Support for Your Child with ADHD

I wanted you to be the first to know that a very powerful and valuable FREE resource will be available to you starting on March 2, 2020.

It’s called The ADHD Toolbox 2, and this free video series is packed with tools, strategies, and free gifts from various experts in the field of ADHD, including myself. I was so honoured to be invited to be a featured speaker for this event! And let me tell you, I talked Dr. Bob’s ear off during our interview! I have a LOT to say about ADHD: the causes and the solutions.

This resource is a must have for any adults, parents, or teachers who have ADHD, or work with children or teens that have ADHD, autism, Asperger’s, sensory disorder or any other behavioural or learning challenges.

There are 30 experts featured in The ADHD Toolbox 2 and starts in just a couple of days, so make sure you register now!

Here are some of the topics that will be covered in the video interviews:

Strategies that dramatically improve behavioural meltdowns in school and at home
Special challenges women face, especially moms, and how to meet them peacefully
How supplements can change behaviour, or not
Develop your child’s brain to transform ADHD behaviours
Is Homeschooling effective for children with ADHD
How to improve social skills with ADHD
Productivity and motivational strategies that work
The new mindset around ADHD, and how to adopt it
The freedom approach to thriving with ADHD
What are the best podcasts, websites, and other resources for ADHD
How ADHD just might be your greatest advantage
The shocking statistics about what happens when ADHD is not managed, and how to avoid it
And much more!
Imagine being able to sit front row and listen to the top experts in the field of ADHD giving you advice about your future, or your child and his or her future. That would be empowering and invaluable!

Register now and don’t miss out!

My Talk for the “Your Child With Special Needs Show”

My interview on Kimberly Mahurin’s Your Child with Special Needs show is airing NOW!

Kimberly and I discuss:

How your child’s environment is key: internal and external

How finding the root causes of any illness is essential

How placating and distracting our children with special needs creates bigger problems like tech addiction and poor lifestyle and eating habits

How parents can inspire, heal, and fill their child up with things they are passionate about

 

Carla Atherton, MA, FDN-P, Family Health Coach, is the director of The Healthy Family Formula, host of The Children’s and Teen Health Summit, author of the forthcoming book Family Health Revolution (release date: January, 2020), editor, book junkie, research geek, insatiably curious mother of three grown (son age 21), almost grown (daughter age 19), and growing (daughter age 16) children, one of whom has Type 1 Diabetes. Carla lives on an acreage in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, where she works from a home office with families from all over the world on the reversal of conditions such as, Autoimmunity: Type 1 Diabetes, PANDAS/PANS/Autoimmune Encephalitis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity; Asthma, Allergies, Eczema, and Reactivity; ADHD, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, Learning Disabilities; Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health Disorders, Eating Disorders, ODD; Other Neurological Conditions; Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Metabolic Disorders; Untangling Mystery Symptoms, Complex Cases, and Co-Morbidities (having more than one condition); Mold Illness; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity; Lyme; Other Infection; and Addictions. Carla is on a revolutionary mission to empower families to transcend our new normal of ill health and chronic disease.

Coaching Your Family Into Health

 

Our modern families face a multitude of health challenges; some of these challenges are due to conditions we have experienced in the past such as heart disease and cancer, but some are new kids on the diagnostic block such as autism and ADHD, and some are now occurring at rates that are utterly out of control such as Alzheimer’s and autoimmune conditions. Old, new, epidemic, all of these health conditions are sweeping our communities. And why? Well, I can tell you why. Keep reading.

People want to take control. I know you do. But how do you do that? Where do you go to get the right information and proper support? How do you put into action all that you have learned and have yet to learn regarding your family’s health? To answer these pressing questions, I am releasing my Children’s Health Summit 4 interview I did with one of my HFF Practitioner Trainees, friend, and colleague, Heather Korbmacher.

Heather Korbmacher (Courageous Educational Services LLC) Interviews Carla Atherton on Coaching Your Family Into Health

What We Discuss:

-do you need a family health coach?

