In this powerful episode of Holistic Health with Melissa, I sit down with Laurie Hammer, FNTP, NNTS, the creator of the Calm Mom Method. Laurie shares her deeply personal journey from a 12-year battle with an eating disorder, anxiety, and depression to finding freedom through amino acid therapy, functional nutrition, and God’s radical healing.

We talk about:

• Why traditional treatment models often fail women struggling with anxiety and eating disorders

• How balancing the brain with amino acid therapy can break cycles of cravings, depression, and emotional dysregulation

• The role of faith and truth in dismantling cultural lies about womanhood and motherhood

• Why many women still feel anxious and burned out despite being on medications

• How Laurie helps moms restore calm, energy, and purpose with her unique approach

This episode is a hope-filled conversation about healing the brain, body, and spirit—and reclaiming the life God created you to live.

If you are interested in learning about your nervous system, how to regulate it, release the stored emotions and stories that are running your life from the trauma you experienced, and integrate the trauma so you can move forward and live a life of overFLOW instead of overwhelm, ditch the anxiety, and show up for your kids and family in the way you always dreamed about, then my free 3-day Mind-Body Healing Workshop is for you. Sign up here: https://holistichealthbymelissa.com/MindBodyHealingWorkshop

Connect with Laurie:
Website: https://www.lauriehammer.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecalmmomcommunity
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/takebackmybrain

In this powerful episode of Holistic Health with Melissa, I sit down with nurse practitioner and women’s gut health expert Lindsey Renteria, who shares her journey from decades of digestive issues to complete healing—and how addressing unresolved trauma and nervous system dysregulation was the turning point.

We dive into the deep mind-body connection, how chronic stress and buried emotions can wreak havoc on your gut, and why conventional medicine often fails women with chronic symptoms. Lindsey breaks down why asking “what was happening in your life when this started?” is the missing question in most medical care, and how healing truly begins when we look at the whole person.

Whether you’re navigating gut struggles, high stress, or want to understand the root causes of chronic illness, this episode will inspire you to see healing in a whole new way.

Connect with Lindsey:
https://www.instagram.com/lindseymariewellness/

Sign up for the next free Mind-Body Healing Workshop: https://holistichealthbymelissa.com/MindBodyHealingWorkshop

In this deeply personal solo episode of Holistic Health with Melissa, Melissa shares the profound spiritual conviction she’s felt in the wake of recent tragedy and cultural unrest. She opens up about her own experience as a school shooting survivor, the emotional toll of witnessing trauma through our devices, and the urgency she feels to boldly proclaim her faith in Jesus Christ.

Melissa invites listeners to consider the spiritual battle unfolding in our world, how constant exposure to tragedy impacts our nervous systems, and how we can ground ourselves in truth, love, and faith—even when surrounded by grief and evil. If you’ve felt shaken, overwhelmed, or hopeless about the state of our world, this episode offers both comfort and a call to courageous faith.

Sign up for the next Mind-Body Healing Workshop here: https://holistichealthbymelissa.com/MindBodyHealingWorkshop