Dr. Tony Ebel sits down with Dr. Melonie — perinatal chiropractor, board-certified lactation consultant, and one of the leading voices in pediatric neurological care — for a conversation that will change the way you think about breastfeeding. They break down why latch struggles, low milk supply, and early breastfeeding failure are not mom's fault — they are nervous system issues rooted in birth trauma. Dr. Melonie walks through the neuromechanics of the first milestone, why the formula industry is positioned to swoop in at exactly the right moment of vulnerability, and what a neurologically focused care plan actually looks like for newborns. The conversation then shifts to their recent trip to Washington, D.C., where they sat in rooms with MAHA leaders and chiropractic advocates pushing for real policy change around maternal and infant health — and why both of them believe the tide is finally turning.

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Links & Resources:

Register for the FREE Resilient family summit: thepxdocs.com/family

Follow Dr. Melonie on Instagram: @beginwellco

Website: https://www.beginwellco.com/

For Professionals: https://www.certifiedlactationprofessional.com/

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Key Topics & Timestamps

01:00 Introducing Dr. Melonie: perinatal expert, lactation consultant, and legislative advocate

09:00 Dr. Melonie's story: the unnecessary C-section that started it all

11:00 The formula trap: trauma → tension → tired → Nestlé shows up

16:00 C-section moms and milk supply: what no one tells you in the hospital

21:00 The first milestone: latch as a full-body neurological event

28:00 Why Dr. Melonie became a lactation consultant: the mom she couldn't save in time

30:00 Pumping vs. latching: oxytocin, co-regulation, and what gets lost

44:00 Washington, D.C.: what happened in the MAHA and chiropractic meetings

55:00 Storming, forming, norming: the path to making healthy families the norm

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In this episode of the Experience Miracles podcast, Dr. Tony Ebel tackles one of the most common and frustrating questions he hears from parents: does every child really have Lyme, Candida, and parasites — or are we missing something bigger? Dr. Tony walks through the three tiers of healthcare most families cycle through, explains why constantly chasing and killing pathogens is an incomplete approach, and makes the case that nervous system dysregulation is the hidden root cause underneath nearly all chronic illnesses in kids. Using an accessible low-battery-mode analogy, he explains why no supplement, protocol, or detox program can fully work in a neurologically depleted body — and what parents need to do first to actually get results.

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Links & Resources

Free article :Simple Ways to Support Your Child's Nervous System at Home

Episode 44: The 4 Phases of Neurological Healing [Apple/Spotify]

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Key Topics & Timestamps

1:00 The three tiers of healthcare most families cycle through

03:00 Why the "kill the bad guys" medical philosophy is fundamentally incomplete

05:00 Introducing the third approach: building resilience instead of chasing pathogens

08:00 Validating parent frustration: why more testing leads to more problems

14:00 Presence does not equal problem: pathogens as part of a normal biological ecosystem

16:00 Nervous system dysregulation: the real root cause behind every chronic illness pattern

19:00 The low battery mode analogy: how a depleted nervous system shuts down healing

27:00 The shift: stop asking what infections they have, start asking why the body can't handle them

35:00 How to reorder your care hierarchy and what to do next

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In this episode, Dr. Tony Ebel breaks down the critical but widely overlooked role the vagus nerve plays in autoimmune conditions, chronic inflammation, and immune system dysregulation. Dr. Ebel opens with a first-hand update from his trip to Washington, D.C. and the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement — sharing why chiropractic has always been at the forefront of this fight and what the nervous system conversation is still missing from the national health discussion. 

He then dives deep into the neuroscience of why the body can't shut off inflammation without a functioning vagus nerve, why medications and supplements alone will never be enough, and what parents need to know about the Perfect Storm that begins as early as birth. Dr. Ebel also covers practical nutrition steps, the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, how chiropractic adjustments directly impact inflammatory markers, and how to test vagus nerve function through heart rate variability (HRV).

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Links & Resources: 

Read more about the vagus nerve & autoimmune conditions in this article:

https://pxdocs.com/vagus-nerve/vagus-nerve-and-autoimmune-connection/

Read more about Dr. Tony's experience at the MEVI meetings here:

https://pxdocs.com/nervous-system/maha-mevi-meeting/

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Key Topics & Timestamps

02:00 Dr. Ebel's Trip to Washington, D.C. & the MAHA Movement 

07:00 How the Medical-Pharmaceutical System Took Over & What Needs to Change 

10:00 The MEVI Meeting: Vaccines, Adverse Reactions & the Sickest Generation of Kids 

15:00 The Missing Piece in the Autoimmune Conversation: Nervous System Dysregulation 

18:00 The Perfect Storm: Where Autoimmune Conditions Actually Begin 

19:00 Why Conventional & Functional Medicine Both Fall Short 

23:00 The Vagus Nerve: The Immune System's Built-In Off Switch 

29:00 The Pattern We See in Practice: From Sick Baby to Autoimmune Diagnosis 

39:00 The Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway & How Chiropractic Fits In 

47:00 Nutrition & Toxic Load: What to Add and Remove 

57:00 How to Test Vagus Nerve Function: HRV & Finding a PX Doc

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In this episode, Dr. Tony Ebel tackles one of the most common — and misunderstood — challenges in pediatric neurodevelopment: the "drunken bull." These are the kids who are clumsy, uncoordinated, low-toned, and always a step behind their peers physically. Dr. Tony breaks down why this is not a muscular problem, not something kids simply grow out of, and not solved by more reps in PT. He explains the true neurological root cause — subluxation and disrupted sensory input — and lays out the exact care plan, technique approach, and team-building strategy that gets these kiddos moving, thriving, and reaching their full athletic and academic potential. He also shares the personal story of his daughter Elena's journey through a growth-spurt-driven drunken bull season and what it took to get her back on track.

