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In this episode, I'm joined by Katie Kimball - an educator, mother of four, and founder of Raising Healthy Families. Her work began in 2009 with helping families balance nutrition, time, and budget, but when many parents told her they had never learnt to cook, she turned her focus to teaching children cooking skills. That work has since grown to include online courses, a summer camp, a podcast, and her book, The Picky Eater Playbook. Katie shares with us why picky eating is about much more than taste, how getting children involved in the kitchen can shape the way they approach food, and so much more.
In this episode, we explore:
How Katie found herself working in the picky eating field
The benefit of investing in your child’s eating
Katie’s experience with food while raising her children
How all of our senses interact with food
Common misunderstandings about picky eating
Why Katie discourages saying “just try one bite”
Tips for picky eating and food refusal
Simplifying cooking with your kids
Katie’s thoughts on hiding vegetables in food
What you can do to help your child today

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I'm chatting with Danni Duncan, a nutrition and fitness coach and mum of four, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 39. We discuss her diagnosis and revisit her childhood diet, talk about what she now knows about the link between ultra-processed foods and gut health, and why what you're feeding your kids today actually matters decades down the track.
In this episode, we explore:
Danni’s personal health journey and shock diagnosis
Food habits in the 1990s vs. now
Understanding how processed foods really make you feel
How ultra-processed foods disrupt the gut microbiome
Links between ultra-processed foods and bowel cancer
Why bowel cancer is rising in younger adults
Danni’s quick tips for easier lunchboxes
The cost myth around eating whole foods vs. ultra-processed food
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This week, I'm talking with Natalie, one of the naturopaths at The Paediatric Naturopath, who is also a trained oral health therapist and orofacial myofunctional therapist. We’re talking about why tonsils, adenoids, and tongue posture matter so much more than most parents realise. 
In this episode, we explore: 
Why tonsils and adenoids are so important when it comes to children's health
The research linking obstructive sleep apnoea to IQ, attention, and growth
Signs of obstructive sleep breathing
Ideal tongue positioning and palette shape
Preconception nutrition for airway and jaw development
The role of an orofacial myofunctional therapist
When to see an ear nose and throat specialist
Examples of orofacial exercises for children
The links between fussy eating and airway issues
Three things you can check tonight if you're worried about your child

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In this episode, we explore:
Rita’s personal experience with her children’s oral health and how that shaped her career
Choose your ‘hard’ now to prevent the ‘harder’ later
Signs your child might need to see a speech pathologist or orofacial myologist
How to know if a tongue tie actually needs releasing
The link between tongue posture, chewing, and fussy eating
Baby-led weaning and how it affects jaw and tongue strength
Airway health and its connection to attention and behaviour
The difference between speech and language, and when to seek help
Key takeaways from Rita
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 In this episode, I'm talking about ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder). I'll chat about why it's so much more than just "fussy eating", how it affects the entire family, and how it's often rooted in nervous system distress rather than behavioural issues, which means many of the common approaches can fail. 
In this episode, we explore:
What ARFID is and how it looks
‘Safe foods’ vs ‘preferred foods’
Why the signs of ARFID are often misunderstood
The gut-brain connection
The main drivers of ARFID
Different categories of ARFID
Why common strategies for fussy eating fail
How we manage ARFID in clinic
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