The Parent Coffee Talk

Despite all of the confusion and chaos going on around us, if there’s one thing we can control, it’s our mindset. Today's guest, Jen Gotlieb, is the founder of Super Connector Media, a motivational and mindset mentor, as well as a health and wellness enthusiast. In this conversation she shares tangible tips on how you can change your mindset to reach your goals, overcome fear, and stop holding yourself back. Join Dr. Roseann and Dr. Cleopatra in this inspirational episode to learn how you can overcome fear and start shifting your mindset.

Show Highlights:

• How we use the power of our words to make change
• Shifting how you control your actions and feel your feelings
• Hows to stay connected to changing your mindset and habits
• Why people often don’t choose the thing that will make them happy or successful
• The power of intergenerational fears
• Using manifestation as a step to reach your goals
• Easy action steps to propel your momentum
• Why “realism” is just a fearful mentality
• How Jen started practicing gratitude
• Ways to start shifting your mindset

Links:

https://drcleopatra.com

https://drroseann.com

https://superconnectormedia.com

When it comes to education, special needs students don’t always get the accommodations and consideration they need to be set up for success. Today's guest, Jennifer Weitz, is an advocate for special ed education and an attorney. As a representative for children with special needs, she shares ways the education system could further support children during this time and what you can do at home to enhance your children's learning. Join Dr. Roseann and Dr. Cleopatra in this information and inspiring episode.

Show Highlights:

• How does the conversation of homeschooling change when a child has special needs
• The current school guidelines for educating special needs children
• Why schools need to make resources more available
• How to utilize time at home to teach life skills
• What makes the lack of consistency for special needs students
• Using data collection to dictate whether or not students need compensatory services
• Jennifer discusses a recently proposed bill that threatens the education of special needs children
• How are parents and students are dealing with regression
• What makes students entitled to home-bound instruction
• Individualized education plans
• Creating experiences as a form of teaching
• Curriculum apps for parents
• What can parents do at home right now
• Working with dyslexic students

Links:

https://www.abcmouse.com

https://www.adventureacademy.com

https://www.time4learning.com

https://www.brainpop.com

https://drroseann.com

https://drcleopatra.com

Contact Jennifer: 917-841-7915

http://www.jwadvocates.com

Today, we have Shelley Gawith, the Professional Woman’s Functional Nutritionist, as our guest. Shelley is one of New Zealand’s top functional nutrition experts. One of her specialty areas is corporate and professional women.

Shelley started her career working for the largest investment banking firm in Sydney. She was ambitious, extremely driven to excel in sporting events, and worked very long hours until she began to struggle with debilitating health issues. Then, she learned to heal her body through nutrition. Since then, she has been using the knowledge from her training to help people from all over the world.

In this episode, Shelley shares her powerful story. She talks about how inflammation affects our bodies, eating for your optimum health, and how to read the signals when your body is out of balance. Listen in to find out more!

Show highlights:

• Shelley shares the story of how she got involved with functional nutrition.
• How Shelley started to see the power of food as medicine.
• How realizing the power of food as medicine created extra stress for Shelley’s mother.
• Shelley shares the moment when she started looking into functional nutrition.
• How Shelley began to heal, layer by layer.
• Shelley shares some common symptoms and issues that women struggle with today.
• The benefits of tracking your period and poo health.
• Red alerts sometimes appear as subtle signs.
• Shelley shares some nutritional advice for professional women who want to become high-functioning machines.
• Shelley and Cleopatra talk about various types of protein.

Links and resources: Shelley’s website Shelley on Instagram Book mentioned: Primal Body Primal Mind by Nora Gedgaudas

Today’s guest, Sandi Scheinbaum, is a functional medicine coach and positive psychologist. She founded the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy in 2014 and has been a clinical psychologist for over 35 years. In this conversation, Sandi shares what it means to practice positive psychology, focus on strengths, and ways virtual connectedness brings us together. She also discusses what functional medicine is, and how it can serve us. This episode is full of positive and practical tips you can start practicing today. Join Dr. Roseann and Dr. Cleopatra in this insightful episode about mind, body, and medicine.

