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Parenting Neurodiverse Children: The Parent Perspective
Parenting neurodiverse children can be frustrating when you have done almost everything you know but nothing seems to work, like trying to unlock a door with the wrong key. Turns out that the conventional parenting wisdom and old-fashioned discipline techniques are...
Reversing the Irreversible: One doctor’s journey adopting a child with Cerebral Palsy that changed his approach to medicine
Today I am really excited to bring to you an interview with Dr. Aaron Hartman. Dr. Hartman is not only a functional and integrative physician, but he is a parent of a child with Cerebral Palsy. Becoming a parent to his daughter has changed the way he practices...
How to Support your Child Academically at Home Without the Battles
I don’t know about you, but the last 18+ months have been tricky for our children (and parents) who have had to change up their normal learning environments. I’ve heard from a number of parents and have felt this pain point myself. Even before all of the shifts in the...
Using Music to Optimize Your Child’s Brain
As parents, we’re all looking for the best therapies for our kids. Whether it’s finding the best doctor to work with, finding ways to improve development of their brain or digging into what small changes might help with regulating emotions and the autonomic nervous...
DIET AND NUTRITION
The Parent Perspective: Kelly Meehan, OD
One of my favorite segments of the My Child Will Thrive Podcast are the interviews I do with all parents and caregivers. While our episodes with experts are packed with invaluable information, the parent interviews on The Parent Perspective are so insightful,...
The Parent Perspective: Amy Taft
Today is our second episode of The Parent Perspective, a segment of the My Child Will Thrive Podcast where I’ll be interviewing parents just like you to find out more about their stories with their children. In this interview, I talked with Amy Taft, a mom of three...
Phenol and Salicylate Sensitivities: How Foods Impact Your Child’s Behavior and How to Fix the Root Cause
The amount of diets circling around out there is overwhelming. How do we even begin to determine which diet is best for our children’s symptoms? Diet is one of the most important parts of a healing journey, but there’s so much information out there that it's difficult...
Why Do I Need a Food Journal?
One of the most common questions I get here at My Child Will Thrive is why do I need to keep a food journal for my child? Having a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder usually comes with a lot of frustrating nights searching the web to find something that may help...
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Neuroplasticity – Finding Hope With Setbacks
We’ve all experienced setbacks while trying to recover our children. Neuroplasticity – Finding Hope With Setbacks is something we all need to...
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How Retained Primitive Reflexes May Affect Your Child
Two weeks ago I introduced the concept of neuroplasticity and why it is the beacon of hope for recovery for our children. The brain’s ability to re...
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How Functional Neurology Can Help Your Child
Children with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, learning disabilities, and other related conditions ofte...
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How Neurofeedback Can Help Your Child
Last week we talked about functional neurology and how it’s important to address brain function directly in conjunction with our efforts to address...
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How Susan Levin Recovered Her Autistic Son With The Son-Rise Program
I recently interviewed Susan Levin, mother of 14-year old Ben, who received an autism diagnosis at the age of five. Ben’s story is inspiring and re...
NEUROLOGY
Unlocking the Mystery of Brain Lateralization Part 2
In the first part of this podcast on “Unlocking the Mystery of Brain Lateralization: Understanding its Role in Neurodevelopment”, you were introduced to brain lateralization and its role in a child’s behavior and development. In this second part of the podcast on...
Energizing the brain and body connections for your child
If you’ve been around My Child Will Thrive for awhile now, you know that I’m passionate about finding ways to help our children heal and introducing you to methods and products that you may not have heard of before. One product that I love and have used with my family...
What you need to know about the CDC changes to developmental milestones
The CDC came out with changes to the developmental milestones for children in early February 2022 and I know a lot of parents and practitioners (including myself) have been surprised by some of these changes. That’s why I wanted to bring on my go-to expert, Dr. Peter...
Reversing the Irreversible: One doctor’s journey adopting a child with Cerebral Palsy that changed his approach to medicine
Today I am really excited to bring to you an interview with Dr. Aaron Hartman. Dr. Hartman is not only a functional and integrative physician, but he is a parent of a child with Cerebral Palsy. Becoming a parent to his daughter has changed the way he practices...
METABOLIC FUNCTION
Phenols—How Common Foods Trigger Your Child's Symptoms
What if someone told you that a particular type of food or food additive was causing your child’s symptoms? It could even be something as simple as the daily apple your child eats. Phenols including salicylates and other food chemicals such as amines and glutamates...
Energizing the brain and body connections for your child
If you’ve been around My Child Will Thrive for awhile now, you know that I’m passionate about finding ways to help our children heal and introducing you to methods and products that you may not have heard of before. One product that I love and have used with my family...
What you need to know about the CDC changes to developmental milestones
The CDC came out with changes to the developmental milestones for children in early February 2022 and I know a lot of parents and practitioners (including myself) have been surprised by some of these changes. That’s why I wanted to bring on my go-to expert, Dr. Peter...
Reversing the Irreversible: One doctor’s journey adopting a child with Cerebral Palsy that changed his approach to medicine
Today I am really excited to bring to you an interview with Dr. Aaron Hartman. Dr. Hartman is not only a functional and integrative physician, but he is a parent of a child with Cerebral Palsy. Becoming a parent to his daughter has changed the way he practices...
GUT HEALTH
Toolkit Tuesday: Digestion Cheat Sheet
Today’s Toolkit Tuesday episode is an important one because we’ll be talking about one of my favourite tools as a nutritionist, the Digestion Cheat Sheet. We all know how important digestion is in our children’s overall health and the topic is near and dear to my...
The Impact EMFs Have on the Gut Lining, Blood Brain Barrier and Sleep
In today’s podcast episode, I wanted to give you a sneak peek from my interview with Brian Hoyer, NTP, about EMFs. EMFs are a topic that can be incredibly overwhelming, which is why I wanted to bring Brian on to share some realistic tips on what you can do if you’d...
New Year, Fresh Start: How to Plan for Your Child’s Best Year Ever!
As we all start to get settled into the new year and what our plans are for 2022, it might seem a bit overwhelming on where to start when it comes to our child’s health. There’s a lot of information out there with new ideas and tactics coming out (what seems like)...
The Foundational Role of the Vagus Nerve
The role of the vagus nerve in neurodevelopment and the health of our children couldn’t be more important. If the vagus nerve isn’t functioning optimally there can be a cascade effect on their health and development and there will be a major block to sustained...