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Feeding The FamilyMedicinal Mushrooms and Motherhood 7/16/25 Ep 15.mp3Can mycology be the catalyst to living a healthier more vibrant life, starting in motherhood?
We discuss all things mushrooms; their culinary wonders using shiitake, oyster and portobello, all have medicinal properties, their amazing benefits to fertility and sperm health, their role in supporting gut microbiome health, and even the hallucinogenic properties to support mental health. Wow! If you don't eat or use medicinal mushrooms, this interview will inspire you to start taking them now!
The study of fungi, a group that includes the mushrooms and yeasts have been part of human history- in art...2025-07-1954 minFeeding The FamilyHow Feeding the Soil Feeds the Family Jill Troderman with guest Paul Gaylon Ep. 14 7/9/25.mp3Paul Gaylon talks about our need to nurture and feed our soil in our order to create healthy plants to feed our families.
Where does true health begin? Does it begin in the person, in our foods, in the seed or does true health begin in the soil?
The concept of regenerative farming supports all 4 of these needs for optimal human and planetary health, highlighting the importance of soil biology renewed and continuing life.
But healthy soil just doesn’t just happen overnight. To create one inch of topsoil takes nature 100 year...2025-07-1252 minFeeding The FamilyExploring the Union of Nature and Science in Skincare with host Jill Troderman and guest Aesthetician Donna Cherie Ep. 13 6/25/25Exploring the Union of Nature and Science in Skincare with host Jill Troderman and guest Aesthetician Donna Cherie Ep. 13 6/25/25
Skin Deep. Soul Soothing.
My next guest, Donna Cherie, says “Your skin tells a story—of resilience, of memory, of healing. “
So what does your skin tell about you, your history, and your lifestyle?
From scars, to wrinkles, to bumps and bruises, from rough skin to silky smooth skin, our outer layer tells a lot about who we are and where we have been.
But at different stages and phases of life, we nee...2025-06-2854 minFeeding The FamilyConnecting to the Hive, Must-Know Bee Keeping Lessons From a Homestead Whisperer with Guest Colin George and Host Jill Troderman 6/18/25 Ep.12Bee Keeping and homesteading are rising trends in North American households. One hundred twenty five years ago most people embraced the homestead lifestyle because it was the only way most folks could survive and thrive.
One family is finding a way to embrace this way of living.
Today I welcome to the show Colin George, Founder of Honey Do Garden’s, on becoming a bee whisperer, connecting to the hive and to our collective community to recreate that sacred connection to our food and land.
Colin and his wife, Shalray, love the idea of...2025-06-2054 minFeeding The FamilyHow to Release Lingering Past Trauma and Embrace Your Creative and Authentic Goddess Self with Jill Troderman Guest Carly Wise3 Powerful Ways to Release Lingering Past Trauma and Embrace Your Creative and Authentic Goddess Self with host Jill Troderman and guest Carly Wise.
Today we are talking about rewriting past trauma and unlocking your true potential to become free, empowered, confident and abundant. Who doesn’t want that?
This show is about the clear importance of fostering and maintaining good mental health and being aware of how we use language to get our needs met and to meet those of others in a loving way.
Carly Wise is a Santa Cruz-based Authentic and Crea...2025-06-1352 minFeeding The FamilyCan Local Farming Feed Our World or Is Big Ag The Future? With guest Michael Olson, Food Chain Radio and Host Jill Troderman Ep 10 6/4/25
Can Local Farming Feed Our World or Is Big Ag The Future?
Farms, food production, distribution and consumption are morphing rapidly in our fast paced – ever changing world.
In this episode, we ask some serious questions about a topic that impacts every single person on Earth - FOOD!
Join Host Jill The Food Tree Guide; Holistic Family Nutrition with Jill Troderman, N.C. and Guest Michael Olson of The Food Chain Radio Ep. 10 6/4/25 to explore why:
The US has lost 160,000 farmers and ranchers between 2017 and 2024 according to USDA.
Vegetable production is down 6.3%, according to USDA.
Fruit production is down nearly 36% in 2024...2025-06-0554 minFeeding The FamilyTalking Raw, Fermented and Farmers Market Foods with Yeyen Gunawan and Host Jill Troderman Ep 9 5/29/25Are eating raw, probiotic rich foods really that amazing for dealing with common health problems?
Absolutely says my guest Yeyen Gunawan, creator of La Vie Live Probiotic Drinks.
Our conversation is inspiring as Yeyen shares her health and business journey and how you can get a creative cooking high by shopping at Farmer's Markets. Farmers Markets connect you to local, organic, whole foods that are in season and are winning places to connect farmers and food producers to the community.
It's all about connection. To each other. And our innate wisdom on knowing how...2025-05-2954 minFeeding The FamilyCreating Healthy Dependency in the 21st Century Guest Laurie Orso, Host Jill Troderman 5/21/25 Ep. 8Laurie Orso, Montessori Teacher and I, deep dive into what interconnectedness and healthy dependency looks like in today's landscape. When so many folks are scattered and busy, we've become more independent. We tend to isolate ourselves and not depend on each other but our animal nature calls on us to co-create, leading to making healthy choices.
