Dr. April Bowling and Dr. James Slavet, leaders of THRIVE Lab, harness research and realism to help parents of children with diverse mental health challenges understand how small exercise, nutrition and sleep habits can lead to big improvements in mental and physical wellness.
In this episode we sit down with Dr. Rachel Blaine, founder of Autism Wellness, which is dedicated to providing nutrition help and reducing nutrition hype for parents of kids with autism. As a registered dietician and professor of nutrition, Dr. Blaine walks us through practical approaches for improving kids' nutrition, while cutting through the misinformation around autism "diets."
3. Night Terrors
4. Sleep Apnea
5. Sleepwalking
6. Sleep and Kids Behavior
7. ADHD and Sleep
8. Mental Health, Specific Diagnoses and Sleep
This episode starts our series on how sleep can improve mood and behavior in youth with mental health challenges, and realistic tips for improving sleep when kids struggle with insomnia and other sleep problems.
In this episode of Healthy Enough, we look at some of the common misperceptions around exercise and ADHD, and explain what we really know about exercise and its effectiveness to improve attention and behavior.
On this episode, we listen to one teen's story about mental health during the pandemic and discuss the science and practice of using exercise to prevent and reduce depressive symptoms in teens.
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Co-hosts Dr. April Bowling and Dr. James Slavet give listeners an introduction to the Healthy Enough podcast and a preview of future episodes.
