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Motherhood: Aligned and Assigned

Dr. Veronica Schiltz and Dr. Serena Coffman

Join pediatric and family specialists Dr. Veronica Schiltz and Dr. Serena Coffman in "Motherhood: Aligned and Assigned" where traditional views meet modern approaches to family wellness. These nervous system experts transform complex health science into digestible content that empowers mothers as the true experts of their children"s health while providing evidence-based solutions through a God-centered healing perspective. Discover how the nervous system is the missing link for challenges like

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19:08

No Nurturing Instinct? How Your Nervous System Shapes...

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2026/10/08

Pregnancy is one of the biggest stress tests your nervous system will ever go through. Dr. Veronica shares that baby number three is on the way, and Dr. Serena walks through a patient whose second pregnancy looked completely different from her first. From there, they talk about why some moms don't feel a nurturing instinct, what the vagus nerve has to do with connection, and why postpartum doesn't have to be something that just happens to you.In this episode, they cover:Why pregnancy hits you

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18:01

Why Your Body Won't Heal in a High Cortisol State |...

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2026/10/01

Dr. Serena shares the story of a patient who did years of root cause work in functional medicine and still felt stuck, until her nervous system was addressed and her body started doing things it had never done on its own. Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena talk about why the nervous system is the foundation everything else is built on, and why that shift can be surprisingly hard for people already committed to natural health.In this episode, they cover:The healing hierarchy: nervous system first, then

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18:34

POTS, Dysautonomia, and the Nervous System Fix No...

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2026/09/24

Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena break down what's really happening in your body when you're stuck in a POTS or dysautonomia spiral: the racing heart, the dizziness, the fatigue that never lifts. They explain why the diagnosis rarely comes with a real solution, and what actually has to change for your nervous system to get unstuck. In this episode, they cover:The full list of symptoms that often get lumped under a POTS or dysautonomia diagnosisWhy sympathetic dominance is the root pattern behind so many

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16:01

Why Your Low Back Pain Isn't Actually About Your Back...

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2026/09/17

Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena get into a conversation about why some chronic pain doesn't clear up as fast as everything else does. They walk through a patient whose low back pain was supposed to be gone in a week and instead took six months, why the TL junction keeps needing the same adjustment over and over, and a wild story into a patient whose eczema changes completely from one adjustment to the next. In this episode, they cover:Why chronic low back pain often takes longer to resolve than anxiety,

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27:49

Can a Tic Really Be Your Nervous System Healing? |...

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2026/09/10

Dr. Chantal joins Veronica and Serena for a rapid fire conversation about her own son and the motor tics that showed up out of nowhere last Thanksgiving. They walk through his HRV scans side by side, what the numbers actually meant, and how the tic pattern moved from his neck to his shoulders as his nervous system worked through stress in a completely different spot. Dr. Chantal shares what she adjusted, what she noticed on his second scan, and why treating your own child is somehow harder than

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13:16

Is Lowering Your Stomach Acid Making Your Reflux...

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2026/09/03

Your stomach burns after you eat and you blame the tomatoes, or the coffee, or whatever you had last. But what if the acid isn't actually the problem? In this episode of Motherhood Aligned and Assigned, Dr. Serena Coffman and Dr. Veronica Schiltz break down what's really happening with acid reflux, GERD, and nausea after eating, in babies, during pregnancy, and in everyday adult life. They explain why low stomach acid, not too much, is usually what's keeping your pyloric sphincter from closing

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18:32

Why Your Kid Wets the Bed (And It's Not Because...

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2026/08/27

If your kid still has wet mornings and you've written it off as "he's just a deep sleeper," this one's for you. Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena break down the real correlation they're both seeing in practice between bedwetting and emotional dysregulation, and why the fix is almost never about the bladder. In this episode, they cover:Why bedwetting and big emotions (meltdowns, hard transitions, anxiousness) tend to show up in the same kidsWhat their nervous system scans actually show at C1, C2 and the

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10:31

Why Your Cycle Changes When You Start Chiropractic...

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2026/08/20

Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena talk through why so many of their patients see real shifts in their cycles once they start nervous system focused care, from teenagers to women moving into perimenopause. They break down the HPG axis, why a changing cycle isn't automatically good or bad, and what it means when your body finally feels safe enough to prioritize reproduction again. In this episode, they cover:Why cycle changes are one of the most common (and unexpected) shifts patients report in careThe

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17:05

Why Getting Sick Isn't Always a Bad Sign | EP. 62

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2026/08/13

Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena tackle a question that comes up constantly in practice: if chiropractic care supports the nervous system, why do patients still get sick? They break down what a healthy immune response actually looks like, why healing timelines run in months and years instead of days, and why an adjustment isn't the same thing as a treatment. In this episode, they cover:What it actually means for the body to "express" an illness instead of suppress itWhy shorter, milder sickness is often

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22:51

Can You Be a Mom, a Doctor, and Your Own Boss? | EP. 61

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2026/08/06

Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena bring on their friend Dr. Chantal of StartWell Chiropractic in Tullahoma, Tennessee for an unscripted chat about what it actually looks like to run your own practice as a mom. All three are solo docs juggling patients, staff, and kids without a partner or boss to fall back on. In this episode, they cover:Why Dr. Chantal knew early on she wasn't "governable" and had to own her practiceThe monthly rollercoaster of doubting the business, then watching it work out

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15:31

Is There a Wrong Time to Start Your Kid's Care Plan?...

