Not A Mama Yet
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Hi, I'm Natalie and I'm not a mama yet! I've always known I want to have kids one day and this podcast is here to help me learn all the things I'm curious about before becoming a parent. I'm not trying to find the answer to when is the right time to have kids, because I think I'll just know, right? I'm just exploring how we can all work on ourselves, build our communities, and refine our lifestyles in ways that will benefit us once we have kids. Whether or not you want to have kids, or aren't sure yet, I think you'll find this podcast interesting and insightful. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Apr 5, 2022
EP 43 Astrid Schanz-Garbassi of Agni on nourishing our bodies for periods, pregnancy, and postpartum
In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Astrid Schanz-Garbassi, the CEO and Co-Founder of Agni. Having experienced the power of home remedies and food healing as a child, Astrid has dedicated her career to helping people access foods that can nourish them during important life moments. Working with health practitioners, medical experts, and nutritionists from around the world, Astrid has built three businesses to-date focused on the healing properties of food and good nutrition.
Agni’s goal is collect all of the information and wisdom about healing through nutrition and to turn it into delectable healing foods.
Replenishing the right nutrients at the right time can work wonders for human health. It can balance hormones, shorten the length of surgery recovery, and help new moms produce a higher quantity and quality of breast milk. It can improve sleep quality, reduce anxiety, and even reverse cognitive decline.
To make this happen, Agni built a Medical Advisory Board and assembled a team of food geniuses to create foods and drinks that wow your body and your taste buds.
On this episode, we discuss how Agni came to be, their approach to wellness and the development process of their products, balancing our hormones and supporting each moment of our lives through nourishment.
I hope you enjoy this week’s episode with Astrid!
Agni’s website: https://agniforall.com
Pregnancy Box https://agniforall.com/pages/pregnancy-box
Agni’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/agniforall/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Apr 5, 2022
EP 42 Andrea Ippolito of SimpliFed on breastfeeding and lactation support
Today on the podcast, I have the pleasure of speaking with Andrea Ippolito. Andrea is the CEO and Founder of SimpliFed, a virtual lactation and breastfeeding support service. Their mission to make this type of support more accessible in every way, from affordability to connecting with an expert quickly in the comfort of your own home. There are so many questions that can come up when breastfeeding and pumping, so SimpliFed is making it so much easier to get the answers you need when you need them.
Andrea Ippolito currently serves as the CEO and Founder of SimpliFed. Prior to joining SimpliFed, Andrea served as the Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Innovators Network within the VA Center for Innovation. In this capacity, she designed and oversaw the creation of a $10.5M program that provides the tools and resources to VA employees to develop innovations that improve the experience of Veterans and their families. Prior to that role, Andrea served as a Presidential Innovation Fellow based out of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and General Services Administration.
In this episode we talk about why instant, private, expert lactation support is so important, the scope of practice of lactation consultants, and the ideal schedule to begin working with one. We also discuss how lactation consultants are now covered by insurance so more people will hopefully begin to take advantage of that benefit when they need it most.
I hope you enjoy this conversation with Andrea!
SimpliFed https://simplifed.us
SimpliFed Instagram https://www.instagram.com/simplifedbaby/
First droplets https://firstdroplets.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Apr 5, 2022
EP 41 Dr. Jenna Hua of Million Marker on how to eliminate toxins from our lives
First podcast of 2022 is with Million Marker’s Founder and CEO, Dr. Jenna Hua. Jenna, as she prefers to be called, is a registered dietitian and environmental health scientist by training.
Jenna’s extensive experience as an academic and health advocate led to her founding Million Marker in 2019, shortly after completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship with Stanford University’s School of Medicine. Throughout her career in academia, Jenna has researched and published numerous studies that largely focused on citizens science, general health, and the impact of food consumption on a person’s well-being.
Jenna has been a Project Manager for UNC’s Carolina Population Center, a Graduate Instructor and Research Assistant at UC Berkeley, and a Project Manager at UCLA’s Center for Population Research. She was also a US Fulbright Fellow at the Institute of International Education in Kunming, China. Jenna holds a BS in Nutrition and an MPH and PhD in Environmental Health Sciences from UC Berkeley.
So, we are in good hands when it comes to understanding how to minimize toxins in our homes and in our lives. In this episode, we discuss how Million Marker’s home test kits can help you eliminate toxins from your home, why this is so important when trying to conceive and while pregnant, and how to start taking small steps to lead to big change in your life. I encourage you to head over to the Million Marker’s website too, as it is full of incredible resources including approved product lists for every category and articles covering everything from toxic free guides to fertility tips and more.
I hope you enjoy our conversation with Jenna!
Million Marker https://www.millionmarker.com
Use code NOTAMAMAYET15 for $15 off your home test kit!
Million Marker’s Instagram https://www.instagram.com/million_marker/
EWG Skin Deep https://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Dec 10, 2021
EP 40 Jessica Diamond, RDN, MPH, Co-Founder of Meaningfull Living, on preconception nutrition, prenatals, postpartum hormones, and more!
This week on the Not a Mama Yet podcast, I’m so excited to share my conversation with Jessica Diamond. Jessica is a registered dietitian nutritionist specializing in moms, kids, and babies, and a mom to 1.
When Jessica became a dietitian in 2009, she noticed a disconnect between the complex concepts she studied and the kind of nutritional and parenting information available. All the information existed, but it wasn’t easily accessible to the majority of families. She has done an incredible job breaking down these complicated principles into easy-to-understand practices.
Her passion is teaching parents how to raise mindful children and how to feed their kids through a simpler approach that creates less picky, intuitive eaters.
On this episode, we talk about reproductive health, foods and tips that support fertility on your pre-conception journey, her manageable tips and tricks truly make you feel like you’ve got this, which is her go-to affirmation for all people, clients, and especially fellow parents.
We also discuss prenatal vitamins, detoxing, postpartum hormone balancing, and releasing control.