-how to find a health coach

-what you need to know and do to coach your own family into health (this is the golden ticket!)

-how revolutionary parents are the real heroes

 

 

 

 

As always, I hope you get a lot out of the interview!

 

 

Carla Atherton, MA, FDN-P, Family Health Coach, is the director of The Healthy Family Formula, host of The Children’s and Teen Health Summit, author of the forthcoming book Family Health Revolution (release date: January, 2020), editor, book junkie, research geek, insatiably curious mother of three grown (son age 21), almost grown (daughter age 19), and growing (daughter age 16) children, one of whom has Type 1 Diabetes. Carla lives on an acreage in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, where she works from a home office with families from all over the world on the reversal of conditions such as, Autoimmunity: Type 1 Diabetes, PANDAS/PANS/Autoimmune Encephalitis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity; Asthma, Allergies, Eczema, and Reactivity; ADHD, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, Learning Disabilities; Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health Disorders, Eating Disorders, ODD; Other Neurological Conditions; Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Metabolic Disorders; Untangling Mystery Symptoms, Complex Cases, and Co-Morbidities (having more than one condition); Mold Illness; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity; Lyme; Other Infection; and Addictions. Carla is on a revolutionary mission to empower families to transcend our new normal of ill health and chronic disease.

For more information or help with your own family’s health journey, read more on this website, contact Carlaschedule a complimentary Meet and Greet with Carla, or learn about her Practitioner Training Programs for professionals and educational online Weekend Workshops for parents.

Wifi in Schools and Your Child’s Health

 

Are you concerned about the mental and physical health effects of wifi in your child’s school? I know that I am. Please let me explain more fully in the talk I gave for the roundtable series by Wired Schools: Cancer, Depression, Anxiety, Suicide at Schools Exploring Causation and Solutions.

The replay began this summer, and I neglected to blog about it! So, in case you missed it, my talk is now available here!

 

 

 

 

Live speakers for the event included: Virginia Farver, Carla Atherton, Richard Lear, David James Rodriguez, Jeanice Barcelo and Dr. Priyanka Bandara. Interviews with Erica Mallery-Blythe MD, Olga Sheean and Shelley Wright will be added to the series separately.

My talk Chronic Childhood Conditions: Exploring Causations & Solutions is the first from 10 panelists who spoke on the subject.

Let’s discuss the problems AND the solutions!

 

Carla Atherton, MA, FDN-P, Family Health Coach, is the director of The Healthy Family Formula, host of The Children’s and Teen Health Summit, author of the forthcoming book Family Health Revolution (release date: January 2020), editor, book junkie, research geek, insatiably curious mother of three grown (son age 20), almost grown (daughter age 18), and growing (daughter age 15) children, one of whom has Type 1 Diabetes. Carla lives on an acreage in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, where she works from a home office with families from all over the world on the reversal of conditions such as, Autoimmunity: Type 1 Diabetes, PANDAS/PANS/Autoimmune Encephalitis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity; Asthma, Allergies, Eczema, and Reactivity; ADHD, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, Learning Disabilities; Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health Disorders, Eating Disorders, ODD; Other Neurological Conditions; Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Metabolic Disorders; Untangling Mystery Symptoms, Complex Cases, and Co-Morbidities (having more than one condition); Mold Illness; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity; Lyme; Other Infection; and Addictions. Carla is on a revolutionary mission to empower families to transcend our new normal of ill health and chronic disease.

For more information or help with your own family’s health journey, read more on this website, contact Carlaschedule a complimentary Meet and Greet with Carla, or learn about her Practitioner Training Programs for professionals and educational online Weekend Workshops for parents.

Vitamin N, Creativity, Meditation, and Play

Just last week I released this interview about vitamin N, meditation, creativity, and play! It was one of my favourite interviews recorded for the Children’s Health Summit 4!

