Holistic Parenting with Dr. Madiha Saeed - The Health Detective Podcast

Madiha Saeed, MD, also known as HolisticMom, MD on social media, is a practicing board-certified family physician in the USA, an international speaker, and a best-selling author. In this episode, Dr. Saeed shares the methods and benefits of holistic parenting. If you’re a parent or you know a parent, you don’t want to miss this one!

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Highlights

6:02 - Madiha talks about how a horrific incident with one of her children led her to the path of integrative holistic functional medicine.

12:15 - The difficulty of parenting when you deal with chronic fatigue

15:12 - The importance of sleep

17:22 - How to help babies and young children that don’t sleep through the night

22:34 - What does Holistic Parenting mean?

27:08 - How to deal with the nuances of children’s picky eating and ultimately, teach them healthy nutrition habits

32:50 - Her kids are able to make educated decisions because of their nutritional understanding

36:07 - The importance of the mind-body connection, especially in kids

40:18 - The go-to meals and ingredients that Madiah always has in her kitchen

47:28 - Madiha shares some of her favorite wellness hacks

49:42 - Madiha talks about her book!

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About Dr. Madiha

Madiha Saeed, MD, also known as HolisticMom, MD on social media, is a practicing board certified family physician in the USA, international speaker and a best-selling author. Her best-selling book The Holistic Rx: Your Guide to Healing Chronic Inflammation and Disease, a functional medicine children’s book series, Adam’s Healing Adventures (one of Dr Mark Hyman’s favorite pics), The Pandemic Prescription: Restoring Hope from the Quran, Sunnah and Science, The Quranic Prescription: Unlocking the Secrets of Optimal Health, and The Holistic Rx for Kids: Parenting Healthy Brains and Bodies in a Changing World empowering the world towards healthier living. 

She is the director of education for Documenting Hope and KnoWEwell. She sits on multiple medical advisory boards including Wellness Mama and is the president of The International Institute of Islamic Medicine. Dr. Saeed and her children speak internationally at the most prestigious holistic conferences, TV (including ABC, NBC and CBS), summits, radio, podcasts (including Mind Body Green), newspapers and the United Nations recently published her paper on religion and the food system. Dr Saeed's children host "The Holistic Kids' Show" podcast, interviewing the biggest names in the functional, holistic and integrative medicine world, and helping kids empower and educate other kids.   

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Connect with Dr. Madiha

Website | holisticmommd.com

Socials | @holisticmommd

The Holistic Rx for Kids

Adam’s Healing Adventures

The Power of Rainbow Foods

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Connect with Dr. Lauryn

Facebook | Dr. Lauryn Lax

Twitter | @drlaurynlax

Instagram | @drlaurynlax

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