This is a great episode I know I will continue to come back to and listen to over and over again.
Check out the podcast notes on how to get in touch with Jessica on her website and podcast with Haley Hubbard, Meaningfull Living. That’s meaningful with two L’s.
Without further ado, I hope you enjoy this episode of Not A Mama Yet with Jessica Diamond!
LINKS:
https://meaningfullliving.com
https://meaningfullliving.com/podcast/
Avocados: https://meaningfullliving.com/avocados-the-nutrient-all-star/
Prenatals Explained: https://meaningfullliving.com/prenatal-vitamins-explained/
Perelel: https://perelelhealth.com/collections/all
Ritual: https://ritual.com/products/essential-prenatal-multivitamin
Pink Stork: https://pinkstork.com/collections/fertility
Thorne: https://www.thorne.com/products/dp/basic-prenatal
Whitney E., RD: https://www.whitneyerd.com, https://plantbasedjuniors.com
Ditching Diet Culture: https://meaningfullliving.com/ditching-diet-culture-how-we-can-do-better-for-our-kids-2/
Feeding your Baby Solids Course: https://meaningfullliving.com/feeding-baby/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Dec 10, 2021
EP 39 Melissa Salmeron on coming back to yourself after becoming a mom
This week on the Not A Mama Yet podcast, I am speaking with Melissa Salmeron. As a mother of 3, Melissa reached a point where she didn’t recognize herself anymore and she felt stuck in a pattern that wasn’t serving her, her partnership, or her family.
So Melissa decided to take a step back, reassess what she needed vs what she was doing in her daily life that wasn’t working and she really figured out how to reset on a better path forward.
With that experience and knowledge, she developed the CARE method to help other moms finding themselves in similar situations create conscious connection and communication, bring more awareness to their lives, re-energize, and feel more empowered from within. Being more present, finding a more manageable work/life balance, and stepping into the person, woman, and mom you want to be and know you are, has helped her clients completely change their reality for the better.
In this episode we talk more about her life before versus her life now, how people without kids can benefit from this knowledge to help them potentially avoid this, and communication tools that have really helped her and her husband.
This was an enlightening conversation that I thoroughly enjoyed having with Melissa and I hope you enjoy it too!
Links:
Melissa's website: https://www.melissasalmeron.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melissa_momcoach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissa.newellsalmeron --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Nov 16, 2021
EP 38 Dr. Inderpal Randhawa on his approach to Food Anaphylaxis remission in Children
Today on the Not A Mama Yet podcast, I am speaking with Dr. Inderpal Randhawa. Dr. Randhawa is a leading specialist in internal medicine, pediatrics, immunology, allergy medicine, and pulmonology with fifteen years of experience. Dr. Randhawa is also the founder of the Southern California Food Allergy Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to providing innovative and safe treatment for the six million children in the U.S. who suffer from food allergies. His incredible algorithm and ever-growing database is putting people in remission from severe allergy, allowing them to eat all of the foods that use to be potentially fatal for them to even be around.
He is a special person helping so many people. I loved recording this episode. We get into so many subjects surrounding food allergy, from the physical to the emotional side effects, how foods are connected to each other in the development of certain allergies, to his incredible data-based approach, and how other illnesses such as IBS could be linked to food anaphylaxis.
And of course we spoke about pregnancy, breastfeeding and newborns when it relates to doing what we can to prevent these allergies from developing in the first place I learned SO much in this episode, and as someone who has only dealt with mild allergies, and we are talking sneezing from dust or pollen, it was amazing to learn more about what it can be like for people who suffer from severe food anaphylaxis. If I am ever around a friend, a peer, a parent who is worried about an allergy they have or their child has, I will do my absolute best to make myself aware and do whatever I can to keep them safe. This is not something to be dealt with alone.
I hope you enjoy this week’s episode with Dr. Randhawa.
Thank you for listening!
Links we mentioned:
Ultra-filtered milk: https://fairlife.com
https://www.socalfoodallergy.org
https://www.socalfoodallergy.org/about#8
https://www.instagram.com/socalfoodallergy/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Nov 5, 2021
EP 37 Caroline Sanchez: Let's talk about what's in your water!
Today on the Not A Mama Yet Podcast I am speaking with Caroline Sanchez!
Last year, Caroline left her 9-5 job as a graphic designer and decided to establish her own business educating individuals on the importance of living a more non-toxic and sustainable lifestyle. Her partnership with Enagic and her social media presence sharing the importance of knowing what’s in our drinking water, sparked my interest in wanting her on the show.
On this episode we discuss important facts about water you might not know, tools to educate yourself on finding out what’s in your water based on where you live, the surprising statistics about bottled water, and how to pick the best water filtration option for you.
This episode was pretty eye-opening to me and I hope you have some valuable takeaways as well.
I hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Not A Mama Yet!
Products and Links in the episode:
Hydroviv
This is the company that builds custom filters for you based on your zip code and the issues that impact your specific water quality.
https://www.hydroviv.com/
Reverse Osmosis Water Supplier
This one kind of depends on the your location and will require some additional research on your end. Depending on where you live, there are water storefronts that offer various types of water for you to fill up with.