There is a lot to be concerned about regarding our current state of family health, but there is also a lot to celebrate! The reason we focus so heavily on what we can improve for our families is so that our children can have the best lives they can possibly have, naturally, so they can enjoy an existence full of wonder and creativity, a life that is full and inspired.

So, today I would like to share with you one of my Children’s Health Summit 4 interviews where one of my health coach trainees interviews me about all of those things that make life much more than trying to be healthy on the outside: Vitamin N, creativity, meditation, and play.

Kirstie Gran (Inner Shine and Naturally Awakened Mama) Interviews Carla Atherton on Vitamin N, Creativity, Meditation, and Play

What we discuss:

-raising spirited, engaged, and fulfilled children

-the importance of nature, creativity, meditation, and play

-modern life’s effects on human growth and fulfillment

-how does underdevelopment in these areas contribute to childhood chronic illness?

-how we can teach our children stillness and a sense of self and connection.

I hope you enjoy it!

 

Carla Atherton, MA, FDN-P, Family Health Coach, is the director of The Healthy Family Formula, host of The Children’s and Teen Health Summit, author of the forthcoming book Family Health Revolution (release date: January, 2020), editor, book junkie, research geek, insatiably curious mother of three grown (son age 21), almost grown (daughter age 19), and growing (daughter age 16) children, one of whom has Type 1 Diabetes. Carla lives on an acreage in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, where she works from a home office with families from all over the world on the reversal of conditions such as, Autoimmunity: Type 1 Diabetes, PANDAS/PANS/Autoimmune Encephalitis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity; Asthma, Allergies, Eczema, and Reactivity; ADHD, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, Learning Disabilities; Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health Disorders, Eating Disorders, ODD; Other Neurological Conditions; Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Metabolic Disorders; Untangling Mystery Symptoms, Complex Cases, and Co-Morbidities (having more than one condition); Mold Illness; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity; Lyme; Other Infection; and Addictions. Carla is on a revolutionary mission to empower families to transcend our new normal of ill health and chronic disease.

For more information or help with your own family’s health journey, read more on this website, contact Carlaschedule a complimentary Meet and Greet with Carla, or learn about her Practitioner Training Programs for professionals and educational online Weekend Workshops for parents.

My Appearance on Dr. Christine Schaffner’s Spectrum of Health Podcast

I had the honour and privilege of being interviewed on Dr. Christine Schaffner’s Spectrum of Health Podcast back in May and neglected to post the announcement here on my website! Shame on me!

Our topic: Creating a Family Health Revolution in Your Home and Practice.

If you missed it, do click here to listen to my interview and for links to many other fascinating interviews from others aiming to revolutionize health!

 

Carla Atherton, MA, FDN-P, Family Health Coach, is the director of The Healthy Family Formula, host of The Children’s and Teen Health Summit, author of the forthcoming book Family Health Revolution (release date: March 15th. 2019), editor, book junkie, research geek, insatiably curious mother of three grown (son age 20), almost grown (daughter age 18), and growing (daughter age 15) children, one of whom has Type 1 Diabetes. Carla lives on an acreage in rural Saskatchewan, Canada, where she works from a home office with families from all over the world on the reversal of conditions such as, Autoimmunity: Type 1 Diabetes, PANDAS/PANS/Autoimmune Encephalitis, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Celiac Disease and Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity; Asthma, Allergies, Eczema, and Reactivity; ADHD, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder, Learning Disabilities; Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health Disorders, Eating Disorders, ODD; Other Neurological Conditions; Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, and Metabolic Disorders; Untangling Mystery Symptoms, Complex Cases, and Co-Morbidities (having more than one condition); Mold Illness; Multiple Chemical Sensitivity; Lyme; Other Infection; and Addictions. Carla is on a revolutionary mission to empower families to transcend our new normal of ill health and chronic disease.

