1202. The Health Lesson That Changed Everything for Jenny McCarthy

Heal Squad x Maria Menounos

Maria Menounos, Heal Squad

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Hey Heal Squad! We’re throwing it back to one of our most unforgettable conversations of the year with the one and only Jenny McCarthy Wahlberg. Jenny gets real about her son’s life-threatening seizures, his autism diagnosis, and why trusting her intuition changed everything, even when it meant facing intense backlash. She shares the behind-the-scenes truth about her advocacy journey, how she was talking about the gut-brain connection long before it was mainstream, and how that path ultimately led her to creating her clean beauty brand, Formless Beauty. This episode is raw, honest, and filled with those “wait… WHAT?!” moments that remind us why listening to your body (and your inner voice) matters so much! Part 2 of our episode with Jenny: Apple Podcasts Spotify HEAL SQUAD SOCIALS IG: https://www.instagram.com/healsquad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@healsquadxmaria HEAL SQUAD RESOURCES: Heal Squad Website:https://www.healsquad.com/ Heal Squad x Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HealSquad/membership Maria Menounos Website: https://www.mariamenounos.com My Curated Macy’s Page: Shop My Macy’s Storefront EMR-Tek Red Light: https://emr-tek.com/discount/Maria30 for 30% off Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/maria Thrive Causemetics: https://thrivecausemetics.com/healsquad Get 20% OFF with this link! Briotech: https://shopbriotech.com/ Use Code: HEALSQUAD for 20% off GUEST RESOURCES: Follow Jenny on Instagram & TikTok:https://www.instagram.com/jennymccarthy/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@mrs.wahlberg?lang=enhttps://formlessbeauty.com/ ABOUT MARIA MENOUNOS: Emmy Award-winning journalist, TV personality, actress, 2x NYT best-selling author, former pro-wrestler and brain tumor survivor, Maria Menounos’ passion is to see others heal and to get better in all areas of life. ABOUT HEAL SQUAD x MARIA MENOUNOS: A daily digital talk-show that brings you the world's leading healers, experts, and celebrities to share groundbreaking secrets and tips to getting better in all areas of life. DISCLAIMER:This Podcast and all related content (published or distributed by or on behalf of Maria Menounos or http://Mariamenounos.com and http://healsquad.com) is for informational purposes only and may include information that is general in nature and that is not specific to you. Any information or opinions provided by guest experts or hosts featured within website or on Company’s Podcast are their own; not those of Maria Menounos or the Company. Accordingly, Maria Menounos and the Company cannot be responsible for any results or consequences or actions you may take based on such information or opinions. This podcast is presented for exploratory purposes only. Published content is not intended to be used for preventing, diagnosing, or treating a specific illness. If you have, or suspect you may have, a health-care emergency, please contact a qualified health care professional for treatment.

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0:00.0	Friends, I can't believe Christmas is next week, and I know what you're going to say.
0:04.2	I still have shopping to do, but don't worry, Macy's makes it easy.
0:08.4	Just buy something personalized and make it look like you planned ahead.
0:12.5	Shop bespoke jewelry like a gold pendant with a letter initial or a set of his and hers monogram robes.
0:18.2	And you get a chance to give back to simply round up your purchase in
0:21.1	store to support Big Brothers, Big Sisters with every dollar going directly to them. Here's
0:25.9	another tip. Make sure you order online at Macy's.com by December 21st to get it by Christmas. Happy
0:30.6	shopping. I'm on a journey to heal and get better in all areas of life, and I want to do it with you.
0:39.1	Welcome to Heal Squad by Maria Menunoz, where we improve and heal all parts of our lives,
0:44.4	most importantly, our health. Heel Squad by Maria Menuno's, your life improvement series starts now.
0:51.8	Coming up on this episode of Heal Squad. To tell you truth, when I was on Oprah is when I
0:56.8	first came out with my book, and that's really I really outed myself. Oprah had me on because she
1:01.5	said, we received so many letters over the years, so many. Parents were pounding Oprah to do
1:08.1	a story on the association between vaccines and autism autism and she just couldn't do it.
1:13.3	So when my book came around, I was able to tell my perspective, my story.
1:18.0	And she told me I had to go on live because otherwise the show would be either censored or edited.
1:25.5	So we had to go live.
1:27.1	No way. She's had to go live. No way.
1:28.0	She's a gangster.
1:33.5	Hey, Hill Squad.
1:34.9	I am so excited about our guest today.
1:37.9	We have Jenny McCarthy, the one and only Jenny McCarthy Walberg in studio.
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