Show Highlights:

• How virtual connectedness keeps us from social isolation
• Shifting your mindset to make a situation work for you
• How do strengths develop and what can we do to help parents develop
• The importance of recognizing what's right with kids instead of what's wrong with them
• What different character strengths are and how they serve us
• Ways kids learn by playing
• What is functional medicine
• Why we shouldn’t let societal labels define us
• The difference between someone who walks in their strength vs. someone who doesn’t   

Links:

https://drroseann.com

https://drcleopatra.com

Today's guest is Jennifer Hudye, copywriting queen and founder of Conscious Copy and Co. Conscious Copy is a copywriting firm that helps businesses develop their visions and core messaging in an authentic and compassionate way. In this conversation with Dr. Roseann and Dr. Cleopatra, Jennifer shares what it means to establish core values and how to bring your vision into fruition. Tune into this conversation to learn more about Jennifer Hudye’s amazing work and hear how you can gain positive momentum in your business.

Show Highlights:

• How to get clear messaging about your brand
• Getting clear on your core values
• How to make sure everything in your marketing and messaging is consistent
• What should businesses do in times of crises to support their tribes
• The importance of positive momentum over scattered motion
• Sharing your truth with compassion
• How to manifest your vision
• What makes vision important during crisis

Links:

https://drcleopatra.com

https://drroseann.com

https://consciouscopy.co

Instagram: @Jennhudye

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The thyroid is one of the most vital organs in the body, and it’s connected to more than you might think. Today’s guest, Dr. Alan Christianson, is a naturopathic physician, New York Times best-selling author, and health expert. In this conversation, Dr. Alan shares what led him into his personal health journey, along with many insightful information on what thyroid disease is and tips on how to recognize it. Be sure to catch this educational episode to learn more about the effects of thyroid disease. 

Show Highlights: 

• How Dr. Alan became focused on health in his own life 
• What do to if traditional methods aren’t working 
• Ways to brings conscious awareness to habits 
• Issues can thyroid disease cause 
• How thyroid antibodies work 
• Ways thyroid health impacts fertility 
• The importance of using an iodine substitute 
• The benefits of Brazil nuts 
• Why it’s important to pay attention to your body 
• How stress and other factors impact thyroid health 

Links: 

https://drroseann.com

https://drcleopatra.com

https://www.drchristianson.com

Today's guest, Cynthia Thurlow, is the CEO and founder of Everyday Wellness, a nurse practitioner and functional nutritionist. In this conversation with Dr. Roseann and Dr. Cleopatra, Cynthia shares how she finds ways to eat healthy and keep her kids healthy at home. She covers a range of topics from meal planning, taking vitamins, and how to find healthy alternatives to comfort food favorites. This interview is packed with tips on how to pack minerals and greens into your diet, while still having fun. 

Show Highlights: 

• Cynthia shares how she plans for her and her families meals
• How Cynthia integrates different varieties of foods in her house
• The importance of incorporating foods with antibacterial properties in your meals
• Different ways to ingest healthy foods 
• Healthy and fun food options for kids 
• Why we need to take supplements and what we should be taking 
• Ways to get kids to take more vitamins 
• Finding healthier comfort foods 
• Cynthia shares her skincare and beauty regimen
• Things you can do at home for self care
• The benefits of a magnesium bath
• Practices you should integrate into your daily life
• What makes food the best medicine 
• Taking control of teaching your kids to eat healthy

Links: 

https://drroseann.com

https://drcleopatra.com

https://cynthiathurlow.com

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyday-wellness/id1435214303

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Resources Mentioned: 

https://www.vitaliving.com/products/magnesium-with-srt-240t-by-jigsaw-health?variant=17920433225843#MainContent

https://www.ancient-minerals.com

https://www.swanwicksleep.com/products/classic-night-swannies?variant=21586427609167

We all know the secret to being healthy is to “eat vegetables and workout.” However, this can sound daunting and complicated when you have kids, a busy schedule, and a lot on your plate. Today's guest, Becky Wells, is a Nutritional Therapist Practitioner who is passionate about helping others eat clean and create healthier habits. Becky shares her favorite tips and foods to integrate nutritious and energizing foods into your life, as well as how to teach your children to do the same. Join Dr. Cleopatra and Dr. Roseann in this episode to take the next step to a simple and healthier lifestyle. 

