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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.