WholeChildTexas Dr Alina Olteanu, MD, PhD

In this episode, Dr Alina Olteanu, pediatrician, and Dr Sandy Gluckman, behavior and parenting specialist, are sharing tips on how to raise confident, resilient children especially in these fast changing, volatile times. 

Dr Sandy Gluckman explains the concept of feeling "so enough" as a child and shares a parenting tool. She leads parents into a guided visualizations that helps them re-connect with their heart. Heart-centered parenting is one of the elements to raising resilient children.

Dr Alina Olteanu discusses how a healthy body and brain are prerequisites to raising confident, resilient children. She discusses the foundational elements of a healthy lifestyle, from getting enough sleep, limiting screen time to improving gut health through diet and supplements.

What do parents of children with ADHD/ADD need to know? The role that diet plays in mental health and the importance of proper nutrition! Nutrition, supplements, sleep, healthy lifestyle, stress management - all these are integrative medicine approaches to treating ADHD/ADD in children.

The internet and social media are here to stay. Let's learn to use it wisely for ourselves, our children, and our clients and patients. Now more than ever it's so important to learn how to use the power of digital marketing for health education and promotion. Everyone wants to know how to boost their immune system or prevent screen addiction in children. Healthcare providers can use different digital marketing platforms to reach more people and spread beneficial information. My guest today is Daffnee Cohen, a digital marketing specialist and writer, who has tons of helpful tips for healthcare providers on how to use digital marketing to reach and educate more people.
Check out her website as well: https://www.daffneecohen.com
(PS: The barking puppy is a spoiled Shiba Inu who would do anything to get me off Zoom!)

The health of a baby starts with mom's health. Maternal stress, especially during pregnancy, can have long-lasting effects on the baby and child's health. Here are a few tips on what a pregnant woman can do to maximize the chances of having a healthy, thriving baby.

Everyone in my clinic is "constipated until proven otherwise"! That means recognizing constipation in kids can be tricky for parents sometimes! Here are some practical tips on how to prevent and treat constipation before kids get severe abdominal pain and you have to reach for enemas or laxatives. 

A pandemic adds significant stress to the already stressful, tough job of parenting. Children absorb parents' stress and feel stressed, anxious or defiant themselves. 

Myself and Dr Sandy Gluckman, a behavior and parenting specialist, are guiding parents through several meditations and visualizations to release stress and learn how to meditate.

Meditation is an ancient mind-body technique and the perfect antidote to stress for modern times. Anyone can learn how to meditate. No equipment required, just a quiet space and the willingness to sit down for few minutes every day, to calm down the nervous system.

 Listen to this episode to feel calm, peaceful, and serene! Enjoy!