The Livin'Sky Podcast

What if one of the most powerful things you can do for your child's attachment, nervous system regulation, and resilience starts not at the dinner table or the sleep routine but at the diaper? This week I sat down with Andrea Olson, founder of Go Diaper Free, author, podcaster, and one of the world's leading experts on elimination communication. Andrea has helped hundreds of thousands of...

If your child has ever struggled with breastfeeding, has a narrow palate, snores, grinds their teeth, mouths breathes, or only eats soft foods and you have never been able to figure out why, this episode is going to connect every single dot. This week I sat down with Emily Hussey, speech language pathologist, feeding therapist, myofunctional therapist, and founder of Eats and Speaks. Emily takes a...

What if the answer to so many of the struggles we face as modern mothers, the exhaustion, the disconnection, the mealtime battles, the overwhelm, has been hiding in the way humans have always lived? This week I sat down with Maggie and Meara, the hosts of Women Folk Revival, a community and podcast dedicated to helping women rediscover a slower, more intentional way of living rooted in faith, fami...

If you have been running on empty since you had your baby and your child will not eat anything you put on their plate, this episode is going to connect dots you did not even know needed connecting. This week I sat down with Dr. Hilary Claire, clinical psychologist, holistic parenting mentor, and host of the Wild and Well podcast. Dr. Hillary specializes in nutritional and environmental medicine an...

What if the answer to your child's picky eating has been hiding in ancient wisdom for thousands of years? This week I sat down with Hilda Labrada Gore, also known as Holistic Hilda, a world traveler, speaker, and educator who has spent years living alongside indigenous and traditional cultures around the world to uncover the simple health principles that have sustained human families for gene...

What if the foods you have been told are the healthiest choices for your child are actually some of the most problematic ones? This week I sat down with Sally K. Norton, Ivy League trained nutritionist, public health researcher, and bestselling author of Toxic Superfoods: How Oxalate Overload is Making You Sick and How to Get Better. Sally earned her nutrition degree from Cornell University and a...

What if one of the most powerful things you could do for your child’s health…was completely free? As parents, we’re often told to focus on nutrition, supplements, therapy appointments, and the latest products promising better sleep or behavior. While those things certainly have their place, we rarely stop to ask an even bigger question: What kind of environment are our children growing up in? In t...

Send us Fan Mail If you have ever wondered why your child is obsessed with crackers, bread, pasta, and that one specific brand of chicken nugget and absolutely nothing else, this episode is going to change how you see that. I sat down with Shandy Watters, an integrative speech language pathologist, functional nutrition therapy practitioner, and founder of Speaking of Health and Wellness. Shandy wo...

Send us Fan Mail If you have ever been told your child's autism, ADHD, or picky eating is just genetic, just behavioral, or just how they are, this episode is going to change how you see everything. I sat down with Greer McGuinness, registered dietician, functional medicine practitioner, and founder of Biomedical Healing for Kids. Greer has spent years helping families look beyond surface lev...

Send us Fan Mail If you are a parent navigating an autism diagnosis, an ADHD diagnosis, or simply watching your child struggle in ways the medical system cannot explain, this episode is your permission slip to question everything you have been told. I sat down with Paul Voss, a father of eight and the author of Autism Sucks, Finding Hope in the Chaos . His youngest daughter was diagnosed with auti...

Send us Fan Mail If your child has chronic constipation, skin rashes, bedwetting, brain fog, or sensory issues that nobody can explain, this episode might be the missing piece. I sat down with Dr. Joshua Sharp, chiropractor and founder of Discover Health, and we went deep on one of the most overlooked frameworks in holistic health: the body's drainage funnel. This is the system that determine...

Send us Fan Mail If your child lives on pasta, crackers, fruit, and snacks and refuses meat, eggs, or protein… this episode is for you. This is one of the most common patterns I see as a pediatric feeding specialist and one of the most misunderstood. In this episode, I break down why picky eating is not just a phase or a behavior problem, but a signal that something deeper is going on in your chil...

