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Wellness + Wisdom Podcast

Mary Ruddick | Tribal Wisdom in Modernity: How Birthing + Gut Microbiome Impact Your Entire LIFE

Wellness + Wisdom Podcast

Josh Trent

Education, Self-improvement

4.8913 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Wellness + Wisdom | Episode 690

How does tribal wisdom inspire modern practices to nurture health and well-being in ourselves and our children?

Mary Ruddick, Researcher + Ancestral Nutritionist, joins Josh Trent on the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 690, to explore the correlation between chronic illnesses and the modern lifestyle, how traditional tribal practices foster resilience and well-being, and why C-sections disrupt essential bacterial transfer crucial for a baby’s gut and immune health.

"The places that I go are very traditional. They have not been colonized. They're not wearing T-shirts. They are not dire. They're not hungry. They are the highest version of us. There aren't divorces or cheating. I haven't seen drug abuse or alcoholism. They're quite happy units." - Mary Ruddick

In This Episode, Mary Ruddick Uncovers:

  • (01:30) Chronic Diseases Are Misunderstood
  • (08:05) Tribal Culture
  • (15:10) Raising Children with Love + Safety
  • (19:00) Tribalism in The West
  • (24:50) Traditional Ways of Birthing + Raising Children
  • (33:30) How to Heal C-Section Born Babies
  • (41:40) Gut Microbiome Health
  • (49:55) Moving Through Chronic Illness
  • (56:50) The Hero's Journey

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Kids are being born into a world that they are not equipped for.

0:04.0

In many places, it's 50% or higher of C-section, and those are usually from women that have

0:10.5

already had antibiotics, but even if they hadn't, they're going to have IV antibiotics during

0:14.8

the C-section.

0:15.8

So when they nurse, the children are not going to get the same microbes that they would have

0:19.8

before. They are what protect us from the elements.

0:22.7

They are what make us feel happy.

0:24.6

They are what help us bond.

0:27.0

Mary Ruddick is an ancestral nutritionist, international keynote speaker and writer.

0:32.5

If you have a very tall male with a very short female, that is a recipe for a C-section.

0:38.2

How so?

0:40.6

When we depart from the really intuitive, natural ways of living with tribalism, the child is

0:47.4

impacted at such a young age.

0:49.1

They spend essentially the rest of their life just repairing because they came into the world

0:53.2

in a way that they weren't

0:54.7

designed for. The places that I go, they're very traditional. They have not been colonized. They're not

1:00.6

wearing t-shirts. They're not dire. They're not hungry. They are the highest version of us. There

1:05.5

aren't divorces. I haven't seen cheating. I haven't seen drug abuse or alcoholism. And so they're quite happy units.

1:12.6

We have a culture in less than 100 years that went to a group of folks that don't bond,

1:18.6

therefore they don't have children, and a group of folks that can't,

1:21.6

even though they want to.

1:22.6

Can you imagine in a couple of generations what we're looking at.

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