PARENTING and (PERI)MENOPAUSE

Alison chats with Mike Farwell of News Radio 570 about last week's federal announcement that would impose restrictions on social media companies and AI chatbots, particularly for kids under 16. If you enjoy our content, please help support us by following our podcast and giving us a review! Email us at:  pandppodcastmds@gmail.com Find Dr. Yeung on Instagram @thesmartphoneeffectmd Parenting Resourc...

Today we're talking to Dr. Willough Jenkins about some of the bumps and bruises that can occur during adolescence. One day your child loves spending time with you, then all of a sudden it feels like they want nothing to do with you! We discuss why this is happening, how parents can stay connected, how to build confidence and independence, how teen dating has changed, and of course... I get Dr. Jen...

Sujay Kansagra, MD is a professor at Duke and the director of Duke University’s Pediatric Neurology Sleep Medicine Program. He’s popularly knows as @ThatSleepDoc on social media where he has over 700,000 followers. He’s also the inventor of the Lullabee Smart Crib Mattress. He specializes in treating a variety of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy and parasomnias. His pri...

Today we talked to Jess Grose, an opinion writer at the New York Times and the author of several books, including her latest, “Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood”  On this episode we discussed her latest work on deepfakes, but we also discuss phones and tech in schools, the impact of social media on kids, and her take on tracking her children. If you enjoy our con...

In today's episode, we sit down with Lauren Colenso-Semple to discuss the practical questions women have about fitness, weight loss, and muscle: How do we achieve muscle building when we are short on time? How much protein do we need? How does the menopause transition impact weight loss and the ability to gain muscle? Should we train differently at different times in our cycles? And much more! Lau...

This is a mini-episode taken from my conversation with Mike Farwell on Newstalk 570. This is an important topics for Canadians right now, as the Liberal party is exploring how to best keep kids safe online. There is a push for social media and AI chatbot age minimums, as well as regulation around design features that lead to compulsive or risky use. If you enjoy our content, please help support us...

Let's face it- raising kids in this tech saturated world is HARD. As if there aren't enough things to worry about, parents find themselves constantly worrying about the impact devices are having on their children, the content they're seeing online, all while trying to manage their own digital distraction. Today we sat down with two staff psychiatrists from Toronto, ON. Dr. Karline Treurnicht Naylo...

On today's episode, we are talking all about sleep in the menopause transition! Whether it's due to stress, substances, screens, or natural fluctuations in hormones, sleep can be very hard to come by during these years. Alison and Julie sit down with Dr. Alison Shea to try to help you improve this most important factor in our overall health. Dr. Alison Shea is an Associate Professor in the Departm...

A recent conversation with a patient revealed a rising trend: people are turning to online, unregulated, unapproved peptides for weight loss, often without understanding the risks involved. While approved medications like Wegovy and Zepbound exist for obesity management, sidestepping medical oversight for experimental drugs that lack sufficient research is increasing in popularity due to cost, acc...

Jared Cooney Horvath (PhD, MEd) is a neuroscientist, educator, and best-selling author who specializes in human learning and brain development. He is the creator of The Learning Blueprint, an international award-winning program helping educators and students understand how learning actually works. Jared has conducted research and taught at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, and the Univer...

Alison and Julie chat with Mike McLeod from GrowNowADHD. We discuss the complexities of parenting children with ADHD, emphasizing the importance of understanding executive functioning, the impact of social media, and the need for appropriate consequences rather than punishments. Mike introduces the concept of a 'brain coach' to help children self-regulate and highlights the outdated DSM criteria f...

Alison and Julie sit down to give listeners a brief overview of perimenopause- definitions, diagnosis, and treatment. We hope to bring some clarity and simplicity to a quickly changing field of medicine. In future episodes we will dive deeper into some of the subject matter we briefly discuss today! Then we flip to asking the question- will social media age bans help to protect our kids? What do t...

Dr. Sasha High  is a Board-Certified Internist and Obesity Medicine Physician with over a decade of experience in metabolic healthcare. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Ottawa and completed her medical degree and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Toronto. Since 2012, Dr. High has specialized in obesity medicine, with a focus on a compassionat...

Welcome to our first episode! We are Dr. Alison Yeung and Dr. Julie Maidment, two family physicians with a passion for helping our patients. In this episode, we discuss why we've decided to make a podcast about the intersection between parenting and the menopause transition. Future episodes will focus on interviewing experts about various parenting topics (particularly as it relates to parenting i...