Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #119   Judy Van de Water, PhD – Maternal Autoimmunity and Autism  Today we are going deep into one of those earliest environments: the immune conversation between a mother and her developing baby. My guest is Dr. Judy Van de Water, an internationally recognized immunologist whose work has helped reshape our understanding of the relationship between maternal immune function, pregnancy, and neurodevelopment. Dr. Van de Water rec

Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #54 Repost   Doug Thompson, DDS – Teeth and Systemic Health  Today’s guest is Dr. Doug Thompson, a 27 year veteran of dentistry since he graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 1996. Dr. Thompson is a teacher, researcher and trail blazer in the field of modern dentistry. Today we travel down paths that lead to explanations as to why oral health is so important to systemic and truly whole human health.

Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #118  Nicholas Kelly, RD Hope, CF and an RD  My guest today is Nicholas Kelly, a registered dietitian, speaker, and someone who has spent essentially his entire life navigating medicine from the other side of the exam table. Nicholas was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in infancy. That diagnosis meant growing up with a chronic disease that required constant attention: medications, treatments, nutrition, hospitalizations, and an in

Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #118 Nicholas Kelly, RD Hope, CF and and RD  My guest today is Nicholas Kelly, a registered dietitian, speaker, and someone who has spent essentially his entire life navigating medicine from the other side of the exam table. Nicholas was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis in infancy. That diagnosis meant growing up with a chronic disease that required constant attention: medications, treatments, nutrition, hospitalizations, and an int

Kari Stubbs, PhD - Tech and Children Today’s conversation sits right at the intersection of childhood development, technology, and a question that is becoming harder for parents to ignore: What might our children need to develop before we hand them a screen? My guest today is Dr. Kari Stubbs, who holds a PhD in education and has spent her career in K–12 education technology. And that makes her current work particularly interesting. She isn’t approaching this conversatio

Alessio Fasano, MD - The Gut Today’s guest is one of the people who fundamentally changed the way we think about the relationship between the gut, the immune system, and chronic disease. Dr. Alessio Fasano is a pediatric gastroenterologist, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, professor of nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, director of the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, and director of the Center for Celiac Researc

Russ Greenfield, MD - The Art of Listening Welcome back to Dr. M's Women and Children First. One of the recurring themes on this podcast is that the future of medicine won't be discovered through faster-paced healthcare alone. It will be discovered by slowing down, listening more carefully, and embracing a patient-centered approach that seeks to understand the whole person, not just the disease. Ultimately, the future of medicine begins with a better question: How do we t

Russ Greenfield, MD - The Art of Listening Welcome back to Dr. M's Women and Children First. One of the recurring themes on this podcast is that the future of medicine won't be discovered through faster-paced healthcare alone. It will be discovered by slowing down, listening more carefully, and embracing a patient-centered approach that seeks to understand the whole person, not just the disease. Ultimately, the future of medicine begins with a better question: How do we t

Michelle Chalfant - The Adult Chair Welcome back to Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast, where we explore the science, stories, and strategies that help children thrive and families flourish. Today, we're diving into something that affects every parent, every marriage, every friendship, and really every human being: our emotional triggers. Why do seemingly small moments sometimes provoke such big reactions? Why do we repeat the same patterns even when we know bette

Welcome back to Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast, where we explore the science, stories, and strategies that help children thrive and families flourish. Today, we're diving into something that affects every parent, every marriage, every friendship, and really every human being: our emotional triggers. Why do seemingly small moments sometimes provoke such big reactions? Why do we repeat the same patterns even when we know better? And perhaps most importantly, how do

Aimie Apigian, MD - Biology of Trauma Today's podcast guest is Dr. Aimie Apigian, a physician who has become one of the leading voices in helping us understand the biology of trauma. Dr. Aimie is double board-certified in Preventive Medicine and Addiction Medicine, with advanced training in biochemistry, public health, and functional medicine. She earned her medical degree from Loma Linda University, where her education also included behavioral health, child psychiatric

