Swallow Your Pride Podcast

In this episode of the Swallow Your Pride Podcast, John Holahan, founder of SimplyThick®, joins us to discuss his new book, "Modern Dysphagia Cooking." The book provides guidance on how to make dysphagia-compliant dishes at home, and John shares the inspiration behind the book and the process of writing it. They discuss the challenges of using the IDDSI pyramid and how it can be overwhelming for some people. John emphasizes the importance of focusing on the end-user and making sure that the recipes are flexible enough to accommodate different preferences. The book includes recipes, techniques, and detailed descriptors and testing methods documents to help people prepare dysphagia-compliant food at home. They also discuss the benefits of the book for home health patients and SimplyThick®'s efforts to provide education and support to people with dysphagia.

Timestamps:

Discussion of "Modern Dysphagia Cooking" book [00:02:27-00:06:15] - John Holahan discusses the inspiration for and process of writing his new book, "Modern Dysphagia Cooking," which provides guidance on how to make dysphagia-compliant dishes at home.

Techniques for Making Dysphagia-Compliant Dishes [00:06:56] - John Holahan discusses the techniques for making dysphagia-compliant dishes and how they help healthcare professionals and consumers.

Challenges in Making Dysphagia-Compliant Dishes [00:08:04] - Theresa Richard and John Holahan discuss the challenges in making dysphagia-compliant dishes and how to overcome them.

Overview of "Modern Dysphagia Cooking" [00:12:29] -John Holahan and Theresa Richard discuss the content of "Modern Dysphagia Cooking" and how it goes beyond a simple cookbook.

The Importance of Nutrition [00:14:04] - Discusses the importance of nutrition and strategies to add more calories to dysphagia-compliant dishes.

Shaping Food for Increased Calories [00:14:54] - Explains a study that found a significant increase in calories when food is shaped and discusses the benefits of shaping food for dysphagia patients.

Challenges with Bread [00:17:15] - Discusses the challenges of bread for dysphagia patients and a recipe for a dysphagia-compliant bread alternative.

Techniques for Pureeing Meat [00:20:52] - John Holahan discusses the key to pureeing meat and the importance of using extremely thick liquid to achieve the right consistency.

Using Bone Broth for Protein [00:21:27] - Theresa Richard talks about using bone broth to add protein to her son's diet and the delicate balance of piling on calories while ensuring safe swallowing.

Techniques for Dysphagia-Compliant Pasta [00:23:28]  John Holahan shares his technique for making dysphagia-compliant pasta, including boiling it in twice the amount of water and pureeing it cold with milk and butter.

Home Health Patients [00:27:12] - Theresa Richard talks about her experience with home health patients and how a cookbook like "Modern Dysphagia Cooking" would have been helpful for them.

Building a Resource Kit [00:27:53] - John Holahan discusses the process of creating the cookbook and the idea behind building a resource kit for families and SLPs.

Importance of Visual Learning [00:29:22] - John Holahan talks about the importance of visual learning and how the cookbook's website will feature videos to help families and patients learn how to make dysphagia-compliant dishes.

Live Streams [00:33:22] - John Holahan talks about the twice-a-month live streams called "Lunch with SimplyThick®" where they answer questions and show how to make dysphagia-compliant dishes.

Cookbook Availability [00:37:00] - Theresa Richard asks John Holahan where people can get the cookbook "Modern Dysphagia Cooking," and he answers that it's available on Amazon and their website.

Patient-Centered Care [00:38:17] - John Holahan emphasizes that their techniques are not special, but they are all trying to help patients get the food and nutrition they need.

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What do your HNC patients *really* want you to know? My guest this week is spilling the tea from her own personal triumph over HNC...

Yvonne McClaren has faced the unthinkable - from a tonsil cancer diagnosis to a partial glossectomy (and tonsillectomy and lymphadenectomy), but has gone on to change the outlook for other HNC patients through her work as a passionate patient advocate.

She's a chef, soup savant, contributing author to university curricula, and podcast host.

Yvonne’s goal is to bridge the gap between SLPs /Dietitians and home kitchens with lived experience as a passionate foodie who promotes the social implications of meals with those that we love.

She brings her experience, passion, and enthusiasm to this episode which is a must-listen for all SLPs.

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In this episode, you'll hear a discussion about:

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What in the health does your pelvic floor have to do with your voice? More than one might think...

SLPs work from the diaphragm to the glottis, and pelvic health PTs work from the diaphragm to the pelvic floor. It would only make sense that we collaborate because, like every other part of the body, it truly is all connected.

Dr. Sara Sohn, pelvic floor PT, and Ashley Michaelis, voice SLP, have partnered together to bring their expertise and experience to Swallow Your Pride listeners and SLPs, and PTs everywhere. In this episode, this dynamic duo shares insights, clinical examples, and a collaborative approach that reveals just how connected the pelvic floor and voice really are.

