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Families Seeking Wellness

Families Seeking Wellness

Dr. Stephanie Maj

Thinking about starting a family and don't know where to begin? Want to have a more holistic pregnancy and birth? How do you raise healthy kids naturally? Rest assured, this podcast will help you shine a light on options regarding healthy pregnancy, birth, pediatrics and motherhood. The goal of this podcast is the share the real story on how to raise a healthy family intentionally, not by accident! Dr. Stephanie Maj brings her humor and unique outlook to interviews with experts from her hometown, Chicago, as well as leaders from around the globe. Topics include: Pregnancy, Pediatric, Webster Technique, Chiropractic, Massage, Lactation, Birth Education, Natural Living. Dr. Stephanie Maj is a chiropractor, health and wellness expert, author and the host of the podcast, Women Seeking Wellness. She has been inspired by the works of Dr. Webster, Dr. Spock, Dr. Sears, Dr. Oz, Dr. Axe, Dr. Mercola, Dr. Minkus, Dr. Jay Warren, Ina May Gaskin, Oprah and Brene Brown. Prenatal | Pregnancy | Natural Birth | Pediatrics | Motherhood | Parenting
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Dr. Rosen is a 1981summa cum laude graduates of Life Chiropractic College. Since 1982 he has maintained a private practice in Wellesley, MA. Besides his practice he has traveled nationally and internationally teaching chiropractic technique, pediatrics, cranial adjusting, chiropractic philosophy and practice management.

With his wife Dr. Nancy Watson, they also run the Peak Potential Institute, offering premier educational programs for healthcare professionals. Their most recent book “It’s All in the Head”, was written to inform and bring awareness of the implications of growth and developmental challenges in the early stages of childhood development. Their book empowers parents with ability understand normal developmental milestones and to recognize problems in the earliest stages allowing them to seek appropriate care before problems become intrenched and create diagnosable di-ease processes.

The Peak Potential Institute also offers other educational tools include hands on and online workshops and seminars, guest lectures, instructional videos, written books, and articles, published research papers and one on one interviews. He is dedicated to giving chiropractors, healthcare providers and parents a new perspective when it comes to children’s health.

As parents of two daughters, Drs. Rosen and Watson have been committed to helping other parents learn from both their personal and professional experiences. Through their combined 80 years of teaching, writing and clinical experience they have brought a unique insight, motivation, and support to thousands of lay and professional individuals in numerous fields.

To make an appointment, call 773.528.8485 or go to CommunityChiropractic.net

1442 W. Belmont Ave., 1E Chicago, IL 60657

To learn more about Dr. Maj, go to drmaj.com/bundle to receive the digital copy of her book & speaker’s books and resources will be delivered right to your inbox.

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Families Seeking Wellness - The Year of Birth Pre to Postnatal | Jenny Barron Fishman
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10/11/18 • 31 min

Jenny discusses the safe space she creates in her studio for moms in that birth year, pre & postnatal! You don’t have to do this alone. Get the support you need in that pregnancy year through yoga, childbirth education, lactation help and bodywork.

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Jennifer Barron Fishman, LMT, E-RYT, ICCE, CIMI, Owner of Sweet Pea's Studio

Jenny and her husband, Scott, opened Sweet Pea’s Studio in April of 2002. Jenny has been practicing massage therapy for over 20 years, specializing in Bodywork for the Childbearing Year since 1996. She is a Certified Infant Massage Instructor and a Craniosacral Therapist, specializing in CST for infants and breastfeeding support. She received Advanced Yoga Teacher Certification through the Temple of Kriya Yoga in 1997, and is also a labor support and postpartum doula. She is an ICEA Certified Childbirth Educator and a CAPPA Breastfeeding Educator. She is a member of ABMP, ICEA, YA and IAIM. Jenny and Scott have two very groovy children. Eve was born in the Spring of 2003 in a “homebirth with a hospital delivery” and they welcomed their son Nathaniel into the family with a beautiful homebirth in 2006. Sweet Pea’s Studio was named “best escape for moms and babies” by Chicago Magazine.

