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The Allergy Mom Podcast helps support those with serious and life-threatening allergies to make daily life easier living a life with allergies, asthma and related health issues.
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Welcome to a new season of The Allergy Mom Podcast! In this new season, I am looking forward to having more guests and topics that address mental health, parenting, and family life issues when living a life with a family member with severe allergy, anaphylaxis, or a related, chronic health condition.In this episode, I interview Dr. William J. Doherty, the past-President of the National Council on Family Relations, the oldest interdisciplinary family studies organization in North America.About...
Welcome to Episode 16 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with my personal hero, Dr. Inderpal Randhawa (affectionally known as Dr. R by his patients), the Medical Director of Pediatric Pulmonary, Clinical Immunology & Allergy at the Miller Children's Hospital (one of the top 50 programs nationwide in the U.S.) and CEO of the nonprofit Southern California Food Allergy Institute, whose Tolerance Induction Program (TIP™) is providing true food freedom to those with severe allergies.&nbs...
Welcome to Episode 15 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with the Alan App‘s founder and CEO Katherine Schug.About Katherine Schug:In eighth grade, Katherine told her teachers that she wanted to create a food allergy app. They all thought she was joking, of course. Many years later, she decided to act upon this idea and designed Alan (Allergy Life Alliance Network). The app is now available.About The Alan App:The Alan (Allergy Life Alliance Network) App is unlike any other food allergy ...
Welcome to Episode 14 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with online food allergy magazine – Zestfull‘s cofounder Kortney Kwong Hing.About Kortney:Kortney has only known life with food allergies. She manages multiple food allergies, asthma, eczema and OAS. Kortney is the co-founder of Zestfull, an online magazine that celebrates life with food allergies. She is also the co-host of The Itch Podcast. She wants to spread joy in a community that can easily see the hard side of life with ato...
Welcome to Episode 13 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with Heather Brooker: Actress, Emmy Award-winning journalist, and host of the popular podcast, Motherhood in Hollywood.About Heather:Heather Brooker has appeared in over 40 films and TV shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Office,” “Fresh Off The Boat,” “The Mindy Project” and more. Heather is also in the groundbreaking role of digital entertainment reporter for KNBC in Los Angeles, where she regularly interviews celebrities and infl...
Welcome to Episode 12 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with Daniel Kelly of May-Contain. I came across Daniel’s instagram and loved the images he shared from his May Contain Allergy Magazine – a project that he designed that took the epi-pen out of the medical context to make it more relatable and engaging for young people.About Daniel & May-Contain:Daniel Kelly is the founder of May Contain; an Allergy Blog and Podcast breaking the stigma of allergies. He is also the host of an a...
Welcome to Episode 11 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with Jim Garner, Chief Executive Officer of AllerGenis . AllerGenis’ mission is to develop precision diagnostic solutions that can help healthcare providers better assess and manage the well-being of millions of food allergy patients. Specializing in immunology and bioinformatics, they have created a highly multiplexed analytical platform to address the limitations of current food allergy diagnostic tests.Topics Discussed in this ...
Welcome to Episode 10 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with Jennifer Roberge, founder of The Eczema Company, Yoro Naturals and the blog Itchy Little World. Jennifer is an expert on eczema and in this episode we get down to the nitty gritty – or should I say… itchy, twitchy details of everything Eczema related!It’s an Itchy Little World features natural remedies for eczema, allergies and asthma that work based on Jennifer’s family’s experience in battling these conditions using an inte...
Welcome to Episode 9 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with Kyle Dine of Equal Eats amongst his other amazing endeavours to support the Allergy Community over the years.Kyle Dine is a food allergic individual who has turned his diagnosis into several positive impacts for the food allergy community. Growing up with multiple food allergies, Kyle experienced first-hand the challenges that food allergies play during adolescence. After experiencing a harrowing anaphylactic reaction in his e...
Welcome to Episode 8 of the Allergy mom podcast an unboxing of my new Candid Clean safety products with the founder of Candid Clean Corp. – a neuroscientist, mom, and in general AWESOME human being who is making it her personal mission to provide SAFE, healthy products with natural and non-toxic ingredients to protect yourself and your loved ones from the Coronavirus as we head back to work and school this Fall. These products are also great for families with severe allergies who are always l...
About Lisa Gable: Lisa Gable is the CEO of FARE. Lisa Gable has served four U.S. presidents and two governors, counseled Fortune 500 CEOs, and represented global public-private partnerships and nonprofits with an end goal of moving organizations to higher levels of performance.As the former President of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, Lisa created and led a coalition of food and beverage industry corporations and public health and government agencies resulting in the redu...
Welcome to Episode 6 of the Allergy mom podcast an interview with Daniel Zakowski, founder of Ready. Set. Food!Clinical research shows we can prevent up to 80% of allergies from developing in the first place through following a protocol of early allergen introduction (Examples of studies that support this include: The LEAP (Learning Early about Peanut) studyfocused on giving small amounts of peanuts to babies frequently and on an on-going basis; the PETIT (Two-step egg introduction for ...
Welcome to Episode 5 of the Allergy mom podcast – the second in a special series of Covid-related episodes to support families managing chronic health conditions such as severe allergies and anaphylaxis during a pandemic. In this episode I speak with Jon Terry of the Allergy Advocacy Association, a not for profit out of New York that strives to provide education and awareness to the public at large and at-risk individuals about allergies and anaphylaxis. I reached out to Jon after...
There are many serious issues that are arising for those with allergies, asthma, anaphylaxis and serious, chronic health conditions during this global pandemic. One of them is the internal debate whether to go to the hospital (Emerg) in the event of a medical emergency. The fear of Covid is causing people not to seek emergency medical care or making them very nervous to do so. It is SO IMPORTANT to get prompt medical care in the event of anaphylaxis or a severe allergic or asthmatic episode.&...
The Allergy Mom interviews Amanda Orlando, creator of the blog EverydayAllergenFree, and the author of two amazing cookbooks – Everyone’s Welcome and Allergen-Free Desserts. You may have seen or heard about Amanda and her cookbooks on the Global National Morning Show, CBC Radio, or the Globe & Mail. In this episode, she shares her experiences and knowledge of life with allergies at the teen and young adult ages and stages. Amanda deals with allergies first hand as she ...
Kate's Worst Reaction

Kate's Worst Reaction

2020-05-3032:35

The Allergy Mom shares the story of her daughter Kate's most serious allergic reaction to food - an anaphylactic reaction to tree nuts. Do you worry that you or a loved one may have a food allergy? Would you know what to do in case of an anaphylactic allergic reaction? The Allergy Mom gives you the low-down on IGE allergies. She also shares her best tips for alleviating seasonal allergy symptoms and her latest partnership with Platejoy to provide a meal-planning service that gives you g...
Meet The Allergy Mom

Meet The Allergy Mom

2020-05-0821:59

Meet Melissa Scheichl (B.A. (Psych.), B.Ed., M.Ed., MSW) aka "The Allergy Mom", founder of TheAllergyMom.com website and a passionate advocate, educator, author, blogger, counsellor and therapist, supporting families dealing with life threatening food allergies, allergy, asthma, eczema and related health issues. This podcast will deal not only with the physical issues associated with these diseases but also the emotional and psychological well-being of patients and their care-give...
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