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EP 315: Pediatric Oral Health with Dr. Staci

Doctor Staci Whitman is on a mission to create a cavity-free world. She founded NoPo Kids Dentistry in North Portland, OR, where she takes a whole-body, holistic, and functional approach with her patients. Her dentistry and practice philosophy are both grounded in science and powered by love.

Doctor Staci has always been passionate about children's nutrition and how to improve our food system, the oral microbiome and the oral-systemic connection, and sleep and airway health, focusing her research in residency on how to improve airway assessments and diagnostic tools in the pediatric population.

Parenting, Healthy LivingElizabeth JoyJanuary 22, 2025pediatric, oral health

EP 318: Is Sunscreen Good or Bad?

Liz Wolfe is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Author and Researcher. She is passionate about diving deep into topics and the research behind them. This week, we are diving into safe sun exposure. We discuss the health benefits of the sun, the risks of too much exposure, the sunscreen industry, and how we should approach this with our kids.

Healthy Living, ParentingElizabeth JoyJanuary 22, 2025sunscreen, skin health

EP 319: Teach Your Kids Water Safety with Lisa Cook

It is officially warm out and learning about kids water safety is so important! Elizabeth brings on water safety instructor Lisa Cook to share with us the importance of teaching our kids from a young age to enjoy but respect the water. She answers a ton of questions and gives tips for parents to find the right swim instructor and tells us how water safety is much more than just swim lessons.

Parenting, Healthy Living, PostpartumElizabeth JoyJanuary 22, 2025swimming, drowning, water safety

EP 320: Parenting, Consistency, and Summertime with Dr. Tasha Brown

Dr. Tasha is a parenting expert who provides a wide variety of evidence-based clinical care to children, adolescents, parents, and young adults. We dive into the family unit as a whole, and how parents are shifting the way they are raising their kids. Consistency is key.

Parenting, Postpartum, Healthy LivingElizabeth JoyJanuary 18, 2025parenting, consistency

EP 322: Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child with Kelley Coleman

Kelley Coleman is a mom to two amazing boys, one of whom has multiple disabilities (including a yet-undiagnosed genetic syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, CVI, epilepsy, and more).

Presented with empathy and humor, Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child gives parents the tools to conquer the stuff, so that they can spend less time filling out forms, and more time loving their children exactly as they are.

Parenting, Healthy LivingElizabeth JoyJanuary 18, 2025disabilities, motherhood

EP 323: Progesterone, Minerals, Hormones and Your Health with Kaely McDevitt

Kaely McDevitt’s approach to women’s health is transformative and gentle. She is reshaping narratives and inviting women to embrace life with fullness, radiance, and freedom from burnout. She is not your average Registered Dietician, but instead, a beacon of hope for women everywhere.

Healthy Living, Fertility, Pregnancy, Trying to ConceiveElizabeth JoyJanuary 18, 2025holistic, minerals, hormones, progesterone

EP 325: The Importance of Sperm Health with Brianna Neufeld

When Brianna Neufeld was looking to start trying to conceive, she could not find any supplement out there tailored to sperm health. Data shows sperm health can change within 72 days and targeted supplementation can impact outcomes. She cofounded Mate & Me to give couples a fun way to take prenatals together before trying to conceive. We are chatting about sperm health in this episode and its importance in our babies' health.

Birth, Fertility, Healthy Living, Parenting, Trying to ConceiveElizabeth JoyJanuary 18, 2025sperm, health, men, dad

EP 326: The Invisible Load of Motherhood with Lori Sugarman-Li

Lori Sugarman-Li believes deeply in the power of families and is a passionate voice in the cultural shift aiming to articulate the value and visibility of unpaid work. Her career as a Communications Strategist, combined with a decade devoted to full-time care of her family, community, and children's charities worldwide, served as the inspirational backdrop for her professional relaunch as a Coach, Speaker, and Author. She is dedicated to fostering meaningful conversations within families, encouraging them to contemplate how they care for one another and their shared space.

Healthy Living, ParentingElizabeth JoyJanuary 18, 2025mom, work, cooking

EP 328: Play-Based Childhood with Autumn McKay

As a childhood educator, author, and parent, Autumn McKay has navigated the challenges of screen-time management with her own children and believes that her story and insights could provide valuable content for your audience. Like many parents, she found herself facing the all-too-familiar scenario of dealing with tantrums and meltdowns when it was time to end screen-time sessions. It was a wakeup call for her to recognize the need for change and find a balance between digital engagement and real-life experiences.