To find her and learn more about the studio go to http://sweetpeasstudio.com/

To learn more about Dr. Maj, go to drmaj.com/bundle to receive the digital copy of her book & speaker’s books and resources will be delivered right to your inbox.

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Families Seeking Wellness - Intro to Show & Dr. Stephanie Maj

Intro to Show & Dr. Stephanie Maj

Families Seeking Wellness

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10/11/18 • 9 min

Thinking about starting a family and don't know where to start? Rest assured, this podcast will help you shine a light on options regarding healthy pregnancy, birth, pediatrics and motherhood.

The goal of this podcast is the share the real story on how to raise a healthy family intentionally, not by accident! Dr. Stephanie Maj brings her humor and unique outlook to interviews with experts from her hometown, Chicago, as well as leaders from around the globe. Topics include: Pregnancy, Pediatric, Webster technique, Chiropractic, Massage, Lactation, Birth Education, Natural Living.

Dr. Stephanie Maj is a chiropractor, health and wellness expert, author and the host of the podcast, Women Seeking Wellness. She has been inspired by the works of Dr. Larry Webster, Dr. Jeanne Ohm, Dr. Spock, Dr. Sears, Dr. Oz, Dr. Axe, Dr. Mercola, Dr. Minkus, Dr. Jay Warren, Ina May Gaskin, Oprah, Brene Brown.

To Ask Dr. Steph a question that she can answer on the show, call 708.808.6250 and leave it on her voicemail!

To receive a free copy of Dr. Maj’s book, You Can Be Well! go to communitychiropractic.net/bundle and all the gifts my guests have given plus my book will be delivered right to your inbox!

To contact Community Chiropractic, call 773.528.8485 or go to communitychiropractic.net

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Drs. Barb Gettel, Kristy Taylor, Kari Swain and Jennifer Pitcairn are in a round table discussion about why kids need chiropractors! Smart women...Amazing Doctors!

To make an appointment, call 773.528.8485 or go to CommunityChiropractic.net

1442 W. Belmont Ave., 1E Chicago, IL 60657

To learn more about Dr. Maj, go to drmaj.com/bundle to receive the digital copy of her book & speaker’s books and resources will be delivered right to your inbox.

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Families Seeking Wellness - Holistic Parenting with Humor | Heather Provo Carney
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10/17/18 • 16 min

Dr Steph and Heather sit face to face and discuss her growing online community helping moms have a safe, open minded environment to educate and empower families.

BIO:

Holistic Mom of 4!! Passionate about empowering moms & helping to build their family "toolboxes!” Creator of The Holistically Green Village, a holistic living community designed to be the centralized hub to educate, and build relationships between our members, holistic businesses and service providers through daily activities, videos, discussion boards, and in person events and workshops.We will provide a safe, open minded environment and culture that educates and empowers our members to think outside the box, create their own “toolbox”. We encourage members to ask questions and trust their gut instincts all while building a holistic lifestyle that is in perfect alignment for them!!

To make an appointment, call 773.528.8485 or go to CommunityChiropractic.net

1442 W. Belmont Ave., 1E Chicago, IL 60657

To learn more about Dr. Maj, go to drmaj.com/bundle to receive the digital copy of her book & speaker’s books and resources will be delivered right to your inbox.

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To make an appointment, call 773.528.8485 or go to CommunityChiropractic.net

1442 W. Belmont Ave., 1E Chicago, IL 60657

To learn more about Dr. Maj, go to drmaj.com/bundle to receive the digital copy of her book & speaker’s books and resources will be delivered right to your inbox.

