Maria Rickert Hong (https://www.mariarickerthong.com/)A Certified Holistic Health Counselor who helps parents recover their children from symptoms of: almost autism, sensory processing disorder, autism, ADHD, PANS (Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome), PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections), OCD, and Lyme disease.She is the author of the best-selling book, Almost Autism: Recovering Children from Sensory Processing Disorder, A Reference for Parents and Practitioners and a co-author of the best-selling book, Brain Under Attack: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers of Children with PANS, PANDAS, and Autoimmune Encephalitis.Sensory processing disorder and other sensory processing challenges are becoming more and more common especially in children which is why there’s a need to prioritize natural health. They may occur alongside other conditions like PANS, PANDAS, ADD, and autism.In today’s episode with Maria Rickert Hong, we’ll be diving into learning and discussing more about sensory processing disorder and how we could resolve it through natural means.What makes us suspend belief and put the fire in our belly?Maria has a son who had many health issues and they weren’t getting good responses from his pediatricians. Her son also had sensory issues that hit him when he was about three years old and which prompted them to seek more help. However, the doctors tend to provide several different medications. Her awakening moment was when she had her own health problems while taking care of her son who would wake up five or six times a night, go to her room, and wake her up. She developed severe adrenal fatigue and had hormonal-related problems. Upon searching for natural sleep remedies, she came across a book of a nutritionist author, Ann Louise Gittleman, entitled Before the Change: Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause. In the book, Gittleman offers a wide range of options for taking care of yourself which helped Maria a lot.Cutting out the dairy for Maria’s son.Cutting out the dairy made quite an impact on Maria's son. Her son’s asthma, constipation, allergies, eczema, and sensory issues all got better.Maria started using a cookbook that offers kid-friendly recipes and they’re mostly gluten-free and dairy-free. It also has other potential allergens that kids could be sensitive to. Maria got into cooking and kept going from there.You have to do diet, you have to eat.Nobody wants to hear it but you have to diet. You don’t have to instantly shift to doing an extreme diet. Like what I always tell my clients, let’s do some minor things if we can. And if we can’t, we wait until we calm the brain first and then, we start stripping it down.Many choose that option because they're in a crisis which is totally understandable. You gotta do triage first. However, people should always keep in mind how impactful a diet is. And I think once people realize how beneficial it is, they’ll be more motivated to continue with it. In an interview with Dr. Terry Wahls conducted by Maria, she learned that Dr. Wahls has recovered herself from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. In fact, Dr. Wahls was already told that there was nothing the doctors could do except medications. Fortunately, Dr. Wahls discovered functional medicine and tweaked her paleo diet to get all the nutrients that are helpful for mitochondrial function. Now, you can’t tell she’s had multiple sclerosis; she’s fully mobile.Neurofeedback is a level one intervention for ADHD.Seeking treatment...