How to Create More Sanity and Calm With Dane Maxwell

Building a Preparedness Pantry Without Relying on Junk Food with Mira Dessy

Episode Highlights With Mira

• Why preparedness is a growing trend
• How financial concerns are leading to more interest in having preparedness pantries
• The problem with most long-term food storage — highly processed foods
• Why access to clean water is so important with stored foods
• How much food and water do we need to store ahead
• A reason to have a regular pantry and a preparedness pantry
• How to figure out what your family eats over a two-week period to know what to store
• Freeze-dried vegetables and fruits are a good option
• What canned goods to consider for food storage
• Why you should keep a few things in your car to be prepared

Resources We Mention

• The Kitchen Table
• The Kitchen Table membership
• Theingredientguru.com
• Thrive Market

iMOM Podcast
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The Adaptability of Our Bodies and Minds: We Have More Control than We Think with Dr. Olivia Lesslar

Episode Highlights With Dr. Olivia Lesslar

• The science of the mind-body connection and why it matters so much
• Ways foreign things enter the body and why understanding this is important
• What guardian sites are and how to support them
• How to get the mind, body, and emotions in alignment
• It is only within a parasympathetic state that the body will heal
• Your nervous system responds to the neurochemicals you pump out in relation to your emotions
• The biggest needle movers for supporting the nervous system and spending more time in parasympathetic
• The real deal about blue light and how it impacts the nervous system
• Getting light exposure right for nervous system health
• Easy things you can do at home to manage your light exposure at night and help your body get ready for sleep
• The importance of melatonin and how it helps address inflammation in the body
• Why shift work is now considered a carcinogen
• How animal products in the diet are a signal of safety to the body and nervous system

Resources We Mention

• Dr. Olivia Lesslar - Website
• Dr. Olivia Lesslar - Instagram

iMOM Podcast
If you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.

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Understanding the Science of Mind-Body Connection With Dr. Olivia Lesslar

Episode Highlights With Dr. Olivia Lesslar

• What psychoneuroimmunology is and how understanding it can help improve our health
• How everything relates to everything and why understanding this is important
• What polyvagal therapy is and how addressing nervous system health is beneficial
• The dorsal vagal response of fawn and how this affects the nervous system
• How she looks at hormones differently than her peers
• Getting to the why of hormone imbalances
• Symptoms as messengers and how to learn how to listen to your body
• What a food matrix is and why it is important
• Why we actually get more nutrients from food than from the same amount in a supplement
• How to send safety signals to your body
• Yet another reason to get morning sunlight and what photo prevention is

Resources We Mention

• Dr. Olivia Lesslar - Website

iMOM Podcast
If you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.

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Life Skills for Kids and Independence vs Protection with Katie Kimball

Episode Highlights With Katie Kimball

• Why life skills are still important (and maybe more so) in today's world
• How life skills foster confidence and relate to mental health
• The reason for the rise in anxiety and depression in kids
• Chore wars and balancing responsibility and life skills with kids doing too much work
• Require the work, not the results
• The downside of being overprotective and giving kids the idea that they need someone else to keep them safe
• How the correct level or risk for kids is a way to build resilience against fear
• Navigating the progression of toddlers to teens and handing off responsibility
• Ways to encourage critical thinking with kids
• Why young kids are wired for critical thinking and how to nurture it

Resources We Mention

• Life Skills Now - summer camp
• Kids Cook Real Food course

iMOM Podcast
If you need a mom friend right now, you’ve come to the right place.

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How to Create More Sanity and Calm With Dane Maxwell

Episode Highlights With Dane Maxwell

• Ways to create more space and sanity, especially as a mom
• Sanity is available right now if you can figure out what your mind is doing or needing
• How to figure out what your mind is doing and say yes to it
• Why women are often not told things that are in alignment with the complexity of who we are
• The unconscious scripts running in our minds at all times
• It isn’t necessarily what we think, but what we think about what we think
• Learning to ask, "What is the invisible thought happening that is creating the pain?”
• How to say yes to your mind and to your pain in order to release it
• The process of becoming best friends with your own mind
• Why women are wired for success as entrepreneurs and how to tap into this if you want to
• Commonalities of the most successful businesses and why women innately do these things through building community and solving pain

Resources We Mention

• Dane's business course for women (limited time opportunity!)
• Start from Zero: Build Your Own Business. Experience True Freedom by Dane Maxwell
• Start from Zero Podcast
• Startfromzero.com