Regulating & Raising

Regulating & Raising is a podcast for moms who want to feel calm, aligned, and in control again. Hosted by MaKenzie, this show blends Human Design and nervous system support with real-life motherhood—so you can understand your energy, trust your decisions, and stop feeling like you’re constantly in survival mode. Each episode is a mix of honest solo conversations and expert interviews, covering everything from emotional regulation and identity shifts to clean living, holistic health, and raising a family in a way that actually feels good. This isn’t about doing more or getting it perfect. It’s about learning how to regulate yourself while raising your kids—and building a life that works for your season. If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or like there has to be a better way… you’re in the right place.

Regulating & Raising is a health podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 37 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Regulating & Raising, a health show with 37 episodes published.

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  Episode #42

  Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself Postpartum — Even Years Later with Amy Dave

  Sep 29, 202631 minS1

  The conversation focuses on the challenges mothers face postpartum, particularly regarding hormonal changes and the impact on their well-being. Amy Day, a physician assistant and women's wellness coach, discusses the importance of understanding postpartum hormones, nutrient deficiencies, and practical strategies for recovery and self-care. Takeaways Postpartum hormones impact well-being Self-care is crucial for recovery Chapters 00:00 Understanding Postpartum Challenges 02:50 Hormonal Changes and Nutrient Deficiencies 08:16 Essential Nutrients for Recovery 10:41 Recognizing Signs of Need for Support 13:13 Cortisol vs. Progesterone: The Stress Connection 18:15 Simple Practices for Stress Management 22:02 Navigating Postpartum Depression 24:59 The Role of Antidepressants 30:25 Maternity Leave and Support Systems 35:15 Building Household Systems for Balance 36:15 Personal Growth and Cycle Awareness Connect with Amy: Amy Dave is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and the founder of The Wealth of Wellness LLC, where she helps women decode what their bodies are actually telling them — through hormones, labs, nervous system work, and real food. She's the host of the This Incredible Mom Life podcast and a mama herself who lives what she teaches. Website: thewealthofwellness.com Instagram: @thewealthofwellness Podcast: This Incredible Mom Life — wherever you listen Connect with MaKenzie: MaKenzie Byram is a Human Design practitioner, gut health specialist, and nervous system regulation coach helping mothers come home to themselves through the wiring they were born with. She's the host of Regulating and Raising and the founder of The Clean Mom Edit Club. Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Join The Clean Mom Edit Club (free community for mothers ready to regulate, raise, and remember who they are). Want your Human Design chart broken down? Book a reading with MaKenzie here. Loved this episode? Leave a review on Apple Podcasts — it's how more mothers find their way here. Screenshot your review, share it to your stories and tag @thecleanmomedit, and I'll send you a little thank-you

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  Episode #42

  The 40K Email Empire That Runs While You Log Off with Melissa Seideman

  Sep 25, 202623 minS1

  Melissa, an award-winning email marketing strategist, shares her journey from being a teacher to building a successful email marketing business. She emphasizes the importance of automated email engines, welcome sequences, and the rule of three in email marketing. Her insights provide practical and freeing strategies for mom entrepreneurs. Takeaways Automated email engines allow entrepreneurs to scale revenue and be present for their families. The rule of three, including subject lines, links, and images, can significantly impact open and click rates. Chapters 00:00 The Journey to Email Marketing Success 03:14 The Power of Automated Email Engines 04:03 Building an Email Empire in Real Life 05:43 Strategies for Growing an Email List 07:21 Tools for Email Marketing Success 09:18 Writing Effective Emails and Creating a Welcome Sequence 11:32 Strategies for High Open and Click Rates 15:13 Planning and Executing Email Campaigns 18:14 Optimizing Email Engagement and List Maintenance 24:12 Resources and Support for Email Marketing Connect with Melissa Instagram: @notanotheremailcompany Website: notanotheremailcompany.com Email Edge Membership: notanotheremailcompany.com/join-the-email-edge Connect with MaKenzie Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Website: www.thecleanmomedit.com Join The Clean Mom Edit Club — Free Community A supportive space for moms ready to slow down, regulate their nervous systems, understand their human design, and come home to themselves. Monthly human design teaching, nervous system practice, cosmic reflection, guided meditation, and a live Q&A with MaKenzie — completely free. Join the Club: https://www.skool.com/the-soft-motherhood-collective-8849/about Get Your Human Design Chart Breakdown Want a personalized walkthrough of your chart? MaKenzie's Chart Breakdown session dives deep into your type, authority, profile, centers, and the practical experiments to start applying it in your life this week. Book your Chart Breakdown: https://www.thecleanmomedit.com/hdexperiences Loved this episode? Leave a review and share it with a mom who needs to hear it — it is the easiest way to help more moms find the show.

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  Episode #41

  The One Question That Told Me My Ambition Wasn't Mine (with Dr. Sandra Fernandes)

  Sep 20, 202638 minS1

  Dr. Sandra Fernandez didn't stop to pee for an entire workday and didn't notice until her husband asked what was wrong with her. That's what high-functioning burnout actually looks like from the inside, and it's why "sleep more, do less" advice keeps failing ambitious moms who look completely fine on paper. In this episode, Dr. Sandra, a family physician turned burnout coach, breaks down the three real signs of burnout hiding inside a life that still looks successful, why discipline was never the problem, and the one gut-check question she asks clients before any big decision: if nobody expected this of you, would you still choose it? Guest: Dr. Sandra Fernandez, @SandraFernandesMD Her Sustainable Success Workbook: sandrafernandes.com/sustainablesuccessworkbook Follow The Clean Mom Edit: @thecleanmomedit LISTEN to the full episode, then hit subscribe/follow so you never miss one. Share this with the friend who looks like she has it all together but is quietly running on empty, she needs to hear this one. And if this show has helped you, leaving a review takes two minutes and helps another ambitious mom find us.

