How Holistic Care Changed My Sons Life, with DeeDee

About this episode

Dr. Hokehe Eko and DeeDee discuss the impact of holistic care on autism support and the importance of a root-cause approach.

Description: What happens when a parent is told to “wait and see,” but knows there has to be more? In this powerful episode, Dr. Hokehe Eko sits down with Deedee, a mom with a nursing background who became the practitioner she could not find for her own child. Together, they discuss a root-cause approach to autism support and what “testing, not guessing” can look like for families seeking answers. In this episode, we cover: Why tantrums, constipation, picky eating, speech delay, and fr...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Hokehe Eko

Guest: DeeDee

Topics covered

• holistic care
• autism support
• parenting
• root-cause approach
• child development

Keywords

• holistic care
• autism
• parenting
• child development
• root-cause approach
• tantrums
• speech delay

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: autism support

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