Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 29 – Beyond Behaviors, Mona Delahooke, PhD

Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 15 Issue 29 – Beyond Behaviors, Mona Delahooke, PhD

Author: Dr. Chris Magryta, "Dr. M" December 13, 2025 Duration: 0:00
Review of Chapter 1 of Beyond Behaviors by Mona Delahooke, PhD  "When we see a behavior that is problematic or confusing, the first question we should ask isn't "How do we get rid of it?" but rather "What is this telling us about the child?" (MD 2019)  The opening chapter sets the stage for a quiet revolution in how we understand children who struggle. Dr. Mona Delahooke invites us to take a step back from the culturally and medically ingrained belief that children’s outward actions are reliable windows into their inner intentions - or what they really mean and want based on their actions. Instead, she asks, nay implores, us to adopt a more biologically accurate, compassionate, and clinically effective lens from which to view each child as they present themselves. Their behavior is communication from a developing nervous system striving for regulation and often stuck somewhere else, either frozen or in flight..... Dr. M

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Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 18 – Autism and Microbiomes [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:03
Autism and Diagnosis Metabolites and Phenotypes In a brand new paper entitled. “Elevated Microbially-Derived Metabolites in Autism: A Possible Diagnostic Screening Test for a Distinct ASD Phenotype,” Dr. Flynn and collea…
Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 17 – Processing Death [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:18
DEATH or Better Yet, Live for Today Recently, there has been more death and morbidity in my life than usual. There is no easy way to discuss this topic. Death is finite and simultaneously infinitely painful for the survi…
Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 15 – Virus and Food [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:12
Should You Feed A Viral Illness? This Nature news article discusses emerging evidence that eating may acutely enhance immune responsiveness, particularly through effects on T cells, the learning part of the adaptive immu…
Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 14 – The Adult Chair [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 9:43
The Adult Chair, the Adolescent Chair and the Child's Chair The Adult Chair by Michelle Chalfant is a practical framework for emotional maturity, self-awareness, and healing old patterns that unconsciously drive adult be…
Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 13 – Birth Order [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 14:00
Birth Order Birth Order Is Biology, Not Birthright - so says a new paper in MedRxIV (Kramer et. al. 2026) Here is a short field guide to how sequence shapes the immune system, and maybe the brain in children. We’ve treat…