Parenting Is a Lifestyle

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Parenting is a Lifestyle is a pediatrician-led podcast rooted in one powerful truth: a child’s health begins with their parents. Each episode explores how your daily habits—what you eat, how you sleep, how you manage stress—directly influence your child’s growth, development, and lifelong wellbeing. Through evidence-based insights and real-world strategies, we help you make intentional choices that support your child’s health—starting today. Because we believe it’s never too early, and never too late, to build healthy habits. You’re doing the best you can with the knowledge you have—and when you know better, you do better. This podcast is here to expand your understanding and skillset, with gentle reminders to release judgment and approach parenting with compassion, grace, and curiosity. 🎧 Subscribe now, leave a review, and join our Lifestyle Parents community on Facebook—where proactive parents connect, share, and support one another in raising thriving kids. 🔍 Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the guidance of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your or your child’s health.

Episodes

  1. 05/24/2025

    Episode 4: Tips for preventing and managing constipation in kids

    During this episode, Dr. Richa discusses some common misconceptions about functional constipation. She also shares tips to prevent and manage constipation in kids, to encourage you to be mindful about how your daily habits influence your bowel function. Gut health is related to overall health and wellbeing. Therefore, Dr. Richa shares how your routine, your fiber and fluid intake, your sleep and many other factors can influence your child's gut and overall health. 2024 Study on the relationship between ultraprocessed food intake and constipation: https://www.cghjournal.org/article/S1542-3565(24)00448-8/fulltext 2024 Systematic review on the relationship between physical activity and constipation: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11583288/   More on the gastrocolic reflex: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31751078/    Sleep and GI tract function and constipation: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6533073/ , https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38821029/   Intuitive eating: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39554935/     www.parentingisalifestyle.com - join our newsletter where we cover more evidence based strategies to optimize child health and wellbeing, right from the start (and it's never too late!).   Disclaimer: This podcast and its contents are intended for information purposes only. This is not intended as medical advice. Please speak with your child's doctor and your own doctor for medical advice.

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Parenting is a Lifestyle is a pediatrician-led podcast rooted in one powerful truth: a child’s health begins with their parents. Each episode explores how your daily habits—what you eat, how you sleep, how you manage stress—directly influence your child’s growth, development, and lifelong wellbeing. Through evidence-based insights and real-world strategies, we help you make intentional choices that support your child’s health—starting today. Because we believe it’s never too early, and never too late, to build healthy habits. You’re doing the best you can with the knowledge you have—and when you know better, you do better. This podcast is here to expand your understanding and skillset, with gentle reminders to release judgment and approach parenting with compassion, grace, and curiosity. 🎧 Subscribe now, leave a review, and join our Lifestyle Parents community on Facebook—where proactive parents connect, share, and support one another in raising thriving kids. 🔍 Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the guidance of your physician or qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding your or your child’s health.