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What happens to my child when I'm no longer here? Dr. Tony Ebel sits down with Dr. Andy Wakefield for a different kind of conversation — not causation, not neuroscience, but the question that haunts millions of parents raising a child with profound autism. Dr. Andy Wakefield shares the story behind his path from clinical medicine to filmmaking and storytelling, including how a documentary he made once changed the outcome of a criminal case in American judicial history. That same instinct for story led him to write his new book, The Bequest — a deeper look at what happens to children and young adults with profound autism when their parents are no longer there to care for them. In the back half of this conversation, Dr. Tony and Dr. Andy turn toward hope: the connectivity, brilliance, and capacity so many of these children and adults carry inside, and how families and providers can help that brilliance find its way into the world. ----- Links & Resources: Purchase The Bequest by Dr. Andy Wakefield: https://www.thebequest.co/ Follow Dr. Andy Wakefield on Instagram ----- Key Moments: 02:00 Why This Is a Different Kind of Autism Conversation 08:00 Dr. Wakefield’s Journey From Medicine to Storytelling 16:00 Why Storytelling Can Reach Families in Ways Science Alone Cannot 20:00 The Real-Life Mother Who Inspired The Bequest 24:00 How The Bequest Went From Screenplay to Book 27:00 The Extraordinary Power of a Mother’s Love 29:00 Why The Bequest Is Set on the Oregon Trail 36:00 Discovering the Intelligence Inside Nonverbal Autism 44:00 Unlocking the Brilliance and Potential Within These Individuals 45:00 What We Can Learn From Individuals With Profound Autism --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

If your child struggles with autism, ADHD, anxiety, sensory challenges, gut issues, or developmental delays, this episode is for you. Dr. Tony Ebel breaks down the vagus nerve, how it communicates with the brain and body, and why it plays an essential role in your child’s nervous system health. Dr. Tony connects vagus nerve dysfunction to birth trauma, The Perfect Storm, and sympathetic dominance, while sharing how HRV technology and Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care can help assess and support nervous system regulation. You’ll learn what the vagus nerve does, why it matters, and how it may fit into your child’s bigger picture. ----- Links & Resources: Free article: The Impact of Vagus Nerve Dysfunction on Chilren's Health HERE Free article: What is the Vagus Nerve? HERE ----- Key Moments: 9:00 The anatomy of the vagus nerve: why it's called the "wandering nerve" 12:00 What the vagus nerve controls: gut, immune, cardiac, and behavior 15:00 How birth trauma and The Perfect Storm can injure the vagus nerve 19:00 Why vagus nerve healing needs more than breathing and diet alone 26:00 What is Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care? 32:00 Dr. Ebel's son Oliver: a NICU vagus nerve story 36:00 How HRV technology measures vagus nerve function --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

Your child's poop problems might not be a diet problem at all. Dr. Tony Ebel breaks down why chronic constipation is neurogenic in 95% of the cases he's seen, not nutritional. Dr. Tony explains the four sequential nervous system functions that control digestion — motility, absorption, assimilation, and elimination — and why the Vagus Nerve, not magnesium or probiotics, is the real gatekeeper. When a child is stuck in Sympathetic Dominance, the "rest and digest" system shuts down regardless of diet quality. ----- Links & Resources: Learn more about the INSiGHT Scans HERE ----- Key Moments: 01:00 Why 95% of gut issues are neurogenic, not nutritional 08:00 What digestive motility is and how the vagus nerve controls it  12:00 How absorption and assimilation actually work in the gut  18:00 Why the gut is a muscle and how it connects to picky eating  21:00 How birth trauma causes subluxation that leads to constipation  25:00 How INSiGHT Scans find the hidden cause of chronic constipation  28:00 What to do next if your child has chronic constipation --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

Your child has tried the supplements, the diets, the therapies, the labs — and something's still missing. Dr. Tony Ebel introduces the Fourth M: Movement. While most parents know the microbiome, mitochondria, and methylation, Dr. Tony makes the case that the neurosensory motor system is the most foundational (and most overlooked) piece of healing children with chronic conditions like autism. Through the story of Joseph, an 11-year-old who saw six specialists, five surgeries, and seven daily medications before finding PX Docs, Dr. Tony breaks down what the neuromotor system does and why it must come first ----- Links & Resources: Episode Reference: The Healing Sequence [Apple/Spotify] Watch Joseph's movement and posture improve → HERE ----- Key Moments: 03:00 Why the Other Three Ms (Microbiome, Mitochondria, Methylation) Aren't Enough  08:30 Why the Neuromotor System Gets More Dismissed as Kids Get Older ' 13:30 Why Kids Who Need Movement Most Avoid It Most  19:30 The 8 Functions of the Neurosensory Motor System  24:00 What Subluxation Is and Why Therapists Can't Fix It  33:00 Movement, Motility, and Why Supplements Stop Working Without It  40:30 Where It All Starts: Birth, Maternal Distress, and Joseph's Origin Story  51:30 Tone First, Then Coordination: The Correct Order of Healing --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