Here is a link to an in-home RO system with remineralization.
https://ionfaucet.com/reverse-osmosis-with-remineralization/
Mineral Additives for RO Water
Here is a link to those trace minerals we were talking about. This specific product happens to be from Thrive Market, but you can find these types of minerals on various online stores like Amazon as well. Please look for a product that offers a full spectrum of minerals to ensure the body is receiving everything it needs to function properly and read the dilution directions carefully.
https://thrivemarket.com/p/trace-minerals-concentrace-trace-mineral-drops?utm_source=google&utm_medium=pla_smart&utm_campaign=Shopping_Engagement_Smart_Members&utm_content=878941000058&utm_term=na&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5oiMBhDtARIsAJi0qk3VPkMCEE1E-2ILAVl21-VfwdYQCxWW_exMCBRaN8nfyjm5NF0eo_gaAs6yEALw_wcB
https://www.amazon.com/Trace-Minerals-Research-Concentrace-Mineral/dp/B005BP5UCM?th=1
Enagic
Here is Caroline's partner company's website for the water ionizer. You can view their full product line and pricing using this link. In order to add an item to your cart, viewers will need to log in with a distributor ID number to complete their purchase. If they are not logged in under a distributor ID the website will notify them that, “This product is not allowed to be purchased.” Caroline's ID number is: 8722635
https://www.enagic.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Oct 27, 2021
EP36 The Montessori Method with Veronica of @HikingWithHarps
This week on the Not A Mama Yet Podcast, I am speaking with Veronica of @HikingWithHarps.
Veronica came across Montessori after having her daughter and realized how the method not only translates to children but into her day to day at home with all adults.
When she transitioned from working full time to staying at home full time with Harper, her daughter, she found it was hard to stay connected to like-minded moms. The pandemic also made it more difficult in the earlier months of motherhood so she created her account to share her story, where she quickly realized how many parents were inspired by her story.
Veronica believes that children are much more capable than most people believe and that we can support them best by guiding them without interference.
In this episode, Veronica shares how Montessori has taught her so much about herself, parenting, and her community. She is self taught and has taken courses from The Prepared Montessorian and has read countless books.
She wants caretakers and future parents to know that Montessori is and should be accessible for all. By focusing on following your child and outdoor play, all children can have a Montessori home.
I wanted to speak with Veronica on this topic because there are a lot of ways to approach parenthood and everyone needs to find what works for them. As I get closer to the time of having my own kids, I am always curious to see how parents interact with their children to see what I really like. I have loved seeing Veronica and Harper play and enjoy the outdoors, I have learned so much. You’ll see in this episode why patience is so important with this approach, something that I think is a great reminder, personally as well.
I hope you enjoy this episode with Veronica!
Thanks for listening!
Links:
@HikingWithHarps: https://www.instagram.com/hikingwithharps/
Veronica's Amazon storefront with tons of great items: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hikingwithharps
Books Veronica recommends: https://www.amazon.com/shop/hikingwithharps?listId=1JG9W4OZ55JTE&ref=cm_sw_em_r_inf_list_pub_hikingwithharps_dp_xN7VuTbV9IKGj
Veronica's Links: https://beacons.page/hikingwithharps --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Oct 12, 2021
EP35 Dr. Kristin Pauker: Social and Developmental Psychology research in children
Today on the podcast, I am speaking with Dr. Kristin Pauker.
She is originally born and raised in Hawaiʻi and became fascinated with exploring how a person’s immediate environment and culturally-shaped theories about race impact basic social perception, social interactions, and stereotyping in childhood and throughout development. She loves to discover new ideas through her novel research studies and applying those insights toward creating interventions to mitigate stereotyping, interpersonal friction, or persistently biased social perception.
Her research examines how motivations, social context, and individuals’ lay theories impact social perception and their resultant consequences for intergroup relations. Spanning both Social and Developmental Psychology, her research has been featured in journals including Science, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Developmental Psychology.
She was also my Psychology professor at the University of San Francisco and I actually assisted her on some of her research at the time, which we touched on in our conversation.
In this episode, we discuss the danger of color blindness, an interesting preschool activity that would definitely test any parent during an important teaching moment, a few of Dr. Pauker’s recent studies and the interesting findings that teach us more about the ways children think and perceive, and some moments she has had as a mom talking to her son about race and appearance.
Enjoy!
Dr. Pauker on the University of Hawai'i Mānoa's website
Dr. Pauker's research --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Sep 7, 2021
EP34 Melissa Buchan: National Board Certified Integrative Health & Wellness Coach and Neo Fertility Advisor
Today on the podcast, I am speaking with Melissa Buchan, a National Board Certified Integrative Health & Wellness Coach, and Neo Fertility Advisor. Over the past 15 years, Melissa has helped empower women to better understand their fertility and manage their reproductive health. She is the co-developer of Chart Neo, a medical management model app for secure cycle charting.
Navigating your menstrual cycle is a powerful daily practice that provides insight into managing and balancing your hormonal health. Medical literature states that a well-charted cycle is the fifth vital sign in women. Melissa helps her clients map their cycle for infertility evaluation, women’s health assessment, or family planning and evaluate their unique patterns to create a customized plan to optimize their healing journey. Melissa believes in a root-cause, solution-based approach to dealing with infertility, PCOS, endometriosis, and hormonal imbalances. A balanced cycle is a sign of health and vitality and Melissa’s mission is to help her clients get there.
Today we are talking about how Melissa’s personal experiences led her down this career path, empowering women from a young age to understand external cues that inform them about what is happening internally, natural birth control and the charting lifestyle to cycle sync and bio hack your cycle, how to manage stress, and Melissa shares some great advice for women as a mother and expert in this space.
I hope you enjoy this week’s episode of Not A Mama yet with Melissa Buchan! Links below!
Not A Mama Yet: www.notamamayet.com
Not A Mama Yet Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notamamayet/
Melissa's Website: https://www.melissabuchan.com
Melissa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/virtusfertilitycare/
Thank you! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Jun 1, 2021
EP33 Mr. Chazz on how we teach kids, how we interact with them, and how we can break generational cycles
Today I am speaking with Mr. Chazz Lewis. Mr. Chazz helps parents and teachers with their children. If you are already following him on Instagram, you know how enthusiastic he is to help parents, caregivers, and teachers so many great tools to break generational cycles and, in his words, SEE, GUIDE, and build TRUST with children.
I wanted him on the podcast because a lot of learning about how to be around kids and understand how they think and learn, requires adults to unlearn a lot of what they’ve been raised to think and feel. That requires hard work, patience, and practice people without kids can work on now. Understanding child development is so important to communicate and connect with your child, or any children for that matter! Of course, there is the intuitive part of this that can come naturally, but when it gets hard and you and a child are not seeing eye to eye, Mr. Chazz has great tools to take the pressure off and find smoother sailing going forward.
