PODCAST · health
Naturally Caroline
by Caroline Ofenstein
Come hang out with mom, seasoned health coach, ex-pro bodybuilder, and self-proclaimed granola girl Caroline Ofenstein, and let’s chat about healthy living, heart-led mothering, and practices that nurture our beautiful bodies and wise souls.If you like to follow old recipes and do things naturally, if you’re a crunchy mom, if you have pictures of a homestead on your vision board, if seeing angel numbers gives you butterflies, if you’re manifesting more peace, positivity, and deep nourishment in your life, you’re among good company! Welcome 🤍
Episodes
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103. My Low Stress Approach to Elimination Communication with Baby #2
Thinking about trying Elimination Communication but worried it will be too overwhelming? I was so stressed about potty training my first child and I made so many mistakes with EC - a gentle, cue-based potty approach that helps parents recognize when their baby needs to go. In this episode, I…
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102. Is Going From One to Two Kids Easier Than Zero to One?
What really changes after your second baby? In this episode, I'm sharing an honest look at the transition from one child to two - what surprised me, what felt easier, what felt harder, and what I'm doing differently this time around. My girls are almost 1 and almost 3, and while I feel like we're...
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101. Postpartum Support: Tips for Emotional Health & Winter Slowdown
Lately I've been experiencing an emotional & mental dip postpartum. Maybe it's the hormones, maybe it's winter fully arriving, maybe it's just the reality of the season I'm in - but it's been hard. I've noticed more irritability, feeling overwhelmed, being quick to anger, and those quiet thoughts...
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100. Raising Healthy Eaters
Our Family's Approach to Less Processed, More Purposeful Food Feeding little ones doesn't have to mean pouches, panic, or pinterest-perfect snacks. In this episode, I'm breaking down how we approach food in our home from baby-led weaning to healthy toddler snacks, and how I keep it (mostly)…
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99. Wild or Wise? Walking the Line of Wild Pregnancy and Free Birth
Today I'm sharing the story of my second pregnancy and home birth, one that started as a "wild pregnancy," full of questions, unlearning, and healing. I talk about wrestling with my overly romanticized idea of free birth and the big, scary questions that come with unassisted birth like, what if...
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98. Hiatus Reflections: Mothering Two, Moving Across the Country, Toddler Tantrums
After taking an unplanned break from the podcast, I'm back :) with more life lived, more lessons learned, and more permission to change my mind as I grow. In this episode, I'm sharing some major life updates... what it looked like going from one to two kids, moving from CO to NC four months...
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97. How I EASILY Manifested My Second Baby
In case you missed it, I'm pregnant with baby #2! Manifesting this second pregnancy was so easy and so FUN (compared to the struggle bus that was TTC baby # 1) and today I'll share a few things that made all the difference. This episode is full of fresh manifestation tips that I've been leaning...
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96. What's Causing the Uptick in Childhood Allergies? With Brooke Bacci
From a professional snowboarding career to becoming an inspirational voice for true informed consent, Brooke Bacci joins the podcast today to share her wisdom. Brooke believes it is our responsibility to be educated on anything in life that requires a decision, from tattoos to biohacking trends…
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95. The Truth About Gaining Weight & Quitting Diet Culture
Katie Crokus, recipe creator and storyteller, is back on the podcast today! Our life paths intertwined during my years as a health coach when Katie came to me on a journey to leanness, but ended up walking a much more challenging path... One away from diet culture and towards freedom, confidence,...
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94. Cycle Syncing & Womb Healing to Balance Your Hormones with Rebecca Akat
"When we bring the attention back to our center - our Womb - we become aligned, empowered, present, and grounded." - Rebecca Akat Our menstrual cycles aren't a burden or something to be ashamed of. Each cycle is an opportunity for renewal, deep cleansing, and connecting to our feminine energy.…
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93. Defying Norms and Trusting Yourself in Motherhood with Katherine Sigblad
Kat from the Moms Off the Record podcast joins us today and *wow* did we hit it off in this one! We'll talk about releasing your inner people pleaser/good girl and how to stop censoring yourself so you can step further into your own power and confidence in your motherhood journey. We chat all...
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92. Entrepreneur to SAHM, Why I Left it All to Become a Full Time Mom
I went from creating my dream job and earning 6 figures to becoming a full time mom after my daughter was born. Today, I'll share with you my personal reasons for choosing the SAHM life over boss babe life, how we overcame challenges along the way, and things I'd do differently now looking back a...
