Healthy As A Mother – Details, episodes & analysis

Today we're joined by Functional Medicine Health Practitioner Tiffany Campbell Kaloustian. Tiffany shares not only her profound personal story of battling and overcoming lupus and conceiving her children but also how she uses her expertise to change lives daily. Tiffany's journey battling severe lupus has fueled her passion for helping others find their path to wellness. She is well-versed in various holistic healing modalities, including nervous system regulation, Vagal tone, nutrition, detoxing, mindful practices, movement, and purposeful supplement protocols. Get ready to be inspired by a practitioner who truly embodies the spirit of embracing life's challenges and dancing through them with grace and strength.

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Connect With Our Guest:

Tiffany's Instagram: @tiff_ara_kal

Tiffany's Website: www.embracingthedance.com




Stay Connected With Us:

Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com

Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast

Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com

Instagram: @drleahgordon

Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com

Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Feeding ourselves and our families healthy, home-cooked meals can feel like a daunting task - especially when the planning and prepping revolve around caring for young children, too. But the reality is, you're going to still expend the time to make some kind of meal, anyway - it'll likely just feel stressful and end up less nourishing than you'd hoped for. In this episode, Dr. Morgan interviews Cassy Joy Garcia from Fed + Fit, and New York Times best-selling author of three different meal planning cookbooks, about her methods for preparing meals for her family with three young children - in a way that saves time and money, while also reducing food waste and building in the flexibility for something like a spontaneous pizza night. We feel WAY lighter and more inclined to take on a new habit like this, given the way Cassy outlines it, and we hope you feel the inspiration, as well.

This episode is sponsored by:

Redmond Salt >> Click here and use code HEALTHYMOTHER to save 15% on your order.

Needed >> Click here and use code HEALTHYMOTHER to save 20% off your first order.

Resources from this episode:

• Follow Cassy on Instagram
• Learn from her blog, Fed + Fit
• Purchase her cookbooks:
  • Cook Once, Eat All Week
  • Cook Once Dinner Fix
  • Fed & Fit: A 28-Day Food & Fitness Plan to Jump-Start Your Life with Over 175 Squeaky-Clean Paleo Recipes
• The Four Tendencies by Gretchen Rubin
• Dr. Morgan's Immune Wellness While Pregnant and Breastfeeding course

Stay Connected With Us:

Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com

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Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Today we have a thought-provoking and potentially controversial topic all about the feminism movements, our hormones, families, and our culture at large. We discuss the pros and cons of feminism from the gifts it has brought to anti-masculine culture, potential burnout in women, how it may have influenced the rates of fertility, and the differences in the masculine and feminine, both in biology and energetically. This is a spicy episode so without further ado, let's get started! 


Resources from this episode:
Dr. Leah's Foster Fertility Energy course
Dr. Leah's Master your cycle course
Dr. Leah's Strengthen Your Sperm course 
Episode #63: Role Changes and Expectations within Fatherhood with Wes MacDermott

Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthy.as.a.mother
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

This episode is sponsored by Needed >> Click here to see Needed Supplements, use code HEALTHYMOTHER to save 20% off your first order.

Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

This is the first part of a two-part series all about VBAC, or vaginal birth after cesarean. In this episode, Dr Morgan interviews three different birth professionals about their experience and opinions about VBAC, as well as their top tips for any woman preparing for a VBAC in the future. We wanted to gather a variety of types of birth providers and supports for this episode, and it applies and is helpful to more than just the people who are preparing for a VBAC - anyone preparing for birth - this is for you! We talk with an OBGYN, a homebirth midwife, and then a doula. We hope this episode leaves you feeling inspired about your future births and equipped with many practical tools and tips for processing past experiences, finding proper support, and paving a new path for your future.

