Well-adjusted Mama

Melissa Hiemann is a visionary leader, a compassionate healer, and a dedicated educator. She is an IICT and IAOTH Internationally Certified Therapist, Coach and Trainer. Melissa, along with her soul-mate partner Ryan, runs a multimillion-dollar training business which they started together back in 2016. Since then, over 75,000 have taken their courses from all over the world. They started the journeys by overcoming their own addictions and mental health issues, away from the mainstream methods, and ended up creating their own amazing methods by combining many frameworks that helped them. Their programs were highly successful and helped people finally overcome their unhelpful patterns, behaviours and thoughts, mainly through nervous system regulation, somatic therapy, trauma healing and shadow work. They had their son in 2018, and wanting more work/life balance, transitioned to training other practitioners on how to create a safe space for transformation with their clients. The methods that they have created

Dr. Gina Nick is a world-renowned Naturopathic Physician, Researcher, and Formulator based in Newport Beach, CA. With a dedication to holistic wellness, she's known for her expertise in treating a wide range of health concerns from autoimmune diseases to addiction recovery, anxiety and more. After graduation from medical school, she became the Director of Research for a leading supplement company, earning the company billions. She's since held the roles of Executive Healthcare Consultant to Local and Government Agencies and President Emeritus of the California Naturopathic Doctors Association. As the Founder and Director of Healthbridge in Newport, CA, her practice was awarded "Top Medical Practice 2017," a testament to her commitment to excellence. As a published author, entrepreneur and certified yoga instructor, Dr. Gina is a multifaceted professional with a passion for improving the lives of others. With her unwavering commitment to nuturing health naturally, she's not just your typical medical professi

Certified Somatic Sex Educator and fertility specialist, Pamela Madsen, clearly explains the interconnection of sex and fertility. She is passionate about women reclaiming their sexuality and desires for whole-body health. Pamela is a veteran advocate, activist, and educator (yes, she's been on Oprah!). Among her many accomplishments, Pamela was the founder and first Executive Director of the American Fertility Association (AFA). She's been called to give testimony at hearings for the National Institutes of Health, FDA, the President's Council on Bioethics and the RESOLVE NYC and the New York City Chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. As founder of Back to the Body, her full-bodies mix of intelligence, humor and vulnerability has made her one of the most mediagenic advocates for integrated sexuality and a taboo-buster around body image.  Pamela has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Education, a Master's Degree in Education and is a Certified Somatic Sex Educator. Pamela’s info: Websit

Alexandria DeVito, MS, CNS, is a functional nutritionist who specializes in fertility and preconception health. She is the founder and CEO of Poplin, the first pre-pregnancy wellness company. Prior to founding Poplin, Alexandria worked in management consulting at McKinsey & Company. She holds a MBA from Harvard Business School. She also has a master's degree in nutrition; extensive training as a doula, yoga teacher, and personal trainer; and is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner, all of which inform her approach to pre-pregnancy wellness. Alexandria’s info: Website: https://9monthsisnotenough.com/ Website: https://getpoplin.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getpoplin/ Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! Visit http://drlaurabrayton.com/podcasts/ for show notes and available downloads. © 2014 - 2024 Dr. Laura Brayton

Elisabeth Schellekens, the visionary founder of Elle's Corner, is on a mission to revolutionize the way society approaches motherhood and mental health. As a passionate Motherhood and Mental Health Counselor, Elisabeth's driving force is to create a supportive community that ensures no mother has to face the challenges of postpartum depression (PPD) and postpartum anxiety (PPA) alone. With a rich academic background in psychology and drawing on her own harrowing experience with a difficult pregnancy and severe PPD, Elisabeth provides mothers with the essential resources and tools they need to build resilience and thrive during their postpartum journey. Elisabeth is also a fierce advocate for dismantling the taboos surrounding mental healthcare. She believes that everyone should have access to affordable, accessible mental health support, and she's dedicated to dispelling common myths surrounding PPD and PPA. In her ideal world, regular mental health checkups would be as routine as dental cleanings, starti