We discuss how kid…
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Mar 26, 2021
EP32 Kristen A. Rossi, MSEd, IBCLC: Breastfeeding, lactation support, and avoiding booby traps!
Today on the podcast I am sharing an amazing, super educational conversation about breastfeeding with International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, Kristen A Rossi.
Kristen has her Master of Science Degree in Education and has training in Maternal & Infant Assessment, as well as the core areas of lactation. She was one of the lactation consultants at her local hospital and worked on the maternity floor for over 7 years before shifting her energy towards building her private practice. In addition to working with both in/outpatients, Kristen has been trained and certified in Lamaze, and has both written and facilitated a comprehensive and evidence-based childbirth education curriculum.
More importantly, she is the mother of three children and you’ll hear more about how she became so interested in this space after the birth of her first son, on this episode.
We talk about preparing for breastfeeding even before giving birth, the benefits…
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Mar 26, 2021
EP31 Kiara Orbe: How her health journey led her to a career helping women navigate their own health
This week on the Not A Mama Yet Podcast, I am speaking with Kiara Orbe of Kiara Marie Wellness. Kiara is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, and currently receiving her certification as a Root Cause Consultant to help her clients dig even deeper into different protocols.
Kiara is not only so easy to talk to, she has been on the other side of the phone, the Zoom, whatever it might be, because she was the patient and she was not finding the answers or support she needed. She used to experience a whole host of symptoms including chronic GI pain, distress, hormone imbalances, anxiety, irritability, low energy, acne, infertility, and a sluggish thyroid, all of which ended up being the result of a wrecked metabolism.
As a Gut + Hormone Health Practitioner, Kiara teaches women how to restore their metabolisms, terminate digestive issues and balance their hormones using real food to step into their true power.
In this episode, w…
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Mar 17, 2021
EP30 Dr. Siggie Cohen: Establishing Boundaries, Child Development, and other useful tools to prepare for parenthood
This week on the podcast, I am speaking with Dr. Siggie Cohen, a Child Development Specialist and Parenting Expert, in some circles even known as The Child Whisperer. I had the pleasure too connect with Dr. Siggie and we covered so many topics in this episode, I learned so much. We chat about what we can be practicing before having kids on our own and with our partners, how to practice setting boundaries, helping children understand their emotions and flex their emotional muscles, taking care of yourself as a parent so you can be a better parent, the step parent and step child relationships and how to navigate that. We also talk about how to manage kids being bored and time using technology, adjusting your expectations to fit your child, not trying to adjust your child to fit your expectations, and then we get into a couple of questions from people in my network about limiting the tantrums when kids don’t get what they want and establishing those roles of parent and child where autho…
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Mar 9, 2021
EP29 Aziel Rogers: Skin care at home, SPF'ing the right way, and cycle syncing your facials!
This week on the Not A Mama Yet podcast. I am speaking with Aziel Rodgers, the lead esthetician at the Things We Do! She has been my go-to for facials since 2019 and I always leave her feeling so refreshed and my skin is so happy. We chat about when to mask, how to tone, she shares some tips about icing your face and how to facial massage properly too! We talk about brands we both love, the proper amount of sunscreen we should be wearing, which actually blew my mind, and when to get a facial based on where you are in your cycle! Oh! and my computers dies at some point so expect an awkward pause mid-sentence! Thank you powers that be for allowing that to happen, despite my computer being fully plugged into the wall when it happened!
Aziel’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/azielfaith/
The Things We Do: https://thethingswedo.co
Skincare brands Aziel mentions:
Skinceuticals: https://www.skinceuticals.com
Eminence: https://eminenceorganics.com/us
Skincare brands I use:
Averr A…
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Feb 16, 2021
EP28 Talia Caldwell: Building community, playing professional basketball overseas, and starting the Echo Park Fund
This week on the podcast, I am sharing one of my favorite episodes with one of my favorite people, and my birthday twin, Talia Caldwell. Talia and I attended middle and high school together and have been friends ever since. I have been lucky enough to be around one of the most impressive, kind, open, intelligent, and loving people for almost 20 years. I cherish any time I get to spend with her when she isn’t overseas playing professional basketball. On this episode we talk about community. How it shapes us, how it impacts us, and how we develop long lasting, meaningful relationships throughout the different seasons of our lives. Talia is endless wisdom in my opinion. In 2020, she started the Echo Park Fund supporting the unhoused in the Echo Park community with necessary resources. The continued success of the Echo Park Fund is a reflection on the impact she has had on so many people and spaces in Los Angeles. In my opinion, we need about 6 billion more people like Talia and this wor…
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Feb 9, 2021
EP27 Laura Lynne Jackson: Psychic Medium on Spirit Babies, Pregnancy Loss, and Receiving Signs from your Team of Light on The Other Side
Today on the podcast, I am honored to be speaking with Laura Lynne Jackson. If you are unfamiliar with her work, let me have the pleasure of introducing you to her! Laura Lynne Jackson is a Psychic Medium. She can feel, hear and see people who have crossed over to the Other Side, among many other abilities she shares with the world.
She is a Windbridge Certified Research Medium, one of 17 in the United States, at the Windbridge Institute which is dedicated to conducting world-class research on phenomena currently unexplained within traditional scientific disciplines. She is also one of 25 certified mediums who offers their time at the Forever Family Foundation, working to protect the continuity of the family, even though a member has left the physical world.
