Jim Sporleder retired in 2014 as Principal of Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA. Under Jim’s leadership, Lincoln High School became a “Trauma-Informed” school, gaining national attention due to a dramatic drop in out of school suspensions, increased graduation rates and the number of students going on to post-secondary education. These dramatic changes at Lincoln caught the attention of Jamie Redford, who spent a year filming the documentary, Paper Tigers, which tells the Lincoln story. The...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep 80•Transcript available on Metacast For more than two decades, Trent McEntire has been helping people gain back their mobility – a story he knows well. Born with a mild form of Cerebral Palsy, Trent experienced pain and stiffness every day from the time he was a child. However, Trent's creative problem-solving abilities kicked in transforming his movement capabilities to participate in his love for sports. What Trent discovered to repair his own body became the foundation for what would be his life’s work. For more than 20 ye...
Jan 12, 2022•45 min•Ep 79•Transcript available on Metacast Over the past 15 years, Dr. Jody Carrington has assessed, treated, educated and empowered some of our most vulnerable and precious souls on the planet. She is a child psychologist by trade, but Jody rarely treats kids. The answer lies, she believes, in the people who hold them. Especially when kids have experienced trauma, that’s when they need big people the most. Some of her favourites include educators, parents, first responders, and foster parents. Jody has shifted the way they think and fee...
Jan 05, 2022•59 min•Ep 78•Transcript available on Metacast Liza Blas is a speaker, coach, and the host of the Very Happy Stories podcast. She brings hope, empowerment, and validation to parents raising kids with unique challenges. Liza delivers inspiring stories and shares her best practices through her podcast, speaking engagements, and personal transformational coaching. Her stories are inspired by her personal experience navigating the complex conditions of her two children, including depression, anxiety, ADHD, OCD, ASD, Tourette’s Syndrome, and Lyme...
Dec 29, 2021•52 min•Ep 77•Transcript available on Metacast Cass and Len Arcuri are the hosts of the Autism Parenting Secrets podcast and the founders of Warrior Parent Coaching. Their mission is to empower parents to transform into Warrior Parents who are better equipped to find answers that are right for their unique child. They believe the greatest gift a parent can give their child is their own transformation into a stronger, calmer, more capable, and more loving version of themself. So much more is possible when the parent transforms first! Cass und...
Dec 22, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep 76•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Pejman Katiraei is a board-certified pediatrician who is also boarded and fellowship-trained in integrative and holistic medicine. He completed his undergraduate at UCLA and then obtained his osteopathic medical degree at Western University of Health Sciences. He completed his pediatric residency at Loma Linda University, where he stayed on Pediatric Chief Resident, and then as teaching faculty for over 4 years while he founded the Loma Linda University Wholistic Medicine Clinic. Dr. Katirae...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep 75•Transcript available on Metacast Nichole Perkins is the founder and CEO of PrimaFoodie, a modern lifestyle and wellness brand aimed at making nutritious, clean living accessible for everyone. PrimaFoodie publishes inspirational and informative content centered around holistic health, healing foods, accessible low FODMAP and SIBO-friendly recipes, and advocacy for an equitable food system. A self-described “food warrior,” Nichole started on a journey of healing through food more than seven years ago after struggling with various...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep 74•Transcript available on Metacast In today's episode, we learn about Help Hope Live from Outreach Manager, Sonny Mullen. Help Love Live is a national, non-profit organization that helps to facilitate fundraising for medical expenses not covered by insurance. With a personal connection to Help Hope Live’s mission, Sonny uses her experiences to connect with individuals in the disability community with the goal of helping them raise money for their medical care and expenses. Support the show...
Dec 01, 2021•40 min•Ep 73•Transcript available on Metacast Allie is an occupational therapist specializing in sensory integration. Allie is the founder of Play 2 Progress and the author of Play to Progress: Lead Your Child to Success Using the Power of Sensory Play. She uses the science of child development and the joy of play to boost childrens’ confidence and enhance development within all areas of their life, from social and emotional to physical and academic. Allie believes that the best way to support children is by arming their parents, from incep...
Nov 24, 2021•49 min•Ep 72•Transcript available on Metacast Today on The Brain Possible podcast, we have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. James Greenblatt, a pioneer in the field of Integrative Medicine. Dr. Greenblatt has treated patients since 1988. Specifically, Dr. Greenblatt has seen 1000s of children and adults struggling with symptoms of ADHD, hyperactivity, inattentiveness, impulsiveness, and often irritability. Rather than simply prescribing medication for their ADHD symptoms, he tailors remedies to his patients' individual needs, detectin...