Named one of Inc. Magazines Top 100 Female Founders of 2020, COLETTE COURTION is a distinguished and award-winning consumer marketer, inventor (21 issued patents), and femtech leader who is revolutionizing the $600 billon dollar menopause market with Joylux—the leader in at-home medical devices, personal care products and digital tools for menopausal women experiencing vaginal and sexual health issues.  With over 20 years of cross-functional expertise leading consumer product, retail, and medical device companies, she is known as a category creator in the emerging health and wellness space. Prior to founding Joylux and her other two skincare related start-ups, she was a marketing executive with Starbucks responsible for launching and growing the Starbucks Card and Customer loyalty program into a multi-billion-dollar business.  Courtion and her companies have earned numerous accolades including the AARP Innovation Lab’s Women’s Health Award (2021), Angel Capital Association’s Most Innovative Company (2019),

PATRICIA ROOS, Professor Emerita of Sociology at Rutgers University, has devoted her career to the study of inequalities, work, gender, work/family dynamics, and addiction. Her published works, including "Gender and Work: A Comparative Analysis of Industrial Societies," and the co-authored book with Barbara Reskin, "Job Queues, Gender Queues: Explaining Women's Inroads Into Male Occupations," have been important contributions to the ongoing conversation about gender dynamics in the workforce. Beyond research, Professor Roos has taught courses in inequalities, social research, sociological writing, and addiction. She served as Chair of the Sociology Department and Dean for the Social & Behavioral Sciences. As part of her ongoing efforts to promote equity in higher education, she contributed to the college’s Gender Equity Report and the NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant. From fall 2018 to spring 2019, she was a fellow at the Institute for Research on Women's seminar, working on "Public Cata

TIFFANY CAGWIN is a Certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner and Yoga Teacher. She is an experienced executive leader and transformational coach who has a passion for helping others thrive by guiding them to shift their mindset, take action towards goals and embrace self-care. An explorer at heart, with a never ending curiosity for learning new things, she is constantly expanding her education and has received additional training in Nutrigenomics (DNA Testing), Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA), Bioenergetics, Hypnotherapy (Board Certified), Quantum Biology and Biophysics. Tiffany’s info: Website: https://tiffanycagwin.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tiffcagwin/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiffcagwin/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffany-cagwin-48329818/ Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! Visit http://drlaurab

ALAN FEIGENBAUM is an experienced matrimonial and family law attorney whose prime focus is the maximization of his clients’ long-term, post-divorce, emotional capital. Alan assists a diverse range of professionals and their spouses, including business owners, lawyers, investors, and entertainers, on their family law matters, with a notable focus on evaluating the optimal strategies to manage and resolve complex financial and custody disputes. He is well-versed in managing agreements (separation, prenuptial, and postnuptial) to create a framework for his clients’ futures, and approaches dispute resolution with an eye toward facilitating cooperation and reducing conflict, making every effort to settle cases out of court. Understanding that divorce can affect the trajectory of a person’s life, Alan focuses on his clients’ long-term financial and familial best interests. His multifaceted approach has included: Working with financial experts to identify and define the scope of assets acquired by a spouse befor

DR. NELLI GLUZMAN is a board-certified pediatrician and the founder of Blossom Pediatrics PC, which is the first holistic pediatric practice on the east coast. Dr. Gluzman's goal is to help children live happy, healthy lives by combining traditional wisdom with evidence-based functional medicine. She has over ten years of experience and uses a holistic, functional, and integrative approach to medicine. Her specialty is reversing eczema, allergies, and asthma by focusing on the root cause of the issue. She received her medical degree from New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at Jersey Shore University Medical Center. Dr. Gluzman is also a Clinical Preceptor, teaching medical students and resident physicians, and a medical consultant for Google Search. She is a guest speaker for NBC and Buzzfeed and founded Bright Illusion Thinking, where she writes evidence-based medical research content. Outside of work, Dr. Gluzman is a yoga practitioner, tea lover, sunshine enthus