She has read for hundreds of people and connected them with loved ones who have crossed. If you haven’t had the chance to read her book Signs, I highly recommend it. Her first book The Light Between Us is next on my list.…
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Feb 3, 2021
EP26 Getting In The Flo with Dr. Amanda Cohen: Supporting our cycle by understanding our hormones
This week's episode is Part 2 with Dr. Amanda Cohen! We are taking a look at "In the FLO: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life" by Alisa Vitti. We are both big fans of Alisa Vitti's work. Her story is incredible and Flo Living, her company that supports women balance their hormones and change their life for the better by feeling better! I was first introduced to her work in late 2017 and it changed my life. I understood my body and how I can support it on a much deeper level then I ever had before. Highly recommend every person with female physiology read her books, follow Flo Living, and maybe even schedule a consultation with one of their experts. Below are all of the links to the books we discuss in this episode and Dr. Amanda's contact information!
Books:
In the FLO: Unlock Your Hormonal Advantage and Revolutionize Your Life
The Woman Code
Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? when My Lab Tests Are Normal: a Revolutionary B…
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Jan 26, 2021
EP25 Preparing the palace for pregnancy with Dr. Amanda Cohen & Madison Young
Today on the podcast, I am speaking with Dr. Amanda Cohen, or Dr. Amanda as her patients call her! Dr. Amanda is a Board Certified Chinese Medical Physician (L.Ac.) who is passionate about helping her patients achieve optimal well-being. She holds a Master’s and Doctoral Degree from Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, specializing in Integrative Medicine. She also has a Masters in Health Psychology from UC Irvine and a dual Bachelor’s Degree in Clinical Psychology and Cultural Psychology from Cornell University.
She practices at Source Point Wellness which offers primary care from the East-West Perspective, specializing in patient empowerment and healing the mind, body, and spirit to get to the source of health imbalances. They offer compressive treatment plans for the whole person and incorporate kind, compassionate and complete care with acupuncture, Chinese herbs, functional medicine, nutrition, telemedicine, massage, cupping, shamanism, and akashic record rea…
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Jun 19, 2020
EP24 Dr. Rohan Nagar: How Ayurveda and Vedic Astrology can help balance hormones and promote a healthy pregnancy and postpartum experience
Today on the Not A Mama Yet Podcast, I am speaking with Dr. Rohan Nagar. Dr. Rohan is an Ayurvedic doctor based in the UK and currently planning his move out to Los Angeles to open up a clinic for consultations and other services which I am very much looking forward to. Dr. Rohan has practices in the UK, Europe and India as well and he is a visiting professor of Ayurveda in Holland, Germany and Croatia. As a globally recognized Ayurveda consultant, Dr. Rohan is proud of many of his achievements, but one of his most notable achievements is the pulse diagnosis he developed to identify a patient's dosha type. The Health Minister of India presented him with an award for his research on liver disorders and he was a collaborator on a “How to cure Diabetes through Ayurveda” research program with a professor at Oxford University. He also has a PhD in astrology and lectures throughout the world on both Ayurveda and Vedic astrology.
Today we are going to talk about how Ayurveda can help w…
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Mar 23, 2020
EP23 Anne Hodder-Shipp, CSE, ACS (Part 1): Becoming a Sex & Relationship Coach and Sex Education in the U.S.
Today on the podcast I am sharing part 1 of my conversation with Anne Hodder-Shipp, a sex and relationship coach who also specializes in dreamwork, sex education and dating. In part 1 of 2 we focus on Anne’s background and sex education. You’ll hear us talk about ways our personal experiences with sex and relationships might come through in our conversations with kids about these topics. We go over how sex education is delivered in the U.S. and how parents can support their children in ways their school might not be. In Part 2 we get more into her work with adults, breath work, and dream work. Stay tuned for that!
Below are links to connect with Anne, as well as the resources she talks about in this episode!
Personal site: _https://annehoddershipp.com/_
EDSE site: _https://everyonedeservessexed.com/_
Instagram: _https://www.instagram.com/theannehodder/_
Twitter: _https://twitter.com/theannehodder_
Some good online resources for sexuality info:
•_sexuality.org_
•_ashas…
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Feb 27, 2020
EP22 Postpartum care, two under two, sleep training, and more from my time in Mexico!
Today on the Not A Mama Yet Podcast, I am recapping my time in Mexico for the past three weeks with my cousin Dyani.
I was there as a source of familial support while also gaining invaluable experience for my postpartum doula training. A big part of the episode is going over sleep training and how Dyani did it with her first child and is doing it now with her newborn.
We get into the nitty gritty of being a parent and caregiver to two small children, I will warn you now that we do talk about baby poop and vomit, it just comes with the territory so if you get queasy or uncomfortable, this is your heads up!
I basically got to go through a three-week bootcamp on parenting and today we are sharing what that was like for both me and for Dyani. I say it in the episode, and I’ll say it again now, if you plan on having kids one day and have a family or close friend having babies, if you can offer any level of support to them I highly recommend it.
Learning daily routines, tips and tricks…
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Jan 29, 2020
EP21 Lea D'Auriol of Oceanic Global: How she is building communities around the world to help our oceans
Today on the Not A Mama Yet Podcast, I am speaking with Lea D’Auriol, the Founder and Executive Director of Oceanic Global.
Oceanic Global honors humanity’s essential relationship to our ocean by empowering behavior that protects our ocean’s health and, in turn, our own. They raise awareness for the devastating effects of human consumption on our aquatic ecosystems, and work with leading scientists, conservationists, artists, and industry experts to drive positive change. They believe that our choices matter, and that with each choice we make, we have the power to create change because every being on this planet is oceanic and we are all connected to our ocean, and our ocean connects us all.
Some of main takeaways were:
Every minute, a trash truck full of trash is dumped into the ocean.
It's important to hold companies accountable for their actions and encourage better environmentally-conscious behavior.
