Don't Feed the Fear: Food Allergy Anxiety & Trauma
Episodes
Sniffing out Safety: Natalie and Harley the Food Allergy Detection Dog
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is a heartwarming and eye-opening look at what life is like with a food allergy detection dog. My guest, Natalie Rice, shar...
Reclaiming Joy in Eating with Lauren Less
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFood should bring joy, comfort, nourishment, and safety, but food allergies and chronic illness often turn food into something stressful...
Bonus Holiday Boundary-Setting Meditation: Finding Your "Yes" and Your "No"
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis 11-minute guided reflection helps food allergic/celiac individuals and food allergy parents pause, reset, and listen to their own i...
Holiday Communication and Boundaries in Food Allergy Families
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this special crossover episode, Dr. Whitehouse shares a recent guest appearance on The Itch Podcast (episode 132), where she joined h...
Steady and Calm: Immunotherapy Dosing Meditation for Teens and Adults
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis grounding meditation supports tweens, teens, and adults navigating oral immunotherapy (OIT), Tolerance Induction Program (TIP), sub...
My Little Garden: Immunotherapy Meditation
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis gentle, imaginative meditation helps kids feel calmer and more confident during oral immunotherapy (OIT), Tolerance Induction Progr...
How the Food Allergy Nursing Association (FANA) is Redefining Food Allergy Care
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe Food Allergy Nursing Association (FANA) is celebrating one year of transforming the landscape of food allergy care. In this special ...
Bonus Meditation: Cloud Release For Food Allergy Anxiety
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFeel anxious about food allergies? This 10-minute guided meditation helps teens and adults gently observe anxious “what-if” thoughts...
Bonus Kids Relaxation: Silly Animal Thoughts
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis playful 5-minute, science-based meditation helps kids (and their grown-ups!) understand how their brains work, and that not every t...
Bonus Relaxation for Kids with Food Allergies: Inside My Bubble
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis gentle 5-minute guided meditation helps children with food allergies calm their worries and feel safe in their bodies and their wor...
Safe Epi Use in Infants and Toddlers with Dr. Michael Pistiner
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn Part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Michael Pistiner, pediatric allergist at Mass General for Children, we focus on anaphylaxis manage...
New Criteria for Infant and Toddler Anaphylaxis with Dr. Michael Pistiner
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this first of a two-part conversation, I’m joined by Dr. Michael Pistiner, pediatric allergist and Director of Food Allergy Advocac...
Connection Not Perfection: Holiday Talk with Megan Lavin
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this special holiday episode, I welcome Megan Lavin, the creator behind Allergy Awesomeness. She is a trusted voice in the food aller...
Gratitude, Grief, and the Gifts We Don't Choose
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this deeply personal Thanksgiving episode, I reflect on the ways that grief and gratitude are intertwined.This episode is dedicated t...
Safe to Eat: Devin Sailer's Mission to Change the Food Allergy World
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis inspiring episode features Devin August Sailer, teen allergy advocate and founder of Safe to Eat, an organization providing Top 9 a...
Living Out Loud While Invisibly Allergic with Zoe Slaughter
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode I am joined by Zoë Slaughter, the influencer behind the Invisibly Allergic blog and social media accounts and author of...
Why Social Anxiety in Food Allergies Deserves Attention with Dr. Melissa Engel
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFood allergies don’t just bring the fear of anaphylaxis. They also bring unique social challenges that are often overlooked. In this e...
Behavioral Health Insights with FAACT's Emery Brown
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of Don’t Feed the Fear, Emery Brown, school psychologist and FAACT’s Behavioral Health Director, joins me to talk ab...
The ADINA Act: Fighting for Allergen & Gluten Labeling in Medications
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of Don’t Feed the Fear, the family behind the ADINA Act joins me to talk about the federal bill's recently reintr...
Diagnosed Celiac During the Pandemic: Gabby Hemond on the Importance of Community
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of Don’t Feed the Fear, Gabby Hemond (@noglutengabby) joins us to talk about being a young celiac influencer diagnosed...
Suki the Gluten-Detection Dog and Her Celiac Human, Kendra Williams
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis week on Don’t Feed the Fear, I’m joined by Kendra Williams, who lives with celiac disease and has a gluten detection dog Suki t...