Parenting, Healthy LivingElizabeth JoyJanuary 18, 2025play, childhood

EP 339: Does My Child Have Parasites? with Dr. Jaban Moore

Dr. Jaban is committed to restoring health through a holistic approach. He is passionate about findinf root causes instead of treating symptoms. In this episode, he is answering questions about parasites in kids. Does your kid have a parasite? The answer may surprise you!

Healthy Living, Postpartum, ParentingElizabeth JoyJanuary 18, 2025parasites, holistic, health

EP 340: The Importance of Sleep Posture

Dr. Martone is changing the conversation on SLEEP. It’s obvious that sleep is vital to health, but HOW YOU SLEEP is just as critical. This is where Dr. Martone delivers. His personal story combined with his 23 years of expertise has taken sleep and health optimization to a whole new level. His uniquely different structural approach is catching fire in the health space and his product, “The Neck Nest” is bringing life changing results that sell itself.

Postpartum, Parenting, Healthy LivingElizabeth JoyJanuary 13, 2025sleep, posture

EP 341: 4 Things Killing Your Milk Supply

It is World Breastfeeding Week and Breastfeeding Awareness Month! A huge percentage of moms plan to breastfeed but by 6 months only 25% of moms are exclusively breastfeeding.

There are silent killers of your milk and Doula Liz is chatting about them today.

What are 4 killers of your milk supply?

Stress
Medications
Sleep Training
Bounce Back Culture

Postpartum, Parenting, Healthy LivingElizabeth JoyJanuary 13, 2025milk, supply, stress, medications, sleep training

EP 342: Learning to Embrace Every Season of Motherhood

Sisters, Koryn and Elizabeth, are diving into the seasons of motherhood. Koryn is a mom of preteens and teens while Elizabeth has toddlers and babies. They share wisdom from the different sides on how to support each other no matter the season of motherhood they are in.

Postpartum, Parenting, Healthy LivingElizabeth JoyJanuary 13, 2025sisters, family, mental health, stress

EP 343: Exploring Taste and Identity: Connecting Children (and Parents) to What They Eat

James Barry is Back on the podcast this week! In this episode, James digs into ancestral eating, connecting with our food, helping picky eaters and connecting with ourselves through our daily habits.

Chef James Barry is a celebrity chef, husband, father, founder of PLUCL and believer in eating as close to nature as possible.

Healthy Living, Fertility, Prenatal Health, Trying to ConceiveElizabeth JoyJanuary 13, 2025health, food, taste, eat

EP 344: Healing Crohn's Colitis with Dane Johnson

Dane is the founder of CrohnsColitisLifestyle inspired by his life-threatening battle with Crohn’s/Colitis, which he reversed using natural practice. As a Board Certified Nutritionist and one of the most successful Crohn’s/Colitis coaches in the world, he has helped thousands around the world find their unique answer to IBD while building a community of supporters, doctors and healers!

Fertility, Birth, Healthy Living, Prenatal Health, Trying to ConceiveElizabeth JoyJanuary 13, 2025crohns, health

EP 346: A Mind-Body Approach to Getting Pregnant Without it Taking Over Your Life

Spenser Brassard is a fertility expert, coach, popular podcast host, and author of the new book, Fertile Ground: A Mind-Body Approach to Getting Pregnant Without it Taking Over Your Life. She is the creator of Fertility Mind-Body Mastery, a program that shows women how to harness the power of the mind-body connection that replaces restriction with expansion and shame
with compassion. 70% of the women who work with Spenser get pregnant within one year, and those who don’t get pregnant (yet) are living happier, more fulfilling lives.

Healthy Living, Fertility, Trying to ConceiveElizabeth JoyJanuary 13, 2025fertility, mind, body

EP 348: The Effect of Trapped Emotions on Pregnancy, Parenting, and Fertility

Stacey Phillips is an energy healer passionate about helping others heal through releasing trapped emotions in the body. Trapped emotions in the body can be tied to mental health, physical health, organ function, energy and relationships.

Parenting, Postpartum, Fertility, Birth, First Trimester, Healthy Living, Pregnancy, Trying to ConceiveElizabeth JoyJanuary 13, 2025fertility, emotions, stress