Empowering Families to Get Answers
Recently in working with clients, and over the last few years with clients with PFAPA, it has become very clear to me that it is certainly possible not all the children I work with have the condition despite what their doctor has said. What is PFAPA? In review – PFAPA is a periodic fever syndrome.Read more about PFAPA or Not – Cause vs. Outcome[…]
Grains are one of the things that many people look at first when they are thinking there is a food connection to their health. Specifically we have heard a lot about wheat and gluten and primarily ALL of the clients that come to me have attempted or have completely removed these from their child’s diet.Read more about Grains & PFAPA – What you need to know[…]
I write a lot about working with clients in 1:1 sessions. I share nuggets and snippets of what I do with them, with you on this list, but I was thinking about it, and I rarely share about WHAT I ACTUALLY DO in my sessions and how that might BENEFIT YOUR family. Identifying Personal ImbalancesRead more about 3 Steps in Nutritional Therapy that Help Change YOUR Child’s Life[…]
Today’s post is not my typical clean your pantry, get real food post. It’s about the OTHER things you need to overcome health issues in your life. I know these things because I myself, as well as my son, have been through these feelings and things of need. I write this today from the heart.Read more about 3 Things You Need to Overcome Your Family & Child’s Health Struggles (Hint: Not what you think)[…]
The NUMBER ONE thing I get asked about from PFAPA families (and often adult clients as well) is convenience and packaged foods. Primarily this is what the child’s entire diet is generally made of when they come to me. Not only the child but most of the time the entire family (and adults). It isRead more about The Problem with Convenience Foods & What to Do About It[…]
If you know you need to make food changes in your life, whether it be switching from take out to home cooked, or making from scratch vs from a box, one of the most challenging things that might be holding you back is food prep and/or cooking itself. Right? Although the meals themselves might notRead more about 3 Ways to Overcome Food Preparation Hangups[…]
This week I am blogging slightly from the heart, and then where my heart enters practitioner mode – so I hope this hits home for you. My son started life hard. He was only 8 months old when he experienced his first PFAPA episode. The second one was the one that I knew for certainRead more about Four Ways to End Your PFAPA Struggle[…]
Dairy – it’s the thing that people look at first in their own lives (before working with a practitioner) to see if they have a sensitivity to it. Almost every single one of my clients has already tried some form of dairy free or dairy reduction upon coming on board with me. I am guessingRead more about Dairy – Is it a problem for inflammation?[…]
Let’s talk food sourcing and shopping – how do we pick the best things for our PFAPA and PFS kids (and just ourselves as humans)? This week is an excerpt from my Functional PFAPA book – available here. Let’s get started… “So far we have talked about getting properly raised animals and looking out forRead more about Food Sourcing in PFAPA/PFS[…]
I don’t know about you – but this time of year for seasonal allergies are INTENSE! Tree pollen is so thick right now where I live that it is unbearable at times. Most people think there is NOTHING you can do about seasonal allergies – they are out of your control. HOWEVER, there are waysRead more about 3 Steps to Lessen Seasonal Allergies[…]