February 15, 2024

The Magical World of Minerals with Sena Maria

Episode 20 of The Soft Focus Podcast

What does it mean to feel fulfilled, feel secure? Today’s guest, Sena Maria, has a few ideas to get you started on your path of low-anxiety living and radical nourishment. It all starts with real, whole, animal-based foods.

Sena Maria is a mineral nutritional balancing practitioner, and she’s going to walk you through why animal foods matter, how to learn to trust your body’s cravings again, and become more resilient and healthy overall. Instead of overly-complicated instructions with ingredients from far-off places, Sena encourages her clients to look towards foods that excite them, and to plug in ingredients from responsible small-farms raising animals the right way. The results are nothing short of radical, and today’s episode is definitely worth a listen if you find yourself feeling run-down, under-fed, or restricted by food.  

Sena and Corinne discuss:

  • Why we need to focus on nutrient density instead of calorie density in food
  • Why meat is important, and the magic of minerals
  • How plant-only diets are deficient
  • Sena’s view on supplementation and whole-food diets
  • Mother nature’s mineral rations in foods, and how minerals are balanced
  • Exploring animal foods beyond meat
  • Utilizing traditional cooking methods
  • The real problem with the Standard American Diet
  • How Sena focuses on food that is exciting and palatable for her clients
  • The beauty of bone broth
  • The deeper sense of stability and fulfillment that comes as side effect of becoming deeply nourished
  • Psychological symptoms of mineral deficiency
  • Sena’s metaphor of a “mineral bank account” and how we borrow from the future to pay for the present
  • Stress as the number 1 offender in mineral depletion
  • Why our systems in the modern day are so much more sensitive than they used to be in the past
  • How Sena looks at basic metabolic factors of health
  • Using our experience in the present to “know” if we are healthy
  • Viewing sugar cravings a sign that the body needs energy
  • Feeling empowered to eat what our bodies crave
  • The relationship between “boss babe” culture and the prevalence of fertility-related health issues
  • Societal judgements around inherently feminine traits
  • Building community around motherhood and creating new paradigms for business and parenting

Find her on instagram @sena__maria, or sena-maria.com, and join her amazing group program!

This episode was brought to you by Late Bloomer Ranch. Be sure to check our farm-raised yarn, flower essences, and BloomBoxes available to ship in the continental USA.

And as always, we’d love to hear from you. Did you love this episode? Did it make you think? Are you revved up to move into the new year with focus on your higher calling? Let us know. Reach out via email hello@latebloomerranch.com or on Instagram @latebloomerranch . And please do rate and review our podcast, and be sure to subscribe.

See you next time.

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