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  Episode #40

  Human Design as a Business, Money, and Life-Changing Framework

  Sep 14, 202643 minS1

  This episode is one MaKenzie has been dreaming about for a long time — and it is for the woman who knows she is meant for more and is finally ready to build a business and a life that actually matches how she was designed. MaKenzie sits down with her own mentor , Becca Francis — a Human Design and Gene Keys expert, business mentor, psychic medium, and the woman behind an entire body of work teaching women how to build coaching businesses, make more money, and step into their gifts using their own energetic blueprint. Becca has helped thousands of women monetize their gifts, launch aligned offers, and step into psychic gifts they were once told to hide. Together, MaKenzie and Becca explore Becca's journey from struggling in a corporate law firm for 15 years to leaving her job just 8 months after discovering Human Design. They dive into what it actually means to live your design — starting simple with type, strategy, and authority — and how one shift changed everything for Becca's relationships, business, and marriage. Becca teaches on the ego (heart) center and splenic center as the two hidden money patterns most women are never told about, walks the audience through the "what if that weren't true?" reframe for changing money beliefs, and unpacks deconditioning as a practical, ongoing practice (spoiler: it does not have to take seven years). She also shares her jaw-dropping story of the honeymoon night in the Redwoods that cracked open her psychic gifts, and closes with a real, tangible starting point for the mom just discovering Human Design today. If you have been quietly performing a version of yourself that never fit, this conversation is your permission slip to finally build from your actual blueprint. What We Cover Becca's 15 years in corporate and 8-month exit after discovering Human Design Why "know your type, strategy, and authority" and you're 75% there Emotional authority: the wave, feeling through the yes and no, and waiting for stillness The moment Becca stopped trying to fit in — and how the toxic office culture shifted The unconscious Mars shadow and the exclusion pattern Becca had to face Why Human Design gives you "targeted vocabulary" instead of vague healing The ego (heart) center and money — why you overextend to prove your worth The splenic center and money — why you need a buffer to feel safe The "what if that weren't true?" reframe you can use this week Deconditioning explained through Karen Curry Parker's basket, jewels, and rocks visual Why self-trust is the foundation for every psychic gift and intuitive knowing Becca's Redwoods honeymoon night that opened her psychic channel Practical starting steps for the mom just discovering Human Design today Connect with Becca Website: beccafrancis.com Instagram: @thebeccafrancis TikTok: @beccafrancismedium Free — Human Design + Money AI Tool: beccafrancis.com/money Free — 5-Day Intuition Challenge: beccafrancis.com/intuition

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  Episode #39

  Midlife Is Not a Crisis. It Is an Awakening. With Lori Lisai

  Sep 8, 202639 minS1

  This episode is for the woman who has spent decades living everyone else's design — and is finally ready to meet her own. MaKenzie sits down with Lori Lisai, a Human Design guide who helps midlife women navigate transitions and figure out what is next. Through her podcast Midlife by Human Design , her workshops, her 1:1 work, and her retreats, Lori empowers women to see midlife not as a crisis, but as a beginning — one full of possibility, purpose, and unapologetic joy. Before stepping fully into her Human Design work, Lori was a teacher for 26 years, until she followed her generator gut and emotional authority right out of the classroom and into the calling that had been building underneath her career for years. Together, MaKenzie and Lori dive into why Lori reframes midlife not as a crisis but as an awakening , how the Uranus opposition and the estrogen decline of perimenopause are literally rewiring who a woman is, and why the "people-pleasing hormone" naturally drops away so a woman can finally show up as herself. Lori introduces the powerful Wild Woman archetype — the missing phase between mother and crone — and unpacks what happens when women stop performing the version of themselves they outgrew years ago. They also explore Human Design in schools, how Lori applies it to perimenopause, the parts of your chart (like determination, earth gate, and authority) that ground you through hormonal chaos, and MaKenzie's real-life moment teaching her seven-year-old daughter how to use her authority to make decisions. If you are in midlife or watching it approach, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are. What We Cover Lori's journey from 26-year teacher to Human Design guide Why midlife is a midlife awakening , not a crisis The Uranus opposition and why your early 40s feel like a shake-up Perimenopause, the estrogen decline, and why your body forces the change Why estrogen is the "people-pleasing hormone" and what happens when it drops Why women feel "crazy" in midlife (and why they aren't) The Wild Woman archetype — the missing phase between Mother and Crone How Human Design shows up in schools (and why it should) Determination, earth gates, and authority as tools through hormonal chaos Why AI cannot yet synthesize your chart with your life The gift of teaching your kids about their design from a young age Why sovereignty means answering only to yourself at the end of your life Connect with Lori Website: lorilisai.com Instagram: @lorilisai Podcast: Midlife by Human Design Free Human Design Guide + Perimenopause Survival Guide: lorilisai.com/workwithlori Connect with MaKenzie Website: www.cleanmomedit.com Instagram: @thecleanmomedit Free Training — The Reason You Mom The Way You Do A free audio training walking you through all five human design types through the lens of motherhood. If this episode resonated with you, subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review — it means the world and helps other moms find this community. Thank you for being here and for listening.

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