The Untethered Podcast™

This week on The Untethered Podcast, Hallie welcomes Nadine Lopo, a licensed SLP and Feed the Peds®-trained Feeding Therapist, specializing in pediatric feeding disorders and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). 

Join Nadine and Hallie as they talk about Nadine's journey from speech therapist to mentor and course creator. 

Together they highlight the challenges and rewards of mentorship, the role of gut health in feeding, and the innovative courses Nadine has developed to enhance therapists' skills. The conversation emphasizes personalized approaches, flexibility in therapy, particularly for children with G-tubes and visual impairments, and so much more!

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In this week’s episode, Hallie shares the significance of goal setting for personal and professional growth. She emphasizes the importance of having clear goals to provide direction, motivation, and accountability. 

Join Hallie as she talks about how business owners and employees can set effective goals. She also provides tips, emphasizes the SMART criteria, highlights the importance of celebrating achievements to boost motivation, and more.

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In this week’s inspiring episode, Hallie talks about the concept of choosing a word for the year as a guiding principle for personal growth and decision-making. 

Tune in as Hallie shares her own experiences with selecting words in the past and provides a step-by-step guide for listeners to reflect on their aspirations, identify their core values, and ultimately choose a word that resonates with them. 

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In this episode of The Untethered Podcast, Hallie discusses the transition into 2025, emphasizing the importance of setting goals, establishing work-life boundaries, and the power of saying “No”. 

Hallie  encourages listeners to reflect on their desires for the new year and to prioritize their well-being over mere survival in their professional lives. She highlights the need for intentionality in goal setting and the significance of respecting personal boundaries to foster a thriving environment both personally and professionally.

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In this podcast episode, Hallie welcomes Bibiana, a Brazilian pediatric feeding therapist, to share her journey into the field of pediatric feeding therapy. They discuss the importance of bridging theory and practice, the role of family and cultural context in therapy, and the significance of building trust and rapport with patients.

Tune in as Bibiana emphasizes a strength-based approach and highlights the need for dynamic assessment and treatment, while also focusing on empowering families throughout the therapy process.

Bibiana and Hallie also discuss the complexities of pediatric feeding therapy, exploring topics such as parental guidance, understanding child cues, adapting treatment plans to meet individual needs, and more!

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In the 300th episode of The Untethered Podcast, Hallie takes a moment to reflect on the journey since the podcast's launch in 2019. She shares some exciting milestones, including surpassing 600,000 podcast downloads, and highlights listener-favorite episodes. 

Hallie also reminds us of the importance of celebrating wins, big or small, and offers a sneak peek into what’s ahead in 2025.

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This week on The Untethered Podcast, Hallie chats with Dr. Nora Ghodousi-Zaghi, a renowned expert in functional and integrative oral health care. Specializing in interceptive orthodontics, Dr. Nora emphasizes whole-body health and well-being. As a board-certified Diplomate pediatric dentist, published author, clinical researcher, and educator, she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the conversation.

Join them as Dr. Nora discusses her journey from traditional pediatric dentistry to a more integrative and functional approach. She highlights the importance of understanding the connections between oral health, sleep disorders, and overall well-being, particularly in children. 

Their conversation also covers the prevalence of mouth breathing, the impact of epigenetics on jaw structure, the significance of early intervention in addressing tongue ties and feeding issues, and more!

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This week, Hallie welcomes Gal Bason, an NAET holistic practitioner dedicated to guiding a transformative journey toward wellness. Rooted in the belief in an inherent capacity for health and driven by a desire to support her own children, Gal uses NAET’s gentle, non-invasive techniques to uncover and address the root causes of allergies, intolerances and more.

Tune in as Gal and Hallie discuss their personal journeys, focusing on the N-A-E-T method. They highlight the importance of understanding root causes, addressing allergies as the body’s response rather than isolated reactions, and exploring the 3 levels of treatment: physical, emotional, and chemical.

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This week, Hallie is joined by Amy Williams, a pediatric occupational therapist, feeding specialist, and the founder of San Diego Feeding Therapy. She is also one of the presenters in our Pediatric Feeding Therapist Curriculum where she talks about supporting complex sensory feeders.  

In this conversation, Amy and Hallie discuss the complexities of feeding therapy, particularly focusing on the challenges faced by complex sensory feeders. Tune is as Amy shares her personal journey into feeding therapy, influenced by her experiences with her own sisters. 

Their discussion also emphasizes the importance of understanding the nervous system's role in feeding, the need for a safe and regulated environment, the distinction between behavioral and relationship-based approaches in therapy, and more! 

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This week on The Untethered Podcast, Hallie welcomes Erin Gaul, owner and speech-language pathologist at Your Speech Path, LLC. Join Erin as she shares her journey from Gallaudet University to private practice, where she discovered her passion for childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) and orofacial myofunctional disorders (OMDs). 

In this episode, Erin and Hallie discuss diagnosing and treating CAS and OMDs,  intensive therapy, and the challenges of collaboration in the field. They also explore the value of creating supportive spaces for SLPs to share knowledge, the role of orofacial myofunctional therapy, the need for better education to prepare future professionals, and more!

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