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' ...
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EP 43 Astrid Schanz-Garbassi of Agni on nourishing our bodies for periods, pregnancy, and postpartum
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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…
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EP 42 Andrea Ippolito of SimpliFed on breastfeeding and lactation support
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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 …
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EP 41 Dr. Jenna Hua of Million Marker on how to eliminate toxins from our lives
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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 wi…
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EP 40 Jessica Diamond, RDN, MPH, Co-Founder of Meaningfull Living, on preconception nutrition, prenatals, postpartum hormones, and more!
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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 paren…
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EP 39 Melissa Salmeron on coming back to yourself after becoming a mom
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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 dail…
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EP 38 Dr. Inderpal Randhawa on his approach to Food Anaphylaxis remission in Children
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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 i…
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EP 37 Caroline Sanchez: Let's talk about what's in your water!
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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 o…
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EP36 The Montessori Method with Veronica of @HikingWithHarps
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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 da…
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EP35 Dr. Kristin Pauker: Social and Developmental Psychology research in children
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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 disc…
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EP34 Melissa Buchan: National Board Certified Integrative Health & Wellness Coach and Neo Fertility Advisor
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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 f…
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EP33 Mr. Chazz on how we teach kids, how we interact with them, and how we can break generational cycles
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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 th…
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EP32 Kristen A. Rossi, MSEd, IBCLC: Breastfeeding, lactation support, and avoiding booby traps!
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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 lacta…
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EP31 Kiara Orbe: How her health journey led her to a career helping women navigate their own health
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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 …
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EP30 Dr. Siggie Cohen: Establishing Boundaries, Child Development, and other useful tools to prepare for parenthood
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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 …
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EP29 Aziel Rogers: Skin care at home, SPF'ing the right way, and cycle syncing your facials!
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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 …
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EP28 Talia Caldwell: Building community, playing professional basketball overseas, and starting the Echo Park Fund
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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 yea…
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EP27 Laura Lynne Jackson: Psychic Medium on Spirit Babies, Pregnancy Loss, and Receiving Signs from your Team of Light on The Other Side
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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 Windbr…
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EP26 Getting In The Flo with Dr. Amanda Cohen: Supporting our cycle by understanding our hormones
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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 feeli…
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EP25 Preparing the palace for pregnancy with Dr. Amanda Cohen & Madison Young
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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 i…
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EP24 Dr. Rohan Nagar: How Ayurveda and Vedic Astrology can help balance hormones and promote a healthy pregnancy and postpartum experience
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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 visitin…
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EP23 Anne Hodder-Shipp, CSE, ACS (Part 1): Becoming a Sex & Relationship Coach and Sex Education in the U.S.
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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 con…
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EP22 Postpartum care, two under two, sleep training, and more from my time in Mexico!
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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 n…
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EP21 Lea D'Auriol of Oceanic Global: How she is building communities around the world to help our oceans
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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 a…
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EP20 Angela Setters Bessard: Conquering your Credit
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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 chang…
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EP19 Melissa Chan, ND RM: Going from the Pharmaceutical industry to Naturopathic Medicine to Midwifery
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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 medicin…
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EP18 Ara Katz, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Seed: How bacteria can help our bodies and our planet!
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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…
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EP17 Vanessa Van Edwards: The Science of People and Tricks to Survive Being a New Mom
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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 devel…
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EP16 Nicole Jardim aka "The Period Girl": Periods, Hormones, and Birth Control!
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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 thei…
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EP15 Karalynne Call of Just Ingredients: How reading labels differently can change your life
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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 l…
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EP14 Not A Mama Yet Q&A Series: Dr. Carolyn Alexander & Dr. Layne Kumetz
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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. …
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EP13 Beth Porter: Green America, Recycling, and What we can be doing to help!
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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 identif…
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EP12 Pamela Hunt: The Farm, Midwifery, and starting it all on a caravan of buses in the 70s!
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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 w…
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EP11 Embrace Race Founders: Melissa Giraud and Andrew Grant-Thomas
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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 th…
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EP11 Carolyn Witte: Building the Tia Clinic
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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…
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EP10 Andrew Wasser, M.A., M.F.T.: Self-Care, Parenting, & Finding time for your partner
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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 speciali…
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EP9 Kira Cook: The process of fostering to adopt
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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 …
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EP8 Dr. Karen Joubert: Physical Therapy isn't just for injuries!
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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 p…
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EP7 Kerry Buzzell: Alliance of Moms supporting pregnant and parenting teens in foster care
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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 com…
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EP6 Danielle Cuccio: Infertility, Pregnancy, and Motherhood!
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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 …
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EP5 Rachel Gelman, DPT: Pelvic Floor Health
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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 Fr…
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EP4 Lina O'Connor: CFO of Tender Greens on building her career and having kids at the same time
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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 Ma…
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EP3 Sara Rajo-Miller: Financial Planning for the Future
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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 muc…
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EP2 Laura Ellis: Metaphysical World, Crystals, and Motherhood
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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…
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EP1 Dr. Sanda Moldovan: Nutrition and Healing Before Pregnancy
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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…
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