Would You Want Your Kids to Treat Themselves the Way You Treat Yourself? Dr. Tony Ebel sits down with Heather Brown, certified Christian health coach and host of the Healthy by Heather Brown podcast, to unpack the real difference between self-sacrifice and unhealthy self-neglect. Together, they explore simple ways parents can build nervous system resilience, prioritize their own health, and reconnect with their “why”—so they can model healthy habits for their kids and have more to give the people they love. ----- Links & Resources: The Sunday Reset Book: healthybyheatherbrown.com/reset Website: https://healthybyheatherbrown.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthybyheatherbrown/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-by-heather-brown/id163876390 ----- Key Moments: 05:00 Why moms wake up already running on empty  13:00 Light, worship, and movement reset the vagus nerve  20:00 Self-sacrifice vs. unhealthy self-neglect  26:00 How chronic stress hijacks your hormones and immune system  29:00 Finding your "why" is step one out of burnout  36:00 The triple threat triangle: mind, body, and spirit  38:00 Top 5 changes moms see with chiropractic care  45:00 Daily non-negotiables that make habits stick  54:00 Heather's new book, The Sunday Reset --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

The right pieces, wrong batting order. Dr. Tony Ebel breaks down why most natural ADHD protocols stall out — and what needs to come first. If you've done the clean diet, the supplements, the functional labs, and your child's ADHD symptoms still haven't fully resolved, it's likely not because those things don't work. Dr. Tony explains why nervous system repair has to come first, before nutrition, supplementation, and detox — and why doing detox too early can actually make behavior, sensory sensitivity, and sleep issues worse instead of better. ----- Links & Resources: Free articles to learn more about ADHD: HERE ----- Key Moments: 00:08 Does ADHD really come from a chemical imbalance? 00:16 How parent expectations around ADHD have shifted over 20 years 00:27 What is the Perfect Storm behind ADHD? 00:29 Why nutrition and toxin removal alone aren't enough 00:34 Why detoxing too early can backfire 00:49 The correct batting order: nervous system first 00:54 Your child isn't broken, here's what to do next --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

Your child isn't refusing school — their nervous system is. Dr. Tony Ebel breaks down why school refusal, anxiety, and stomach aches are often the same neurological story with a different label at a different age. If Sunday nights end in tears and Monday mornings turn into a parking lot battle, you've probably already been told it's anxiety, a phase, or a discipline problem that just needs firmer boundaries. Dr. Tony explains why those labels miss the real root cause: a nervous system stuck in sympathetic dominance, unable to access the calm, regulated state a child needs to walk through that classroom door. ----- Links & Resources: Find a PX Docs provider near you at https://pxdocs.com/px-docs/ ----- Key Moments: 00:00 Why "just push through it" misses what's really happening 02:00 Defiance, anxiety, and the real root cause underneath both 04:00 Why talk therapy and deep breathing stop working in the moment it matters most 07:00 The stomach ache connection: nervous stomach and neurodigestion 10:00 The vagus nerve: the rest, digest, and regulate nerve 13:00 How birth trauma and The Perfect Storm set the stage early 19:00 INSiGHT Scans: measuring the nervous system stress no one else is testing 21:00 What real progress looks like as a child heals --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

Tylenol during pregnancy and autism: what does the research actually show, and what might Mom’s nervous system have to do with it? Dr. Tony Ebel breaks down the science behind the headlines without the politics or fear. Drawing from two decades of case histories, Dr. Tony explores the connection between maternal stress, Sympathetic Dominance, acetaminophen, oxidative stress, and the developing brain—and how these factors may fit into the larger Perfect Storm behind autism and neurodevelopmental challenges. Most importantly, he asks a deeper question: it’s not just what Mom took, but why her nervous system needed it in the first place. ----- Links & Resources: Read more about Epigenetic's HERE. Tylenol & Autism: What Parent's Should Know About Prenatal Acetaminophen ----- Key Moments: 04:00 The three-pronged framework for evidence-based care  09:00 The hidden pattern in case histories: high Tylenol use and high maternal stress  12:00 Why moms actually need Tylenol during pregnancy  15:00 How the umbilical cord carries mom's nervous system stress to baby  19:00 What happens if we just remove Tylenol from the picture?  26:00 The neurochemistry of acetaminophen: NAPQI, glutathione, and oxidative stress  33:00 Endocrine disruption, epigenetics, and the take-home message --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