Buy proper sunscreen: Stream to Sea and Rare Earth are two great…
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Jan 22, 2020
EP20 Angela Setters Bessard: Conquering your Credit
This week on the podcast, I am speaking with Angela Setters Bessard, Founder and CEO of Conquer Credit Management, Inc, who is known as a pioneer in the credit industry. With a passion to help people understand how to leverage their credit as a tool to create wealth and attain financial stability, Angela has continued to educate consumers and change lives daily for more than 25 years. Angela and I discuss her story emancipating herself at 16 years old and how she established a successful life and career since then. We get into the nitty gritty about credit, building wealth, how to manage debt, and credit cards! I found it SO interesting to talk with her about how to pick credit cards and work the system in a way banks and your credit score will thank you! For someone who hopes to one day be in a position to buy a home, this was so insightful and educational. I hope you enjoy this episode of the Not A Mama Yet podcast!
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Jan 15, 2020
EP19 Melissa Chan, ND RM: Going from the Pharmaceutical industry to Naturopathic Medicine to Midwifery
This week on the Not A Mama Yet podcast, I had the pleasure to speak with Toronto-based Naturopathic Doctor & Midwife Melissa Chan. With a specialized focus in fertility, obstetrics and female health, Melissa aims to address and treat the root cause of illness and disease and create healthy lifestyles all through research-driven integrative medicine. Today you’ll hear about her very interesting path to becoming a midwife and how she is bringing all of her past experience into her practice. Melissa has dedicated her career to finding the best of the best in health. Hopefully you find this episode as interesting as I did! Her career path alone was so cool to hear about. Enjoy!
Melissa's Website --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Jan 8, 2020
EP18 Ara Katz, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Seed: How bacteria can help our bodies and our planet!
Today on the Not A Mama Yet podcast, I am speaking with Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Seed, Are Katz. Ara is on a mission to revolutionize the probiotics industry and overhaul the public conversation around microbiome health. Along with her team at Seed, Ara is pioneering the inquiry, application, and communication of microbiome science to improve human and planetary health. We discuss some of the ways bacteria can help improve our daily lives in our bodies and on our planet.
Don't forget to use the code NOTAMAMAYET at seed.com for 20% off the first month of your Daily Synbiotic! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Dec 18, 2019
EP17 Vanessa Van Edwards: The Science of People and Tricks to Survive Being a New Mom
Today on the podcast, I’m sharing my conversation with Lead Human Behavior Investigator from Science of People, Vanessa Van Edwards. Vanessa is a national best-selling author and on her website and YouTube channel she shares tangible skills to improve interpersonal communication and leadership, including her insights on how people work. She’s developed a science-based framework for understanding different personalities to improve our EQ and help us communicate with colleagues, clients and customers. We discuss finding a career path, how to work on a partnership before kids, and her invaluable tips and tricks to make being a new mother a little easier!
Vanessa’s website | YouTube channel | Instagram: @vvanedwards | Personality Test | Lily Nichols’ Blog --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Dec 11, 2019
EP16 Nicole Jardim aka "The Period Girl": Periods, Hormones, and Birth Control!
Today on the podcast, I have the pleasure to be speaking with Nicole Jardim, aka The Period Girl! Nicole’s mission is to help women in their 20s and 30s reclaim their hormonal health and feminine vitality naturally. Nicole is a certified Women’s Health Coach and the creator of_ Fix Your Period_, a series of programs that empower women to reclaim their hormone health using a method that combines simplicity and sass. She is also the host of the Period Party podcast! We discuss sex education in the United States, how parents can support their kids when it comes to periods and birth control, and how anyone with a uterus can adjust their lifestyle to support their cycle. You can find Nicole below!
https://www.nicolejardim.com
The Period Party Podcast
Instagram: @nicolemjardim
I hope you enjoy this week's episode of the Not A Mama Yet podcast with Nicole Jardim! Please share it with a friend and write a review! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show…
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Dec 4, 2019
EP15 Karalynne Call of Just Ingredients: How reading labels differently can change your life
Today on the podcast, I am speaking with Karalynne Call of Just Ingredients. You'll hear her amazing story going from a suicidal depression diagnosis to being on no medication today. She explains why and how she eliminated health-disrupting ingredients out of her life and her family's life and how you can get started too. She also breaks down the labels we are all bombarded with everyday, Organic, Non-GMO, USDA Organic, and what they really mean. I highly recommend following her on Instagram, checking out her blog and her new line of products you know only have the best ingredients! I hope you enjoy this week's episode!
Karalynne’s Website: www.justingredients.us
Instagram: @just.ingredients --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notamamayet/support
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Sep 6, 2019
EP14 Not A Mama Yet Q&A Series: Dr. Carolyn Alexander & Dr. Layne Kumetz
On September 5th, I hosted my first Not A Mama Yet Q&A Event in Los Angeles at Open Eye Crystals. Dr. Carolyn Alexander and Dr. Layne Kumetz graciously donated their time to be there and answer all of the audience's questions.
* Dr. Layne Kumetz is a Board-Certified Obstetrician Gynecologist and an Attending Physician at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Her clinical expertise includes preventative medicine from adolescence through menopause, up-to-date birth control options, abnormal PAP tests, abnormal bleeding, infertility evaluations, cancer screening, pediatric gynecology and optimal obstetric care for both low-risk and high-risk pregnancies. She proudly delivers 98% of her patients’ babies. She is home-grown here in Los Angeles, and even volunteered at Cedars Sinai in the Maternity Ward in high-school.
* Dr. Carolyn Alexander has conducted extensive research on Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and specializes in the treatment of patients facing the diagnosis of PCOS and…
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Jul 14, 2019
EP13 Beth Porter: Green America, Recycling, and What we can be doing to help!
This episode of the Not A Mama Yet podcast features Green America’s Climate & Recycling Director Beth Porter. Beth is the author of Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine: Sorting Out the Recycling System and through her work she has helped thousands of individuals and businesses live and operate more sustainably. Beth has spearheaded many campaigns that identify the waste of resources and energy in varying sectors and has authored comprehensive reports of proposed solutions. She loves to help people find answers to their recycling questions and try new ways to reduce waste, which is why I wanted her on the podcast!
