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Transforming Picky Eaters: Holistic Approaches to Child Nutrition with Lena Livinsky

Joshua Sharp, DC Season 2 Episode 9

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Summary
Lena Livinsky, a holistic feeding specialist, shares her journey of personal health struggles and the development of the Bloom framework to address picky eating. The conversation covers the definition of a holistic feeding specialist, the impact of personal struggles on professional practice, and the components of the B.L.O.O.M. framework. It also explores the assessment of biological factors, identification of oral motor skill issues, and the recognition of signs of microbiome imbalance. Lena emphasizes the importance of open exploration of food to address picky eating. The conversation covers the importance of mealtime boundaries, the distinction between behavioral and health issues, the environmental impact on picky eating, and the strategy of slow food transitions to support children's eating habits.

Lena's Links: 
https://lenalivinsky.com/
https://instagram.com/lena.livinsky
https://livinskykids.myflodesk.com/mealtimebattles

Takeaways
- Holistic feeding specialist
- Root cause nervous system informed approaches Mealtime boundaries
- Behavior vs. health issues
- Environmental impact on picky eating
- Slow food transitions

Chapters
- 00:00 Introduction to Holistic Feeding
- 09:30 Using Personal Struggles to Help Others
- 16:06 Biology and Oral Motor Skills
- 24:52 Mealtime Boundaries and Explaining Them
- 32:10 Environmental Impact on Picky Eating
- 39:22 Slow Food Transitions

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