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Links & Resources:

Learn more:

Low Muscle Tone in Children with Autism

Hypotonia: The Neurological Roots Behind "Floppy Baby Syndrome"

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Key Topics & Timestamps

00:05 Diagnostic Terms Parents Will Actually Hear: DCD, Hypotonia, Ataxia, Dyspraxia & More

00:10 Yes, Drunken Bulls Can Get Better — Here's Where to Start

00:12 The Three Areas Drunken Bulls Struggle: Physical, Academic & Emotional

00:15 Why This Is a Neurological Problem, Not a Muscular One

00:19 What Everyone Else Is Missing: The Brainstem & Cervical Spine Connection

00:23 How Coordination Actually Works: Input, Processing & Output

00:26 Why PT Alone Will Never Be Enough Without Clearing the Subluxation First

00:30 Elena's Story: Six Inches in One Year & What We Did About It

00:33 The Right Adjusting Frequency, Technique & Locations for Drunken Bulls

00:40 What to Look for in a Neurologically-Focused PT

00:44 Building the Right Care Team — and Who Doesn't Make the Cut

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Dr. Tony Ebel delivers a long-awaited, deeply personal, and scientifically complete breakdown of MTHFR and methylation — and why the way most people are talking about it is leaving families more scared and more stuck than ever. Drawing from his background in molecular biology, his time as a farm kid watching the rise of GMO agriculture, and a pivotal encounter with Dr. Bruce Lipton's epigenetics work in chiropractic school, Dr. Tony reframes MTHFR not as a life sentence, but as one piece of a much bigger puzzle. The real upstream factor most experts are missing? The nervous system. This episode gives parents the full, complete story — the science, the mindset, and a clear action plan — so they can stop feeling broken and start building genuine, lasting health for themselves and their children.
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Key Topics & Timestamps

3:00 Why the current MTHFR conversation is stealing hope from families 

07:00 Dr. Tony's backstory: farm life, GMOs, and the roots of genetic theory 

14:00 Meeting Dr. Bruce Lipton and the discovery of epigenetics 

23:00 Genes influence potential, but epigenetics determines expression 

29:00 What MTHFR actually is and why it sounds like nervous system regulation

34:00 The deck of cards analogy: how lifestyle plays out your genetic hand 

43:00 Why symptoms show up later in life: allostatic load and the bucket analogy 

49:00 The autonomic nervous system controls detox, inflammation, and methylation 

54:00 Epigenetics is empowering, not scary — and it's changeable 
58:00 The practical checklist: how to actually address MTHFR starting today

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Dr. Tony Ebel takes a deep dive into one of the most common questions from parents in the neurodevelopmental space: does red light laser therapy help activate the vagus nerve and accelerate brain function in kids? Dr. Tony doesn't give a simple yes or no — instead, he breaks down the neurophysiology of how brains are built, why sequencing matters more than the intervention itself, and why lasers that work beautifully for adult brain injuries may actually backfire for children with neurodevelopmental disorders when used too soon. He also shares his clinical philosophy, how his team uses HRV to measure real nervous system progress, and what it looks like to build a complete, properly sequenced healing team for your child.

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Key Topics & Timestamps

01:00 The Question: Do Red Light Lasers Activate the Vagus Nerve?

02:00 Why PX Docs Don't Use Lasers & How HRV Measures What Actually Works

07:00 How the Brain Is Built: Bottom Up, Back Forward

11:00 Why Lasers Work for Adults but Not Always for Kids

13:00 What Happens When You Heal Out of Order

17:00 Subluxation Must Be Addressed Before Any Other Intervention

20:00 Two Outcomes Once Neurological Stability Is Reached & Building Your Child's Healing Team

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Most parents have been told that autism meltdowns are a behavior problem — something to be managed, redirected, or disciplined away. Dr. Tony Ebel says that's the wrong framework entirely. In this episode, he breaks down what's actually driving meltdowns at the neurological level, why so many well-meaning therapies can accidentally make things worse, and what it truly looks like to address the root cause from the inside out. Through the real-time story of a patient named Mikey — a child who traveled from the UK to Chicago for intensive care — Dr. Tony brings this science to life in a way that is both hopeful and deeply practical.