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Anne Nicholson Weber: 00:00 Welcome. This is episode 2. I'm so glad you're here. My guest today is chiropractor, Dr. Stephanie Maj, who explains how chiropractic care during pregnancy can help prepare your body for a more effective labor and an easier childbirth. [music] This is the BirthGuide podcast -- conversations about building your circle of support in the childbearing year. We connect you with experts in our community who can help you conceive, stay healthy in pregnancy, have a safe and satisfying birth and embrace the joys and challenges of becoming a new family. I'm your host, Anne Nicholson Weber, the founder of BirthGuideChicago.com, where every month thousands of Chicago area families find relationship-centered care, from preconception through the postpartum period. [music] Welcome to a new episode of the BirthGuide podcast. Today we're talking about the benefits of chiropractic care in pregnancy. Joining me to talk about this is Dr. Stephanie Maj with Community Chiropractic. She has been practicing for 26 years and has specific expertise in the area of perinatal care, including Webster certification. So Dr. Maj, maybe you could talk first off about what kinds of issues can arise in childbirth that having had chiropractic in pregnancy could have helped to prevent. Dr. Stephanie Maj: 01:42 Yeah. Well, first off, thank you so much for having me on your show and for what you do in the Chicagoland community. It's such a resource and it's so helpful. Anne Nicholson Weber: 01:54 Well, thank you. Dr. Stephanie Maj: 01:55 I love talking about this. I love talking to new families that want to have a more proactive, a more intentional birth. And I really feel like my job is to help prepare them, where most everyone that I know has either an OB or a midwife or somebody assisting them and their job is more of monitoring -- it's watching, it's testing, it's looking for trouble, you know. And what my job is really to do is to prepare your body for delivery. And, you know, if we look at what the troubles are, we would back up to the first, just the anatomy. The baby -- the uterus and the baby -- are sitting on your pelvis. That bony pelvis is what that baby has to get through there. And so a lot of our focus is the alignment of that pelvis. So when you have a balanced pelvis, the hole that the baby comes out of is wide and open and uniform. Dr. Stephanie Maj: 03:02 So when the baby's coming down the birth canal, there are bony landmarks that the baby has to hit and things happen when the baby hits them: the shoulders move, the baby twists. And this is how this dance of getting out of the uterus and getting born, this is the dance of that. There's twists, there's turns, it all relies on this pelvis being in the right alignment. So if your pelvis is twisted, it can interfere. It can actually make that hole distorted and interfere with the baby's ability to get through your pelvis, the actual boniness of your pelvis. But it also can interfere with the baby, you know, when it's supposed to hit this certain bone and trigger a reflex, and then the shoulders, you know, tilt and the head turns or whatever, if that bone isn't there, then that doesn't happen. And so that's where the babies can get stuck in a certain portion of the birthing process. Dr. Stephanie Maj: 04:01 You know, most everybody that comes to me is looking to have a vaginal delivery. Basic. The people that come to me tend to have more of that intentional idea of like, not being medicated, not having interventions. You know, I wanna make sure that I help their bodies make that happen. Instead of thinking of it like what problems there are, it's like, how do we avoid them before they happen, you know? So, I mean, the easy thing is if somebody is having hip pain, back pain, you know, that is your body's sign that there's something going on. You know, a lot of people think those indicators are just like stress. “Oh, that's just stress. Oh, that's just stress.” Or “I'm pregnant. Of course I have back pain. I'm pregnant. Everybody that is pregnant has back pain.” Not true, not true at all. Dr. Stephanie Maj: 04:53 And I have a lot of people that don't have any issues, you know, have no pain yet. Their pelvis is twisted. And I see them later in their pregnancy and they're wanting to have this vaginal delivery and the baby isn't cooperating. You know, the baby is not in a great position. And so a patient that comes to me, she's pregnant right now. I have two patients, her and the baby. So I have th...

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Families Seeking Wellness - Midwife, Doula and Natural Birth Advocate Heather McCullough, CPM
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01/07/19 • 28 min

Proactive and preventative prenatal care expert that is hands on help for families to have the birth they desire! How does our lifestyle affect birth?

Bio:

Heather McCullough, CPM is a midwife and Faculty Educator for CAPPA in 3 programs - Certified Labor Doula (CAPPA), Certified Postpartum Doula (CAPPA) Certified Lactation Educator (CAPPA). She is also a Certified Hypnobabies Instructor, Birthing From Within Mentor, as well as an Evidence Based Birth® Instructor and Professional Member. Heather is also a student of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and is a Certified Educator in Acupressure for Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum.

