Motherhood Alliance Podcast

Perimenopause, Part 1: When It Starts and What to Expect w/ Betsy Wischer | WishLane

Perimenopause often begins earlier than many women realize and the symptoms can show up in ways that are confusing knowing what the root cause is. In this episode, we welcomed Betsy Wischer, co-owner of WishLane, to kickstart a 3-part perimenopause series so you can feel informed and empowered as you approach, pass through, or look back on this season of life. 
 
In this episode, we discuss all things perimenopause, including:
Common and uncommon symptoms
The approach of treatment for traditional vs functional medicine
Understanding average vs optimal lab ranges
Natural/at home ideas that can help perimenopause symptoms
 
This episode is part of a 4-part series with Betsy Wischer, owner of WishLane based in Appleton, WI. Be sure to listen to them all!
Perimenopause, Part 1: When It Starts and What to Expect
Perimenopause, Part 2: Hormones, Pelvic Floor, and Intimacy Changes
Perimonopause, Part 3: Modern, Non-Surgical Solutions
Andropause: The “Male Menopause” No One Talks About
 
👋Connect with Betsy:
🔗 Betsy's Motherhood Alliance profile
🔗 Website
🔗 Instagram
🔗 Facebook
 
 
✨About the Motherhood Alliance✨
The Motherhood Alliance is the #1 directory of holistically-minded health and wellness professionals, dedicated to providing trusted care + support for moms and their families in NE WI.
🔗 Explore the Motherhood Alliance directory & website
🔗 Follow us on Instagram (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Follow us on Facebook (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Our Story (Episode 1)

What Happens to Your Brain (and Nervous System) After Birth w/ Dr. Kate Williams | Well Within Chiropractic

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Kate Williams, owner of Well Within Chiropractic, to unpack why so many moms feel emotionally, mentally, and physically different after having a baby. Dr. Kate shares a mix of science and practical, real-life strategies to help you understand what’s happening in your brain and nervous system and, just as importantly, what you can actually do to support yourself through it.
 
In this episode, we discuss:
The role of the pre-frontal cortex vs limbic system
How a chiropractic adjustment impacts the brain
The impact of short-term vs long-term stressors
Postpartum depression & anxiety
How to prepare for postpartum mental health during pregnancy
 
This episode is part of a 3-part series with Dr. Kate Williams, owner of Well Within Chiropractic based in Appleton, WI. Be sure to listen to them all!
Part 1: Dig Deeper: What Your Symptoms and Emotions Are Trying to Tell You
Part 2: Simple Routines to Make Your Mornings and Evenings Less Stressful
Part 3: What Happens to Your Brain (and Nervous System) After Birth
 
👋Connect with Dr. Kate:
🔗 Dr. Kate's Motherhood Alliance profile
🔗 Website
🔗 Instagram
🔗 Facebook
 
❗PROMO CODES:
$25 off a new patient exam when you mention MA PODCAST
 
Resources mentioned in this series:
🔗 You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
🔗 Heal Your Body by Louise Hay
 
 
✨About the Motherhood Alliance✨
The Motherhood Alliance is the #1 directory of holistically-minded health and wellness professionals, dedicated to providing trusted care + support for moms and their families in NE WI.
🔗 Explore the Motherhood Alliance directory & website
🔗 Follow us on Instagram (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Follow us on Facebook (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Our Story (Episode 1)

Simple Routines to Make Your Mornings and Evenings Less Stressful w/ Dr. Kate Williams | Well Within Chiropractic

In this episode, we’re joined again by Dr. Kate Williams, owner of Well Within Chiropractic, to talk about simple, realistic routines that help parents reduce stress and support their nervous systems at the beginning and end of each day. If you’ve been craving calmer mornings, smoother bedtimes, and a little more peace woven into your day, this conversation will leave you with doable ideas you can start tonight!
 
In this episode, we discuss:
Being realistic with a short morning routine
Simple & free ways to wake up feeling refreshed
Tips to help kids get out the door easier
Evening ideas for more presence and better sleep
 
This episode is part of a 3-part series with Dr. Kate Williams, owner of Well Within Chiropractic based in Appleton, WI. Be sure to listen to them all!
Part 1: Dig Deeper: What Your Symptoms and Emotions Are Trying to Tell You
Part 2: Simple Routines to Make Your Mornings and Evenings Less Stressful
Part 3: What Happens to Your Brain (and Nervous System) After Birth
 
👋Connect with Dr. Kate:
🔗 Dr. Kate's Motherhood Alliance profile
🔗 Website
🔗 Instagram
🔗 Facebook
 