Candid Conversations about Celiac with Kayla King
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textKayla King (@celiacwithkayla) joins us on Don't Feed the Fear this week for an open and candid conversation about the realities of ...
Celiac Journey's Advocacy: The Bari Family's Call for Change
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode of Don’t Feed the Fear opens our month-long focus on celiac disease with a powerful conversation featuring father and son...
Safer Schools: Christine Creter on the Food Allergy Management in Schools Recommendations
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHeading back to school can feel stressful for families managing food allergies. Last year, new recommendations for food allergy manageme...
Our unexpected paths to homeschooling: Exploring our options with Lyndsie Iiams
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this heartfelt and honest conversation, I sit down with Lyndsie Iiams, a fellow homeschooling food allergy mom and social media creat...
Finding Freedom Beyond Food with Jenna Gestetner
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWith only 14 foods she can eat safely, Jenna Gestetner could have built a life defined by restriction. Instead, she’s chosen to create...
Innovations to Improve Food Allergy Prevention and Care with Meenal Lele
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMeenal Lele is the founder and CEO of Hanimune Therapeutics, which she founded with the aim of developing food allergy preventative prod...
Mia Silverman on Choosing a Vibrant Life with Allergies
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Dr. Whitehouse is joined by an inspiring young adult living with multiple food allergies, Mia Silverman. Mia shares her...
One Year of Don't Feed the Fear: Birthday Episode
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this special birthday episode of Don’t Feed the Fear, I’m pausing to reflect on a whirlwind year, both personally and professiona...
Building Bravery: Tackling Allergy Anxiety with Dr. Katherine Dahlsgaard
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this week's chat about choices, psychologist/researcher Dr. Katharine Dahlsgaard and your host Dr. Whitehouse explore what we ca...
Creating a Healthy Food Foundation with Children's Dietitian Lucy Upton
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, host Dr. Whitehouse welcomes dietitian-author Lucy Upton @childrensdietitian to explore developing healthy relationship...
Ilana Golant & the Food Allergy Fund: Turning Donations into Discoveries
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this World Allergy Week episode, I'm joined by Ilana Golant, Founder and CEO of the Food Allergy Fund. She exposes the significa...
How to Talk to Children About Food Allergies and Death
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis challenging and important episode concludes our spring season, "I Don't Want to Talk About It."Â We tackle one of th...
Food Allergies and Kissing Part 3: Charlotte's Story
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis episode is the third in a series of recent discussions about Food Allergies and Intimacy. I encourage you to listen to Parts 1 and ...
Father’s Day Tribute with Thomas Silvera of the Elijah-Alavi Foundation
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt was an honor to record this Father's Day and Men's Mental Health month episode with Thomas Silvera, co-founder of the Elija...
Food Allergies, Dating, and Intimacy with Sloane Miller, Part 2
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn Part 2 of our series on dating and intimacy with food allergies, author and mental health professional Sloane Miller joins me to expl...
Food Allergies, Dating, and Intimacy with Dr. Scott Sicherer and Sloane Miller, Part 1
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this insightful episode of Don't Feed the Fear, researcher/physician Dr. Scott Sicherer and author/food allergy coach Sloane Mil...
The Legal Landscape of Food Allergy Accommodations with Laurel Francoeur
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSeason 4: I Don't Want to Talk About PoliticsIn this important episode, we’re joined once again by legal advocate and friend of t...
Remembering Allison Rose & Saving Lives in Her Honor
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this special Food Allergy Awareness Week episode, we sit down with Chief Mike and Becca Suhy, the founders of the Allison Rose Founda...
Mothering Through It: Dr. Ruchi Gupta on Guilt & Grace in Food Allergy Parenting
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSeason 4: I Don't Want to Talk About ItIn this special Mother's Day episode, I'm joined by one of the world's leadin...
Changing Menus to Save Lives: Robyn and Addie Lao and CA SB 68 ADDE
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSeason 4's theme is "I Don't Want to Talk About It."Â Today, Robyn and Addie Lao and IÂ are talking about it and we ...
Grief as a Vital Sign: John Moir's Path from Paramedic to Grief Work
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWelcome to Season 4 of Don't Feed the Fear — a new chapter I'm calling “I Don’t Want to Talk About It.” This season ...
