On Episode 50 of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast, Jenna & Kristen reconnect with a guest from season one, pediatric occupational therapist, Tara MacKenzie and discuss Tara’s first-hand experience with academic testing and psychological assessment for her own daughter Jameson. Together, they examine the early developmental signs of learning inconsistencies that ultimately led to a full neuropsychological testing and evaluation when Jameson was 7 years old and what the process looked like not only for Jameson, but for the entire family.   Episode 50: Academic Testing & Psycho ..read more

On Episode 49 of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast, Jenna & Kristen speak with renowned psychologist Dr. Andrew Hahn about his new book The One-Hour Miracle: A 5-Step Process to Self-Healing. Dr. Hahn shares with our audience his extensive experience with trauma, generational trauma, self-healing, healing as it relates to parenting and how to break the cycle of trauma-informed experience.   Episode 49: A Guide to Self-Healing with The One-Hour Miracle featuring Dr. Andrew Hahn 01:41 Introduction of Dr. Andrew Hahn.   03:18 Dr. Hahn explains The One-Hour Miracle.   04:23 ..read more

Episode 48: Nonprofit Spotlight featuring The Gray Academy A School for Exceptional Children with Neurological Disorders. On Episode 48 of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast, Jenna & welcome Kristen Gray and Dana Tompkins of the Gray Academy, a non-profit, non-public K-5 Elementary School for exceptional children with neurological disorders in Santa Monica, California, looking to expand their program and services with a second location in Orange County. Each guest shares their extraordinary circumstances as parents to children with special needs and how that journey prompted them towar ..read more

On Episode 47 of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast, Kristen & Jenna host a constructive conversation about bullying with Andi Kay, the Founder and Executive Director of Bloom Foundation, an organization dedicated to helping middle school and high school girls overcome bullying by providing recovery programs rich in social-emotional learning, self-care, and discovery. Andi shares with our audience her own personal journey with experiencing cyberbullying as a teen, how she came to start Bloom Foundation, the ever-evolving state of bullying today and offers some helpful emotional tools a ..read more

On episode 46 of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast, Christopher Tansey, the owner of Cereset Costa Mesa, sits down with Jenna and Kristen to talk about Cereset, the technology that helped both himself and his father overcome traumatic brain injuries and ultimately achieve a balanced brain for an improved quality of life.   Episode 46 Cereset, How a Balanced Brain Can Improve Your Life   02:12 [Christopher talks about the brain trauma that his father endured as well as the surgery he had to remove a cyst in his brain, and how those two events led father and son to seek alternativ ..read more

Episode 45 of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast is a riveting discussion around men and marriage with Quentin Hafner, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Newport Beach, and the particular challenges of a modern marriage from a male perspective.  The conversation touches upon the impact of a traditional male upbringing, cultural depictions of men, gender differences in communication styles, and the presence of shame in marriage and fatherhood.   Episode 45 Men & Marriage, The Other Half of the Conversation   02:29 [About Quentin Hafner, his personal li ..read more

Episode 44 of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast is a thoughtful conversation about the plight of detained immigrants in Orange County as part of our Nonprofit Spotlight Series. Jenna & Kristen talk to Sabrina Rivera, the Executive Director of the Orange County Justice Fund (OCJF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering transformative change in the immigration system to assist the most vulnerable immigrants and refugees in Orange County, impacted by detention and deportation. Since the organization’s inception in 2017, OCJF has provided funds to secure the release of 66 detai ..read more

Jaana Woodbury joins us on this very special episode of the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast where Jaana details her first-hand account of how she and her family persevered from drug addiction to recovery and wellness with the intervention of loved ones.  She also shares with Jenna and Kristen about the impact of her addiction on her young child and how her daughter accompanied her on the road to recovery.   Special Guest:    GUEST: Jaana Woodbury, CADC-I, CCAR Jaana Woodbury can be noted for her philanthropy and advocacy work in raising awareness towards addiction and me ..read more

Jennifer Skiver joins the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast to demystify Reiki, an alternative healing modality that promotes relaxation, reduces stress and anxiety through the delivery of energy to the body. Reiki is a safe, gentle, non-invasive form of natural hands-on energy-based healing intended to improve a person's health and wellness through the enhancement of flow and balance. Jen, along with Mainspring's own Executive Director, Kristen Perlmutter, each share how they came into this particular art of healing and their calling towards becoming certified Reiki Masters. T ..read more

ADHD, A Holistic Approach with Dr. Nicole Beurkens (EP. 41) Dr. Nicole Beurkens joins the Mainspring Family Wellness Podcast to discuss a holistic approach towards treating ADHD and getting to the root cause of neurodevelopmental disorders. She discusses the importance of nutrition and quality sleep in treating ADHD and provides listeners with practical tools and strategies for tackling mood and behavioral challenges.   Special Guests: Dr. Nicole Beurkens Psychologist, Nutritionist, Educator, Mom Dr. Nicole Beurkens is the world’s leading holistic child psychologist. She has dedicate ..read more