The Holistic Speech Path Podcast

BG Mancini, AP, MHSc, is an Advanced Certified Functional Medicine Clinician,Licensed Acupuncture Physician, and Neurodevelopmental Specialist with 30+ years of clinical experience. As founder of The Brain & Gut Institute, she has worked with thousands of patients and trained clinicians worldwide on how physiological states influence regulation, behavior, and healing. Her Brain–Gut–Sensory Axis Framework integrates ...

Dr. Sabrina Baxter is a pelvic floor physical therapist and birth doula in South Florida. She is the founder of Floor Friendly, a pelvic health practice focused on helping women through chronic pelvic pain, bladder and bowel dysfunction, pregnancy, postpartum recovery. Dr. Baxter blends her clinical PT expertise with strength training and education to help women feel strong, supported, and confident in their bodies. 

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Dr. Dana Johnson, PhD, MS, OTR/L, is the Founder of Spellers Center Tampa and Spellers Center Atlanta, the Founder of Invictus Academy Tampa Bay, and the co-founder of the Spellers Method™. She holds a Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy and a PhD in Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Development. 

Dr. Johnson is a producer of the award-winning documentary SPELLERS, executive producer of UNDERESTIMATED: The Heroic...

In this enlightening conversation, Dr. Svitlana Koval shares her journey into airway-focused orthodontics, emphasizing the importance of understanding the airway in relation to orthodontic treatment. She discusses the impact of sleep disordered breathing with children and adults, the significance of oral anatomy in speech therapy, and the role of the oral microbiome. Dr. Koval also explains innovative procedures like MARPE (Miniscr...

In this episode of the Holistic Speech Path podcast, we welcome Austin Moore, a spelling coach based in Atlanta who shares his journey into the world of spelling and communication for non-speakers. An absolute brilliant mind with a big heart, Austin discusses the importance of presuming competence, the challenges faced by practitioners, and the various methodologies available for teaching spelling. The conversation delves into the ...

Dr. Pauline K. Buck, O.D., FOVDR, is a fellowship trained optometrist with the OVDRA.

 Dr. Buck developed and is the optometric director of Dr Buck Vision, in Miami, Florida. The clinic focuses on improving the efficiency of the visual system in individuals of all ages, from children with visually based learning dysfunction to teens with concussion to post stroke adults. Dr. Buck utilizes tried and true vision therapy technolog...

Welcome back to Season 2 of The Holistic Speech Path Podcast. HSP has been on our hearts and minds for the last 8 months as we took a break to recalibrate and focus on our health, shifting our clinical work and taking the time needed to make sure we are in full alignment. We have some incredible guests this season and will be further exploring airway health, vision and visual behavior, spelling and supporting non-speakers, pelvic f...

Suzy Miller is a pioneer in the field of Speech-Language Pathology having been one of the very first SLP's to understand the depth and magnitude of energy and vibration in working with autistic children. Her experience in becoming multi-dimensional from a spiritual level is mind-blowing and has paved and continues to pave the way in allowing for us to truly understand what unconditional love and understanding is in working with aut...

Most SLP's are not paid enough in comparison to the heavy work loads they carry. We are often taught to practice from a  "lack mindset" instead of an "abundance mindset" with money and to function from a personal and professional lens of do more for less. A shift is urgently necessary to help avoid burnout. While there is always a need for advocacy, the truth is, a holistic mindset toward your relationship with money starts wi...

Many know Katie Asher as Houstons mom from the Telepathy Tapes. We had the honor of speaking to Katie and learning more about her entire journey from childhood to motherhood and everything in between. She is a single mother of five and fierce advocate for her son Houston and all other non-speakers with severe motor impairments. She is also the author of The Book of Heaven which led to her playing a key role in the award winning pod...

Whether it is Spelling to Communicate (S2C), Rapid Prompt Method (RPM), the Spellers Method or Facilitated Communication, we can all agree that this arena of communicative support is nothing short of controversial. It is bewildering as to why especially with shared lived experiences and witnessing many children and young adults finally unlocking their voices and intellectual property via spelling. We had the wonderful gift of inter...

Nutrition is foundational and many of our children struggle with complex picky eating. Our guest, Shandy Laskey is an integrative Speech-Language Pathologist and pediatric feeding specialist, as well as a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Documenting Hope Certified Health Coach. Combining her qualifications and her passion for holistic health and wellness, Shandy serves as an online nutrition, feeding, and development...

Author, educator and former healthcare consultant, Beth Lambert has monitored and documented the escalating rates of childhood chronic conditions for over a decade.  Her first book, A Compromised Generation, provides a thorough analysis of the origins of this modern health crisis and documents how modifications to environmental and lifestyle factors can profoundly influence health outcomes, including full disease reversal. Bet...

Total Load Theory and the Power of AND

In this episode, we speak about the power of AND and how valuable it is to hold different perspectives to better serve our children. We have been convinced that in order to be neurodiversity affirming, we should ignore the determinants of health such as sleep, nutrition, stressors on the body from environmental factors etc. The power of AND teaches us that we can hold true many different ways t...

SLP burn out is real, very real! And it doesn't have to be this way. In this episode, we share what we call a "LOVE" letter to SLP's who are either in grad school , beginning their Clinical Fellowship experience, or experienced SLP's who have simply had enough. We share our lived experiences in navigating burn out and what we did to make the shift because it is possible despite what we have been made to believe. All paths will lead...

Your thoughts are more powerful than you think. They are able to shape and shift the entire ecosystem in a family. In this episode, we share the importance of understanding our role/s as professionals and that parents/caregivers/guardians are the gate-keepers of their child. Encouraging a strong parental intuition is foundational prior to curating any team of therapists. Healing starts with "self" and despite what we have been told...

In our field of Speech-Language Pathology, it has never felt more compelling to shift our clinical approach and understanding of how we interpret, understand, practice and implement trending research and data. We often hear "trust the science" and are understanding now more than ever that absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. In this episode, we discuss our UNlearning and the value of honoring a family and child's lived e...

In this first episode of the Holistic Speech Path Podcast (HSP), hosts Fatima Hassan and Megan Harcourt, both holistic, integrative speech-language pathologists (SLP's) share their journey of how they became good friends, their SLP journey and the power of UNlearning. 

They discuss their personal trajectory as SLP's and the intention and hope for creating this "hub of hope" in reframing how they support children and the...

Welcome to The Holistic Speech Path Podcast hosted by Megan Harcourt (@attunementspeechtherapy) and Fatima Hassan (@terra_speech_language). Together, we’re here to spark bold, honest conversations that challenge traditional approaches to speech and language therapy. In a rapidly evolving world, we began to challenge ourselves and the traditional norms of speech and language therapy, recognizing that it was no longer meeting t...