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91. Our Stories Are Our Medicine with Diana Forsell Tayan
Diana is the founder and host of the Healing Birth Podcast and today she shares with us the wisdom, teachings, and advice she's gleaned after listening to hundreds of birth stories over the past five years from women all over the world. She also shares her own healing journey after a traumatic...
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90. Heal Your Skin, Bloating, and Chronic Pain with German New Medicine ft. Abigail Puccioni
If you want to learn the basics of German New Medicine, how to fine tune your personal awareness, and become your own healer, then you will love this conversation with Abigail Puccioni. We discuss how to apply GNM within the specific conflicts that can cause symptoms of skin issues (eczema,...
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89. Releasing Fear and Doubt in Pregnancy & Birth with Audrey Ross
Almost HALF of all women experience birth trauma. Today, I chat with Audrey Ross of A Joyful Birth about why this might be. Why is it so hard to trust our bodies when it comes to birth? Why are we as a society so scared of birth? How do we break free from the fear and step back into our innate...
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88. Top 5 lessons I learned from my first year of motherhood
Wow - I can't believe my daughter is already one! This past year has led to more healing and expansion than any other year of my life. In today's episode, I'll share some of the biggest lessons I've learned as a new mom (like the "bouncing back" myth, true postpartum healing, letting go of my...
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87. Somatic Bodywork & Rage Rituals with Dr. Tiffany Graham
As a mom, have you ever felt like you had to hide your uncomfortable emotions from your kids? What if that's actually harming you? What if allowing yourself to EXPRESS your anger, sadness, or stress actually sets you (and your family) free? Dr. Tiff is an experienced chiropractor and somatic…
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86. What does it mean to be a Crunchy Mom?
"A crunchy mom is someone who doesn't just accept the status quo. She willingly does her own research for pregnancy and birth, breastfeeding and baby wearing, vaccines and solid foods. She makes informed choices and pursues a more natural way of living. She cares deeply about giving her children...
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85. Podcast Rebirth & Why I Would Never Recommend Competing in Bodybuilding
It's time to say goodbye to "Macros, Muscle, and Manifestation" and that means saying goodbye to the bodybuilding, chronic dieting, physique obsessed version of me, too. I'll share what led to the rebirth of this podcast into Naturally Caroline, sparked by a Poshmark sale, a medicine ceremony…
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84. Why the new year is *NOT* a good time to set goals
If you're like me and slowing down at this time of year feels way better than ramping up and setting goals, this episode is for you! The winter season is a natural time to retreat, rest, and hibernate, which makes it counterintuitive to pour your energy into new goals right now. So then what is…
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83. From Breakup to GLOW UP with Tricia Fishbune
Tricia, through social media, gave everyone a front row seat to her devastating heartbreak earlier this year. But then we also got to see her healing journey that led to her manifesting new career opportunities, meaningful relationships, money, health, and more. In today's chat, we dig into…
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82. Tongue Ties, Nourishing Moms, & Gluten Free Baking with Lesha Nelson
You might remember Lesha from her first podcast appearance on episode 64, and since then she has stepped fully into the mom & baby health space as a somatic practitioner. We started today's chat catching up on how we are nourishing ourselves, avoiding seed oils, and why baking our own gluten free...
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81. Finding Oneness with Psychedelic Bufo Medicine featuring Jeff Holoubek
I am beyond excited to introduce you to one of the most incredible humans I have ever met, Jeff Holoubek, on the podcast today. Jeff is an integrationist with many years of experience in the psychedelic wellness space and is an expert on 5-MeO-DMT and the Bufo alvarius toad. I've had the pleasure...
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80. Healing PPD Without Medication, Clogged Ducts, Sleep Training
Holy motherhood… I have been in the thick of caring for my sweet babe so it's time for a little mom life update today on: My recurring clogged ducts and breastfeeding journey (and what I think might have caused this whole mess) How we got Jane to finally sleep through the night at 7 months old…
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79. Top 3 Postpartum Fitness & Nutrition MISTAKES
From my new workout routine and trying to be super mom to sleep deprivation and battling sugar cravings... These first five months postpartum have taught me so much about what helps me thrive as a new mom - and what DOESN'T. In this episode, I'll share the top three mistakes I made in my…
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78. Do You Trust Yourself?