❗PROMO CODES:
$25 off a new patient exam when you mention MA PODCAST
 
Resources mentioned in this series:
🔗 You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
🔗 Heal Your Body by Louise Hay
 
 
✨About the Motherhood Alliance✨
The Motherhood Alliance is the #1 directory of holistically-minded health and wellness professionals, dedicated to providing trusted care + support for moms and their families in NE WI.
🔗 Explore the Motherhood Alliance directory & website
🔗 Follow us on Instagram (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Follow us on Facebook (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Our Story (Episode 1)

Dig Deeper: What Your Symptoms and Emotions Are Trying to Tell You w/ Dr. Kate Williams | Well Within Chiropractic

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Kate Williams of Well Within Chiropractic to discuss the powerful ways our bodies communicate with us every single day. If you've been experiencing physical symptoms like low back pain or emotions like irritability/exhaustion, we hope this discussion will challenge you to get curious instead of frustrated.
 
In this episode, we discuss:
How our body processes stress
How symptoms/emotions are feedback from our body
Common physical symptoms that indicate emotional/mental stress
Taking on other people's emotions
 
This episode is part of a 3-part series with Dr. Kate Williams, owner of Well Within Chiropractic based in Appleton, WI. Be sure to listen to them all!
Part 1: Dig Deeper: What Your Symptoms and Emotions Are Trying to Tell You
Part 2: Simple Routines to Make Your Mornings and Evenings Less Stressful
Part 3: What Happens to Your Brain (and Nervous System) After Birth
 
👋Connect with Dr. Kate:
🔗 Dr. Kate's Motherhood Alliance profile
🔗 Website
🔗 Instagram
🔗 Facebook
 
❗PROMO CODES:
$25 off a new patient exam when you mention MA PODCAST
 
Resources mentioned in this series:
🔗 You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay
🔗 Heal Your Body by Louise Hay
 
 
✨About the Motherhood Alliance✨
The Motherhood Alliance is the #1 directory of holistically-minded health and wellness professionals, dedicated to providing trusted care + support for moms and their families in NE WI.
🔗 Explore the Motherhood Alliance directory & website
🔗 Follow us on Instagram (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Follow us on Facebook (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Our Story (Episode 1)

An Introduction to Psychedelic Therapies w/ Karen Kieffer | Snowfields Coaching

In this episode, we sat down with Karen Kieffer of Snowfields Coaching to break down the basics of psychedelic therapies, including what they are designed to support, how they differ from recreational use and more.
This conversation was extremely educating and insightful! If you’ve been curious about the topic, this episode offers a clear, balanced introduction.
 
In this episode, we discuss:
Types of psychedelic therapies, including Psilocybin Mushrooms, MDMA, Ayahuasca, Ketamine, Cannabis
How psychedelics are used as a therapy for trauma, cancer, and more
What many people experience during and after use
Precautions with use
How these therapies relate to our nervous systems
Karen's personal experiences
 
This episode is part of a 4-part series with Karen Kieffer, owner of Snowfields Coaching based in Howard, WI. Be sure to listen to them all!
Part 1: A Real-Life Story: Learning to Live On Purpose
Part 2: Why Parenting Feels Harder Now Than Ever Before
Part 3: Embodied Dialogics: A Game-Changer for First-Time Parents-To-Be
Part 4: An Introduction to Psychedelic Therapies
 
👋Connect with Karen:
🔗 Karen's Motherhood Alliance profile
🔗 Instagram
🔗 To explore working together and answer specific questions, set up a 20 minute call
🔗 Newsletter signup for prenatal parenting prep program, BECOMING
 
❗PROMO CODES:
10% off coaching package with code MAMAPAPA10
 
Resources mentioned in this series:
🔗 Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson
🔗 Resources & Citations for Psychedelic Therapies
 
 
✨About the Motherhood Alliance✨
The Motherhood Alliance is the #1 directory of holistically-minded health and wellness professionals, dedicated to providing trusted care + support for moms and their families in NE WI.
🔗 Explore the Motherhood Alliance directory & website
🔗 Follow us on Instagram (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Follow us on Facebook (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Our Story (Episode 1)

Embodied Dialogics: A Game-Changer for First-Time Parents-To-Be w/ Karen Kieffer | Snowfields Coaching

In this episode, we dive into Embodied Dialogics: A specialized program for people planning to become parents for the first time. Our guest, Karen Keiffer, owner of Snowfields Coaching, breaks down how this program can set parents up for long-term emotional and mental success by looking at their own childhood, life experiences, identity, and nervous system and why it's so important to do this work before a baby arrives. 
 
