Welcome to Episode 8 of the Allergy mom podcast an unboxing of my new Candid Clean safety products with the founder of Candid Clean Corp. – a neuroscientist, mom, and in general AWESOME human being who is making it her personal mission to provide SAFE, healthy products with natural and non-toxic ingredients to protect yourself and your loved ones from the Coronavirus as we head back to work and school this Fall. These products are also great for families with severe allergies who are always looking for ways to prevent cross-contamination, keep surfaces clean and protect themselves and their lo ..read more

Welcome to a new season of The Allergy Mom Podcast! In this new season, I am looking forward to having more guests and topics that address mental health, parenting, and family life issues when living a life with a family member with severe allergy, anaphylaxis, or a related, chronic health condition. In this episode, I interview Dr. William J. Doherty, the past-President of the National Council on Family Relations, the oldest interdisciplinary family studies organization in North America. About Bill:William J. Doherty, Ph.D., is Professor of Family Social Science and Director of the Citizen Pr ..read more

Welcome to Episode 16 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with my personal hero, Dr. Inderpal Randhawa (affectionally known as Dr. R by his patients), the Medical Director of Pediatric Pulmonary, Clinical Immunology & Allergy at the Miller Children's Hospital (one of the top 50 programs nationwide in the U.S.) and CEO of the nonprofit Southern California Food Allergy Institute, whose Tolerance Induction Program (TIP™) is providing true food freedom to those with severe allergies.  He is a leading clinical academic scientist with five board certifications in transplant immunology ..read more

Welcome to Episode 14 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with online food allergy magazine – Zestfull‘s cofounder Kortney Kwong Hing. About Kortney: Kortney has only known life with food allergies. She manages multiple food allergies, asthma, eczema and OAS. Kortney is the co-founder of Zestfull, an online magazine that celebrates life with food allergies. She is also the co-host of The Itch Podcast. She wants to spread joy in a community that can easily see the hard side of life with atopic disease and believes that you can have a full life with food allergies, it may just be lived a ..read more

Welcome to Episode 13 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with Heather Brooker: Actress, Emmy Award-winning journalist, and host of the popular podcast, Motherhood in Hollywood. About Heather: Heather Brooker has appeared in over 40 films and TV shows like “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Office,” “Fresh Off The Boat,” “The Mindy Project” and more. Heather is also in the groundbreaking role of digital entertainment reporter for KNBC in Los Angeles, where she regularly interviews celebrities and influencers in Hollywood. On her podcast, Motherhood in Hollywood, Heather discusses her two passions ..read more

About Lisa Gable:  Lisa Gable is the CEO of FARE.  Lisa Gable has served four U.S. presidents and two governors, counseled Fortune 500 CEOs, and represented global public-private partnerships and nonprofits with an end goal of moving organizations to higher levels of performance. As the former President of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, Lisa created and led a coalition of food and beverage industry corporations and public health and government agencies resulting in the reduction of 6.4 trillion calories from the American diet. Lisa was appointed the first female U.S. Commi ..read more

Meet Melissa Scheichl (B.A. (Psych.), B.Ed., M.Ed., MSW)  aka "The Allergy Mom", founder of TheAllergyMom.com website and a passionate advocate, educator, author, blogger, counsellor and therapist, supporting families dealing with life threatening food allergies, allergy, asthma, eczema and related health issues.  This podcast will deal not only with the physical issues associated with these diseases but also the emotional and psychological well-being of patients and their care-givers.  Melissa provides daily life hacks, advice and product and service recommendations to make you ..read more

Welcome to Episode 11 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with Jim Garner, Chief Executive Officer of AllerGenis . AllerGenis’ mission is to develop precision diagnostic solutions that can help healthcare providers better assess and manage the well-being of millions of food allergy patients. Specializing in immunology and bioinformatics, they have created a highly multiplexed analytical platform to address the limitations of current food allergy diagnostic tests. Topics Discussed in this Episode: 21st century diagnostic methods that allow us to look at the antibody response to proteins ..read more

Welcome to Episode 5 of the Allergy mom podcast – the second in a special series of Covid-related episodes to support families managing chronic health conditions such as severe allergies and anaphylaxis during a pandemic.   In this episode I speak with Jon Terry of the Allergy Advocacy Association, a not for profit out of New York that strives to provide education and awareness to the public at large and at-risk individuals about allergies and anaphylaxis.   I reached out to Jon after seeing posts he was sharing about his involvement in advocating for safe food labelling during the p ..read more

Welcome to Episode 12 of the Allergy mom podcast, an interview with Daniel Kelly of May-Contain. I came across Daniel’s instagram and loved the images he shared from his May Contain Allergy Magazine – a project that he designed that took the epi-pen out of the medical context to make it more relatable and engaging for young people. About Daniel & May-Contain: Daniel Kelly is the founder of May Contain; an Allergy Blog and Podcast breaking the stigma of allergies. He is also the host of an allergy podcast on iTunes of the same name and has amassed a widely engaged allergy audience through ..read more