by Navigate Your Healing | Jul 20, 2019 | Baby, Nervous System, Nutrition and Recipes
In Part 1 of this Endocrine System series, I outlined the basics of what the endocrine system is, the organs and glands involved and their functions. The take-away message from Part 1: The endocrine system is the communication system of the body that determines...
by Navigate Your Healing | Jul 14, 2019 | Brain Building, Nervous System, Nutrition and Recipes
A group of cells forms tissue. A group of tissues makes up an organ. A group of organs makes up a system. A group of systems makes up an animal/human organism. I’ll never forget that lesson from Biology and it’s served me well in helping my child and myself improve...
by Navigate Your Healing | May 28, 2018 | Nutrition and Recipes
This last week at the AutismOne conference in Chicago, I attended a few really informative workshops. Here is a summary of information from Dr. Logan’s presentation on Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth – aka SIBO. We are dealing with SIBO and honestly, most of...
by Navigate Your Healing | Mar 13, 2018 | Inspiration, Nutrition and Recipes
Every conversation I have with someone who has a health concern or question leads up to diet. I simply cannot stress enough how foundational gut health is to overall health and expression of life. If you have skin issues, auto-immune issues, mental health issues,...
by Navigate Your Healing | Dec 17, 2017 | Nutrition and Recipes, Survival Strategies
I get this question all of the time. It’s scary when your kid stops pooping because it can lead to pain, holding, impaction, loss of motility, reabsorption of toxins and megacolon. Once a child starts to experience pain with pooping, it doesn’t take long for them to...
by Navigate Your Healing | Nov 4, 2017 | Nutrition and Recipes
I was recently asked about recommendations for kid-friendly snacks. In particular, snacks that kids can take to school. If you’re anything like me, it’s hard to be motivated every.single.day. to cook/bake/plan/prepare/clean/shop for the other humans that live in our...