If you're like me, you grew up looking to other people for the answers. You were told that someone else usually knew best, so you followed their lead. You weren't often empowered to make decisions based on what felt right in your gut. In this episode, I'll share a recent experience that led to me...
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77. Navigating Postpartum and Embracing Crunchy Motherhood
The birth of my daughter sure has rocked my world! Today I'm filling you in on my postpartum journey (baby blues, getting back to the gym, diet), why I decided not to return to work, the ups & downs of breastfeeding, and entering my crunchy mama era. I'd love to connect with more moms out there…
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76. Depathologizing Mental Health, Opening Your Channel, and Creating Sacred Space with Evie O'Connor
This is the first *guest* episode of the podcast in quite some time and WOW was it worth the wait! Let's welcome holistic psychotherapist, facilitator of yoga, meditation and breathwork, and my plant medicine ceremony sister Evie O'Connor. Press play for a free flowing conversation exploring how…
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75. MY (HOME) BIRTH STORY
All the juicy, nitty gritty details of my baby girl's homebirth! Seriously - I'm not leaving anything out! It was challenging, beautiful, magical, intense, and everything in between. We did end up having a complication postpartum, so I'll talk about how we also got a slice of the hospital birth...
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74. Preparing For Birth - Fitness, Nutrition, Mindset Strategies
I'm entering my last month of pregnancy and what a wild ride it's been! Today on the podcast, I'm sharing my favorite tools for preparing the mind for birth and how I've been transforming my conditioned fears into excitement for our girl's upcoming birthday. We'll chat about my babymoon in Mexico...
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73. Embracing Your Winter Season for Transformation
What does it mean to embrace a season of winter? How do you root down and welcome this natural time of dormancy when it might seem like everyone else is in a perpetual season of productivity? In today's episode I chat all about what embracing this darker, colder, slower season means to me and how...
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72. Hydronephrosis in Pregnancy: Nephrostomy Tube, Ureteral Stent, Kidney Surgery
In this episode, I'm taking you on an adventure through all of my kidney woes during pregnancy. This is the resource I wish I would have had when I first was diagnosed with severe hydronephrosis in the ER at 17 weeks pregnant. I'm sharing what I went through to hopefully help someone else on…
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71. Why I'm Choosing a Natural Homebirth
I dove headfirst into learning as much as possible about different birthing options as soon as I found out I was pregnant and WOW is there a lot of information to sort through… Hospital birth or homebirth or birthing center? Midwife or OB? Pain meds or no meds? In today's episode I'll share how…
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70. What Does Your Happiness Depend On?
What if life throws you a curveball instead of delivering the pretty, perfect image from your vision board? What do you do? How do you continue to trust, learn, and grow when faced with an unexpected challenge or a manifestation that doesn't work out? These are questions I've been grappling with...
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69. My Spiritual Awakening Through Fitness (Interview by Gabriela Blandy)
This is going to be a fun one today because we're turning the tables! Press play to hear Gabriela Blandy interview *me* for her youtube channel. I'm in the hot seat sharing the most powerful moments that led to me transforming from a perfectionist, competitive, bodybuilder with an eating disorder...
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68. Healing Ancestral Trauma with Sarah Vie
In today's episode, Sarah Vie, an author, energy healer, and spiritual mentor, is here to help us release the unhelpful patterns we've carried on from our ancestors. As crazy as it sounds - your DNA remembers the pain, joy, and everything in between that your previous THREE generations of…
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67. How I Manifested My Entire Vision Board in 9 Months
It's only September and I have manifested all of my desires from my vision board this year! If you want to learn how I fast-tracked my manifesting process (which included calling in my first pregnancy, an investment property, and a new creative outlet), press play!…
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66. Everything You Need To Know Before Taking Psychedelics with Bea Chan
Bea Chan is the co-founder of Sisters In Psychedelics, a community that is creating a more inclusive and accessible psychedelic ecosystem for women. In today's episode, Bea and I dive into the basics of the four classic psychedelics, tips & resources for the three stages of preparation, tripping,...
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65. Doubting Yourself? Things Not Going Your Way? Listen to this
It's stressful AF when it feels like life isn't going our way, when our manifestations seem far away, when it feels like we're failing… What are we supposed to do in those times? A lot of mindfulness teachers might tell you to take baby steps when you're in this situation... Add 10 minutes to…
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64. Reclaiming Power & Pleasure through Womb Work with Lesha Nelson
Most of us live outside of our bodies, disconnected from our innate power and depriving ourselves of pleasure. In this episode with womb healing expert Lesha Nelson, we discuss how you can reconnect with your womb space, simple & powerful embodiment practices, and how to release stored trauma &...
