Toxin Free Mom To Be Podcast

If you've been wanting to learn more about essential oils and how to safely use them with children, this episode is for you!

This week I interviewed Dr. Mariza, who is a functional practitioner and the author of six books. One of her books is The Smart Mom’s Guide to Essential Oils . Her newest book, The Essential Oils Hormone Solution, focuses on balancing hormones with the power of essential oils.

For the past ten years, she has lectured at wellness centers, conferences, and corporations on hormonal health, essential oils, nutrition, and detoxification. She has been featured on Dr. Oz, Fox News Health, MindBodyGreen and many other publications. Dr. Mariza is also the host of the Essentially You Podcast, designed to empower women to become the CEO of their health. Also be sure to check out her website, drmariza.com, for women's hormone tips, including recipes and remedies.

During the episode we discuss:

• What IS an essential oil and how they are able to work immediately
• Top things to know for using essential oils safely
• Common uses of essential oils + Dr. Mariza's favorite ways to use them
• Oils that boost libido and fertility
• Best oils to support children for things like: dealing with meltdowns, focusing on homework, increasing energy, purifying the air when sick, and emotional support
• How to use essential oils to replace obesogenic compounds in the household
• Benefits of diluting the oils and how to properly do so
• Top 5 essential oils every household needs

Whether you're only in your preconception planning stage, currently pregnant, or already have little ones, this episode is a must-listen to learn how to safely replace your medicine cabinet with essential oils.

Wow! What an amazing episode with Shandy this week! Shandy is a speech language pathologist, epidemic answers health coach, soon-to-be a certified nutritional therapy practitioner, and she specializes in neurodevelopmental disorders. You can find her on Instagram @speakingofhealthandwellnessllc and her website at speakingofhealthandwellness.com

If you're having trouble at mealtime with your children, you need to give this episode a listen to turn mealtime into a breeze.

During the episode we talked about:

• What exactly a speech language pathologist does
• Why your child may not want to be eating during mealtime
• Picky eater vs. Problem feeder (don't worry we go over what a problem feeder is to if you're like me and have never heard of that before!)
• Best ways to deal with picky eaters
• How to give your children positive food exposures
• Why you shouldn't expect your child to eat new foods straight away and what you should make happen first
• How your child's highchair could be causing eating difficulties
• The best brands of high chairs recommended by a feeding specialist (links are below) and how to modify current ones you may have if you're on a budget
• Tips for having the outcomes when giving a new food to your child
• How to de-escalate mealtime and not have it turn into a power struggle
• Problems with sippy cups
• Why your toddler should drink with a straw

Resources:

Keekaroo Height Right Highchair - Natural Wood tone

Keekaroo Height Right high chair with infant insert - Mahogany Wood tone

Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair - Walnut wood tone

Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair - White wood

Reusable glass straws

In this episode of the Toxin Free Mom To Be podcast, we have Jessica on to talk about ways to avoid one of the most toxic substances we are all exposed to daily - Round Up.

This is the number one pesticide used worldwide and is found in the air, on food, in tampons, vaccines, teas, coffee, and just about anywhere else you least expect it.

Sadly, Jessica's daughter got a rare form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma from exposure to the product so she is now very familiar with ways to avoid it, as well as, how to detox it out of the body (which we discuss in-depth during this episode.)

She also regularly shares health and wellness tips of all sorts over on her instagram @momcologist_on_a_mission (I highly recommend following her! She posts lots of info you don't want to miss out on.)

Interestingly, her daughter got the same rare form of cancer as Dewayne Lee Johnson, who was just awarded nearly $80 million dollars by a California jury. They ruled that Monsanto's product, Round Up, not only caused his cancer but they did so with 'malice', meaning the company was fully aware of the problems its' product could cause.

This is definitely an episode you won't wanna miss out on!

Additional Resources:

Dr. Seneff, an MIT senior researcher, shares the devastating effects of Glyphosate (Round Up)

STUDY: Glyphosate based- herbicide exposure affects gut microbiota, anxiety and depression-like behaviors in mice.

SCIENTIFIC REVIEW: Environmental and health effects of the herbicide glyphosate.

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLE: The need for independent research on the health effects of glyphosate-based herbicides

The In Vitro Impact of the Herbicide Roundup on Human Sperm Motility and Sperm Mitochondria

In todays episode we dive deep into xenoestrogens and how they can affect fertility with a Phd chemist, Dr. Tanei Ricks. If this episode interests you, check out more of his info at his website taneithescienceguy.com and be sure to subscribe to this podcast.

During the episode we talk about:

• Healthcare vs. sickcare
• Environmental toxins and major ways we are exposed to them
• Problems with hormonal birth control and the chemistry of how the pill works
• How birth control is affecting the entire water supply and your fertility
• Best practices for avoiding these estrogen mimicking compounds and how to get them out of the body before pregnancy
• Is sunscreen as necessary as we're led to believe? Does it cause more harm than good? And is blocking Vitamin D synthesis a good idea?
• Safe practices for optimal sun exposure

Also be sure to check out this Ted Talk: The Toxic Baby

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This week’s episode is all about HypnoBirthing and how gentle, calm, and natural childbirths are possible.

HypnoBirthing was first created by Marie Mongan 30 years ago when she published her book “HypnoBirthing: A Celebration of Life” and started the HypnoBirthing Institute.

The Hypnobirthing classes are 2.5 hours long and are generally taken once a week over a five week period. However, if your due date is in less than 5 weeks, usually special accommodations can be made with a practitioner for the classes to be completed before the due date.

But to discuss Hypnobirthing even further, I chatted with Tara from organichypnobirthing.com. It was such an enlightening conversation to learn that labour didn’t have to be a painful, traumatic experience that is often portrayed in the movies.

• How HypnoBirthing is empowering for the mom, the partner, and the baby
• What the fear-tension-pain cycle is and how to avoid it during labour
• The importance of continuous breathing and therefore a continuous oxygen flow to both mom and baby during birth
• Tara shares her own birth experiences of giving birth with Hypnobirthing vs. without
• How we shift to the limbic part of the brain during labour – so logic thinking is gone
• Why we need to raise the bar from just “healthy mom and healthy baby”. While it is something that is important, it’s not the only important thing.
• How HypnoBirthing mothers have a rate of C-section at 13% versus the national average that is at 33%
• Why pregnant women should fill their mind with positive birth experiences and videos
• How the birthing experience sets the tone for the parenting relationship the parents have – team effort during birth goes a long way
• How a positive, empowering birthing experience can really bring couples closer together and move them positively into their new roles as parents who work as a TEAM

This was definitely an action packed episode full of tons of wisdom.

• Tara’s website: http://organichypnobirthing.com
• Official HypnoBirthing website to find practitioners near you: https://us.hypnobirthing.com/
• Tara’s Youtube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbvrSXvzA-FERJy8OMZyDFA
• Video of a mother giving birth with HypnoBirthing techniques
• Connect with Tara on Instagram: http://instagram.com/organicbirthing/
• Connect with the host on Instagram: http://instagram.com/chemistkarma/