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EPISODE · Jul 8, 2026 · 1H 52M

Why Morning Sunlight Fixes Your Sleep, Mood, and Hormones

from The Modern Ancestral Mamas Podcast · host Corey Dunn and Christine Muldoon

🌿 Earthley creates truly natural, non-toxic herbal remedies made with simple, real ingredients you can trust. Use code ancestral10 for 10% off → https://www.earthley.com   📍 Join our Patreon Community – https://patreon.com/modernancestralmamas   📚 Resources & Links Mentioned: 📍 Dream Walkers glasses & circadian lighting – https://dreamwalkerz.ai/ 📍 Dream Walkers on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/dreamwalkerzai 📍 Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés – https://www.amazon.com/Women-Who-Run-Wolves-Archetype/dp/0345409876 📍 The Queen's Code by Alison Armstrong – https://www.amazon.com/Queens-Code-Alison-Armstrong/dp/B01DAYC348/ 📍 Alison Armstrong's work – https://www.understandmen.com 📍 Join our Patreon Community – https://patreon.com/modernancestralmamas 📍 NEW Website – https://www.modernancestralmamas.com 📍 Earthley – https://www.earthley.com  (code: ancestral10 for 10% off)   Christine sits down with Heidi Sime, co-founder of Dream Walkers and a circadian living coach who has worn blue-blocking glasses every single night for over eight years. Heidi didn't come from science. She's an artist with a Master of Fine Arts degree, a former welder, a mindset coach, and a mama of four who stumbled into the biohacking world through her husband Thaddeus and never looked back. In this first half of a two-part husband-and-wife series, she makes the case that light is information your body is reading every second, and that getting it right is the lowest-hanging fruit in all of health.   ✨ Topics Covered in This Episode: ✔️ Why the first light you see each morning sets your hormones for the entire day ✔️ "Sunrise before screen rise" and the cortisol crescendo that wakes your body gently ✔️ Why the sun is not the enemy, and how to build a "solar callus" ✔️ The surprising history of sunglasses, invented for movie sets, not the sun ✔️ What blue light after dark does to your melatonin, thyroid, and sleep ✔️ Why we're diurnal, not nocturnal, and what night-shift living costs you ✔️ The "10 before 10" morning walk and why it works ✔️ Red light in the evening, and yes, the story of the red refrigerator ✔️ How to bring your family along without going guns blazing ✔️ Standing your ground as the mama duck of your home ✔️ Why the phone in your hand is stealing the oxytocin from your arms   ✨ Support the Show! 👍 Like & Subscribe for more ancestral motherhood conversations ⭐ Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify 📍 Join our Patreon Community – https://patreon.com/modernancestralmamas   #ancestralliving #circadianrhythm #bluelight #morningsunlight #sleephealth #ModernAncestralMamas #RealFood #MotherhoodWellness #hormonehealth #MomLife   📲 Stay Connected: Patreon Community | https://www.patreon.com/c/ModernAncestralMamas @fornutrientssake | https://www.instagram.com/fornutrientssake/ @nourishthelittles | https://www.instagram.com/nourishthelittles/ @modernancestralmamas | https://www.instagram.com/modernancestralmamas/ YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@ModernAncestralMamas 

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