As an educator and midwife for nearly 25 years, she regularly presents to both expecting parents and professionals on current childbirth research. A passionate, experienced, and innovative birth provider for over 25 years, Heather began this work when she was 19. Initially going to pre-med to become an OB-Gyn, she was re-directed to Midwifery and became a Certified Professional Midwife. Heather practiced midwifery in Portland, Oregon. After moving back to the midwest, Heather settled in Chicago, Illinois. As of this writing, Illinois does not offer a license for CPMs. She therefore works as a Doula, Monitrice, and Childbirth Educator, and has supported over 1,400 families.

As owner of 312Doulas.com & HMBirth.com, she has a thriving labor support business Chicagoland, while teaching classes and in-services for families, doulas, and educators.

To make an appointment, call 773.528.8485 or go to CommunityChiropractic.net

1442 W. Belmont Ave., 1E Chicago, IL 60657

To learn more about Dr. Maj, go to drmaj.com/bundle to receive the digital copy of her book & speaker’s books and resources will be delivered right to your inbox.

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Families Seeking Wellness - Reproductive Wellness for both Women and Men | Dr. Jennifer Mercier
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11/06/18 • 19 min

A holistic slant on what do you do BEFORE you decide to get pregnant.

Learn more about Dr. Jennifer Mercier: https://youtu.be/4lOEeDiaGgY

Bio:

Jennifer Mercier has been practicing in the field of holistic and integrative wellness since 1996. Her practice started when she graduated from her undergrad program and massage therapy school concurrently and took and interest in pregnancy massage and this is where she learned about doulas. It was so intriguing to her that she decided to become certified as a doula. Within a short period of time practicing as a doula Jennifer wanted to deepen her roots in serving women and took the path to study midwifery. Her midwifery studies took her to birth centers in the Caribbean, Miami, and Texas. Once finishing her studies she practiced midwifery in a home birth setting for 12 years. During her midwifery practice she actively took courses in a dual degree ND/PhD program and graduated in 2007 and 2009 respectively. Dr.Mercier's current practice specializes in the reproductive pelvic and endocrine wellness. She is the creator of Mercier Therapy and trains professionals to implement her protocols into their practices. Mercier Therapists are practicing in 11 countries worldwide. In 2017 her documentary film Fertility: The Shared Journey with Mercier Therapy was released through FilmBuff and Food Matters TV. Jennifer is currently writing her first book exclusively dedicated to the infertility epidemic and how we can take a less invasive approach to achieving pregnancy and building healthy families.

Specializing in Women's Reproductive Wellness and Hormones

fertility challenges | natural hormones | postpartum | cesarean recovery and pelvic pain

www.ExpectAMiracle.life

www.MercierTherapy.com

www.MercierMovie.com

My Youtube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lOEeDiaGgY

My book link:

http://www.amazon.com/Womens-Optimal-Pelvic-Mercier-Therapy/dp/1605946192/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338563675&sr=1-1

To make an appointment, call 773.528.8485 or go to CommunityChiropractic.net

1442 W. Belmont Ave., 1E Chicago, IL 60657

To learn more about Dr. Maj, go to drmaj.com/bundle to receive the digital copy of her book & speaker’s books and resources will be delivered right to your inbox.

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Families Seeking Wellness - Mindfulness in Parenting, Teaching and Life with Lee-Ann Meridith
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12/06/18 • 19 min

Dr. Maj and Lee-Ann discuss her journey leading her to becoming a Reiki Master/Teacher and bringing mindfulness into her parenting and teaching.

BIO:

Lee-Ann Meredith

A Joyful, Intuitive, Grounded Reiki Master, Psychic, and Life Path Mentor. Lee-Ann's purpose is to help you find your soul's plan.

After a Reiki or Life Path psychic session with Lee-Ann, you will:

  • Feel more centered
  • Feel more balanced energetically
  • See a way to move forward
  • Feel more relaxed and less stressed out
  • Hear your own intuition more clearly
  • Hear your heart's direction
  • Feel more empowered to tackle the hurdles in your path
  • Feel lighter
  • Have more clarity in how to help yourself

Lee-Ann can help clear the schmutz that seems to cling to you.