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63. Microdosing 101 - Benefits, Risks, How To
I'm sure you've heard of microdosing already... But what exactly does that mean? How do you build a protocol? How much do you take? Are the benefits worth the risks? Consider today's episode your crash course on microdosing. I'll share research evidence, personal experience, and tips on…
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62. Embodying Your Authentic Energy Through Human Design with Emma Dunwoody
Finding out I was a Mental Projector was a game-changer for me! I now understand why I channel ideas, how I can see so much in people, and why cultivating self-trust and safety in my body is so key to my success. In today's episode, Human Design expert Emma Dunwoody and I explore the topic of…
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61. Glucose Monitors: Weight Loss Hack or Waste of Money? with Katie Crokus
Continuous glucose monitor (CGM) ads seem to be popping up everywhere lately, telling us how we can ditch the scale, eat healthier, and lose weight with their apps. So my good friend, past client, and macro recipe expert, Katie Crokus, and I both wore CGMs earlier this year to see if they were...
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60. Creating Unshakable Self Belief with Emily Schromm
From self-doubt to herbal remedies to perfectionism to risk taking, we cover a WIIIIDE variety of wellness medicine in this episode with Emily Schromm, personal trainer, nutritional therapy practitioner, and serial entrepreneur. Press play to hear more about: Moving from burnout to balance How to...
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59. Q&A- Training for Your Menstrual Cycle, Bad Trips, and Hapé
How should you adjust training throughout your menstrual cycle? Or what if you're nearing menopause? Why did you sit with ayahuasca again? Are you afraid of having a bad trip with psychedelics? What is hapé and how do you use it? What does plant medicine even mean? All of your burning questions...
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58. Tapping into Your Creativity with Author & Illustrator Crystal McIntyre
Today's guest, Crystal McIntyre, is here to teach us how to tap into our innate creative gifts, find more pleasure in each day, and tell the story your soul came here to share. Crystal is a multi-passionate Author, Illustrator and Human Design Expert. She believes trust should be developed from a...
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57. Burnout & Binge Eating
Wanna know the perfect recipe for binge eating? Start by over-scheduling your calendar and to-do list Fold in a stressful day at work or with the kids Add a helping of scrolling past "fitfluencers" on IG And then walk past your favorite chips/cookies/hyper palatable food in the grocery store ......
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56. Healing Your Feminine & Reconnecting to Intuition with Elé de Posson
One of my intentions for this year is to return to my intuition, my divine feminine energy, and this journey led me to an amazing book by today's guest, Elé de Posson. Elé is a spiritual business coach, a healer, and an expert when it comes to harmonizing feminine and masculine energy to radiate...
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55. Is it OK to give up? Pregnancy Journey and Quitting My Competition
Why do we demonize the term "giving up" but we often celebrate the idea of "surrendering"? The lines between these two terms have been very blurry for me since I dropped out of my pole dance competition and also as I call in my first pregnancy. In today's episode we'll talk about when it's…
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54. Improving Emotional Intelligence to 'Have It All' with Marcia Miatke
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) coach Marcia is here to teach us how to level up our relationships, nutrition, fitness, careers - literally EVERY area of our lives - by changing our emotional state. Topics we cover: What is modern emotional intelligence? Managing our emotions to impact our success…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Come hang out with mom, seasoned health coach, ex-pro bodybuilder, and self-proclaimed granola girl Caroline Ofenstein, and let’s chat about healthy living, heart-led mothering, and practices that nurture our beautiful bodies and wise souls.If you like to follow old recipes and do things naturally, if you’re a crunchy mom, if you have pictures of a homestead on your vision board, if seeing angel numbers gives you butterflies, if you’re manifesting more peace, positivity, and deep nourishment in your life, you’re among good company! Welcome 🤍
HOSTED BY
Caroline Ofenstein
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Come hang out with mom, seasoned health coach, ex-pro bodybuilder, and self-proclaimed granola girl Caroline Ofenstein, and let’s chat about healthy living, heart-led mothering, and practices that nurture our beautiful bodies and wise souls.If you like to follow old recipes and do things naturally,...
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