Aimie Apigian, MD - Biology of Trauma Today's podcast guest is Dr. Aimie Apigian, a physician who has become one of the leading voices in helping us understand the biology of trauma. Dr. Aimie is double board-certified in Preventive Medicine and Addiction Medicine, with advanced training in biochemistry, public health, and functional medicine. She earned her medical degree from Loma Linda University, where her education also included behavioral health, child psychiatric

Welcome back to Dr. M’s Women and Children First. Today, we are joined by one of the leading voices in the world of vagus nerve health, functional medicine, and autonomic nervous system regulation, Dr. Navaz Habib. Dr. Habib is a chiropractor, educator, international speaker, and author of the bestselling books Activate Your Vagus Nerve and Upgrade Your Vagus Nerve. His work has helped bring the science of the vagus nerve from the research world into practical clinical medi

Welcome back to Dr. M’s Women and Children First. Today, we are joined by one of the leading voices in the world of vagus nerve health, functional medicine, and autonomic nervous system regulation, Dr. Navaz Habib. Dr. Habib is a chiropractor, educator, international speaker, and author of the bestselling books Activate Your Vagus Nerve and Upgrade Your Vagus Nerve. His work has helped bring the science of the vagus nerve from the research world into practical clinical medi

Today on Dr. M’s Women and Children First, we welcome one of the most important voices in modern child development and behavioral science, Mona Delahooke. Dr. Delahooke is a licensed clinical psychologist, internationally recognized speaker, and the author of groundbreaking books including Beyond Behaviors and Brain-Body Parenting. Her work challenges one of the deepest assumptions in modern parenting and education: that difficult behaviors are simply choices to be correcte

Today on Dr. M’s Women and Children First, we welcome one of the most important voices in modern child development and behavioral science, Mona Delahooke. Dr. Delahooke is a licensed clinical psychologist, internationally recognized speaker, and the author of groundbreaking books including Beyond Behaviors and Brain-Body Parenting. Her work challenges one of the deepest assumptions in modern parenting and education: that difficult behaviors are simply choices to be correcte

Today on Dr. M’s Women and Children First, we welcome one of the most important voices in modern child development and behavioral science, Mona Delahooke. Dr. Delahooke is a licensed clinical psychologist, internationally recognized speaker, and the author of groundbreaking books including Beyond Behaviors and Brain-Body Parenting. Her work challenges one of the deepest assumptions in modern parenting and education: that difficult behaviors are simply choices to be corrected.

Duey Freeman, MA, LPC - Attachment Welcome back to Dr. M’s Women and Children First. Today’s conversation moves into one of the deepest layers of human development: attachment, relationship, and the way early experiences shape the architecture of our emotional lives. My guest today is Duey Freeman, a licensed therapist, teacher, mentor, and internationally respected voice in attachment theory, human development, and relational psychology. Duey has spent decades teaching

Nutrition, Epigenetic Change and Childhood Disease Guests: Randy Jirtle PhD, Lucia Aronica, PhD, Emily Stone Rydbom, RD, Samantha Kessler, PhD, RD  Nothing in biology is random. Not growth. Not metabolism. Not disease. What we will explore today is the reality that the earliest inputs in life: nutrition, environment, signaling, don’t just influence outcomes… They shape them. They write the first draft. And if you understand that, if you truly let that land, then everythi

Nutrition, Epigenetic Change and Childhood Disease Guests: Randy Jirtle PhD, Lucia Aronica, PhD, Emily Stone Rydbom, RD, Samantha Kessler, PhD, RD  Nothing in biology is random. Not growth. Not metabolism. Not disease. What we will explore today is the reality that the earliest inputs in life: nutrition, environment, signaling, don’t just influence outcomes… They shape them. They write the first draft. And if you understand that, if you truly let that land, then everythi