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Join me, Momina Salim, Pediatric Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach in exploring the inner workings of our children's brains and bodies with leading Integrative Child Health Experts. Helping Children Thrive is a resource to empower parents, caregivers and practitioners by sharing the latest research, tools and most importantly HOPE that children can recover and regain their health, life and potential.
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Dr Laura Froyen is on a mission to help parents reclaim peace, joy, and connection. She helps parents find the root cause of their triggers and heal them once and for all. she does this by guiding parents to tap in to their intuition so they can parent from a place of feeling calm, confident, and aligned. As a Mom of 2, She understands how important it is to feel respected in your home. With a Doctorate in Human Development and Family Studies; specializing in Couple and Family Therapy, Dr L...
1Award-winning public speaker, New York Times bestselling author and world-renowned health expert, Dr. Sarah Ballantyne, PhD believes the key to improving public health is scientific literacy. She creates educational resources to help people improve their day-to-day diet and lifestyle choices, empowered and informed by the most current evidenced-based scientific research. Dr. Sarah began her career as a science communicator and health educator when she launched her original website, ThePaleo...
Dr. Stephanie Davis, DC, received her doctorate from Northwestern Health Sciences University. Prior to chiropractic school, she was a microbiology and biochemistry research scientist for several corporations and the University of Minnesota. She has extensive post-graduate training in Functional Medicine through the Institute for Functional Medicine, the Kalish Mentorship Program, the Hashimoto’s Institute, and Ben Lynch’s Seeking Health Educational Institute, in constant search for more tools...
We have talked a lot on this podcast about how to help children with ADHD, Autism, SPD or other conditions. One important aspect about helping neuro-divergent children is parenting them in a supportive way. To help parents find answers to questions about parenting, our guest on the show this week is Debbie Reber. Debbie Reber is the founder and CEO of TILT PARERNTING and is a parenting activist, bestselling author, podcast host, and speaker. A certified Positive Discipline trainer and a...
Many parents are struggling to understand the sensory needs of their child and how to help them. They may or may not have received a diagnosis of Sensory Processing Disorder. Often times, this diagnosis comes along with other diagnosis of Autism, ADHD and/or Learning Disabilities. On this week's episode, I have Carol Kranowitz, the author of the groundbreaking book that explains Sensory Processing Differences (SPD). As a music, movement, and drama teacher for 25 years, Carol observed many...
Vision plays an important role in conditions like ADHD, ADD, Autism and Sensory Processing Disorders and vision therapy is often overlooked as a vital piece in their children’s recovery. On the show today, our guest is Dr Bryce Appelbaum, who joins us to talk about The Misdiagnoses and Missed Opportunities of Vision: why healthcare has it all wrong about the eyes? Dr Bryce Appelbaum is on a mission to change the way the world views vision. He believes there is more to vision...
Dr. Roseann is a mental health trailblazer, founder of The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health and Dr. Roseann, LLC who is, “Changing the way we view and treat children’s mental health”. Forbes magazine called her, “A thought leader in children’s mental health”. Her work has helped thousands reverse the most challenging conditions, such as ADHD, anxiety, mood, autism, learning disability, Lyme, and PANS/PANDAS using proven holistic therapies such as neurofeedback, biofeedback, and ps...
Dr. Elisa Song is an integrative pediatrician, pediatric Functional Medicine expert, and mama. In her integrative pediatric practice, Whole Family Wellness, she’s helped 1000s of kids get to the root causes of their health concerns and helped their parents understand how to help their children thrive— body, mind, and spirit—by integrating conventional pediatrics with Functional Medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, herbal medicine, and essential oils. Dr. Song has created Healthy Kids Hap...
Welcome to Season 2 of the Helping Children Thrive Podcast. Since airing season 1, I have taken the decision to focus my practice towards serving families of children who are either diagnosed or suspected of ADHD. Keeping in view of this shift, in this new season, I will talk about and investigate various themes in a functional, biomedical approach to ADHD. The first episode of this season interviews a resilient mom who helped her son with ADHD reverse all his signs and symptoms using a...