Send us Fan Mail When a child struggles with food, parents are often told one of two things: “They’ll grow out of it” or “you need to push harder.” But what if neither of those is actually helpful? In this episode of The Livin’Sky Podcast , I sit down with eating disorder expert, educator, and speaker Jessica Setnick to talk about what’s really happening beneath picky eating, food anxiety, and eat...

Send us Fan Mail Most conversations around childhood apraxia of speech focus on one thing: speech. But what if we’re missing the bigger picture? In this episode, I sit down with Dhana Cohen, executive director of Apraxia Voice, to talk about a different approach, one that looks beyond speech alone and considers the whole child. We talk about what apraxia really is, why so many families feel lost a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Livin’ Sky Podcast , I sit down with Linsey Knerl, author of Homeschool Hacks and a homeschooling mom of six, for a grounded and honest conversation about what homeschooling really looks like in real family life. We talk about why more parents are considering homeschooling, how to make it work without burnout, and why homeschooling does not have to mean perf...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 4 of The Livin’Sky Podcast . In this powerful opening episode, Lena Livinsky, M.A., CCC-SLP, shares a deeply personal story from her childhood in Poland that completely changed how she understands picky eating today. This episode goes beyond typical feeding advice and explores the deeper root of picky eating: food stories . Food stories are the emotional experien...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is different. No guest. No polished lesson. Just me, reflecting honestly on the most transformative year of my life. One year ago, I was 50 pounds heavier, deep in autoimmune flares, brain fog, lingering postpartum depression, and still trying to function through sheer willpower. My skin was inflamed, my nervous system was overwhelmed, and despite all my training as a...

Send us Fan Mail Motherhood has a way of cracking us open in ways we never expected. In this episode of The Livin’Sky Podcast , I’m joined by Dr. Angele Close , clinical psychologist, author, and mom of three, for a powerful conversation about what really shapes the way we parent our inner world. After becoming a mother herself, Dr. Angele realized that despite years of clinical training, parentin...

Send us Fan Mail What if speech delays, feeding struggles, eczema, allergies, and sensory challenges weren’t separate issues but connected signals from the body? In this episode of The Livin’Sky Podcast , I sit down with Tori Starling , holistic health and bioenergetics practitioner, health coach, and founder of Simply Holistic Solutions. Tori shares her powerful personal story of how her son heal...

Send us Fan Mail What if your child’s behavior isn’t the problem… but the message? In this powerful episode of The Livin’Sky Podcast, Lena is joined by Jen McNerney, a trauma-informed somatic practitioner, former SLP, and nervous system expert, for a conversation that will change the way you see your child. Jen blends science, intuition, and real-world motherhood to help families support kids with...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s episode is one that will stay with you. I’m joined by Mick Wienholt. He’s a devoted husband, homeschool dad of four and host of the When You Look podcast. His life has been shaped by near-death experiences, deep faith, unimaginable loss and a commitment to raising grounded, resilient, emotionally connected kids. Mick and his wife live by a family philosophy they call “rais...

Send us Fan Mail In this solo episode, Lena takes you far beyond the plate and into the powerful world of your child’s environment , the often-ignored root of picky eating. If you have ever wondered why your child can eat the same food one day and melt down over it the next, this episode is going to change everything. Because eating doesn’t start in the mouth. It starts in the nervous system. Insi...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Misa Pignataro, a certified culinary nutritionist, health coach, and former first grade teacher who turned her own child’s failure to thrive and extreme pickiness into a story of steady, joyful progress. Misa grew up with whole foods and later blended that foundation with practical classroom skills, which makes her teaching style warm, simple, and incredibly doable for busy f...

Send us Fan Mail Today on The Livin’Sky Podcast , Lena sits down with Beth Lambert - author, educator, and founder of the nonprofit Documenting Hope, for a powerful conversation about the modern childhood health crisis, and how families can begin to reverse it. For over 15 years, Beth has documented the rising rates of chronic illness and developmental challenges in children, asking one essential...

Send us Fan Mail What if posture isn’t about sitting up straight — but about how your child breathes, moves, eats, and connects? In today’s episode, I’m joined by Kasia Galica , certified strength and conditioning specialist, movement coach, and founder of Move with Kasia . Kasia brings an incredibly refreshing and science-backed perspective on posture and postural restoration — showing us that al...