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Joe Raish, a dedicated father to 5 beautiful children, openly discussed the challenges faced with raising 2 children with special needs. Joe frequently refers to his faith as his amour. Which guided him through difficult times. Father Sheldon Burke joined our conversation and discussed how to find meaning and guidance during a child's diagnosis and supporting families through these times. Disclaim...

Many parents with special needs children, express guilt, and concern they are not spending quality time with their other children. However, for David, this was not the case.  Episode 8 of Wine with Wita I interviewed David El-Hachem. David is the youngest of 3 siblings. His eldest brother, Jacob, has cerebral palsy.  Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to mov...

Stephanie Pinto is a multi-award-winning Emotional Intelligence coach and international speaker. She’s also the author of the best-selling book From Chaos to Connection, and host of the Emotionally Intelligent Parenting podcast.  Stephanie founded Let's Raise Emotionally Intelligent Kids, a rapidly growing community of over 110,000 parents. She’s also the co-founder of two international parenting...

Lorena Evangelista is based in Sydney, Australia, a wife and working mother of two children. Lorena also wrote "Help Zac to speak." The book was inspired by the journey of her family when her son was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in 2022.   She hopes to inspire other families and friends with this book and help them to learn how to interact and be more inclusive in engaging childre...

Amelia Phillips is a registered nutritionist and exercise scientist with over 25 years of experience in health.   Amelia co-founded Australia's fastest growing, female-focused health tech company 12WBT, which she and her husband ran for ten years, successfully exiting in 2020. Since then, she has been immersed in the world of biotech, utilising new technologies in the proactive health and longevit...

I was truly honoured to have Dr. David McIntosh as my guest on Wine with Wita. Dr McIntosh is a Paediatric ENT Specialist with a particular interest in airway obstruction, facial and dental development and its relationship to airway problems, and middle ear disease. He also specialises in sinus disease and provides opinions on the benefit of revision of previous sinus operations. Dr McIntosh has a...

Donna Berry has over 20 years of experience changing the lives of thousands of children and families. She believes that safe relationships are the key to a life of happiness and healing. Her personal site is a platform for sharing her expertise and helping others achieve their best selves. Having touched the lives of thousands of families, she recognized the need for advocacy in early relationship...

Last month, @telethonkidsinstitute released a study highlighting the impact of screen time on young children. Screen time can be a confusing debate. How much is too much? What shows are appropriate or not? What is the impact of screen time? Are there better choices? To support your insight into this matter, I have arranged a very special Wine with Wita panel. The amazing panel includes: 2 Speech P...

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