Your child's meltdowns aren't defiance — they're nervous system dysregulation. Dr. Tony Ebel and Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge, author of The Dysregulated Kid, explain why 99% of "bad behavior" isn't a choice, and how regulating yourself first changes everything. Learn her Regulation First Parenting method, including the Love Pause and daily micro-moments that calm the whole household... and why getting mom and dad regulated is often the missing piece behind stalled progress. ----- Links & Resources: Pre-Order The Dysregulated Kid  HERE Access the Free Nervous System Starter Kit HERE Follow Dr. Roseann on Socials [Instagram/Facebook] ----- Key Moments: 06:00 Why dysregulation matters more than a diagnosis  09:00 The stress cup and how it leads to sympathetic dominance  15:00 How dysregulation changes a child's brain during a meltdown  18:00 Why a dysregulated kid won't respond to good parenting  24:00 Easy daily practices to regulate your child's nervous system  29:00 Getting parents under care, not just the kid  38:00 The Love Pause and where overwhelmed parents should start --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

Why do some kids have severe vaccine reactions while others don’t? Dr. Tony Ebel explores the “Perfect Storm” of factors that may contribute to nervous system vulnerability, from pregnancy and birth stress to subluxation, sympathetic dominance, and reduced reserve capacity. He explains why a child’s nervous system, adaptability, and resilience matter, what may be happening underneath the surface before an adverse reaction, and how tools like INSiGHT Scans and HRV can provide insight into nervous system function. Most importantly, this episode is about understanding the whole child—not assuming every child will respond the same way. ----- Links & Resources: Learn more about the INSiGHT Scans HERE. Why do some kids react to vaccines and others don't? Read the full article ----- Key Moments: 04:00 The real question nobody in the vaccine debate is asking  08:00 Perfect Storm case histories: fertility, pregnancy, and mom's nervous system  13:00 Why high stress pregnancies show up in 60 to 80% of adverse reaction cases  24:00 Birth trauma, the brainstem, and the Vagus Nerve connection  33:00 What reserve capacity, adaptability, and resilience really mean  42:00 How to measure and track your child's nervous system health  47:00 Oliver's story and why Neuro-Tonal Adjustments repair the nervous system --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

If you're the parent who holds it all together, exhausted but wired, guilty when you rest, snapping over small things, this episode is for you. Dr. Tony Ebel shares the story of Sarah, a mom who looked completely put together but was quietly running on empty, and uses it to explain why so many high-achieving parents feel addicted to their own stress. Dr. Tony breaks down cortisol addiction and sympathetic dominance, the nervous system pattern that keeps your body stuck on the gas pedal with no access to the brake. He connects it directly to the same dysregulation and dysautonomia seen on scans in kids caught in The Perfect Storm, and explains why more willpower only makes it worse. By the end, you'll have a simple 5-step protocol, built to restore a depleted nervous system without adding one more thing to your calendar. ----- Links & Resources: Learn more about the supplements discussed in this episode HERE. ----- Key Moments: 00:00 Are you addicted to your own stress? A parent gut check  02:00 Meet Sarah: the "together" mom who was falling apart inside  07:00 What is cortisol addiction and sympathetic dominance?  12:00 The gas pedal and brake pedal analogy for a stuck nervous system  16:00 Why parent burnout mirrors The Perfect Storm in kids  19:00 Why willpower makes nervous system dysregulation worse  22:00 Step 1: Anchor to a purpose you truly love  23:00 Step 2: Get neurologically-focused chiropractic care  27:00 Step 3: Protect your sleep at all costs  28:00 Step 4: The KHS Core 4 foundational supplements  32:00 Step 5: Move 5 to 6 times a week, constantly varied 34:00 Your nervous system is adaptable: two steps to take this week --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

In this episode, Dr. Tony walks through the three INSiGHT Scans, neurothermal, surface EMG, and HRV, and how each one measures a different piece of your child's nervous system function. He shares real case stories, including a child whose ATNR reflex resolved in 48 hours once his adjustments were guided by updated scans, and explains the four ways these scans direct a child's entire care plan: whether care can help, how severe the dysregulation is, exactly where to adjust, and which technique to use. By the end, you'll understand why scans, not guesswork, are behind every PX Docs care plan, and why tracking progress through repeat scans lets you see your child healing neurologically often before you see it in their symptoms. ----- Links & Resources: Learn more about the INSiGHT scans and how to get them HERE. ----- Key Topics: 00:00 What is the most important nervous system test no one talks about?  03:00 Where did INSiGHT Scan technology actually come from?  09:00 Levi's story: how scan-guided adjustments resolved a retained reflex in 48 hours  14:00 Cal's story: reversing neurological exhaustion in an autism presentation  16:00 Isaac's story: fixing chronic sleep issues in two days  19:00 Why scans show healing before symptoms change  25:00 The neurothermal scan: finding dysautonomia and major subluxations  29:00 The EMG scan: measuring tension, tone, and energy drain  32:00 The HRV scan: your child's nervous system battery charge  35:00 The four ways scans direct your child's care plan  42:00 What parents feel when they finally see the scans --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

