In this episode of Crunchy Moms Unfiltered, we sit down with a courageous mom who shares her deeply personal story of what happened after her child received routine vaccinations.

She makes it clear: vaccines were never officially proven to be the cause of her child’s health changes. But the timing? The sudden onset? The regression? It left her asking questions no parent is ever prepared to ask.

We talk about:
• The timeline of symptoms
• What doctors said — and didn’t say
• The emotional toll of feeling dismissed
• Heavy metal concerns and detox protocols
• What she wishes she had known beforehand
• How she’s supporting her child’s healing today

This episode is not about fear — it’s about a mother’s lived experience. It’s about intuition. It’s about asking hard questions. And it’s about walking through uncertainty while fighting for your child.

As always, we encourage you to research, read inserts for yourself, and have informed conversations with providers you trust. Our mission is transparency, not censorship.

If you’ve ever felt like something didn’t add up… this one’s for you.

🎧 Listen now. 🔗

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What happens when a mother refuses to accept surface-level answers for her child’s health?

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Jen — a physician and integrative medicine practitioner who went back to school after her son began struggling with PAN/PANDAS. That journey didn’t just change her family’s life… it changed her entire career path.

Today, Jen is the founder of Root Cause Integrative Wellness, a clinic built on one simple but powerful belief:
👉 healing doesn’t start with symptoms — it starts with root causes.

We talk about:

• What PAN/PANDAS taught her about the gaps in conventional medicine
• Why integrative & holistic care must be accessible to everyday families
• How Cleveland was missing true full-immersion healing education — and why she decided to change that
• The importance of community, connection, and supporting local holistic businesses
• What real, sustainable healing looks like when you address the whole body

Jen also shares the heart behind creating a first-of-its-kind integrative wellness market in Cleveland & Full submersion Holistic Healing live event! Bringing together local businesses, practitioners, and resources so families can learn how to support their health daily, not just during a crisis.

✨ We’re attending this event ourselves and are SO excited to support and share it with you.

📍 All event details, links, and ticket information are included in the show notes below.
If you’re local — or willing to travel — this is one you do not want to miss.

This episode is for:
• moms navigating mysterious health issues
• families questioning the “wait and see” approach
• anyone curious about integrative, root-cause healing
• people craving real-life holistic community

🎧 Tune in now and come meet the movement Cleveland has been waiting for.

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What happens when someone trained inside Western medicine starts asking uncomfortable questions?

In this episode, we sit down with Kathy Collins, a physician assistant who proudly calls herself conventionally crunchy. With years of experience working in the medical system, Kathy shares what most people never hear about medical training, vaccines, and how little education providers actually receive on functional medicine, genetics, and long-term outcomes.

We dive into:

• The pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine and why informed consent matters
• MTHFR gene mutations and why they’re rarely discussed in conventional care
• The childhood vaccine schedule and the growing concerns many parents are having
• What providers are and aren’t taught about vaccines in medical training
• Why functional medicine is often dismissed, despite patient outcomes
• Kathy’s personal journey into becoming a “crunchy mom” while still working in Western medicine

We also touch on the broader conversations happening right now around medical transparency, parental choice, and the topics being publicly discussed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that many families are questioning for the first time.

This is an honest, respectful, eye-opening conversation for:
✔️ Parents who want to be informed
✔️ Anyone questioning the “one-size-fits-all” approach to healthcare
✔️ Medical professionals who feel stuck inside a broken system
✔️ Crunchy moms, curious moms, and conventionally trained providers alike

Whether you’re️’re fully crunchy, just starting to question things, or still somewhere in between, this episode creates space for nuance, curiosity, and truth.

🎙️ No fear. No shame. Just informed conversation.

Follow her @Katiec.pac

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