TAMMY AND MARC GOLDBERG are underground math education innovators who have figured out how to get math right! Their work can be experienced at Mathnasium Learning Centers worldwide. It is their mission to empower children to excel in math and grow into confident young adults who are able to think logically and solve complex problems. Tammy’s origins in the math classroom and the private tutoring space merged with Marc’s accounting and business background in 2008 when they opened their first of several Mathnasium Learning Centers in NYC. But, perhaps, the more interesting part of the story was the emerging creative collaboration with Mathnasium co-founder, Larry Martinek, that gave them the perfect think tank and platform to write a revolutionary math curriculum that has empowered millions of students to develop true understanding and self confidence in their math abilities. In addition to writing the majority of Mathnasium’s curriculum, Tammy and Marc are the operators of 5 Mathnasium Learning Center locati

RUTH KLEIN is an author and founder of the nonprofit Universal Mom, which works to help children and teens uncover their talents through the art of writing. With her Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology and a Master's Degree in Spiritual Psychology with an emphasis on Health, Consciousness & Healing, Ruth is passionate about helping youth reach their full potential by believing in themselves. Prior to founding Universal Mom, for 22 years Ruth led the nonprofit Self-Esteem Council, which went into high schools to work with sophomores and juniors. In less than ten hours, they changed students' perceptions of their lives, increasing their self-esteem and confidence. Many of the students they worked with had the confidence to apply for summer jobs, get involved in school activities the following year, and apply to college, when previously, college was not even on their radar. Outside of her non-profit work, Ruth has a successful career that spans thirty years. She has helped her clients create a 360 degre

IBU ROBIN LIM, CPM is a Filipino-American midwife, mother and grandmother, and founder of Yayasan Bumi Sehat, a non-profit organization in Indonesia. Lim also serves on the board of Bumi-Wadah Philippines, where she is known as "Lola Robin." Her passion is Human Rights in Childbirth. She believes that each individual is an essential "Piece of Peace" therefore, by protecting the mothers in childbirth and the newborns (our smallest citizens of Earth), we may build peace, one Baby, one Mother, one Family at a time. Ibu Robin’s info: Website: https://iburobin.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iburobinlim Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iburobin/ Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you! Visit http://drlaurabrayton.com/podcasts/ for show notes and available downloads. © 2014 - 2024 Dr. Laura Brayton

NINA FARZIN is a Pharmacist who made a deal on Shark Tank and successully became a patent holder. She embarked on her entrepreneurial journey driven by a personal necessity – the need for a tool that could ease her babies’ breathing at night. Astonished by the absence of such a solution, she took matters into her own hands and created the oogiebear original booger picker. This innovative tool not only proved effective and safe but also embodied the charm that Nina, as an apprehensive young mother, sought for her newborns. In 2015, Nina set out on this venture with no foresight that her idea would evolve into a global aid for thousands of children and their parents. Discovering that many parents shared her quest for improved baby care solutions, she realized the widespread demand for better products. What began as a quest to enhance the baby nasal aspirator category turned into a pioneering effort, creating a new niche for booger and ear wax removal tools distinct from the decades-old aspirators dominating th

Dr. Katie Lee is a dentist, speaker, author, and coach who lives in Aurora, Colorado. Dr. Lee graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2010 and was an owner-partner in over 80 DSO supported dental practices throughout the US and served as Clinical Partner overseeing 5 states. Currently, she consults for health technology companies and provides implant education for general dentists. Dr. Lee has two passions in her profession: dentistry itself and making other dentists successful. Her passion about the oral systemic health link comes from personal experience. Dr. Lee was involved in an ATV accident as a teenager, which left her without many teeth and rendered her jaw immobile. Dr. Lee experienced how oral health affects systemic health and the benefits of dental implants. Her first-hand journey in recovering from the effects of dental trauma led her to specialize her career on the mouth-body connection® and dental implants. Dr. Lee searches for proven technologies that improve clinical outcomes an