In this episode, Dr. Tony breaks down the Cell Danger Response, the research behind why a child's cells shut down energy production, and why that shutdown is actually the nervous system doing exactly what it's designed to do when it senses ongoing threat. He explains why supplements, red light therapy, and NAD+ can feed the cell the raw materials for energy, but none of it holds if the nervous system is still stuck broadcasting danger. You'll learn about the three stages of subluxation, why an upper cervical brainstem subluxation can send a global distress signal to every cell in the body, and why movement, the neurosensory motor system, and the exhausted cerebellum are quietly draining more energy than anything else. This is the missing piece in the mitochondria, microbiome, and methylation conversation: movement. ----- Links & Resources: Register for the free Breaking the Cycle of School Struggles Webinar HERE ----- Key Topics & Timestamps:  00:00 Why the mitochondrial energy conversation is missing something  02:00 What Dr. Tony sees in every Perfect Storm case history  07:00 Why exhausted kids collapse instead of moving through the world  11:00 What the research says about the brain, mitochondria, and autism  13:00 The real question: not how to make more energy, but where it's going  20:00 What is the Cell Danger Response?  22:00 The three stages of subluxation and nervous system dysregulation  24:00 Why supplements and red light therapy don't hold without this fix  29:00 The missing "M word": movement, proprioception, and the cerebellum  36:00 How INSiGHT Scans and neurospinal EMG find the root cause --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

Dr. Tony Ebel sits down with Andrea — a board-certified pediatric nurse turned integrative practitioner — for a raw, deeply personal conversation about her family's seven-year journey through PANS/PANDAS. Andrea shares how her daughters were injured at a routine vaccination appointment, how a "divine appointment" led her to the physician who finally diagnosed her daughter, and the long road of therapies, setbacks, and small breakthroughs that followed.  The conversation turns to what happens to a parent's own nervous system during a child's chronic illness — including the radical, aggressive self-care Andrea had to learn the hard way — and explores the differences in how moms and dads experience that stress. The episode closes with an honest, unfiltered discussion of faith: what it looks like to fall apart, be angry with God, and find your way back to Him in the middle of the storm. ----- Links & Resources: Register for the free Breaking the Cycle of School Struggles Webinar HERE Join Andrea's community for parents raising neurodivergent/special needs kids: HERE Grab Andrea's book: HERE ----- Key Topics & Timestamps 06:00 Lessons from the NICU: becoming your patient's advocate 11:00 Andrea's story begins: a healthy kindergartner, then a vaccine injury 16:00 The "divine appointment" that led to diagnosis 20:00 First real hope: homeopathy and learning to pace with her daughter 26:00 Andrea's own nervous system breakdown, three years in 29:00 What "radically aggressive" self-care actually looks like 40:00 HRV testing: moms "red-lined," dads "tanked" 45:00 Faith in the storm: anger, honesty, and meeting God in the mess 51:00 The Harvard research on perspective, stress, and healing --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here

Dr. Tony Ebel tackles one of the most-asked questions on the podcast: when is it actually time to start supplements for your child? Using his Four Phase Healing Model as a framework, he explains why supplements can't do their job in a dysregulated nervous system, why he no longer recommends starting probiotics right away, and how to sequence supplementation safely once your child's nervous system is in a ready state. He also shares his own family's supplement routine, the story behind his endorsement of Kingdom Health Sciences, and a step-by-step guide for starting supplements — for both kids and parents. ----- Links & Resources: Register for the free Breaking the Cycle of School Struggles Webinar HERE Learn more about the supplements discussed in this episode HERE. Episode Referenced: 4 Phase Healing Protocol [Apple/Spotify] Free article: When is the Best Time to Start - and Maybe Stop - Supplements? ----- Key Topics & Timestamps 03:00 Revisiting The Four Phase Healing Model 06:00 Signs your child's nervous system isn't ready for supplements yet  10:00 How the nervous system controls gut motility (the peristalsis breakdown)  11:00 Why probiotics are "punchy" — and why timing matters  17:00 Red-lining supplements: how Dr. Tony reviews a family's full list  24:00 Parent-to-parent: what's really in the Ebel family supplement cabinet  34:00 The core philosophy: "timing beats intensity"  35:00 Why Dr. Tony took years before endorsing Kingdom Health Sciences 41:00 Step-by-step: how to start supplements for adults and kids --- Find a PX Doc Office near me: PX DOCS Directory --- Follow us on Socials:  Instagram: @pxdocs Facebook: Dr. Tony Ebel & The PX Docs Network Youtube: The PX Docs For more information, visit PXDocs.com to read informative articles about the power of Neurologically-Focused Chiropractic Care To watch Dr. Tony's 30 min Perfect Storm Webinar: Click Here