For more information or help with your own family’s health journey, read more on this website, contact Carlaschedule a complimentary Meet and Greet with Carla, or learn about her Practitioner Training Programs for professionals and educational online Weekend Workshops for parents.

Firsts: For My First Daughter

I hope that you are having (or have had) a wonderfully restful, fun, joyful, memorable holiday! I am not sure how much rest we’ve gotten, but we sure have had some fun! Big family gatherings, performances and concerts, and successes such as my own grandmother becoming as close to pain-free as she can be for the first time in decades (I will write about how we accomplished that very soon!).

 

I have spent the last few months (including the holidays) deep within a creative space while finishing my book, Family Health Revolution. This process has taken me places I really needed to go and has allowed me to communicate what I have learned about family health to other parents like me. It has been cathartic, exhausting, daunting, but mostly empowering, and I can’t wait to share it with you within the coming weeks.

 

We tend to reflect and create when we have some space to do so, or when we turn our focus to relationships, start to question why we do what we do, ask ourselves what we want and desire and if we are living the lives we want to live, and the holidays, in particular, are a special time full of possibility for the future. The new year brings with it evolved versions of ourselves. We can try to make sense of what we do and why. We can ask ourselves these questions so we can also guide our families. We can reflect and have a good look in the mirror. With the new year comes the potential for change, for newness, for progress, and for creation. Reflection allows us insight, gives us a map toward the goals we set for our futures.

 

The holidays can be a time of pivotal moments, and one of mine was creating a literary piece I was inspired to write while teaching a creative writing/philosophy class to my small group of lively, inspired and inspirational teens. I wrote a spoken word poem for one of my daughters that is the culmination of everything that has been thrashing, no, rolling, no, splashing around in my head and heart for the last 6 years, or maybe even since her birth 17.5 years ago, about our experiences together. And I feel like this piece is, like her, everything I had hoped for.

 

Many of you are parents and would be able to relate to what I had to sort out, not necessarily because you have a child with a chronic or life-threatening illness, or because your child has grown out of childhood and into teenhood, or because you have had boughts of burnout or pain or because you have come out the other side ready to allow your child to have wings. But you have had unique challenges and triumphs that have led you to your own conclusions about life and love and what this whole parenthood thing means. For me, it is protecting while allowing them to be independent, it is about guidance in order to empower. For example, I don’t want to tell my children what to think, but that they can and should think. I want them to understand that they can always make a situation better and that those solutions are for them to uncover.

 

I am sharing this poem with you, fellow parents and caregivers, fellow sons and daughters, in case you find connection within, in case it sparks some reflection of your own, the reasons for my writing Family Health Revolution folded within the stanzas.

 

Family Health Revolution is not a book of poetry, but a book that expresses, outlines, and demystifies the practicalities and solutions to so many questions I asked and had to answer throughout this on-going journey of parenthood – “how do I raise healthy children so they can have the best life possible when faced with the realities of our often physically, emotionally, and socially toxic environment?”

 

In my own journey, the “why” was easy to figure out.

 

The “how,” not so much.

 

I have spent the last 6 years expanding my own understanding of health. I have spent a great deal of time figuring out how I was going to present the information I wanted to share in this book. And I hope I have done the research of many brilliant family health advocates, researchers, and scientists, my teachers and mentors, my own experience, and the experiences of my family justice.

 

Although Family Health Revolution is not a book of poetry, I cannot introduce the motivation behind it in any other way than in that poem that poured out from me the other day, a poem I called: “Firsts: With My First Daughter.”

 

So, in celebration of newness, of possibility, of a healthy, fresh new year full of health and vitality, I wish you all so many more firsts with your own families; some of them joyful, some of them hard, but all of them beautiful.

 

“Firsts: With My First Daughter.”

Listen to the first take of the audio: (contains mistakes, but you get the idea:)

 

 

 

Read the Text.

Preorder a copy of Family Health Revolution.

 

Happy New year to you and yours.

May you and your family be well,

Revolutionary Mama,

Carla.