Show Highlights: 

• What Becky eats in a day 
• Becky’s strategies to get kids to eat healthy foods 
• How Becky fasts and structures her meals
• How Becky became a nutritionist 
• Why Becky started Hippie Mom 
• The process of reconnecting with our bodies and improving our health 
• How we retrain our taste buds 
• Why it starts with the parents to improve children's diet
• How to source food in a sustainable and healthy way
• Ways to keep it simple and sift through the overload of information 
• Small steps to make better health choices 
• The connection between how we feel and what we eat 
• Creating a lifestyle to support healthier choices

Links: 

https://www.thehippiemoms.com

https://www.localharvest.org/austin-tx

https://drroseann.com

https://drcleopatra.com

Coronavirus has placed us in uncharted territory. Many of us may be feeling anxious, overwhelmed, scared, and confused. While these feelings are natural, we don’t have to continue feeling that way. Today's guest, Dr. Elisa Song, is a leading holistic pediatrician who breaks down what is Coronavirus and how we can prepare our bodies and children to prevent it. Dr. Elisa shares practical advice to help parents make immediate and intelligent action.

This episode is packed with strategies to handle fever, manage anxiety, and navigate fact from fiction during this period of information overload. Join Dr. Roseanne and Dr. Cleopatra in this holistic and informative episode.

Show Highlights:

• The focus for Parent Coffee Talk
• Why we have to help ourselves first to help our children
• What is the current circulating Coronavirus
• Symptoms of Corona
• Why children shouldn’t have contact with vulnerable people during Corona
• How we can be resourceful and move our bodies during this time
• What can we do to keep our bodies and brains healthy if we get Corona
• What to do if you think your child has Corona
• Why junk food is the worst decision you can make to fight getting sick
• What is amino compromised
• What to do for kids with chronic illness to improve their immune system
• How to treat fever
• Why we should try to not project fear on our kids
• What is in our control as parents to manage our anxiety
• Being proactive and having conversations to alleviate anxiety in children
• What is the reptilian brain and how can we get out of it
• Tangible things you can do at home to keep you centered and stress free
• Things you should stock up on at home to prepare for quarantine

  Links:

  https://drroseann.com

  https://drcleopatra.com

  https://healthykidshappykids.com/everyday-holistic-pediatrics/

  https://healthykidshappykids.com

  https://www.facebook.com/DrElisaSongMD/

  https://www.instagram.com/healthykids_happykids/?hl=en

Eating healthy while still getting enough nutrients and tasty bites can be tricky. Today's guest, Maru Davila is a health coach and nutritionist, as well as best-selling author of The Mexican Food Diet.

Maru teaches people how to eat a sustainable diet with no deprivation, no hunger, and no boring food. In this conversation, Maru shares her journey of struggling and how it inspired her to help people enhance their own food journey.

Join Dr. Cleopatra and Dr. Roseanne in this delicious and filling episode to learn more about healthy eating that feels like cheating.

Show Highlights:

• What started Maru's health journey
• How eating poorly impacts more than your physical health
• What led Maru back to school to find her career
• Making food your secret weapon
• What inspired Maru to write The Mexican Food Diet
• How Maru found ways to restore her body without unhealthy addictions
• Maru shares Mexican super foods
• Food hacks to increase focus
• Eating to regulate blood sugars and insulin levels
• Maru shares about her new cooking show

Links:

https://drroseann.com

https://drcleopatra.com