The Flock Podcast: Recent Episodes
Nurtured Nest
Easy chats between real parents and the expert contributors at Nurtured Nest. We take on important, often taboo, topics and get you the information that you really need.
Kelly received her Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Juris Doctorate degree from American University's Washington College of Law. She went on to become a Certified Postpartum & Infant Care Doula as well as a Certified Infant Feeding Specialist and has been providing postpartum doula support to families in this area since 2015.
Prior to her career as a doula, Kelly spent years as a workaholic litigation attorney, trying (and often failing) to balance the demands of a busy career with a fulfilling family life. It was the lack of quality, caring support during her own postpartum experience that convinced her that new families needed and deserved more. She followed her passion into doula work, started Doulas of Raleigh, and has never looked back.
Kelly is the proud mom of Jake and Molly and the lucky wife of the most supportive husband ever, Jason. She is mildly obsessed with her two rescue pups and enjoys taking them on long walks all over the Cary greenways. When she is not busy supporting new parents and babies, she loves to curl up with a good book and a strong cup of coffee (or three).
Sarah received her doctorate in occupational therapy from Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences in 2019 after graduating from Virginia Tech with a major in Human Development. She discovered her love for occupational therapy in middle school when she had an opportunity to work with a young boy with cerebral palsy. Sarah completed her doctoral project in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and pediatric outpatient therapy clinic in Burlington, NC. In the NICU, Sarah developed skills feeding premature and sick infants and working with infants with sensory processing difficulties. Her doctoral experience fueled her love for working with the infant population and addressing feeding skills. Sarah presented on Occupational Therapy’s Role With Breastfeeding at the American Occupational Therapy Association Centennial Conference in 2017. Shen became a Certified Lactation Counselor in 2021, furthering her feeding specialization. She has extensive experience working with children from birth to 10 on feeding skills utilizing a variety of approaches. She has an interest in working with infants and their families during transition home from the hospital after birth and providing support during the first year of life including feeding, fine and gross motor milestones, and sensory processing. She has extensive knowledge in treating torticollis and plagiocephaly and how they impact breastfeeding.
Dr. Sarah Johnson OTD, OTR/L, CLC, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, CERTIFIED LACTATION COUNSELOR
As a parent coach, Sara Rose Whaley helps families increase their joy during the toddler stage. She addresses all the components that affect this including: marriage dynamics, mom guilt and burnout, and toddler behavior strategies. She has over 15 years of experience working with families as a developmental therapist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and parent coach. She is currently fully living the toddler stage with her 2 kids: ages 4 and 2.
Sara can be found online at www.joyfultoddlerparenting.com as well as Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook: @joyfultoddlerparenting.
To learn more or schedule a consult with Dr. Trill and her team, go to the Free to Feed website or follow her on Instagram (@free.to.feed)
Dr. Trill Paullin is a Molecular Biologist and mother to two beautiful daughters who had severe infant food reactions to proteins transferred from her diet to breast milk. After processing the painful fact that she could hurt her children through breastfeeding, she started researching how to produce breast milk they could properly digest. Dr. Trill discovered that many parents experience the same troubling situation. She wanted to create a place for parents to find answers to their questions about infant food reactivity and empower them to reach their feeding goals. Free to Feed was born to provide the research, resources, and support she wished they had early on. They have started this mission by creating an educational platform to empower parents through their food allergy journey, a tracking app built specifically for this space, personal consultations, as well as an allergy friendly postnatal multivitamin. Free to Feed’s team is working hard towards launching an at-home test kit that will allow parents to analyze their breast milk for allergens.
To learn more about finding a qualified chiropractic provider in your area visit - https://icpa4kids.com as well as https://pxdocs.com for more information.
Dr. Jaylene was raised in a small town outside of State College, PA. It wasn't until she moved to Northern Virginia that she started to see a chiropractor, which helped her as a runner and weight lifter. After experiencing the amazing
benefits of chiropractic care first hand, she decided to pursue the career for herself.
Dr. Jaylene attended Marymount University in Arlington, VA where she majored in health science. Afterwards, she moved to Port Orange, FL to obtain her Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic. During chiropractic school, she grew a greater appreciation for the human body and its self-healing abilities. She is passionate about helping people from all walks of life achieve optimal health through chiropractic care; she especially loves serving pregnant moms, babies, and toddlers.
Dr. Jaylene is certified in the Webster Technique, a pregnancy specific adjusting technique - additionally she is 1 of only 11 providers in 100 miles of Cary board certified in prenatal and pediatric chiropractic care and 1 of 4 in 100 miles certified by PX Docs. She has additional training through The Pediatric Experience and Epic Pediatrics and continues her education with Sacro-Occipital Technique (SOT), Activator Protocol, Advanced Thompson Protocol, Diversified, Logan Basic, Pelvic Floor Case Management, and Cranial Adjusting with Dr. Martin Rosen.
Kat and 8 week old Baby O talk to sleep expert, Liz Harden. In this 45 minute podcast we cover everything from swaddling to extending short naps. If you have a newborn, we know you will learn from Kat's experiences and Liz's knowledge.
Providers give tips on insurance for parents. In this guided discussion you'll hear from 4 Nurtured Nest team members on why they've moved away from insurance or limit the providers. They will give you insight on the why behind it-- and it's not what you are thinking. They also have tips for seeing providers that don't accept insurance and getting your insurance to cover it.
Dr. Cory Clark and Kate Melillo of Be A Problem Solver Services open up with Kathryn Dunn about what sex looks like on the emotional front for both partners after baby.
In this episode, Kathryn digs in to the nitty gritty about lube with pelvic PT Dr. Alexis Elias-Spohn. We talk when you should be using lube, what to use it for and what kinds to use. Definitely things that most of us missed out on in health class. Join in on this easy to listen to, open conversation between 2 professional moms who hope other families can learn from their experiences.
Providers give tips on insurance for parents. In this guided discussion you'll hear from 4 Nurtured Nest team members on why they've moved away from insurance or limit the providers. They will give you insight on the why behind it-- and it's not what you are thinking. They also have tips for seeing providers that don't accept insurance and getting your insurance to cover it.
Kate Melillo is a part of the duo from Be a Problem Solver Services. She is a speech language pathologist focused on communication (ie- executive functioning skills) and her hubs is a family psychotherapist. Together they see families daily in their clinic for parent counseling. Kate draws insight from her practices to walk through the overwhelm that the concept of "boundaries" can be in today's world.