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Ep 8 - Case Study: The Baby Who Was "Fine" But Clearly Wasn't (And What Changed Everything)
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Every week in my practice, I see babies and children who sit in a diagnostic no-man's land. They are not sick enough to qualify for a diagnosis. They are not thriving enough to be considered...
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Ep 7- The Five Pillars of Thriving Children's Health: A Clinical Framework Built on Neuroscience and 23 Years of Practice
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This episode is the synthesis episode — the one I would hand to every parent on their first day home with a new baby if I could. Over 23 years of clinical practice, watching thousands of children...
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Ep 6 - Why Your Child Won't Sleep: The Nervous System Explanation Every Parent Needs to Hear
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Sleep is not a behaviour. It is a neurological state. And it is only accessible from one particular state of the autonomic nervous system: the ventral vagal state — the state of calm connection,...
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Ep 5 - Primitive Reflexes Explained: What They Are, Why They Matter, and What Happens When They Stay
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Primitive reflexes are among the most important and least discussed aspects of early childhood neurodevelopment. They are the involuntary movement patterns that emerge in the brainstem during fetal...
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Ep 4- Brain Development in Layers: Why the Sequence of Your Child's Development Matters as much as the Timeline
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The brain does not develop randomly. It develops in a specific, predictable sequence — from the bottom up and from the inside out — and each layer of development depends on the one beneath it being...
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Ep 3 - Raising Children in an Uncharted World: How to Think Critically When the Rules Keep Changing
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We are raising children in conditions that have never existed before. The technologies, systems, and environments that shape their development have not been tested over generations. And unlike...
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Ep 2 - What Does It Mean to Be Well? Rethinking Children's Health Beyond the Absence of Symptoms
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Most of us were raised to define health as the absence of symptoms. No fever. Normal test results. No diagnosis. If those boxes are checked, a child is considered healthy. But in 23 years of...
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Ep 1 - The Philosophy Behind This Podcast: How I Think About Children's Health After 23 Years in Practice
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Welcome to Create Thriving Families with Dr. Lisa. This first episode is not about techniques or tips. It is about perspective. After 23 years in clinical practice working with babies, children,...
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2026 Trailer
Welcome to the Create Thriving Families Podcast! I am Dr. Lisa Pedersen and this podcast was created to provide a community for women wanting to create the best possible health and quality of life for their families.
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