even as advice. It is simply to share my story to hopefully inspire and raise questions within you. Things that we talk about in this episode are probably going to be triggering. You are going to hear information that 100% contradicts what you have believed to be true your entire ...
Embracing Grace in Motherhood and Healing
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Nov. 7, 2023

Embracing Grace in Motherhood and Healing

Your perception shapes your reality. So, in order to heal, you must shed the weight of perfectionism and focus on the process. In this episode you are reminded that each mindful choice you make – every nourishing meal, every moment of calm, and every night of restful sleep – you're laying the foundation for a healthier, happier future. The beauty lies in the small, consistent steps. It’s not about reaching a destination of perfection, or ultimate balance but rather, embracing the imperfect yet ...
Everything You Need to Know About Silver Supplements
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Oct. 24, 2023

Everything You Need to Know About Silver Supplements

Will silver supplements turn you blue? Does silver build up in your organs? Does it kill both good and bad bacteria? In this episode we are going to explore the ancient roots of silver, its evolution through human history, and the modern understanding of its biological effects. By understanding the science behind silver's antimicrobial power and differentiating between responsible usage and misuse, we can navigate the controversy surrounding this earthly element. By the end of the episode you wi...
FOUR Reasons to Focus on Your Gut Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
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Oct. 10, 2023

FOUR Reasons to Focus on Your Gut Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

The untold secrets of a healthy pregnancy and postpartum. In all four of my pregnancies I was advised to incorporate a multivitamin and an omega. To eat nourishing meals and to move my body. All wonderful advice but without microbiome balance, this advice only allows my body and my baby to experience surface level health at best. This episode uncovers why your gut holds the key to optimal nutrient absorption, relief from common pregnancy discomforts, and even influences your baby's lifelong heal...