Poetry Month and April Fools: Author and Poet Sandra Beasley's Take on Food Allergies and Humor
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis season’s book club episode kicks off National Poetry Month with memoirist and poet Sandra Beasley. She expertly weaves her wit an...
Hope for Food Allergies: Dr. David Stukus on Allergy Innovations and the Doctor-Patient Connection
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSeason 3: Strengthening our Support Systems Renowned allergist Dr. David Stukus joins Dr. Whitehouse to discuss the evolving landscape ...
Creating a Food Allergy Village with Lisa Rutter of NNMG Food Allergic Families
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode of Don’t Feed the Fear, host Dr. Whitehouse sits down with Lisa Rutter, the founder of NNMG Food Allergic Families (or...
Strength in Community: Local Allergy Support with Renata Doerr, GBFAA
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textRenata Doerr, a board member of the Greater Buffalo Food Allergy Alliance (GBFAA), joins Dr. Whitehouse to discuss the power of local co...
A Mind/Body Approach to Food Allergies and Nutrition with Dietician Nishti's Choice
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDr. Whitehouse speaks with Nishti, a dietitian specializing in food allergies, to explore the critical role of early detection and inter...
The Sweet Relief of Safe Chocolate: Mark Elvidge, CEO of Vermont Nut Free
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMark Elvidge, the founder of Vermont Nut Free Chocolates shares his journey in creating delicious, allergy-friendly chocolate. From th...
Is a Therapist the Missing Piece in Your Food Allergy Support System?
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDr. Whitehouse explores therapy as a helpful resource for those navigating the emotional and psychological challenges of living with foo...
Music as Medicine: Michael Sawers Discusses Food Allergies & OCD
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMichael Sawers, a talented young musician who opens up about his experiences navigating life with food allergies and OCD. From his teena...
From Home to the Hallways: Sarah Hornung's Journey from Allergy Mom to School Administrator
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this episode, Dr. Whitehouse talks with Sarah Hornung, a food allergy mom and dedicated school administrator who shares how her perso...
Teen Voices, Empowering Choices
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMeet Dana Wrubel, a remarkable advocate who turned her personal challenges with food allergies into a powerful platform for change. Thro...
A Safe Seat at the Table: A Step-by-Step Guide to Safe Holidays
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAs the holidays bring us together, they can also amplify the stress and anxiety of managing food allergies in social settings. In this e...
Amy Burkett: A Mom's Advocacy Work and Allergy Safe Halloween Tips
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textCourage at Congress 2024: Advocate for a Cure - FoodAllergy.orgEpiPen Price Cap Bill Passes New York Legislature – EpiPens to Cost $10...
Fall Book Club with Laurel Francoeur, The Allergy Lawyer
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis fall we are talking about advocacy, and Laurel Francoeur is joining us to give us an overview of our rights as food allergic indivi...
Attachment Styles and Coping Skills with Destiny Davis, the Chronic Illness Therapist
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textDestiny Davis, the Chronic Illness Therapist, joins me to discuss the powerful connection between attachment styles and coping mechanism...
Turning Worries into Words: Interview with author Emily Reed (Summer Book Club)
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn our summer book club, meet children’s book author Emily Reed, who channeled her own anxiety about her son’s food allergies into a...
The Aftermath of Anaphylaxis with Kelly Chambers
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textFood Allergy Bravery Clinic | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (chop.edu)What is Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFI...
EPI-sode
04 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a text3 Action Steps:1. Request my Epi Confidence Weekend Challenge FREEBIE at www.DrAmandaWhitehouse.com/connect2. Make an appointment with y...
Kyle Dine: FA Musician and Educator
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIn this inspiring episode, I sit down with a remarkable musician and educator Kyle Dine who has turned his personal challenges with food...
What Makes Food Allergy Anxiety Different?
30 Jun 2024
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Send us a textIn our first episode, let's dive into the intricate connection between food allergy anxiety, trauma, and the autonomic nervous syst...
Trailer
09 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSpecial thanks to Kyle Dine for permission to use his song The Doghouse for the podcast theme!www.kyledine.comFind Dr. Whitehouse:-thefo...