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The Wellness Mama Podcast

Dr. Jen Forristal on the Umbrella Effect for Raising Resilient Kids

The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells

Parenting, Education, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Motherhood, Mom Life, Wellness, Kids & Family, Organic, Health, Natural Living, Self-improvement

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Episode Highlights With Dr. Jen Forristal

  • What the umbrella effect is and how it relates to parenting
  • Steps we can take with our kids to help teach a growth mindset and coping skills for learning from challenges
  • Why to make a “sucks but normal” category in life
  • The importance of modeling in parenting
  • How to help teach your kids coping skills
  • What curious empathy is and why she considers it the most profound parenting shift for parents
  • How she approaches bedtime routine and sleep in her home
  • What to do about tantrums and why it starts at birth
  • Her “regulate or be regulated” approach

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to my Bobby's Podcast!

0:04.6

This episode is brought to you by ForSigmatic, the company that first introduced me to functional

0:09.7

and medicinal mushrooms and whose products I have been using for almost a decade.

0:14.4

Mushrooms are absolutely fascinating.

0:16.5

Being genetically closer to humans than they are to plants, the largest organism in the

0:20.1

world is a mushroom.

0:21.9

And mushroom networks allow trees and plants to talk to each other using something called

0:26.4

MyCoreasal Networks.

0:28.6

Many types of mushrooms are also well studied for their benefits to humans and widely used

0:32.6

in many ancient medicinal traditions and cultures.

0:36.0

Researchers found that mushrooms have high amounts of ergo thionine and glutathione, which

0:39.9

are both important antioxidants that help fight age-related decline.

0:43.6

I personally love eating culinary mushrooms any chance I get, but sometimes it can be hard

0:47.9

to work those into my everyday diet every single day.

0:50.6

And specific mushrooms have additional more targeted benefits, and that's why I love ForSigmatic.

0:55.4

They have a wide variety of beverages that incorporate these amazing superfood mushrooms and

0:59.5

that taste amazing.

1:01.2

On a typical day, I'll drink a cup of their mushroom and juice coffee or matcha, with ingredients

1:05.8

like lion's mane for focus or corniceps to support overall health.

1:09.9

I also love winding down with a cup of their ratio lixer, which helps me fall asleep and

1:14.4

get more restored at deep sleep.

1:16.4

I love their packets on the go because they're easy to throw in my purse or in my bag when

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