This week on the blog, I interview Dr Natasha Beck and we talk in detail about how to help support our children's health. Many parents are overwhelmed when their children are newly diagnosed and are at a loss of where to start to help them and what to do. In this interview, we go through the steps to help our children. Dr. Natasha Beck MPH, Psy.D is a parenting expert and founder of Dr. Organic Mommy, an online resource focused on pregnancy, parenting, and non-toxic living. She ho...
Anxiety among children is on the rise and increasingly, parents are struggling to find ways to help support their children. To talk about anxiety and to provide parents tips and tools, my guest today is Dr Mary Wilde. Dr Mary is a board certified pediatrician, author, Podcaster, TEDx speaker and mom of eight. She runs her practice Imagine Pediatrics to address child healthcare needs in Southern Utah. As a pediatrician, she feels passionate about helping children build resilience and c...
The episode this week is the answer to every parent's first question to me. "What is making our children sick?" My guest, Dr Michelle Perro has been an advocate for children's health for many years and talks in detail about why our children are getting sick and gives us tips and tools on what to do. Michelle Perro, MD, DHOM is a veteran pediatrician with nearly four decades of experience in acute and integrative medicine. More than fifteen years ago, Dr. Perro transformed her clinical pract...
Today on the show my guest is Dr Melina Roberts. We talk about a topic and near and dear to all parents hearts, especially new parents: How to introduce solids to babies and what to feed our kids!! Dr. Melina Roberts is a Naturopathic Doctor, Author of Building a Healthy Child, TEDx Speaker and Founder of Advanced Naturopathic Medical Centre in Calgary. She is recognized as one of the top Biological Medicine practitioners in North America and is a lecturer for the Paracelsus Academy. S...
This week on the podcast we talk to Dr Julia Rucklidge about the role and importance of nutrition in overcoming mental health conditions like ADHD among children. Dr. Rucklidge, is a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Canterbury, Australia. Over the last decade, she has been running clinical trials investigating the role of broad-spectrum micronutrients in the treatment of mental illness and recently developed an international free online course for the public on nu...
This week on the podcast, I Interview Jess Sherman, the author of the book Raising Resilience. While teaching high school Jess became concerned to learn that most of her students were on medication. When she discovered the profound impact of nutrition and stress on resilience she set her mind to helping the busy, frustrated, worried parents of these kids find natural, simple ways to help them thrive . She now reaches parents around the world through her book, her virtual community, and...
This week on the podcast, we return to focusing on the mouth in our kids! My guest is Dr Staci Doctor Staci Whitman is on a mission to create a cavity-free world. She is the founder of NoPo Kids Dentistry where she takes a whole-body, holistic, and functional approach with her patients. Her dentistry/practice is grounded by science and powered by love. Doctor Staci attended Tufts University School of Dental Medicine and worked as a general dentist for two years and went on to earn a certifica...
With the current focus of the world, there has been a lot of attention and focus on immunity. I wanted to talk more about that on the podcast. My guest this week is Jessica Donovan of Natural Super Kids. Jessica Donovan helps busy mums raise super kids with healthy food and natural medicine. As a Naturopath, she has an intricate understanding of how the body works and natural therapies that can help support optimum health in our children. In her clinical work, she has helpe...
This week on the podcast, I am interviewing Carla Atherton. We talk in depth about the role of a Family Health Coach and the value they add to a family's wellness journey. Carla Atherton, MA, FDN-P, is the Director of the Lotus Health Project and the Healthy Family Formula Practice and Practitioner Training Academy, Host of the Children’s Health Summit, Family Health Consultant and Coach, Writer and Editor, Curriculum Developer, Publisher, Workshop Leader, Yoga Instructor, Health (R)ev...
This week on the podcast, I have a very special guest! I had the opportunity to talk to Kiran Krishnan about our children's microbiome and the connection that has to our children's health. Kiran Krishnan is a Research Microbiologist and has been involved in the dietary supplement and nutrition market for the past 18 years. He comes from a University research background having spent several years with hands-on R&D in the fields of molecular medicine and microbiology at the University of ...
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