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2026/07/30

Summer or school year — when's the right time to start your child's chiropractic care plan? Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena don't agree on everything here, but that's kind of the point: every nervous system and every family schedule is different. In this episode, they cover:Why summer often gives more flexibility, but not always more consistencyWhat happens neurologically when routine changes (travel, school starting, siblings around more)Why kids who thrive on structure can actually struggle more

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29:27

Your 5 Diagnoses Aren't Separate, They're One Nervous...

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2026/07/23

If you've collected a handful of diagnoses lately, POTS, MCAS, EDS, fibromyalgia, and you're wondering why one body ended up with five labels, Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena walk through why that's not a coincidence. They talk about what's actually happening underneath all of it and why no one in the medical system tends to connect the dots. In this episode, they cover:Why POTS, MCAS, EDS, and other chronic diagnoses tend to show up togetherWhat's really happening in the body when it can't adapt to

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19:30

Why Chasing a Diagnosis Might Be Keeping You Stuck |...

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2026/07/16

Dr. Veronica shares a patient story that started with hip surgery prep and turned into a lung capacity mystery, a POTS conversation, and a bigger question about what happens when a diagnosis becomes an identity. They break down the difference between fibromyalgia, POTS, and dysautonomia, and why chasing a label can keep you stuck instead of getting you well.They cover:A patient's lung capacity climbing from 70% to 91% after months of chiropractic careThe difference between fibromyalgia, POTS, and

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17:39

Is Your Faith Helping You Heal, or Helping You Hide?...

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2026/07/09

In this episode, Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena step outside their usual format to talk about something they see constantly in their offices: patients who take their pain to God, feel a temporary sense of relief, and then watch it resurface again and again. They call this spiritual bypassing, and they dig into where the line is between genuinely leaning on faith and using it to avoid feeling something altogether.The conversation moves through some real theological disagreement between the two of them,

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21:41

Why Menopause Is Hard (It's Not Your Hormones) | EP. 56

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2026/07/02

If you're in perimenopause or menopause and you've tried everything, this episode is worth your time. Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena dig into why so many women are still struggling even after hormone replacement therapy, and why the nervous system is the piece nobody is talking about.In this episode they cover:Why women on HRT often still feel terrible, and what's actually missingWhat HRV scans reveal about perimenopausal and menopausal women's nervous systemsThe "gas pedal" problem: why your body

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20:09

Chiropractic Is Not a Pain Clinic. Here's What It...

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2026/06/25

Most people come to a chiropractor for pain. But most of Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena's patients don't. In this episode, they break down what nervous system-focused chiropractic actually does, why pain is usually just the entry point, and what's really going on underneath for so many patients. In this episode, they cover:Why a "pain patient" almost never stays just a pain patient once the full picture is uncoveredThe difference between mechanistic chiropractic (fix the pain) and vitalistic

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23:06

Why Your Kid's Symptoms Keep Coming Back (Even After...

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2026/06/18

If your child has been through every specialist, every diet, every supplement, and you still feel like something's being missed, this episode is for you. Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena break down subluxation, the word no one's talking about, and why it might be the missing piece behind your child's biggest struggles. In this episode they cover:What subluxation actually is (it's not just "bone out of place")How stress near the brainstem creates a wide range of symptoms in kidsA real story about a three

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20:49

What No One Tells You About Autism and the Nervous...

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2026/06/11

If your child has autism and you've been treating constipation, sensory meltdowns, and aggression as separate problems, this episode is going to change how you see all of it. Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena break down why these symptoms share one root cause and why addressing the nervous system first is what actually moves the needle. In this episode they cover:Why constipation in children with autism is a nervous system issue, not a dietary oneHow a dysregulated nervous system drives sensory overwhelm,

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24:43

EP 52: Why Your Child's Struggles Didn't Start When...

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2026/06/04

If your child went from totally fine to suddenly struggling with tantrums, sleep, gut issues, or behavior, this episode is for you. Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena break down the perfect storm and why your child's nervous system has likely been under stress much longer than you realize.In this episode, they cover:What the perfect storm actually is and how it builds over timeWhy pregnancy stress, birth interventions, and early infancy clues all matterThe early signs parents often miss (or are told to

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28:25

EP 51: They Said Chiropractors Trap You... Here's the...

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2026/05/28

You finished your care plan. Things are better. So now what? In this episode, Dr. Veronica and Dr. Serena make the case for wellness care, not because chiropractors want to trap you, but because the most remarkable healing they've seen in their practices happens months after the initial work is done.They cover a family of six whose nervous system scans kept improving six months into wellness, why neuroplasticity means the brain doesn't just hold its new baseline but builds on it, and what Dr. Serena

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