Technology can interfere with our ability to pay attention to each other so how do we consciously nurture healthy dependency from the start with our children, and partners?
We groove on how we need each other, yes, us humans, i...2025-05-2254 minFeeding The FamilyChronic Illness in Children, Navigating Junk Food and May in the Garden with host Jill Troderman, 5/14/25 Ep. 7Chronic illness in kids in the US is exploding. Navigating how to avoid junk food with your kids as we explore the abundance of toxins in our foods, including the commercial cereals and how to get your hands dirty as we all embrace growing more food in our homes and schools with what to plant in the May Garden with host Jill Troderman, holistic family nutritionist and guest, author Dr. Katherine Reid, 5/14/25 Ep. 7
2025-05-1654 minFeeding The FamilyCan You Inject Your Way To Health? Christie Hernandez, RN with Host Jill Troderman 5/7/25 Ep 6Can you inject your way to health? Are people moving away from popping pills like all the multi-vitamins and power shakes and moving towards using IV or intravenous injectables?
Today, IV Nutrient Therapy, the ultimate health hack or hoax? Christie Hernandez, RN with Host Jill Troderman 5/7/25 Ep 6
IV nutrition is a form of therapy that involves delivering essential
nutrients like vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids to a patient intravenously.
Is using IV Therapies a wellness trend or medical necessity? Today we are going to Explore with Nurse Christie th...2025-05-0851 minFeeding The FamilyAre We Facing Food Scarcity or Food Abundance in the United States? With Grey Bears of Santa Cruz with Host Jill Troderman Ep 5Is there enough food to feed everyone or is there a food distribution issue? Today we talk about the amazing work a place in Santa Cruz, called Grey Bears, does with their food distribution program and how this relates to American’s access to Food.
Food scarcity is real. People are going hungry and have to make serious choice on where to spend their money. The US produces enough food to feed everyone yet
In 2022 estimated 49 million people that is 1 in 6 in the us are food insecure.
Let's get it to it! Join me...2025-05-0252 minFeeding The FamilyHow to Feed Your Kids with a Mind, Body Soul Approach with Jill Troderman and guest Kelly Dearie Gut Health Coach Ep 4 4/23/25Engage your kids in healthy eating using a proven mind, body, and soul approach. Critical thinking, cooking and gratitude - and fun- are all important ways to get your kids to enjoy healthy eating.
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Feeding The FamilyBalance Into Health with Homeopathy for the Whole Family with Host Jill Troderman and guest, Dr. Carola Cuenca Ep 3 4/9/25Homeopathy is medicine known to improve the quality of Humankind. Join
me and Dr. Carola Cuenca, Naturopathic and Homeopathic practitioner, as she shares her wisdom on the healing potential of homeopathy.
"Homeopathic remedies are essentially purified sparks of God Consciousness. It was given to us by God to do better for this world." Says Dr. Cuenca
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Feeding The FamilyWhat Happened at the Moss Landing Toxic BESS Fire Disaster? Jill Troderman with Brian Roeder and Madeline Adamczeski Ep. 2 4/16/25Today’s discussion will be a cautionary tale.
Too many questions, too many concerns.
On January 16 2025, the world’s largest lithium battery storage facility, aka BESS in Moss Landing, CA owned by the Vistra Power Co., exploded into a fiery toxic plume that caused and continues to cause panic, fear, illness, concern and anger in the residents who were impacted.
This was the largest battery accident in history that burned for two days and caused the evacuation of 1,500 residents from Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties in the USA.
We all want green...2025-04-2200 minFeeding The FamilyYour Mind on MSG with Jill Troderman and guest Dr. Katie Reid Ep.1 4/2/25MSG, aka Mono sodium glutamate, is an ingredient found in Chinese food and other savory dishes that many people associate as a benign additive.
MSG is found naturally in some foods and The FDA says it is safe to eat.
Even acclaimed researchers from Harvard and the Mayo clinic state there is no evidence showing these additives are harmful.
Yet many people claim it negatively impacts their health.
So, are these people making up health claims or is there really something to pay attention to?
Today I give a w...2025-04-2254 min
Pulling an all nighter PodcastWhere kids eat for free or for £1 during February half termIt’s February half-term 2025 next week. In this episode, we’ve done the detective work (so you don’t have to) and found the best spots where your little munchkins can eat for FREE or just £1!From sneaky supermarket cafés to family-friendly pubs that know the struggle, we’ll spill the beans (literally) on all the best deals.(00:00) intro(01:22) The real Greek(01:31) barbican kitchen(01:45) Dobbies(02:08) Angus steak(02:31) ikea(02:58) Ramseys(03:22) premiere inn & travelodge(04:01) bella italia(04:40) TGI Friday(05:41) Harvey Nichols(06:04) morrisons and Asda(07:09) Heathrow airport: t...2025-02-1311 min