When Laura Longanecker's first daughter was born, she had already read the research on how babies are designed to sleep. She still spent the first few nights too afraid to use any of it. This episode gets into the biology behind why babies won't sleep unless held, what separates sleep training from a gentle transition, and the root causes a standard well-child visit often misses.

Amy Segerstrom spent almost 20 years guiding grieving families through Sacred Heart Hospital's Healing Place, then buried her own father and brother years apart. Here's what she learned when grief comes in waves, one loss stacked on another.

Amy Wall was named US Esthetician of the Year in 2016, and quietly running on adrenaline behind the scenes. What she built afterward wasn't a better product. It was a completely different way of looking in the mirror.

Dr. Morgan Hope looked like the picture of health as a college athlete, until the antibiotics, birth control, and prescription creams she relied on for years stopped working, and doctors offered her a hysterectomy in her early twenties instead of an answer.

Now a perinatal and pediatric chiropractor at The Wellness Way in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, she shares what actually happens when you come off long-term birth control, what she wishes she'd known before her endometriosis and PCOS diagnosis, and how she went on to have a healthy, medication-free pregnancy.

Dr. Sophia Duarte spent her childhood cycling through hospitals, prescriptions, and side effects that no one ever connected to her nervous system. Today, she's the founder of Radiant Chiropractic in Charleston, South Carolina, where she helps parents rethink what labels like ADHD and anxiety are telling them about a child's body.

In this episode, she walks through the turning point that got her off medication entirely, and what she now looks for in the kids and pregnant moms who walk through her door.

Tammie Delveaux spent a decade cycling through celiac disease, Crohn's, and Lyme before finding the root cause connecting all three. Now a functional nutritional therapy practitioner, she's helping other families do the same, starting with food.

Mary Anne Tillotson had a hysterectomy at 31 and has never given birth. So how did she become the person hundreds of women turn to for pregnancy, labor, and the fourth trimester? Her answer to "bouncing back" might surprise you.

Told your symptoms are just hormones, or just normal? TCM practitioners Jamie Wilcox and Vallie Aris of Eau Claire Acupuncture get into the root cause behind hormone imbalances, fertility struggles, and vaginal health, and what most women are never told to look for.

For years, Jayne Reynolds lived with up to four panic attacks every day, cycling through ER visits and medications that never addressed the real problem. In this episode, she shares the surprising discoveries that changed her life—including the powerful connection between gut health, blood sugar, nutrient deficiencies, hormones, and brain function. If you've ever wondered whether anxiety could have deeper physical roots, this conversation offers both hope and practical insight.

Becky Witt lost her dad to cancer at 25 — and then faced it herself, twice, before she turned 31. Instead of just following the protocol she was given, she started asking why. Those questions led her to functional medicine, root cause nutrition, and eventually to founding Wholistic Nutrition, a functional medicine clinic and non-toxic living store helping families heal from the inside out. In this conversation, Becky and Hailey dig into gut health, eczema, glyphosate, household toxins, and what most doctors never tell you about how the body actually heals.

Most people are exhausted, dealing with symptoms they can't explain, and piecing together answers while nobody looks at the whole picture. Dr. Lona Cook is a chiropractor, speaker, and founder of Cook Chiropractic Center and Well Adjusted Students — and this conversation will completely shift the way you think about what your body is actually doing when something feels off.

What if the life you’re living no longer feels like you… but you can’t explain why?

In this deeply honest and emotional conversation, Hailey sits down with certified Master Reiki Practitioner, author, and Energy Tutor, Katy Anderegg to talk about the healing journey that changed everything.

Before Katy ever helped others heal, she was navigating deep depression, emotional exhaustion, and a feeling she couldn’t quite put words to — like something inside her was missing. Then one unexpected conversation and one life-changing book cracked open an entirely new way of seeing herself, healing, intuition, and the world around her.

A chiropractor and midwife on movement, integrative birth care, and the postpartum support women have quietly been missing.

Dr. Gilles LaMarche was told he had two years to live. Today, at 71, he's a World Champion sprinter. His story of healing, faith, and daily discipline will stay with you.

The personal story behind Practitioners Rise: from my twins' eczema to an ER airlift, and why I believe families deserve more informed, empowered health choices.