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Adaptogenic Herbs for Stress Helping Your Child (and You) Reset Naturally

Adaptogenic Herbs for Stress: Helping Your Child (and You) Reset Naturally

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes If your child seems stuck in a cycle of stress, irritability, or constant burnout, it’s not just in your head. These stress patterns are becoming more common in kids today, and they deserve serious attention. New research shows that chronic stress isn’t just a grown-up problem. It’s altering kids’ brain development, emotional regulation, and even

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5 herbals for OCD

5 Expert-Recommended Supplements for OCD: A Parent’s Guide to Natural Support

People often want to know what is the most successful herb for OCD or specific herbs for intrusive thoughts or compulsive behaviors but a holistic treatment plan for OCD should involve multiple components and most likely multiple herbs and holistic treatments such as neurofeedback for OCD.  Promising research into complementary and alternative medicine indicates these 5 supplements for OCD should be considered to reduce symptoms. 

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Best Supplements for Neuroinflammation

Best Supplements for Neuroinflammation: A Parent’s Handbook

If your listening to my podcast, then you are hearing more and more about how neuroinflammation is impacting mental health. So what really is neuroinflammation and just how can it impact your child’s brain? Neuroinflammation is the brain’s immune system response to injury, infection, toxins, pesticides, or disease. Today, brain inflammation due to our highly toxic laden environment is almost

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Best Supplements to Improve Motivation in Children

Best Supplements to Improve Motivation in Children

Motivation is the cognitive, biological, emotional, and social force that drives people to action. The source of motivation may be intrinsic, where motivation comes from within the person; or extrinsic, where it comes from outside sources. Motivation is a good thing regardless of where it comes from. However, the lack of it is a health concern, as it is a

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A woman wearing a hat with her eyes closed, exploring the benefits of 5 herbs for mental health.

5 Herbs for Mental Health

Safety concerns about any side effects of many antidepressant medications have led to increased herbal psychopharmacology research. Additionally, a general trend toward natural solutions increases herbal remedy popularity. As such, more people seek effective alternatives or supplements to prescribed medications traditionally used as mental health therapies.  With that in mind, five herbs for mental health have research to support their

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Mood & Behavior - 5HTP and 6 Other Supplements for Depression

5HTP and 6 Other Supplements for Depression

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes When your child feels heavy with sadness or lashes out over small things, you might catch yourself wondering what storm brews beneath their behavior. Watching their sparkle dim can feel like standing in a long tunnel without a lantern. Some kids find relief through therapy or prescriptions, though many parents crave safer, science-backed ways that

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women trying essential oils

Essential Oils for OCD: A Natural Way to Calm a Busy Brain

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes If your child’s brain never seems to turn off, you’re not alone. I’ve met dozens of parents in a similar situation – exhausted, overwhelmed, and fervently hoping to finally find the right answers.  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is more than just odd habits — it’s a brain that’s stuck in overdrive. And while medication and therapy

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Essential Oils for Attention

16 Essential Oils for Focus, Attention and Calm

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes When your child just can’t focus—no matter how many reminders, reward charts, or routines you try—it’s more than frustrating. It’s exhausting. Parents of kids with ADHD, sensory issues, or emotional regulation struggles often feel like they’re constantly chasing focus that slips through their child’s fingers. But here’s the thing: focus isn’t just a behavior—it’s a

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9 Supplements for ADHD

9 Supplements for ADHD

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common behavior disorder diagnosed in children and is also a comorbid condition associated with a variety of disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, addiction, anxiety, depression, learning disability, etc. According to the CDC, ADHD diagnoses in the US are on the rise. “The percent of children 4-17 years of age ever diagnosed with ADHD had previously increased, from 7.8% in 2003 to 9.5% in 2007 and to 11.0% in 2011-12.” These nine supplements for ADHD have research to support their efficacy and should be considered to reduce symptoms.