In this episode, we discuss:
Embodied Dialogics - a prenatal coaching program that emotionally prepares first-time parents-to-be before the baby comes
Signs/symptoms that you're holding onto unwanted childhood patterns or trauma
Maintaining a healthy relationship with your spouse after baby arrives
Setting yourself up for mental success before parenting begins
 
This episode is part of a 4-part series with Karen Kieffer, owner of Snowfields Coaching based in Howard, WI. Be sure to listen to them all!
Part 1: A Real-Life Story: Learning to Live On Purpose
Part 2: Why Parenting Feels Harder Now Than Ever Before
Part 3: Embodied Dialogics: A Game-Changer for First-Time Parents-To-Be
Part 4: An Introduction to Psychedelic Therapies
 
👋Connect with Karen:
🔗 Karen's Motherhood Alliance profile
🔗 Instagram
🔗 To explore working together and answer specific questions, set up a 20 minute call
🔗 Newsletter signup for prenatal parenting prep program, BECOMING
 
❗PROMO CODES:
10% off coaching package with code MAMAPAPA10
 
Resources mentioned in this series:
🔗 Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson
 
 
✨About the Motherhood Alliance✨
The Motherhood Alliance is the #1 directory of holistically-minded health and wellness professionals, dedicated to providing trusted care + support for moms and their families in NE WI.
🔗 Explore the Motherhood Alliance directory & website
🔗 Follow us on Instagram (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Follow us on Facebook (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Our Story (Episode 1)

Why Parenting Feels Harder Now Than Ever Before w Karen Kieffer | Snowfields Coaching

Why does parenting feel so hard in our modern world? In this episode, we have an honest conversation with Karen Kieffer, a Green Bay-based Licensed Clinical Social Worker, about how we can foster positive, open relationships with our kids in the fast-paced culture we live in today.
 
In this episode, we discuss:
How parenting has changed through the generations
Unpacking our own childhood trauma/stress
Building a positive relationship with our children early
The importance of modeling (and ideas on how to do it)
 
This episode is part of a 4-part series with Karen Kieffer, owner of Snowfields Coaching based in Howard, WI. Be sure to listen to them all!
Part 1: A Real-Life Story: Learning to Live On Purpose
Part 2: Why Parenting Feels Harder Now Than Ever Before
Part 3: Embodied Dialogics: A Game-Changer for First-Time Parents-To-Be
Part 4: An Introduction to Psychedelic Therapies
 
👋Connect with Karen:
🔗 Karen's Motherhood Alliance profile
🔗 Instagram
🔗 To explore working together and answer specific questions, set up a 20 minute call
🔗 Newsletter signup for prenatal parenting prep program, BECOMING
 
❗PROMO CODES:
10% off coaching package with code MAMAPAPA10
 
Resources mentioned in this series:
🔗 Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson
 
 
✨About the Motherhood Alliance✨
The Motherhood Alliance is the #1 directory of holistically-minded health and wellness professionals, dedicated to providing trusted care + support for moms and their families in NE WI.
🔗 Explore the Motherhood Alliance directory & website
🔗 Follow us on Instagram (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Follow us on Facebook (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Our Story (Episode 1)

A Real-Life Story: Learning to Live On Purpose w/ Karen Kieffer | Snowfields Coaching

In this episode, we sat down with Karen Kieffer, owner of Snowfields Coaching, to share the story that led her to the work she does today.
After a lifetime of navigating PTSD, anxiety, and depression without effective support, Karen stayed open to learning and creating alternative options where resources were lacking. In her 50s, she returned to school to become a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, determined to bring progressive, research-backed approaches directly to the people who needed them most. More recently, a cancer diagnosis became another turning point — clarifying what matters and deepening her commitment to meaningful, embodied work.
 
