The Wellness Mama Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

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The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells

Health & Fitness

Kids & Family

Education

Frequency: 1 episode/4d. Total Eps: 1099

The Wellness Mama Podcast is a weekly series covering the topics of holistic health, real food, stress, sleep, fitness, toxins, natural living, DIY, parenting, motherhood, and other health tips to give you actionable solutions to improve your family’s life! Brought to you by Katie Wells of WellnessMama.com

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https://wellnesse.com/
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https://wellnessmama.com/go/body-keeps-score/
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https://drinklmnt.com/wellnessmama
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https://www.instagram.com/courtneyhuntmd
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https://www.instagram.com/ccdryneedling
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https://www.instagram.com/drmolly.co
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The Light Diet: 10 Rules for Using Sunshine & Darkness to Optimize Health (Solo Episode)

Episode 1092

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 • Duration 30:23

Episode Highlights With Katie

Why light is the most important “nutrient” your body receives each day
How natural light and darkness influence metabolism, hormones, gut health, and circadian rhythm
How blue light after dark affects melatonin, glucose, mood, and inflammation
Why sunrise light is nature’s most important daily reset button
The difference between UV, visible light, and infrared ... and how each impacts biology
How to align light exposure with your biology for better sleep, energy, and emotional regulation
Simple, family-friendly ways to create a light-friendly home
The 10 rules I personally follow (flexibly) to keep my circadian system aligned
Why light exposure is more foundational than diet or exercise
How to start improving your light hygiene in just one day

Resources Mentioned

BONCHARGE
I like so many of their products - from their red light products to their sauna blankets. Red light has been so helpful for me during my recovery from Hashimoto's. To find out more, go to boncharge.com/wellnessmama

Just Thrive:
Just Thrive Health has been one of my longtime favorite brands for gut health and they have an amazing Daily Gut Detox. Your immune system, gut barrier, and digestion get the support they need to stay strong and healthy. You can find this and their probiotics at justthrivehealth.com/wellnessmama or use code wellnessmama for 20% off your order.

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Hair Loss in Women & What To Do About It With Colleen Renee

Episode 1091

Monday, September 28, 2026 • Duration 32:41

Episode Highlights With Colleen

How hormones affect hair health for women
Why hair loss can increase in perimenopause
The reason thyroid and medication can affect hair
Nutritional deficiencies that affect hair
How PCOS affects hair health and growth
Insulin resistance can come into play as well
Understanding the connection of thyroid problems and hair loss
Hypo and hyperthyroidism both can cause hair loss
What is a normal amount of hair loss, and how to know if it is too much
Nutritional factors that influence hair health or loss: collagen
How GLPs affect hair loss and why these can increase hair loss (plus how to help avoid that)
The problem with some topics and prescriptions that can slow hair loss
A compound that works naturally to slow and stop excess hair loss and why it works

Resources Mentioned

Purality Health - 40% off Hair Renewal with code WELLNESSMAMA40

Bioptimizers
I love and use so many products from them, but I especially love the magnesium (Magnesium Breakthrough) and digestive enzymes (Masszymes). Visit bioptimizers.com/wellnessmama to get the best deal!

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Hidden Factors Affecting Health & How to Fix Them With Dr. Torrie Thompson

Episode 1090

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 • Duration 50:24

Episode Highlights With Torrie

How living in Thailand inspired her current work and what she learned about Eastern medicine
Her own health story and how this inspired the work she does
Biggest missing factors in health and wellness that some people miss
In Asia, they look at lifestyle first, and how this shifted her approach
What she learned about herbalism on her own journey
The root cause of all root causes
Why are we seeing an increase in toxic load in the modern world?
How to support the body in healing naturally
Important things to know to detox without overloading the body
Why she recommends test, don’t guess
Parasites are a piece of the puzzle for a lot of people
How to show your liver some love and support it in health
Ways to support the lymphatic system effectively: movement and hydration

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Dr. Torrie's Website
Follow Torrie on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram
Dry brushes for lymph system
LMNT Minerals

Hiya
Hiya created a super powered chewable vitamin for kids that packs twelve organic fruits and vegetables plus fifteen essential vitamins and minerals into every dose. Try it at hiyahealth.com/wellnessmama.

LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.

The Identity of Health: How “I Am” Statements Shape Biology (Solo Opinion Episode)

Episode 1089

Monday, September 21, 2026 • Duration 28:52

Episode Highlights With Katie

Why your identity (especially your “I am…” statements) shapes biology more than any protocol
How the nervous system responds chemically and electrically to the language you use about your body
The difference between identifying with your symptoms vs. identifying as someone who is healing
How subconscious narratives can keep you stuck in illness patterns, even when your actions are “healthy”
The surprising way language influences your mitochondria, redox balance, and stress responses
Why your thoughts become safety signals or threat signals
How to rewrite your internal scripts from limitation ? expansion
Real examples from my own healing journey (AIP, chronic symptoms, identity shifts)

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You Can’t Hack Your System, The Body is Way Too Smart With Ian Clark

Episode 1088

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 • Duration 59:12

Episode Highlights With Ian

Understanding detox and why harsh ones can be too much for the body
The things you don’t know that you’re breathing in and how to avoid accumulating it
How to avoid becoming an aggregator of air toxins
All of us have been poisoned in some way in the modern world
Can we have perfect health? And what’s the alternative
Why indoor air is more polluted that outdoor air and what to do about it
The sneaky microplastics in most clothing these days
A great reason to open your windows every day
Why to air dry your microfiber cloths in the home
What advanced glycation byproducts do to the body and how to avoid them (pressure cookers don’t produce them!)
How to reverse the damage of AGEs and slow aging
Brazil nuts aren’t the right form of selenium
You can’t hack your system, the body is way too smart, and what to optimize instead
Consistency over intensity for long-term change

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Healthy Home Bulbs – Use code wellnessmama for a discount
Activation Products – Use code wellnessmama20 for a discount
Pact organic clothing and Quince clothing

LMNT
I talk often about the health benefits of salt and electrolytes and I am a big fan of LMNT canned drinks and packets. Go to drinklmnt.com/wellnessmana for a special offer.

What did Jesus Really Say & What Did Humans Change? With Lauren Geersten

Episode 1087

Monday, September 14, 2026 • Duration 01:05:10

Episode Highlights With Lauren

How she went from health blogger to an incredible inner and outer journey to writing about some even bigger topics
Why healing the body can also lead to questioning deeper topics
It’s hard to open to truth when we’ve been manipulated by fear unless we know there is more love on the other side
What did Jesus actually say vs how it has been changed throughout history
Being comfortable in curiosity rather than certainty
When were the gospels actually written and what changed based on who authored them
One thing Jesus never said - that blood atonement was necessary, and he actually resisted this idea in what we know in some of his writings
The Bible itself says it was corrupted, so even if we believe that it is the unquestionable word of God, it says it is corrupted
Why is it necessary for God to have blood or murder to forgive?
Love itself cannot be harmed and God cannot be harmed by the actions of humans
Forgiveness is a human process that humans have to go through and projected onto God
Why was blood sacrifice so prevalent in ancient Judaism and how did it become a cornerstone of Christianity
Was Jesus an Essene and what insight this may give us about his message
The real roots of eternal punishment and the theology of hell - important historical context
Wisdom is the journey to more love and less fear
Some important considerations about the book of Revelation

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Is a College Degree Worth It Anymore? (& What Might Be Better) With Degree Free