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Inositol for Mental Health

Depression Supplements: Natural Mood Support & Neurotransmitter Balance

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes  Many parents feel their child’s emotions ride a nonstop rollercoaster—ever notice how a tiny frustration can spiral into a meltdown that seems to come from nowhere? Hidden brain factors such as nutrient gaps or nervous system dysregulation often sneak in quietly, driving hyperfocus bursts, repetitive habits, or sudden mood flips. Inositol—or Vitamin B8—acts like a

Read More »
Adaptogenic Herbs for Stress Helping Your Child (and You) Reset Naturally

Adaptogenic Herbs for Stress: Helping Your Child (and You) Reset Naturally

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes If your child seems stuck in a cycle of stress, irritability, or constant burnout, it’s not just in your head. These stress patterns are becoming more common in kids today, and they deserve serious attention. New research shows that chronic stress isn’t just a grown-up problem. It’s altering kids’ brain development, emotional regulation, and even

Read More »
5 herbals for OCD

5 Expert-Recommended Supplements for OCD: A Parent’s Guide to Natural Support

People often want to know what is the most successful herb for OCD or specific herbs for intrusive thoughts or compulsive behaviors but a holistic treatment plan for OCD should involve multiple components and most likely multiple herbs and holistic treatments such as neurofeedback for OCD.  Promising research into complementary and alternative medicine indicates these 5 supplements for OCD should be considered to reduce symptoms. 

Read More »
Best Supplements for Neuroinflammation

Best Supplements for Neuroinflammation: A Parent’s Handbook

If your listening to my podcast, then you are hearing more and more about how neuroinflammation is impacting mental health. So what really is neuroinflammation and just how can it impact your child’s brain? Neuroinflammation is the brain’s immune system response to injury, infection, toxins, pesticides, or disease. Today, brain inflammation due to our highly toxic laden environment is almost

Read More »
Best Supplements to Improve Motivation in Children

Best Supplements to Improve Motivation in Children

Motivation is the cognitive, biological, emotional, and social force that drives people to action. The source of motivation may be intrinsic, where motivation comes from within the person; or extrinsic, where it comes from outside sources. Motivation is a good thing regardless of where it comes from. However, the lack of it is a health concern, as it is a

Read More »
A woman wearing a hat with her eyes closed, exploring the benefits of 5 herbs for mental health.

5 Herbs for Mental Health

Safety concerns about any side effects of many antidepressant medications have led to increased herbal psychopharmacology research. Additionally, a general trend toward natural solutions increases herbal remedy popularity. As such, more people seek effective alternatives or supplements to prescribed medications traditionally used as mental health therapies.  With that in mind, five herbs for mental health have research to support their

Read More »
Mood & Behavior - 5HTP and 6 Other Supplements for Depression

5HTP and 6 Other Supplements for Depression

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes When your child feels heavy with sadness or lashes out over small things, you might catch yourself wondering what storm brews beneath their behavior. Watching their sparkle dim can feel like standing in a long tunnel without a lantern. Some kids find relief through therapy or prescriptions, though many parents crave safer, science-backed ways that

Read More »
women trying essential oils

Essential Oils for OCD: A Natural Way to Calm a Busy Brain

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes If your child’s brain never seems to turn off, you’re not alone. I’ve met dozens of parents in a similar situation – exhausted, overwhelmed, and fervently hoping to finally find the right answers.  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is more than just odd habits — it’s a brain that’s stuck in overdrive. And while medication and therapy

Read More »
Essential Oils for Attention

16 Essential Oils for Focus, Attention and Calm

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes When your child just can’t focus—no matter how many reminders, reward charts, or routines you try—it’s more than frustrating. It’s exhausting. Parents of kids with ADHD, sensory issues, or emotional regulation struggles often feel like they’re constantly chasing focus that slips through their child’s fingers. But here’s the thing: focus isn’t just a behavior—it’s a

Read More »
9 Supplements for ADHD

9 Supplements for ADHD

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a common behavior disorder diagnosed in children and is also a comorbid condition associated with a variety of disorders, including Autism Spectrum Disorder, addiction, anxiety, depression, learning disability, etc. According to the CDC, ADHD diagnoses in the US are on the rise. “The percent of children 4-17 years of age ever diagnosed with ADHD had previously increased, from 7.8% in 2003 to 9.5% in 2007 and to 11.0% in 2011-12.” These nine supplements for ADHD have research to support their efficacy and should be considered to reduce symptoms.

Read More »
Inositol for Mental Health

Depression Supplements: Natural Mood Support & Neurotransmitter Balance

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes  Many parents feel their child’s emotions ride a nonstop rollercoaster—ever notice how a tiny frustration can spiral into a meltdown that seems to come from nowhere? Hidden brain factors such as nutrient gaps or nervous system dysregulation often sneak in quietly, driving hyperfocus bursts, repetitive habits, or sudden mood flips. Inositol—or Vitamin B8—acts like a

Read More »
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