This episode is part of a 4-part series with Karen Kieffer, owner of Snowfields Coaching based in Howard, WI. Be sure to listen to them all!
Part 1: A Real-Life Story: Learning to Live On Purpose
Part 2: Why Parenting Feels Harder Now Than Ever Before
Part 3: Embodied Dialogics: A Game-Changer for First-Time Parents-To-Be
Part 4: An Introduction to Psychedelic Therapies
 
👋Connect with Karen:
🔗 Karen's Motherhood Alliance profile
🔗 Instagram
🔗 To explore working together and answer specific questions, set up a 20 minute call
🔗 Newsletter signup for prenatal parenting prep program, BECOMING
 
❗PROMO CODES:
10% off coaching package with code MAMAPAPA10
 
Resources mentioned in this series:
🔗 Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul by Stephen Jenkinson
 
✨About the Motherhood Alliance✨
The Motherhood Alliance is the #1 directory of holistically-minded health and wellness professionals, dedicated to providing trusted care + support for moms and their families in NE WI.
🔗 Explore the Motherhood Alliance directory & website
🔗 Follow us on Instagram (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Follow us on Facebook (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Our Story (Episode 1)

The Power of Bioactive Peptides — and Where GLP-1s Fit In w/ Sara Lindgren | Inspire Wellness NEW

Bioactive peptides are gaining attention for a reason! In this episode, Sara Lindgren of Inspire Wellness NEW explains how bioactive peptides work, why they matter, and how they differ from collagen peptides, amino acid supplements and popular GLP-1 medications. 
 
In this episode, we discuss:
Collagen vs amino acids (BCAAs/EAAs) vs bioactive peptides
GLP-1s - pros & cons
Benefits of bioactive peptides
How/when to consume them
What to look for (or look out for) when purchasing peptides, vitamins, and other supplements
 
This episode is part of a 4-part series with Sara Lindgren, owner of Inspire Wellness NEW based in Green Bay, WI. Be sure to listen to them all!
Part 1: The Science Behind Stress: Cortisol, Inflammation, and More
Part 2: How Gut Dysfunction & Gallbladder Issues Impact Hormone Balance
Part 3: Are Autoimmune Diseases Reversible?
Part 4: The Power of Bioactive Peptides — and Where GLP-1s Fit In
 
👋Connect with Sara:
🔗 Sara's Motherhood Alliance profile
🔗 Website
🔗 Facebook
🔗 Instagram
🔗 Free consult (booking link)
🔗 Blog: Natural Wellness at the Cellular Level: The Power of Bioactive Precision Peptides
🔗 Blog: How Gut Health Impacts Mental Health: The Gut-Brain Connection Explained
 
❗PROMO CODES:
$10 off peptides: GIVE10
$10 off foot bath or sauna session: DETOX10
 
✨About the Motherhood Alliance✨
The Motherhood Alliance is the #1 directory of holistically-minded health and wellness professionals, dedicated to providing trusted care + support for moms and their families in NE WI.
🔗 Explore the Motherhood Alliance directory & website
🔗 Follow us on Instagram (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Follow us on Facebook (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Our Story (Episode 1)

Are Autoimmune Diseases Reversible? w/ Sara Lindgren | Inspire Wellness NEW

In today’s episode, we welcome Sara Lindgren back for an in-depth conversation about autoimmune diseases. Whether you currently have a diagnosis, are questioning symptoms, or simply want to better understand autoimmunity, Sara shares her deep expertise on immune health.
 
In this episode, we discuss:
Are autoimmune diseases genetic?
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Hashimotos, Lupus, Diabetes, Graves, Celiac, Multiple Sclerosis and more
Gluten & dairy intolerances
The journey to autoimmune reversal
Keeping autoimmune diseases in remission
 
This episode is part of a 4-part series with Sara Lindgren, owner of Inspire Wellness NEW based in Green Bay, WI. Be sure to listen to them all!
Part 1: The Science Behind Stress: Cortisol, Inflammation, and More
Part 2: How Gut Dysfunction & Gallbladder Issues Impact Hormone Balance
Part 3: Are Autoimmune Diseases Reversible?
Part 4: The Power of Bioactive Peptides — and Where GLP-1s Fit In
 
👋Connect with Sara:
🔗 Sara's Motherhood Alliance profile
🔗 Website
🔗 Facebook
🔗 Instagram
🔗 Free consult (booking link)
🔗 Blog: Natural Wellness at the Cellular Level: The Power of Bioactive Precision Peptides
🔗 Blog: How Gut Health Impacts Mental Health: The Gut-Brain Connection Explained
 
❗PROMO CODES:
$10 off peptides: GIVE10
$10 off foot bath or sauna session: DETOX10
 
✨About the Motherhood Alliance✨
The Motherhood Alliance is the #1 directory of holistically-minded health and wellness professionals, dedicated to providing trusted care + support for moms and their families in NE WI.
🔗 Explore the Motherhood Alliance directory & website
🔗 Follow us on Instagram (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Follow us on Facebook (@motherhoodalliance)
🔗 Our Story (Episode 1)