Episode 1086

Thursday, September 10, 2026 • Duration 57:48

Episode Highlights With Degree Free

The shocking data around college now, and how many jobs actually require a degree
What has shifted in the last couple of decades, and why new data is important to consider
Most people who are employed in the US do not have college degrees
Less than one in five jobs even mention a degree as preferred
How is this a simple supply and demand problem
The real deal with student loans and the college industrial complex
The Social cost of criticizing certain areas of society and why questions are important
A large percentage of careers that require a degree are marketed to women
Debt will close more doors than a degree will open
Physicians have the highest suicide rates of any profession
The most important career conversations to have with your teenager
Why teens struggle to answer "What do you want to be?"
Important reason not to ask or have these conversations with your teens in a public forum or even around other people
Where the majority of jobs are that are outside of traditional degree jobs or even trade jobs
Why college grads are actually having trouble getting jobs because they don’t have work experience
College grads actually churn at a higher rate in jobs and are sometimes not considered because of their degrees
The very real way having a college degree can now make getting a job more difficult
We are 11 years into the trend of companies down credentialing and not requiring degrees

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Follow Hannah Maruyama on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and on X
Degree Free website and podcast

Dying of Embarrassment: One Part of Health We Don’t Talk About As Much With Scott Hickle

Episode 1085

Wednesday, September 2, 2026 • Duration 47:53

Episode Highlights With Scott

How we track so many things, but often don’t know what’s going on with bowel and urinary health
His path into this- both of his parents are doctors
Is there something we can learn from our poop that we are missing?
How stress comes into play with gut health
The big factors related to gut health that people don’t always get right
We know gut health affects the whole body, but we miss some big warning signs with gut health
70% of our calories come from ultra-processed foods, and we are the first generation to experience this
The staggering numbers he sees on gut health-related things
52% of Americans think it is normal to have abdominal pain on a daily basis (it isn’t)
62% of people surveyed said they had some digestive issue that week
The stats on colorectal cancer show that it is now the most deadly cancer in Americans under 50
Colon cancer is the only cancer that is on the rise right now!
1 in 20 people will get colon cancer at some point in their lives
Interesting reason that the DOD funds colon cancer research
Why veterans were at higher risk for colon cancer decades later
How throne is improving hydration levels

Resources Mentioned

Throne Science use code Katie for a discount
Follow Throne on Instagram, on X, and on Facebook
Follow Scott on Instagram, and X

Fast Like a Girl, Eat Like a Girl, and Age Like a Girl With Dr. Mindy Pelz

Episode 1084

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 • Duration 53:45

Episode Highlights With Mindy

Cutting through the myth… can women fast and what we need to do differently
How to navigate fasting with a female hormone cycle and why it is so important
The three types of women and how each fasts differently
There are times when women shouldn’t fast and times when it can be a game changer
We have two metabolisms: glucose and ketones and how to use them differently
Somewhere 8-12 hours after food we shift to ketones
The healing switches that turn on when we fast
What flex fasting is and how she helps people find what works best for them
Perimenopause and menopause specific fasting guidelines
The cortisol component and how to pay attention to this part
Can fasting be brain protective post menopause
When to fast and when not to, and the most important meal you eat after fasting
The important nutrients to focus on after fasting and the story about leucine
Let’s stop making beans the enemy! And her take on sardine fasting
Supplements she most often recommends and why
The one food group that kills our ability to make our own GLP (it might surprise you)
Order of food matters, not just the amount and type!
Important concerns with GLPs and how to make your own and not lose muscle!

Resources Mentioned

Mindy's books - Fast Like a Girl,

Why We're Attracted to What Hurts Us (& How to Change It) With Stef Sifandos

Episode 1083

Monday, August 24, 2026 • Duration 01:03:34

Episode Highlights With Stef

His work with gold medalists, special forces soldiers and elite entrepreneurs and the wound that always shows up
What people call chemistry is actually nervous system dysregulation
We move toward what feels familiar even if it is dysfunctional
The nervous system is a hidden matchmaker often operating in the background
Why do we want to create situations that feel familiar
These circumstances are the body’s attempt to have a re-do and move from disempowerment to empowerment
We heal relationally and we are relational beings
The somatic aspect of integrating and processing this
Big T vs little t trauma
Why this process doesn’t start with logic or cognition and must involve all parts including the body
We avoid our truth because we make it mean something
Curiosity not judgement

Resources Mentioned

Tuned In and Turned On by Stef Sifandos
Follow him on Instagram, Facebook, and on X
Stef's website

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