Each episode features a different health professional sharing their expertise on topics like sleep, breathing, feeding, tongue ties, nutrition, and child development.
If you’re a parent or professional curious about the “why” behind children’s health, you’re in the right place.
Mel is an Oral Health Therapist and Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist, and the founder of The Face Place. She helps families understand how oral function influences sleep, breathing, facial growth, dental health and overall wellbeing.
Conversations shaping the way we think about oral function and children’s dental health.
Teeth Grinding During Sleep with Jaimee Stakelum
Jaimee Stakelum earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Canberra in 2007 and graduated with distinction in Dental Hygiene from Curtin University in 2010. Jaimee then spent 12 years working as a Registered Dental Hygienist in a specialist orthodontic practice before discovering her passion for Orofacial Myology in 2020.
Neurodiversity Explained with Kimberley Howard
Kimberley Howard is an Occupational Therapist and founder of Creativity and Beyond Occupational Therapy based in Mackay, Queensland. She has a strong passion for working with families with young children, finding ways to help get the most out of daily life, strengthen the family unit and build connection with the community.
Unlocking Primitive Reflexes with Kellie Bentley
Kellie Bentley is the director of her practice Unlock Learning and Health. She is a primary school teacher and reflex integration practitioner.
A Naturopathic Approach To Tonsils & Adenoids with Jessica Donovan
Jessica Donovan is a mum of 2 and Paediatric Naturopath who helps mums raise super kids with healthy food and natural medicines. She is passionate about educating parents on nourishing their children with real food, helping to boost their health and heal naturally.
Supporting Sensitive and Anxious Kids with Dr Kathryn Hackman
Dr Kathryn Hackman is a mum of two, a practising medical doctor, and the founder of the Courageous Kids App. She knows first-hand the heartbreak of having a child struggle with anxiety, and the work that goes into supporting them.
Gut Health and Breathing with Elyse Comerford
Elyse’s approach is based on taking the normal “guilt, blame, shame and deprivation” and completely turning it on its head, focussing instead on healing, nourishing, and listening to the body.
Holistic Orthodontics with Dr Catherine Murphy
Catherine Murphy, DDS, MSD’s love of dentistry goes beyond appreciating the beauty of a bicuspid. She is grateful that dentistry provided the support needed to transform her son’s health from failing to thriving.
Speech and Oral Function with Louisa Backus
Louisa is a Speech Pathologist trained in Orofacial Myology and Lactation. She works with oral function across the lifespan from babies to adults.
Airway-Focused Dentistry with Dr Shereen Lim
Shereen has been involved in the team management of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea for over a decade and now works exclusively with tongue tie management, early interceptive orthodontics and oral function.
Ears, Teething and Dummies with Crystal Atkins
Crystal has experience working with both adult and paediatric caseloads as well as vestibular diagnostics, cochlear implant research and newborn hearing screening.
Normal Infant Sleep with Hannah Clark
Hannah offers honest and gentle support with absolutely no sleep training techniques. She incorporates individual child temperament and development in her care when supporting families through sleep challenges.
Pregnancy Nutrition and Supplements with Melanie Nolan
Melanie is a mother of three daughters, a qualified naturopath, and the founder of the women’s health clinic The Natal Naturopath with a team of naturopaths supporting women in all health concerns.
Preconception Care with Jessamy Kaval
Jessamy Kaval is a Registered Midwife, Childbirth Educator and an Oh Baby Nutrition trained consultant for pregnancy, postpartum and baby. She has a Diploma in Child Development and a Degree in Sociology.
Wholefood Meals and the Boob to Food Clinic with Kate Holm
Kate is a total health nerd, and loves to combine science and functional medicine with more traditional and holistic therapies to uncover the root cause of people's health issues and provide greater understanding and more potent and long lasting change.
The Face Place with Mel Van Schelven
We’ve gone through a few episodes without me taking the chance to properly introduce myself and tell you how I got started in my career and how The Face Place came to be.
Reflux is Not a Diagnosis with Tash Duffin
Tash has a family-led approach in her work with infant and toddler sleep and reflux. Tash has trained in Orofacial Myology, sleep quality, and paediatric feeding and she is a Certified Baby Reflux Lady.
Nutrition For Sleep with Georgie Stephen
Georgie is a degree-qualified Naturopath, an SOS-trained feeding therapist, and a certified Motherhood Studies practitioner.
Breastfeeding Starts in the Mouth with Brenda Munz
Brenda Munz is a Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife and IBCLC with 16 years experience in private and public hospital settings. She is trained in Orofacial Myology and has a holistic, root-cause approach to the world of breastfeeding.
Lactacting Is Not The Same Thing As Breastfeeding with Tamika Newman
Tamika Newman is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) in private practice on the Gold Coast, QLD. She has a special interest in oral restrictions, re-lactation, gut health and human microbiome, epigenetics and biologically normal infant sleep and feeding practices.
Nasal Breathing and Oral Function with Cathy Boyce
Cathy Boyce is an Oral Health Therapist and Orofacial Myofunctional Therapist. She works in all areas of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy including Functional Neuromyofascial Therapy for the TMJ.
Discover practical guides to help you support your child’s oral health at home.