Create Thriving Families with Dr. Lisa

Create Thriving Families with Dr. Lisa

Hosted by: Lisa Pedersen

Are you raising your children without a clear roadmap? Create Thriving Families with Dr. Lisa is the podcast for mothers who want a brain-based, holistic, nervous-system-informed framework for their child's health and...

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Episode 20 - Inside Your Baby’s Brain: The 6–9 Month Window Part 1 of 2 | The 8-Part Neurodevelopmental Series

Episode 20 | Inside Your Baby’s Brain: The 6–9 Month Window (Part 1 of 2) This is an exciting 3 months. Your baby is sitting up on their own, reaching further, remembering more, and suddenly noticing when you leave...
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Ep 19 - Inside Your Baby’s Brain: The 3–6 Month Window Part 2 of 2 | The 8-Part Neurodevelopmental Series

Inside Your Baby’s Brain: The 3–6 Month Window Part 2 of 2 | The 8-Part Neurodevelopmental Series Episode runtime: approximately 1 hour, 16 minutes Sleep has changed. Your baby suddenly has preferences, opinions, and...
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Ep 18 - Inside Your Baby’s Brain: The 3–6 Month Window Part 1 of 2 | The 8-Part Neurodevelopmental Series

Inside Your Baby’s Brain: The 3–6 Month Window Part 1 of 2 | The 8-Part Neurodevelopmental Series Episode runtime: approximately 1 hour Life has changed! Your baby is starting to look around the room with intention,...
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Ep 17 - Inside Your Baby's Brain: The 0–3 Month Window Part 2 of 2 | The 8-Part Neurodevelopmental Series

Inside Your Baby’s Brain: The 0–3 Month Window Part 2 of 2 | The 8-Part Neurodevelopmental Series Episode runtime: approximately 1 hour, 14 minutes The first three months with a newborn can feel like chaos — feeding,...
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Ep 16 - Inside Your Baby's Brain: The 0–3 Month Window Part 1 of 2 | The 8-Part Neurodevelopmental Series

Inside Your Baby's Brain: The 0–3 Month Window Part 1 of 2 | The 8-Part Neurodevelopmental Series Episode runtime: approximately 1 hour, 6 minutes Your baby isn't just feeding, sleeping, and surviving. Beneath the...
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Ep 15 - Flat Head Syndrome Decoded: Why Plagiocephaly Is a Neurodevelopmental Signal, Not a Cosmetic Issue

Beyond the Flat Spot: The Neurodevelopmental Story Behind Plagiocephaly That flat spot on the back of your baby's head? It isn't the problem. It's the sign to look deeper. One in five babies in the developed world...
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Ep 14 - Why Crawling Matters More Than You Think: The Neurodevelopmental Case for Not Skipping Motor Milestones

  ABOUT THIS EPISODE In 2022, the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics revised their developmental milestone guidelines and removed crawling. The rationale was that many children develop normally without...
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Ep 13 - Stop Guessing Your Way Through Motherhood: Why a Clear Parenting Model Changes Everything

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Modern motherhood is characterized by an overwhelming volume of information and a profound absence of clarity. Every week, a new study, a new recommendation, a new approach. Contradictory advice...
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Ep 12 - The Shared Family Nervous System: How the Energy in Your Home Shapes Your Child's Developing Brain

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Children do not just grow up in homes. They grow up inside the nervous system of the home. The emotional climate, the pace, the quality of voice, the amount of screen noise in the background, the...
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Ep 11 - Why Is My Child Always Sick? The Cell Danger Response and What Modern Life Is Doing to Children's Health

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Between 40 and 50 percent of children in the United States now have at least one chronic health condition. In Norway, where I practice, the rate is lower but rising. These are not small numbers....
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Ep 10 - Why Your Child Can't Calm Down: Emotional Regulation Through a Nervous System Lens

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Emotional regulation is not a skill that children choose to use or refuse to use. It is a developmental capacity that builds gradually over years, through thousands of repeated experiences of...
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Ep 9 - Food as Information: How Nutrition Directly Shapes Your Child's Brain and Nervous System

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Food is not just fuel. Every time your child eats, the food they consume is providing information to the brain, the nervous system, the immune system, and every cell in their body. That information...
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