Suzzie Vehrs is a childbirth educator and the founder of She Births Bravely, an organization that provides comprehensive education and support for expecting parents. She has worked with hundreds of families on their journey towards childbirth and parenting. Suzzie is passionate about empowering parents to make informed decisions about their birthing and parenting experiences. She uses evidence-based information and practical tools to help parents prepare for birth, breastfeeding or bottlefeeding, and early parenting. Her classes are designed to be inclusive, respectful, and supportive of all types of birth choices, including natural childbirth, medicated childbirth, and cesarean birth. Her mission is to help mothers create a birth experience that is safe, empowering and leaves them deeply bonded with their family. Suzzie’s info: Website: https://shebirthsbravely.com/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/shebirthsbravely Instagram: https://instagram.com/shebirthsbravely Pinterest: https://pinterest.com/moregiggl

Gina Mundy is an attorney that specializes in childbirth cases. For over two decades, she has analyzed the mistakes that are made during labor and delivery. Drawing on this knowledge, she has authored the bestselling book "A Parent's Guide to a Safer Childbirth" to help parents prevent these mistakes and have a healthy baby.  Rather than merely getting involved after an unfortunate mistake was made, Gina has taken a proactive approach by getting involved before childbirth.   Throughout her career Gina has traveled nationwide, engaging with healthcare professionals such as doctors, nurses, and midwives to explore all aspects of labor and delivery. These interactions have provided her with invaluable insights, enabling her to appreciate the diverse perspectives prevalent in different regions of the country. Meeting with experts from various states, she has explored and analyzed the myriad of issues that can arise during labor and delivery, impacting both mother and baby.   Gina has conducted extensive research,

Ciara Burton is a renowned personal life coach and trainer with over a decade of experience. Known as "The Life Coach for Moms," Ciara's work has positively impacted the lives of over 800 people. She specializes in helping working women, especially mothers, overcome feelings of overwhelm, anxiety, and disconnection from their inner selves. Ciara's four-step approach helps women love their bodies into alignment, train their minds, feed their souls, and become sovereign women. Recently, Ciara and her family made a life-changing move from California to Colorado to live in alignment with her values of faith, family, health, travel, and nature. Her course, "Becoming Her," empowers moms to rediscover happiness within themselves and lead lives guided by their core values. Graduates of her program become confident leaders in their homes, embracing a vision of possibility and leaving behind the "victim mindset" through inner-directed living and "soul work." Ciara’s info: Website: https://ciaraburton.com/ Instagram:

Meet Allegra Moet Brantly, the corporate ladder-climbing New Yorker who went from 6-figure salary to $0 in savings. But instead of letting shame and fear consume her, she took matters into her own hands and became a money expert. Fast forward a few years, and her net worth went from -$18K to a staggering $1.1M! But Allegra didn't keep her newfound knowledge and success to herself and realized she had a deeper, bigger vision. This is when Factora was founded, a company on a mission to “Lead 1 million women to $1 million of net worth.” Fast forward to today, Allegra and Factora are leading an army of like-minded women on a mission to transform their financial futures. Through education, strategy, and a supportive community, they are empowering women to break barriers and take charge of their money to achieve financial freedom. And she's not stopping there. As the host of the Coffee & Coin podcast, Allegra is spreading her message even further. Her goal is to close the investment gap for females and crea

Among the nation’s foremost thought leaders on the future of digital healthcare, “America’s Favorite Doctor” Laura Purdy, MD, MBA is a board-certified Family Medicine Physician and the Medical Director of the AFD brand. Having been licensed in all fifty states (including D.C.), she serves patients nationwide while partnering with industry innovators to develop virtual health offerings that support a higher standard of care. Beginning her career as an Army physician, Dr. Purdy spent fourteen years helping soldiers and their families through the power of telehealth. Now, she is a sought-after digital medicine expert and advisor for hundreds of leading telehealth providers. Dr. Purdy's info: Website: https://drlaurapurdy.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Americas-Favorite-Doctor/100086220353266/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americasfavoritedoctor/ Please click the button to subscribe so you don't miss any episodes and leave a review if your favorite podcast app has that ability. Thank you