Nov 17, 2021•48 min•Ep 71•Transcript available on Metacast Janine Halloran is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who has been working with children, teens, and their families for 20 years. She has been helping children and teens build their coping skills throughout her career in a variety of settings, including schools, mental health clinics and in her private practice. She is the author of several books, including the bestselling Coping Skills for Kids Workbook and the Coping Skills for Teens Workbook. Her work has been featured in the Boston Globe, CN...
Nov 10, 2021•40 min•Ep 70•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Robert Melillo is one of the world’s most sought after and respected experts in Developmental Functional Neurology, Brain Imbalances, hemispheric integration, and the diagnosis and correction of most neurobehavioral disorders and learning disabilities. He is also a successful businessman and entrepreneur and has developed many successful businesses. In 2006, he created Brain Balance Achievement Centers which has approximately 150 centers and has helped tens of thousands of families. He is a ...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep 69•Transcript available on Metacast Charles R. Solis, Jr. and Conceição Solis are the co-founders and directors of the REACH Family Institute, an educational organization specializing in teaching parents how to “parent with the brain in mind”. REACH serves children of all levels of ability from all segments of society. REACH focuses specifically on work with children with special needs and, under REACH's umbrella, BrainFit Kids focuses on work with "well" children. Charles has degrees in Biology and Human Developmen...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep 68•Transcript available on Metacast Charles Barth is a founding member of School of Lunch, Inc, heads up Slow Food Ventura County, a non-profit dedicated to supporting local food systems and artisan producers. He has served on the CDFA/Certified Farmers Market Advisory Committee and operates Wildwood Heritage Provisions, sourcing foods directly from farmers and artisan producers in the SoCal region. He has led citizen science projects in schools utilizing Continuous Glucose Monitors(CGMs), teaching chefs, students, staff, and pare...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep 67•Transcript available on Metacast As a preschool teacher for 25 years, Carol observed many children with sensory processing differences, ADHD, and mild autism. To help them become more competent in their work and play, she learned to identify their sensory processing challenges and steer them into early intervention. In her writings and workshops, she explains SPD's effect on children’s learning and behavior, and suggests fun and functional "In-Sync" activities. Her first book in the "Sync" series, "...
Oct 13, 2021•51 min•Ep 66•Transcript available on Metacast Charlie Hartwell is the Managing Partner of Bridge Builders Collaborative, a group of highly successful investors who have been investing in start-up companies in the space of mental health, consciousness, and spirituality. Some of their investments include Pear Therapeutics, Insight Timer, Headspace, and Happify Health. A Harvard Business School graduate, Charlie has served and led organizations in 14 different industries, including starting a nonprofit in the slums of Kenya in 1986 that has no...
Oct 06, 2021•32 min•Ep 65•Transcript available on Metacast Rupa Mehta is a teacher, entrepreneur, author, and all-around health advocate. Rupa Mehta is here to talk about the importance of social-emotional learning, but with a bit of a twist. Rupa is the founder of the Nalini Method and NaliniKIDS, unique and revolutionary workout regimens which combine physical and emotional exercises for optimal health. As a fitness instructor, Rupa saw firsthand that encouraging her clients to work through their emotions while working out resulted in strengthening th...
Sep 29, 2021•41 min•Ep 64•Transcript available on Metacast Laura Sheehan is a former Pedi ICU and Neonatal ICU nurse for 15 years and for 18 years a family Upper Cervical Chiropractor. Her chapter in Pediatric Chiropractic has some interesting case studies of children exhibiting neurological challenges who were helped with the Atlas Orthogonal Chiropractic evaluation and adjustment. She loves babies and children of all ages and supports and salutes parents who think outside mainstream media and medicine. Support the show...
Sep 22, 2021•48 min•Ep 63•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Laura Graye, founder of Medigraytion, LLC*, is a metaphysician and visionary scientist practicing the art of medical intuition. She has clinical practices in Boston and Nashville and is the creator of Walk the Talk: Shifting Your Consciousness One Step at a Time, 90-minute conscious therapy sessions walking around Boston Harbor (MA) and Radnor Lake (TN). Since she was a child, Laura has had a voracious appetite for exploring consciousness. Today she devotes herself to helping others witness ...
