The Mother Well Podcast

Danielle Killen- mama, personal trainer, primal lifestyle coach; on women’s fitness, mental health & wellness, encouraging kids to eat healthy & how the paleo lifestyle healed her and why she loves it! Follow Danielle @killenfitness831 and The Mother Well podcast @the.mother.well Danielle is available for primal lifestyle coaching and personal training remotely as well as in-person training for local Santa Cruzans. Timestamps: Why Motivation matters with “finding the time” to work out - 7:00 Sunlight and Vitamin D- 9:50 Danielle’s favorite easy breath work for calm- 16:20 Foundations of health- 15:45 Grounding - 17:40 Leaky gut syndrome and paleo - 17:40 The 80/20 principle- 26:10 Kids & Food- 32:55 Training Women & Body recomposition: 43:15 Paleo orange chicken recipe : https://lexiscleankitchen.com/orange-chicken/ Train with Danielle : www.killenfitness.net

This episode is a SOLO explaining all about the infradian rhythm, our god given internal rhythm that defines our life. When we understand our natural rhythm, we can live in tune with our own inner nature which makes our life FLOW. - What IS the infradian rhythm -How do I know when I'm ovulating? -What do seasons have to do with the menstrual cycle? -What are the seasons in pregnancy? In postpartum? -Find out what season you are in -How these cycles weave into the archetypal energies of the seasons, the moon cycle, and our lives overall. Leave a review and let me know what season you're in and what you loved about this episode! Connect with me on social @The.Mother.Well 

In this solo episode I share all about the mombod- your postpartum body and how to take care of it as well as your mental health and body image. All that I've learned birthing 3 babies and recovering postpartum as well as from witnessing 100s of mamas go through their postpartum time while I served in the capacity of a doula or midwife.  Follow me on IG @The.Mother.Well Listen and hear: -Why some women don't lose weight from breastfeeding and it doesn't come off until they wean -Why the postpartum time is a sacred window where you can redefine and reinvent yourself and it's actually empowering -How to go about body recomposition- build muscle, lose fat -When to start pelvic floor exercises and how to incrementally increase your exercise to become strong and lift weights in the gym or do whatever activities you love -A short intro on macro counting for getting protein needs met  and so much more....  Links mentioned in the show: **My favorite workouts*** Melissa Wood Health Brittany Perille The Belle Method also- the BEST protein powder especially if you're vegan - Truvani I want to hear from you! Like, Rate and Leave a review on apple podcasts so I know what you are loving!

Today we get detailed on the reality of raising toddlers and teenagers in big beautiful blended families. Oni is a dear sister I've known since before motherhood, and we both have found ourselves in INSTANT FAMILIES raising children and being stay at home mamas after walking the midwifery path. We get real on: -How to establish a strong family culture that results in children helping out automatically -How to listen and guide teenagers through making choices in the most effective way -Staying calm centered and sane while at home most of the day alone with toddlers -How to ask for and receive the rest you need as a mama who gives her all -Step-parenting dynamics and co-parenting -Using the tools of dance, yoga, cannabis, sunshine and nature to restore -Making time and space for yourself and your partner in the midst of chaos- sex & relationship episode coming up next! Oni is a prenatal and postpartum care provider, natural childbirth educator, mama goddess of 5 thriving children and wife of her beloved residing in the bay area. Follow her @honey.of.myrrh on Instagram She teaches both locally and over zoom, to check out all over her services and classes check out https://www.asantemaama.com/ for more details. Love this conversation? Please rate AND leave a few words on a review on apple podcasts!  Comment on the @The.Mother.Well Instagram page on the podcast post with your number one takeaway- there were some GEMS in this conversation! 

Why doing less helps you get more done that actually matters, a brief birth story of my fully surrendered ecstatic home waterbirth, and how our cultures obsession with cold plunges, ufc fighting and plant medicine has to do with all of it. Home waterbirth of Eva: https://youtu.be/3VBjssRjxEg Follow me on IG @the.mother.well