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My Child Will Thrive Podcast

Tara Hunkin•www.mychildwillthrive.com
Kids & Family
Parenting
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Tara Hunkin is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Certified GAPS Practitioner, mother and founder of My Child Will Thrive a resource that shares with you the latest science, tips, resources and tools to help you on the path to health and happiness for your child with ADHD, autism, sensory processing disorder, or learning disabilities. Tara's own experiences with her daughter -- combined with as much training as she can get her hands on, research she can dig into, and conferences she can attend -- have helped her to develop systems and tools for parents like you who feel overwhelmed trying to help their children thrive.

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Episodes

MCWT Podcast Episode 11: Why Movement Therapies Help

I spoke recently to Adeena Pelburg, holistic educator, about her experience with movement therapies for children with Autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing disorder and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Give a listen to hear from her why movement therapies help our kids by addressing the underlying dysfunction in their brains.

May 11, 2017•42 min

MCWT Podcast Episode 10: How to Maximize the Value of Attending a Conference to Help Your Child

I get excited at the prospect of attending a new conference either in person or online. I look at all the speakers and the things they are talking about and think of all the possibilities of some nugget I may learn or ah ha moment I may have that could help my children. It is hard not to get excited, but when I first started attending conferences (real or virtual) I would be wowed with all the information and then on the way home or the after the online event ended a wave of overwhelm would wash...

May 04, 2017•26 min

MCWT Podcast Episode 9: Is Your Child Missing Key Nutrients?

Research and clinical findings show that our children are burdened with multiple nutrient deficiencies. Unaddressed, these deficiencies continue to impair many important metabolic functions in our children and impact their health, neurologic function and in the end their ability to heal. In order to address key nutrient deficiencies appropriately, we must identify which ones are most likely in our children, what impact this has on them, why they occur in the first place and how we can fix them.O...

Apr 24, 2017•26 min

MCWT Podcast Episode 8 Bottom Line: Good Digestion is Fundamental to Help Your Child

On today’s podcast, I decided to revisit the topic of digestion. Good digestion is a fundamental piece of the puzzle impacting our children's’ health. Understanding how digestion is supposed to work and what happens when it doesn’t work properly will give you clarity on what is contributing to or is a roadblock to making meaningful progress in your child’s healing.The importance of good digestion is one of the first topics I wrote about when I started My Child Will Thrive. If you have listened t...

Apr 19, 2017•27 min

MCWT Podcast Episode 7: 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 revolves around the Son-Rise Program, a parent-led program that is helping to recover children on the autism spectrum. In today’s article and podcast 007 learn how Susan recovered her son from autism through the Son-Rise program alongside biomedical, and social development therapies.Learn More here: http://www.mychildwillthrive.com/podcast007/

Apr 11, 2017•48 min

MCWT Podcast Episode 6: 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 the brain indirectly with biomedical treatments and nutrition. Neurofeedback is one functional neurologic therapy that can help your child with a neurodevelopmental disorder like autism, ADHD, or sensory processing disorders.I had the opportunity to interview a neurofeedback expert, John Mekrut, owner of The Balanced Brain Neurofeedback Training Cent...

Apr 06, 2017•47 min

MCWT Podcast Episode 5: HOW FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGY CAN HELP YOUR CHILD

Children with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, learning disabilities, and other related conditions often face a number of challenges for which there are an even larger number of therapies. Functional neurology is one therapy that works directly with the nervous system, helping to retrain the brain and peripheral nervous system to function appropriately. Functional neurology is the perfect complement to biomedical treatment.Learn More at: http://www.myc...

Mar 28, 2017•16 min

MCWT Podcast Episode 4: 10 WAYS TO GET MORE SLEEP – AND HELP YOUR CHILD SLEEP TOO

10 WAYS TO GET MORE SLEEP – AND HELP YOUR CHILD SLEEP TOOAs a parent of a child with a neurodevelopmental disorder like ADHD, autism, sensory processing disorder, or learning disability, you are likely under a lot of stress. Supporting your child; keeping up with her appointments, therapies, and diets; and somehow staying on top of your own life leave you with little energy or time—and not enough quality sleep. You are not alone, and it’s likely your lack of sleep is taking its toll. Sleep may n...

Mar 09, 2017•18 min

MCWT Podcast Episode 3: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GAPS AND SCD DIETS?

I get asked a lot by parents of children with neurodevelopmental disorders what the difference is between the GAPS (Gut and Psychology Syndrome) diet and the SCD (specific carbohydrate diet), and how to choose which of these therapeutic diets is best for their child.Both diets are similar in nature, so some people get confused about which one to try and why. The two diets are based on some of the same principles. Essentially, the GAPS Diet is built on the SCD Diet, but is more comprehensive in n...

Mar 02, 2017•19 min

MCWT Podcast Episode 2: WHAT YOU MUST DO BEFORE A DETOXIFICATION PROTOCOL

Exposure to toxicants is a prominent contributor to the physiological dysfunction and resulting symptoms of many children with neurodevelopmental disorders. You have likely learned about it already, and you may already be taking steps to reduce your child’s exposure to toxicants, but what about those toxins that are already in her body? What to do before a detoxification protocol, preparing your child’s body, is just as important as the detox protocol itself.Detoxification protocols are often re...

Feb 23, 2017•16 min

MCWT Podcast Episode 1: MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION — WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Many years passed before I realized that my daughter might have mitochondrial dysfunction. I attributed her main symptoms—fatigue and slow processing speed—to a number of different causes, none of them related to those tiny organelles inside her cells that I had learned about back in high school biology class.But as the years went by and I dove into the science surrounding my daughter’s health, I learned that she—and many children just like her—may have mitochondrial dysfunction. When I learned ...

Feb 16, 2017•18 min
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