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Have you harnessed the truly transformative power of play and patience for peds clients? We’re talking world-shifting, life-changing, tear-jerking, heart-string-tugging growth here!

Erin Forward (SLP) and Karen McWaters (OT) use creative activities, sensory exploration, and play-based, connection-focused interventions to help their clients unbundle their language skills, feel safe in their environment, and express their truest selves. They infuse joy, curiosity, and security in each session and their results are nothing short of inspirational.

The dynamic duo shares insights, tips, and tricks for parents and professionals, revealing how play can be a powerful tool to unlock a child's full potential in this inspirational episode.

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Thank you, Erin and Karen, for all you do for your clients and for sharing your gifts with other therapists!

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If you've never looked forward to a conversation about productivity, and maybe even cringe every time you hear that word, my guest in this episode is about to change your mind! Lysa Johnson, MS, CCC-SLP is the go-to gal for discussions on productivity, and she brings her A-game to this episode.

Lysa is a program development specialist (one of many hats that she wears) and is spilling the tea on what exactly productivity is, how it's measured, and what the EMR algorithm thinks you should be doing all day. She shares insightful information from her perspective in a leadership position and applicable advice for clinicians in the trenches to advocate for themselves and change the narrative around productivity.

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In this episode, you'll hear discussion about responses to the survey including:

If productivity feels like a snooze-fest for you, this episode will feel like a shot of espresso! Thank you, Lysa, for all you do for our field and for sharing this impactful info for SLPs!

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Speech-Language Pathologists often express that opportunities available to other therapy disciplines or other medical professionals appear to be closed off to them. Their reasoning is that the perception of what speech-language pathologists do and the nature of our training impedes our ability to advance.

In this week’s podcast, my guest Vince Clark and I will continue to explore this perception. We designed a survey in 2021 that was accepted as an ASHA Convention presentation. Unfortunately, due to complications from Covid, we were unable to present it at that time. The survey was designed to determine why SLPs feel that leadership and career advancement eludes them. We will use this tool to determine patterns that may enlighten the profession as we seek to train our future leaders.

This is preliminary raw data, but eventually, we hope to shape this into a useful tool in the future. Our goal is to begin work that will empower SLPs.

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In this episode, you'll hear discussion about responses to the survey including:

Listen to the full episode here: https://syppodcast.com/278

As always, thanks for listening!

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Have you ever wondered what your patients who can't communicate with you wish you knew? Or maybe you've wondered what happens to your patients after they leave your facility... And what is Guillian-Barre like for the patient? This episode has all the answers (and maybe even some that you didn't know you needed to hear!)

In this episode of SYP, have a conversation with Kristin Dolan, SLPD, CCC-SLP, and her former patient, turned good friend, Lynn. Lynn is a Guillian-Barre syndrome survivor and is now advocating for patients who are fighting GBS. Kristin and Lynn share their experience of working together as clinician and patient as well as how their relationship evolved into friends and fellow advocates. Lynn shares important lessons for healthcare providers and Kristin shares her approach to helping patients with more than "just" speech and swallowing. This episode is inspirational for patients and providers, alike!

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Speech-Language Pathologists often express that opportunities available to other therapy disciplines or other medical professionals appear to be closed off to them.  Their reasoning is that the perception of what speech-language pathologists do and the nature of our training impedes our ability to advance.

In this week’s podcast, my guest Vince Clark and I will explore this perception.  We designed a survey back in 2021 that was accepted as an ASHA Convention presentation. Unfortunately, due to complications from Covid we were unable to present it at that time.  The survey was designed to determine why SLPs feel that leadership and career advancement eludes them.

This is preliminary raw data, but eventually we hope to shape this into a useful tool in the future. Our goal is to begin work that will empower SLPs.  What are your thoughts on being a leader as an SLP?

Some of the responses we got in return were very surprising!

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As SLPs, we are often dreaming of the changes we'd like to make in our facilities to help patients have better outcomes and to have our skills and services utilized more fully. Maybe we dream of earlier trach downsizes, fewer PEGs, and more consults on the critical patients who need us most...

My guest this week is back with part two of Curating a Multidisciplinary Tracheostomy Dream Team to show us the way!

In this episode of SYP, I continue the conversation with Rachael Silveira, MA, CCC-SLP about her experience with curating the dream team through a tracheostomy team initiative! She shares the details of what previous research shows and what the research on the trach team at her hospital found, who to go to when looking for your physician champion, and what they could do differently in future research.

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Have you dreamt of improving patient outcomes, reducing adverse events for your facility, and establishing yourself as the go-to team member for all things trachs and valves? My guest this week is showing us how she's done exactly that!

In this episode of SYP, I have a conversation with Rachael Silveira, MA, CCC-SLP about her experience with curating the dream team through a tracheostomy team initiative! She shares the details of why the team is needed, who is on the team, how she got buy-in, and what the outcomes of teams like this one are for our patients.

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