I spoke with Beth about the current state of our planet and what we can be hopeful for, initiatives she has worked on, and what we can be thinking about in our own lives to lower our environmental impact. This episode is very educational and is so helpful in understanding recycling better. Enjoy!!
My main takeaways:
* Learn how to recycle properly!
* Reduce, reuse,…
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Jul 14, 2019
EP12 Pamela Hunt: The Farm, Midwifery, and starting it all on a caravan of buses in the 70s!
Episode 12 feels like a particularly special episode. I had the pleasure of interviewing Pamela Hunt. If you have heard of the book Spiritual Midwifery or The Farm in Summertown, Tennessee, you may have heard of her. In the 1970s, Pamela was part of a caravan of eighty school buses that went across the United States led by Stephen Gaskin. Stephen was a teacher in San Francisco when his writing class evolved into a discussion group that grew to have 1500 students in attendance each week. A lot of the hippies in attendance made up the caravan and their mission was to save the world! As women became pregnant and started to give birth during their trip, Pamela and a group of a few other women including Ina May Gaskin, Stephen’s wife, fell into the role of the midwives assisting in the deliveries. Over time and with the help of doctors across the U.S. who donated their time and resources to train them, Pamela, Ina May and the others became well-adept in handling various…
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Jul 11, 2019
EP11 Embrace Race Founders: Melissa Giraud and Andrew Grant-Thomas
I don’t remember how I stumbled upon Embrace Race, but I am so happy I did. If you are not familiar with it, it is a multiracial community of parents, teachers, experts, and other caring adults who support each other to meet the challenges that race poses to our children, families, and communities. We welcome your participation. I reached out to the Co-Founders Melissa and Andrew because I believe that while the work they are doing is invaluable for people who already have kids, people who don’t can still benefit greatly from their platform. On one of the worksheets they have on their site, they say that talking about race, finding the right words and coming at it from a point of real understanding is like flexing a muscle. It doesn’t happen overnight. We can just expect to watch a video and be prepared to teach our children about equity and discrimination. We need to be working on that now and always.
As we are seeing that US racial divisions and inequities grow,…
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Jun 10, 2019
EP11 Carolyn Witte: Building the Tia Clinic
This week on the podcast, I am speaking with Carolyn Witte, one of the Founders of the Tia Clinic in NYC. At the Tia Clinic, you can get integrated gynecology, wellness and primary care under one roof and one health record. They hold community events, offer same week appointments, which can be super hard to come by in the city, and they provide you with a care team. Imagine a team of physicians and wellness practitioners talking to each other and understanding your health records together so they can understand the whole you. Everything about this clinic is game changing and I can’t wait to see it grow to become a household name across the country.
I loved speaking with Carolyn because you can tell how well she understands the healthcare industry and what the experience is like for anyone with a uterus to find proper care, book appointments, and actually get results that make an impact. I learned so much in our conversation and I hope you enjoy it!
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May 29, 2019
EP10 Andrew Wasser, M.A., M.F.T.: Self-Care, Parenting, & Finding time for your partner
For this episode of the Not A Mama Yet podcast, I spoke with my cousin Andrew Wasser who is a Mindfully based Marriage Family Therapist. Andrew’s approach to Psychotherapy is helping his clients discover and process their unhealthy patterns and finding new ways to change or alter them. Andrew has several years of diversified experience and specializes in families, couples and individuals with addiction, divorce, parenting and family crisis issues.
I wanted Andrew on the podcast because I think a lot about how couples maintain a strong relationship after they have kids and Andrew and his wife are a couple I have seen go on so many fun date nights and solo trips without their kids, basically always making sure they carve out time for each other. Also, I knew Andrew could offer some valuable insight considering his profession is helping families handle whatever issues they are going through.
Today we are talking about parenthood, finding time for himself, and what tips h…
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May 13, 2019
EP9 Kira Cook: The process of fostering to adopt
Yesterday was Mother’s Day, so I thought today would be a perfect day to share Episode 9 of the podcast featuring Kira Cook. My cousin is a close friend of Kira’s so when she let me know that Kira and her husband were fostering to adopt, I was interested to speak with her and learn more about that process. Adopting has always been something I have thought about doing one day. Our global population is growing at such a rate that we aren’t totally sure how we are going to feed the number of people projected to live on this planet in the coming decades. So I always think about the children who are already alive whose parents are unable to raise them and are in need of finding a loving home they can grow up in and have a brighter future as a result. Adoption is a very expensive process though, so a lot of people are unable to even explore that as an option for their family unless they can afford to. Fostering to adopt might not come with a financial cost, but the emotiona…
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Apr 22, 2019
EP8 Dr. Karen Joubert: Physical Therapy isn't just for injuries!
This week’s episode of the Not A Mama Yet podcast is with Dr. Karen Joubert. She is considered one of the most accomplished and experienced physical therapists today with more than 25 years of experience in health care and runs one of Southern California’s most respected physical therapy practices.
Karen is passionate about learning and educating patients about healthy living and understanding the true source of their pain. She co-developed “My Therapy Exercise,” the world’s very first PT app, endorsed by the American Physical Therapy Association and she has contributed to several other pain related devices/products used today in the field of health care, along with books and publications. Joubert Physical Therapy provides the current state-of-the art treatment methods and equipment available on the market to benefit all of their patients.
Karen is considered one of the most successful all-round gymnasts in New York Section VII history and trained as a figure skater…
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Apr 15, 2019
EP7 Kerry Buzzell: Alliance of Moms supporting pregnant and parenting teens in foster care
Today’s podcast guest is Kerry Buzzell, the Director of Alliance of Moms, a membership-based program that supports pregnant and parenting teens in foster care in Los Angeles County. Kerry was born and raised in San Pedro, CA, by two parents who were civil servants in Los Angeles. From a young age, she has been exposed to the inequalities in our community and was always encouraged to help underserved Angelinos.
