ADHD, anxiety, sleep struggles and behavioural challenges may be influenced by more than what’s happening in the brain. Dr. Dan Sullivan is a licensed naturopathic doctor and functional medicine practitioner who was diagnosed with ADHD at 18. He joins Dr. Murray Clarke and Bryce Wylde to explore a root-cause approach to children’s health and the factors that may influence brain development during the first seven years of life.

They unpack the gut-brain connection, nutrition during pregnancy, stress, sleep, screen time, environmental exposures, the microbiome and the role of individualized testing. Dr. Sullivan also shares his own ADHD journey and the lifestyle changes that helped him better manage it.

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Nearly 1 in 2 kids today has a chronic health condition, and the research increasingly points to the same root system: the gut.

This conversation covers how a baby's microbiome is shaped before birth, why antibiotics in the first months of life carry outsized downstream risk, and what parents can actually do about it, whether their child was born by C-section, wasn't breastfed, or already had rounds of antibiotics for ear infections. Dr. Song also unpacks prebiotics vs. probiotics vs. postbiotics, the vagus nerve's role in gut-brain communication, why fermented foods may beat fiber for microbiome diversity, and the five daily habits she calls "Microbiome Magic." Parents will walk away with a clear, practical framework for restoring their child's gut health at any age, plus what to look for on a food label that's quietly working against it.

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Could shining light on a child's head help rewire a struggling brain?

That's the question at the center of today's conversation. Erinn Askin, MA, OTR/L, is a pediatric occupational therapist, the creator of NeuroAdaptive Therapy™, and founder of OTEIM (Occupational Therapy Empowering Individual Minds). Erinn joins Dr. Murray Clarke and Bryce Wylde to break down photobiomodulation, the use of specific light wavelengths to energize brain cells at the mitochondrial level, and why she believes it's changing outcomes for kids with autism, ADHD, developmental delay, and sensory processing challenges.

This conversation goes beyond behavioural labels into the biology underneath them: mitochondrial dysfunction, neuroinflammation, retained primitive reflexes, and BDNF (often called "fertilizer for the brain"). Erinn explains how her own daughter's severe ADHD led her to pioneer this work, walks through what a QEEG brain map reveals that a standard evaluation can't, and shares real outcomes from OTEIM's intensive therapy model, including a nonverbal child who is now keeping pace in the fifth grade.

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What is the single most important question to ask your child's pediatrician? Dr. Dan Sullivan answers the show's final Stump the Expert question and shares how his own ADHD became a strength.

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Could your child’s eczema be a sign of something deeper going on inside the body? In this episode of The First Seven Years, Joy McCarthy joins Dr. Murray and Bryce Wylde to unpack the powerful connection between gut health, skin health, and early childhood development. Joy McCarthy is a certified holistic nutritionist, bestselling author, founder of Joyous Health, and author of The Eczema Healing Guide.

In this conversation, she explains why eczema is often more than a surface-level skin issue, how the gut microbiome influences inflammation and immune balance, and what parents can do to support healthier skin from the inside out. In this episode, you’ll learn about the gut-skin connection, how pregnancy and early feeding may shape a child’s microbiome, which foods and ingredients may aggravate eczema, and why “less is more” when it comes to skincare for babies and kids. Joy also shares practical guidance on probiotics, food rotation, clean products, and simple ways to help parents feel more empowered instead of overwhelmed.

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What should moms eat during pregnancy for a baby's brain, and how do you know if you're low in omega-3? Dr. Dan Sullivan answers viewer questions from Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

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In this episode, we break down how seed oils and processed fats affect child development at a biological level.

Liana Werner-Gray, bestselling author and whole foods advocate, explains what happens when children consume seed oils and ultra-processed fats during critical developmental windows. We cover how industrial seed oils influence neuroinflammation, disrupt gut microbiome colonization, interfere with neurotransmitter development, and affect immune system programming in the first seven years.

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Can children learn to regulate their own nervous system? Dr. Dan Sullivan explains heart rate variability biofeedback, what he does after testing, and why he looks at the whole child instead of one symptom.

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