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This episode is different.

No guest. No polished lesson. Just me, reflecting honestly on the most transformative year of my life.

One year ago, I was 50 pounds heavier, deep in autoimmune flares, brain fog, lingering postpartum depression, and still trying to function through sheer willpower. My skin was inflamed, my nervous system was overwhelmed, and despite all my training as a feeding specialist, I felt stuck in my own body.

Today, everything looks different.

In this episode, I share:

• What actually changed my health after years of trying everything
• How gut health, nervous system safety, and environment reshaped my healing
• Why mold exposure was a turning point I could not ignore
• How ancestral nutrition and personalized testing shifted my understanding of “healthy”
• The moment with my son at the dinner table that completely reframed picky eating for me
• Why picky eating is not a behavior problem, but a biological signal

This experience did not pull me away from my work. It deepened it.

If you are a parent feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or wondering why nothing seems to work for your child or your own health, this episode is for you. Healing is possible. Safety comes first. And clarity changes everything.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Healing is individualized. There is no universal “healthy.”
• Picky eating is a symptom, not a diagnosis.
• Nervous system safety must come before food exposure.
• Gut health, immune regulation, and sensory processing are deeply connected.
• Environmental inputs (light, air, water, stress) matter as much as food.
• Parents are not failing. Their child’s body is communicating.

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Tell me what shifted for you this year or what you are navigating right now.

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Always consult with a qualified healthcare provider before making significant dietary changes.

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Motherhood has a way of cracking us open in ways we never expected.

In this episode of The Livin’Sky Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Angele Close, clinical psychologist, author, and mom of three, for a powerful conversation about what really shapes the way we parent our inner world.

After becoming a mother herself, Dr. Angele realized that despite years of clinical training, parenting surfaced deep emotional patterns, reactions, and beliefs she didn’t know were still there. That experience led her to Internal Family Systems (IFS), a model that helps parents understand their inner “parts,” soften reactive patterns, and heal the generational cycles we unknowingly pass on to our children.

Together, we talk about:

• Why motherhood often feels harder than we expected
• The hidden myths of the “good mom” and how they fuel stress and shame
• How unhealed inner parts show up at the dinner table, especially with picky eating
• The connection between a parent’s nervous system and a child’s ability to feel safe, regulate, and explore food
• Why repair matters more than perfection
• How healing yourself creates ripple effects throughout your home

If you’ve ever found yourself overwhelmed, reactive, questioning whether you’re doing enough, or wondering why mealtimes feel so tense, this episode will help you see that nothing is wrong with you and that real change starts from the inside out.

Dr. Angele also shares more about her upcoming book, Unburdening Motherhood, which brings Internal Family Systems into everyday parenting and offers practical tools for releasing shame, softening survival patterns, and reconnecting with yourself.

This conversation is for moms who want to parent differently, support their child’s nervous system, and raise resilient, connected kids without losing themselves in the process.

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What if speech delays, feeding struggles, eczema, allergies, and sensory challenges weren’t separate issues but connected signals from the body?

In this episode of The Livin’Sky Podcast, I sit down with Tori Starling, holistic health and bioenergetics practitioner, health coach, and founder of Simply Holistic Solutions. Tori shares her powerful personal story of how her son healed from childhood apraxia of speech, severe eczema, asthma, recurrent ear infections, and food allergies, not through a single therapy or supplement, but by addressing the root causes affecting his whole system.

Fourteen years ago, when few people were talking about holistic apraxia or root-cause healing, Tori followed her intuition and uncovered the deeper layers influencing her son’s ability to speak, learn, and thrive. Today, she supports families navigating apraxia and autism by addressing total load, gut health, nutritional deficiencies, nervous system regulation, and bioenergetics, helping therapy work better, not harder.

This episode is a hopeful, grounded reminder that children are not broken and that when the body is supported, incredible healing is possible.

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