Resources From This Episode:
From OBGYN, Dr. Capetanakis DO:
Find more information about Dr. Cap at the Cap Wellness Center
From midwife, Julianne Robinson LM, CPM:
Take her online homebirth birth class
VBAC statistics mentioned: https://www.ajog.org/article/S0002-9378(22)00840-7/fulltext & https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db359-h.pdf
From doula, Care Messer:
Learn about Care's online Hypnobirthing classes at the Birth Education Center
Take her FREE course on How to Prevent an Unnecessary Cesarean
Doula Traci to talk about advocacy for birth workers
Perinatal birth psychology with Anna Verwaal
APPPAH Live Training on "What's Missing In Childbirth Education?"
From Dr. Morgan: Learn more about the 6-Week Pregnancy Call

Stay Connected With Our Guests:
Dr. Capetanakis DO, OBGYN:
Website: https://drcapetanakis.com/
Instagram: @drcapetanakis
Julianne Robinson LM, CPM - Midwife:
Websites: https://www.pangaeamidwifery.com/ & https://www.hellohomebirth.com/
Instagram: @pangaeamidwifery & @tales.of.a.midwife
Care Messer, Doula:
Website: https://www.birtheducationcenter.com/
Instagram: @birtheducationcenter

Stay Connected With Us:
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedici

Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Did you know that your thyroid plays a massive role in fertility? Today we unpack the thyroid with Dr. Hanisha Patel and dive into low thyroid function and how that impacts fertility, how to test your thyroid and see if you have an issue, including ruling out autoimmune causes. We discuss how stress impacts the thyroid and how to support that, the impact that thyroid has on men as well as women, the interconnectedness of thyroid and other conditions like PCOS and endometriosis, and so much more. Without further ado, let's get started. 

More About Our Guest:

Dr. Hanisha Patel, a published Naturopathic Doctor specializing in women's health, helps women to reverse their hormonal health issues, including PCOS, Hashimoto’s Hypothyroidism, and infertility, so they can live the life they desire without their health getting in the way. Having personally overcome autoimmune challenges from birth and achieving Mahan (Great) health through naturopathic medicine, she established Mahan Health, a virtual telehealth practice where she has supported hundreds of women. In her commitment to making holistic medicine more accessible and affordable, she has created the Mahan Membership program. This program embodies her accumulated expertise from 10 years of medical school and clinical practice, enabling others to experience the benefits of Mahan or Great Health themselves. Dr. Hanisha hosts a podcast, Mahan Health, where she engages in enlightening discussions with leading doctors of natural medicine. Furthermore, she has been featured in numerous podcast interviews, delivered dozens of live talks, and is a published author in the esteemed Townsend Letter. With a dedicated social media following of over 12k individuals, she consistently provides support and shares invaluable tips and tricks on achieving Mahan Health, empowering her audience to live the fulfilling lives they desire.

Stay Connected With Our Guest:

Dr. Hanisha Patel: https://mahanhealth.com/

Instagram: @holistichanisha

TikTok: @holistichanisha

Resources from this episode:

Dr. Hanisha's It Takes Two: Ultimate Fertility Program

Dr. Hanisha's Mahan Membership

Dr. Leah's Optimal Female Lab Ranges Free Guide 

Dr. Leah's Balance Your Hormones course 

Dr. Leah's Reduce Your Stress course

Dr. Leah's Investigate Male Fertility course

Dr. Leah's Fertility Formula Course Bundle

Stay Connected With Us:

Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com

Instagram: @healthy.as.a.mother

Dr. Leah:

Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Our special guest today is Morgan's husband, Wes, on to talk all about his perspective on fatherhood as a dad of four young children and who, honestly, has one of the most unique ways of thinking about this season of life. Wes lays it out for the partners in this episode - sharing his stance on character roles during the intense season of caring for your wife and family during postpartum and stepping up as a man in general once children are a part of the picture. We dive into traditional gender roles from past and present, how things are more different now than ever before, and how he best advises couples to communicate about these things before and during the transition into parenthood.

This episode is sponsored by Needed >> Click here to see Needed Supplements, use code HEALTHYMOTHER to save 20% off your first order.

Resources from this episode:

Dr. Morgan's 6-Week Pregnancy Call

Dr. Morgan's Immediate Postpartum Series

Stay Connected With Us:

Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com

Instagram: @drleahgordon

Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com

Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Our gut health impacts everything from our immune system, our mood, our hormones, and our ability to become pregnant, stay pregnant, and have a healthy baby. It is at the root of so many issues which is why we need to talk about it. In this episode, Dr Leah interviews naturopathic physician Dr. Kelsey Stang all about gut health and the microbiome in fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum. Our gut health is so important for all of the stages of baby-making, and the microbiome plays a major role in its health. Dr. Kelsey shares what aspects of gut health are important to optimize before becoming pregnant, the role the microbiome plays, and how to support your gut before, during, and after pregnancy.