After earning a B.A. in Psychology and an M.A. in Education, Kerry began her career as a LAUSD teacher and taught throughout Los Angeles, until transitioning to marketing, brand association, and business development work with numerous women's athleisure brands. It was after the birth of her daughter, Elle, Kerry knew that she wanted to utilize her professional talents to help mothers and children in Los Angeles who might not have the resources to find success.
Today we are talking about her work with Alliance of Moms, motherhood, and how having mentors at every stage of…
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Apr 8, 2019
EP6 Danielle Cuccio: Infertility, Pregnancy, and Motherhood!
This week’s episode of the Not A Mama Yet “Podcast” is with Danielle Cuccio! Danielle is the CEO of her brand Cuccio Somatology, she is a private yoga Instructor, and runs her website, The Beauty Blender, where she brings you beauty, wellness and happiness all in one place.
I had the pleasure of first meeting Danielle through work last year and we have become fast friends. I was so excited when she agreed to be on the podcast as she had recently shared the news of her pregnancy with the world and I wanted to sit down to talk about her experience getting pregnant and her pregnancy so far! In our conversation, she shares her experience with different doctors, fertility, procedures she had to go through, and more. I’m so thankful Danielle was willing to share everything she went through to get pregnant because so many women go through a similar experience or may have to one day if they decide to have a baby, so it’s important we share our stories while educating and…
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Mar 31, 2019
EP5 Rachel Gelman, DPT: Pelvic Floor Health
For this episode of the Not A Mama Yet podcast, I’m speaking with Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist Rachel Gelman. Rachel is a Bay Area native. She received her bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Washington in Seattle and her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Samuel Merritt University.
I reached out to Rachel during a trip to San Francisco a few months ago to talk about the pelvic floor. It is a part of the body I’ve become increasingly interested in because of its role in our everyday lives and also pregnancy and labor. For anyone who isn’t familiar with the pelvic floor, pelvic floor muscles function to support pelvic floor organs, assist in urinary and fecal continence, aid in sexual performance (orgasm), stabilize connecting joints and act as a venous and lymphatic pump for the pelvis.
This is a great episode for both men and women to listen to because the pelvic floor muscles play an important role in our everyday lives. It’s really as…
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Mar 25, 2019
EP4 Lina O'Connor: CFO of Tender Greens on building her career and having kids at the same time
For this episode of the Not A Mama Yet podcast, I’m speaking with Lina O’Connor. Lina is a serious #girlboss and mom of two boys who are 8 and 10. Growing up, she was never sure of what she wanted to do but each step she took in school while attending the Cornell University of Hotel Administration and post-grad while working at Wolfgang Puck and Marriott International led her to become one of the first employees of Tender Greens where she is now the CFO. Just last year she received the Rising Star CFO of the Year award from the Los Angeles Business Journal.
I wanted Lina on the show to discuss how she built her career while being a hands-on mom, to hear more about her two drug-free deliveries, and what it’s like raising boys in 2018. She inspires me to approach pregnancy and motherhood in a way where I really trust my gut and follow what I feel is best for myself and my child. She was adamant about doing everything she could during her pregnancy to set herself up f…
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Mar 18, 2019
EP3 Sara Rajo-Miller: Financial Planning for the Future
This week’s episode is featuring my good friend of 15 years, Sara Rajo Miller. She grew up living all over the world in Germany, Israel, London, and Mexico, before moving to Los Angeles at the age of 12. I remember when I first met her, I could not believe she had already lived in all of those places and I had lived in the same house for pretty much all of my life.
Growing up, her parents who are both foreign correspondents taught her that life is all about relationships and, as a result, she developed an affinity to interacting with different people early on. She fell into wealth management after a college internship at a stock analysis company, Miracle Mile Advisors, and never left! It felt like a natural fit from the beginning and now, six years later, Sara has worked her way up to a Senior Financial Advisor position and manages hundreds of millions of dollars in assets for over 70 families. I’m always so impressed by that considering I can barely manage my bank a…
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Mar 11, 2019
EP2 Laura Ellis: Metaphysical World, Crystals, and Motherhood
For this episode of the Not A Mama Yet “Podcast”, I’m speaking with Laura Ellis. As a student of the well known Institute for Psycho-Structural Balancing, Laura was trained in the energetics of the human body including Aromatherapy, Polarity Therapy, and Sensory Repatterning. She originally started her intuitive training in 1995 with Jim Self where she learned how to read the Aura. She then went on to further her education in the healing and intuitive arts training in Los Angeles, where she was certified in various subjects such as Master Crystal Formations, Transcrystal Therapy, Reiki, Akashic Records and Advanced Channelling. Laura is a certified Crystal Therapist and Teacher, Reiki Master, Multimodality Healing Practitioner and Intuitive Reader.
Attracted to crystals at the age of 15, Laura started her work with the mineral kingdom. After 25 years of practice, training and teaching about the benefits and uses of crystals, minerals and gems, she has formed a special bo…
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Feb 27, 2019
EP1 Dr. Sanda Moldovan: Nutrition and Healing Before Pregnancy
This episode features a conversation between me and Dr. Sanda Moldovan. This is going to sound so LA, but she is my dentist who is also a nutritionist. Dr. Sanda (as she likes to be called) is an award-winning Periodontist and Nutritionist with her own practice in Los Angeles, CA. She is an internationally recognized speaker, author, and television personality consulting on oral health, periodontics, nutrition, and anti-aging. Dr. Sanda is the ‘go-to’ oral health expert for the Emmy-award winning television series “THE DOCTORS” and is a widely sought after oral health expert by NBC and CBS. She just launched her wellness brand, Orasana, and released her book: “Heal Up!: Seven Ways To Faster Healing And Optimum Health”. Originally from Transylvania in Romania, Dr. Sanda has worked extremely hard to build up her robust practice where she is helping transform her patients’ health and their lives.
I’m obviously biased when I say I love her, but she has totally ch…
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