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Key Topics & Timestamps

3:00 The Outside vs. Inside Framework: How This Episode Is Structured

8:00 How the Modern World Is Overloading Our Kids' Nervous Systems

11:00 Environmental Dysregulation: What Parents and Providers Can Control

13:00  Transitions, Overstimulation, and Why Schedules Matter

18:00 Mikey's Story: What Real Nervous System Healing Looks Like

25:00 Why Outside-In Interventions Stop Working — and What That Reveals

26:00 The True Function of the Nervous System

31:00 What "Fixing" Meltdowns Actually Means (And What It Doesn't)

35:00 Our Real Job as Parents: Raising Resilient, Adaptable Kids

40:00 Action steps for deep and lasting Change

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In this Ask Dr. Tony episode, Dr. Tony Ebel tackles a deeply important question: how does childhood trauma and abuse impact neural tone and subluxation? Dr. Ebel walks parents, caregivers, and providers through the neurological reality of trauma — explaining why it doesn't just live in the mind, but gets physically stored in the nervous system. He breaks down why talk therapy, medication, and even faith-based counseling sometimes aren't enough on their own, what the INSiGHT scans reveal about a traumatized child's nervous system, and exactly where in the body trauma sets up shop anatomically. The episode closes with a message of hope: your child is not broken, and when you address the nervous system first, everything else — therapy, connection, healing — finally has a foundation to work from.

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Key Topics & Timestamps

02:00 Today's Question: How Does Childhood Trauma Impact Neural Tone & Subluxation?

07:30 Trauma Is Not Just Remembered — It's Wired Into the Nervous System

09:00 Why You Can't Think, Talk, or Medicate Your Way Out of Stored Trauma

12:00 You Didn't Cause This: A Word for Foster & Adoptive Parents

14:00 The Most Important Point: Trauma Stores Neurologically, Physiologically & Physically

17:00 The Wound-Up but Worn-Out Child: What Trauma Looks Like Clinically

24:00 Why Childhood Trauma Scores a "5" on the Perfect Storm Scale

30:00 HRV: The Scan That Tells the Full Story of a Traumatized Nervous System

36:00 Where Trauma Lives in the Body: The 5 Anatomical Subluxation Locations

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In this powerful episode, Dr. Tony Ebel sits down with Dr. Brian Hooker, PhD — Senior Director of Science and Research at Children's Health Defense and co-author of the New York Times bestselling book Vax-Unvax: Let the Science Speak. Brian shares his personal journey as a father whose son regressed into autism following his 15-month vaccines, and how that experience drove over 20 years of research and advocacy. 

Together, they connect the dots between C-section birth, recurrent ear infections, acetaminophen, and vaccine injury — the full picture of the "perfect storm." Brian also recounts his relationship with CDC whistleblower Dr. William Thompson, the suppressed MMR data, the dangers of glyphosate and acetaminophen, and what Children's Health Defense is focused on to both heal kids already in the storm and prevent the next generation from entering it.

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Links & Resources:

website: https://childrenshealthdefense.org/

book: Vax-Unvax: Let the Science Speak (available on Amazon)

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Key Topics & Timestamps

07:00 Brian's Personal Story: His Son's Birth, Early Development, and the Perfect Storm

09:00 The 15-Month Well-Baby Visit: Vaccines, Ear Infection, and the Regression into Autism

13:00 C-Section Deep Dive: Birth Trauma, the Brainstem, and the Neurological Connection

20:00 Finding an Integrative Pediatrician and the First Hair Metals Test

22:00 The CDC Calls and Dr. William Thompson: From Dismissal to Whistleblower

25:00 What the Suppressed MMR Data Actually Showed

29:00 The Origin of Vax-Unvax and the 100 Studies That Changed Everything

34:00 Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated: What the Science Says About Children's Health

42:00 Beyond Vaccines: Glyphosate and Acetaminophen as Neuro-Immune Threats

47:00 Healing Protocols, CHD's Mission, and Preventing the Next Generation's Perfect Storm

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A parent asks Dr. Tony Ebel for his thoughts on stem cell therapy for children on the autism spectrum. Rather than giving a simple yes or no, Dr. Tony walks through the three possible outcomes of any intervention — improvement, no change, or regression — and explains why the sequence of healing matters just as much as the intervention itself. He shares his clinical observations on stem cells to date, why he currently gives them a "strong yellow light," and why he believes the children who respond best are those who have first spent one to three years building a neurological foundation through chiropractic care, clean nutrition, and movement-based therapies. He closes with a powerful analogy explaining why an exhausted nervous system simply cannot respond to even the best interventions.

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Key Topics & Timestamps

00:02 Dr. Tony's 30,000-Foot Answer: A Strong Yellow Light

00:05 Why Dr. Tony Doesn't Currently Recommend Stem Cells & What He'd Need to Change That

00:06 The Three Possible Outcomes of Any Intervention

00:10 Clinical Observations: What He's Actually Seen With Stem Cell Case

00:17 How Stem Cells Work & Why They're Different From Supplements or Medication

00:19 The One Variable That Determines Whether Stem Cells Work: Nervous System Stability

00:23 The Children Who Responded Best — And What They Did First

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