Lee-Ann is an experienced Reiki Master/Teacher and Intuitive. She is warm, sensitive, and has a sense of humor. Her work is joyous and nurturing.

Lee-Ann's Reiki sessions are relaxing and balancing. Her clients report reduction in stress and pain, and an increase in energy.

Her psychic readings are accurate and positive. She encourages all her clients to move in a positive direction and face the challenges that may lie ahead of them.

Life Path Psychic Session

I was captivated by the opening of my records. I was happy to find out about my guides, myself and my future. I walked out of the building having gained perspective, feeling comforted, feeling happy, and confident. I had affirmed some of my fears and felt empowered to overcome them.

http://www.balancedconnections.biz/

To make an appointment, call 773.528.8485 or go to CommunityChiropractic.net

1442 W. Belmont Ave., 1E Chicago, IL 60657

To learn more about Dr. Maj, go to drmaj.com/bundle to receive the digital copy of her book & speaker’s books and resources will be delivered right to your inbox.

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Drs. Jennifer & Stephanie discuss Mercier Therapy and its effectiveness healing painful periods, infertility, trauma through easing adhesions and scar tissue around your organs.

Learn more about Dr. Jennifer Mercier: https://youtu.be/4lOEeDiaGgY

Bio:

Jennifer Mercier has been practicing in the field of holistic and integrative wellness since 1996. Her practice started when she graduated from her undergrad program and massage therapy school concurrently and took and interest in pregnancy massage and this is where she learned about doulas. It was so intriguing to her that she decided to become certified as a doula. Within a short period of time practicing as a doula Jennifer wanted to deepen her roots in serving women and took the path to study midwifery. Her midwifery studies took her to birth centers in the Caribbean, Miami, and Texas. Once finishing her studies she practiced midwifery in a home birth setting for 12 years. During her midwifery practice she actively took courses in a dual degree ND/PhD program and graduated in 2007 and 2009 respectively. Dr.Mercier's current practice specializes in the reproductive pelvic and endocrine wellness. She is the creator of Mercier Therapy and trains professionals to implement her protocols into their practices. Mercier Therapists are practicing in 11 countries worldwide. In 2017 her documentary film Fertility: The Shared Journey with Mercier Therapy was released through FilmBuff and Food Matters TV. Jennifer is currently writing her first book exclusively dedicated to the infertility epidemic and how we can take a less invasive approach to achieving pregnancy and building healthy families.

Specializing in Women's Reproductive Wellness and Hormones

fertility challenges | natural hormones | postpartum | cesarean recovery and pelvic pain

www.ExpectAMiracle.life

www.MercierTherapy.com

www.MercierMovie.com

My Youtube Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lOEeDiaGgY

My book link:

http://www.amazon.com/Womens-Optimal-Pelvic-Mercier-Therapy/dp/1605946192/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1338563675&sr=1-1

To make an appointment, call 773.528.8485 or go to CommunityChiropractic.net

1442 W. Belmont Ave., 1E Chicago, IL 60657

To learn more about Dr. Maj, go to drmaj.com/bundle to receive the digital copy of her book & speaker’s books and resources will be delivered right to your inbox.

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How many episodes does Families Seeking Wellness have?

Families Seeking Wellness currently has 31 episodes available.

What topics does Families Seeking Wellness cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Parenting, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Pediatrics, Pregnancy and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Families Seeking Wellness?

The episode title 'The Webster Technique to Prepare Mom's body for Delivery with Dr. Kelly Synowiec-Moroney' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Families Seeking Wellness?

The average episode length on Families Seeking Wellness is 20 minutes.

How often are episodes of Families Seeking Wellness released?

Episodes of Families Seeking Wellness are typically released every 16 days, 2 hours.

When was the first episode of Families Seeking Wellness?

The first episode of Families Seeking Wellness was released on Oct 11, 2018.

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