Sep 15, 2021•47 min•Ep 62•Transcript available on Metacast After doctors made her daughter ill with psychiatric drugs for her bladder infections, Dr. Mary Ann Block went to medical school at the age of 39 to save her. She not only learned what doctors learn but also what they don’t learn. This knowledge helped her think outside the box and save her own mother from metastatic, “terminal” lung cancer. In her medical practice, working with those diagnosed with ADHD and Autism, she invented Clarity Chair, a medical device that helps improve cognitive sympto...
Sep 08, 2021•58 min•Ep 61•Transcript available on Metacast Michelle Perro, MD, is a veteran pediatrician with over thirty-five years of experience in acute and integrative medicine. More than ten years ago, Dr. Perro transformed her clinical practice to include pesticide and health advocacy. She has both directed and worked as attending physician from New York’s Metropolitan Hospital to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. Dr. Perro has managed her own business, Down to Earth Pediatrics. Support the show...
Sep 01, 2021•50 min•Ep 60•Transcript available on Metacast Christine Muldoon is a former educator turned Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and mom of 3. Using ancestral nutrition and conscious parenting, Christine specializes in educating and supporting families in perinatal and childhood nutrition. She is the founder and creator of Nourish the Littles, an online community that offers parents education with an online course and one-on-one consultations related to nutrition and feeding families nourishing foods. She believes nourishing the body goes beyon...
Aug 26, 2021•42 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast Kathleen is a mother to three boys. When her children were struck by autoimmune issues she became aware of the dangers that exposures to toxic chemicals pose in our children’s environment. For many years, Kathleen has been doing her part to encourage communities to eliminate children’s exposure to toxic pesticides on school grounds and in parks. With the help of scientists and medical professionals, she led the movement in Irvine, CA by starting with the schools, and then working with a group to...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast Dr. Mara is an educational psychologist turned root cause medicine practitioner. Dr. Mara specializes in prevention of chronic illness and neurodevelopmental disorders with pre-conception nutrition, as well as healing neurodevelopmental disorders and other chronic illnesses, and stealth infections such as Lyme, Mold, and Heavy Metal Toxicity. Support the show
Aug 11, 2021•57 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast Speech-language pathologist Kelly Vess is the author of "Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment" with Thieme Publishers. Kelly has spent 18 years as both a therapist and researcher "at the drawing board" in an ongoing quest to create best practices for preschoolers. Her research and experience show that maximally effective practice is possible, even in the face of today's real world in-person and virtual constraints. Kelly also serves as an off ca...
Jul 28, 2021•52 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast Kerry Magro is an award winning national speaker and best-selling author. Kerry has become a rolemodel in the disabled community. Non-verbal at 2.5 and diagnosed with autism at 4, Kerry has overcame countless obstacles to get to where he is today.In May of 2019, Kerry received his doctorate in Educational Technology Leadership from New Jersey City University to become Dr. Kerry Magro. He currently is CEO and Founder of KFM Making a Difference, a non-profit corporation focused on disability advoc...
Jul 20, 2021•40 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast Randy Gomm has a history of being an adrenaline junkie--a story we hear in this podcast. But his greatest obstacle was not faced on any mountside, in any rapids, or in any firefight. He experienced pain so significant that he had to leave work, eventually being diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It turned out, though, that he was high in both toxins and heavy metals. He used an infrared sauna as part of his recovery and became so passionate about how it helped his healing that he created a company, Ra...
Jul 14, 2021•54 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast Katie Jackson--mama warrior and functional nutritionist--on her journey with her daughter and her calling to whole food nutrition Katie Jackson is a nutritional therapy consultant, restorative wellness practitioner, certified personal trainer, and functional nutritionist from Wisconsin. We’re excited to speak with Katie because she has a special story and mission--one that is steeped in her passion for empowering parents with that sought-after combination of knowledge and hope. Besides the title...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast 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. We are fascinated by her journey and inspired by what she shares with her followers and community. Dr. Beck has a wealth of knowledge on parenting and healthy living, and our focus today will be where those two collide the most: in the kitchen. Is it possible to get your kids to care about healthy food? How? Why is that so important in the ...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Yafa Crane Luria, an ADHD pioneer since 1984, has dedicated her life to helping those with ADHD and their families. As a person with ADHD herself, she coaches parents that there is nothing wrong with their children or their parenting. At The Brain Possible, we strongly resonate with this message. Yafa is the author of "How To Train Your Parents in 6 ½ Days" and the Amazon Kindle Best Seller: "Getting Schooled: 102 Practical Tips for Parents, Teachers, Counselors, and Students abou...
Jun 23, 2021•53 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast 
