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In this episode, I'm joined by Katie Kimball - an educator, mother of four, and founder of Raising Healthy Families. Her work began in 2009 with helping families balance nutrition, time, and budget, but when many parents told her they had never learnt to cook, she turned her focus to teaching children cooking skills. That work has since grown to include online courses, a summer camp, a podcast, and her book, The Picky Eater Playbook. Katie shares with us why picky eating is about much more than taste, how getting children involved in the kitchen can shape the way they approach food, and so much more.

In this episode, we explore:

• How Katie found herself working in the picky eating field
• The benefit of investing in your child’s eating
• Katie’s experience with food while raising her children
• How all of our senses interact with food
• Common misunderstandings about picky eating
• Why Katie discourages saying “just try one bite”
• Tips for picky eating and food refusal
• Simplifying cooking with your kids
• Katie’s thoughts on hiding vegetables in food
• What you can do to help your child today

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I'm chatting with Danni Duncan, a nutrition and fitness coach and mum of four, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 39. We discuss her diagnosis and revisit her childhood diet, talk about what she now knows about the link between ultra-processed foods and gut health, and why what you're feeding your kids today actually matters decades down the track.

In this episode, we explore:

• Danni’s personal health journey and shock diagnosis
• Food habits in the 1990s vs. now
• Understanding how processed foods really make you feel
• How ultra-processed foods disrupt the gut microbiome
• Links between ultra-processed foods and bowel cancer
• Why bowel cancer is rising in younger adults
• Danni’s quick tips for easier lunchboxes
• The cost myth around eating whole foods vs. ultra-processed food

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This week, I'm talking with Natalie, one of the naturopaths at The Paediatric Naturopath, who is also a trained oral health therapist and orofacial myofunctional therapist. We’re talking about why tonsils, adenoids, and tongue posture matter so much more than most parents realise.

In this episode, we explore:

• Why tonsils and adenoids are so important when it comes to children's health
• The research linking obstructive sleep apnoea to IQ, attention, and growth
• Signs of obstructive sleep breathing
• Ideal tongue positioning and palette shape
• Preconception nutrition for airway and jaw development
• The role of an orofacial myofunctional therapist
• When to see an ear nose and throat specialist
• Examples of orofacial exercises for children
• The links between fussy eating and airway issues
• Three things you can check tonight if you're worried about your child

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