This episode is sponsored by Needed >> Click here to see Needed Supplements, use code HEALTHYMOTHER to save 20% off your first order.

Resources from this episode:

Dr. Leah's Rebalance The Vaginal Microbiome Mini-Course
Dr. Leah's Nurture Your Digestion & Gut Microbiome Mini-Course

Use code HEALTHYMOTHER for 15% off these courses!

Stay Connected With Our Guest:

Dr. Kelsey Stang: www.drkelseystang.com

@drkelseystang

Dr. Kelsey's Free Functional Fertility Checklist

Dr. Kelsey's Community Facebook group 

Stay Connected With Us:

Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com

@drleahgordon

Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com

@morganmacdermott

Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

It's time to introduce your baby to solids, and you haven't the foggiest idea where to start. Or maybe you're researching for the future and want to learn more about baby-led weaning. On today's show, Dr. Morgan interviews Dr. Alyssa, founder of Thriving Foundations, an educational platform for parents to learn about this exact thing and more - a holistic approach to food introduction to your baby via the method of baby-led weaning. They discuss when to start solids, how to prepare foods with this method, what some ideal first foods might be, and then the hot topic item of introducing food allergens and how to tell the difference between an allergen and intolerance. We hope this episode leaves you feeling inspired and confident in feeding your baby with intention and as an important part of their overall health.


This episode is sponsored by Needed >> Click here to see Needed Supplements, use code HEALTHYMOTHER to save 20% off your first order.


Resources from this episode:

Use code HEALTHYMOTHER for 30% off all of Dr. Alyssa's courses!

• Holistic Baby-Led Weaning® course
• Holistic Baby-Led Weaning FREE guide
• First Four Months of BLW guide (meal plan & recipes)

Get on the waitlist for Dr. Morgan's next 6-Week Pregnancy Call HERE



Connect with our guest, Dr. Alyssa:
Instagram: @thrivingfoundations
Webstie: www.thrivingfoundations.org



Stay Connected With Us:

Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com

Instagram: @drleahgordon

Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com

Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

What do we do when things get hard? Today we share our top tips on what we have done personally as we navigate the challenging times along the motherhood journey. From infertility through pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and mothering our children, we are no strangers to difficult times. We each share our top three tips that we have found to be more effective for us, and we hope that through our raw and vulnerable shares, you can pull some wisdom or support for yourself, no matter what challenges you are navigating. Let's learn about what we do...when things get hard!

This episode is sponsored by Needed >> Click here to see Needed Supplements, use code HEALTHYMOTHER to save 20% off your first order.

Resources from this episode:

Dr. Leah's Reduce Your Stress Mini-Course 

Dr. Morgan's Postpartum Planning for Partners Free Guide

Practitioners to support emotional struggles, trauma, the nervous system, and beliefs:

Elizabeth King

Sadie Ackerman

Tammera Logan 

Jennifer Jackson

Stay Connected With Us:

Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com

Instagram: @drleahgordon

Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com

Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Are you thinking about adding more children to your family? Maybe you're planning for a certain age gap or trying to figure out if you're "done," or not. Maybe you're already pregnant and need advice on how to prepare your other children for a new baby. In this episode, we break down the myriad of factors to consider when deciding to add more children or not, what a subsequent pregnancy is like when you're taking care of other older children, how to prepare them for birth if they'll be present, and pro tips to aid in the integration of a new member of the family. This one is filled with practical advice - let's go!

This episode is sponsored by Needed >> Click here to see Needed Supplements, use code HEALTHYMOTHER to save 20% off your first order.

Resources from this episode:
Respectful Parenting By Janet Lansbury podcast episode 

Stay Connected With Us:

Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon

Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott

Disclaimer: Please remember that the ideas and views of this podcast are for informational purposes only and are not intended to serve as a substitute for medical care of any kind, including the diagnoses or treatment of any illness or disease. Consult with your provider before integrating this information into your unique health plan. ult with your provider before integrating this information into your unique health plan. 

Stay Connected With Us:
Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
Instagram: @healthyasamotherpodcast
Dr. Leah: www.womanhoodwellness.com
Instagram: @drleahgordon
Dr. Morgan: www.milkmedicine.com
Instagram: @morganmacdermott