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Have you ever wondered when stress becomes anxiety?

Do you have a child or teen who struggles with a mental health issue? Do you struggle yourself?

If so, you don’t want to miss this week’s blog!

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Roseann, a trailblazer in children’s mental health to discuss her new book, what the difference between stress and anxiety is, and what you can do to help your child and your whole family.

Here is our interview…

Me: I am super excited to welcome a very special guest on this week’s blog - she is a mental health trailblazer, founder of “The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health”, and media expert. Her mission is to change the way we view and treat mental health, and her latest book, "It's Gonna Be OK!" teaches parents how to reduce and reverse mental health symptoms in their kids using proven, safe, and effective natural therapies.

Welcome, Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge!

Roseann: Well, I’m excited for today’s conversation because you and I have so much in common in how we support individuals and families. There is so much to do and I feel we don’t talk enough about how we can help people. 

Me: Exactly! And that’s exactly what I wanted to talk with you about today - more of that education piece bringing mental health issues to the table. Mental health a very serious topic and often only whispered about behind closed doors. So just bringing that to the forefront and letting people realize that it’s okay if there is something going on behind the scenes - to not hide it. And then I’d like to look at what parents can do to help their kids - something else that is really important. Is there anything, Dr. Roseann, that you’d like to add about yourself?

Roseann: Yeah - I’m somebody who’s been working for 30 years in mental health and really have only used science-backed solutions that just happen to be holistic. I’m really on this mission to help parents, individuals, and providers understand that we’re walking people down the wrong road. That just because you have an attentional, or cognitive, or behavioural, or mood, anxiety - or whatever is going on for you - the two options that are presented - medication and talk therapy are NOT the only options. 

In fact, particularly with children, medication absolutely 100% of the time should never be the first option. There is so much more, and science-backed, we can do to support our kids’ behaviours, attention, mental health, or whatever is going on with them. So that’s why I do all these interviews - so people can have these ah-ha moments. And I dive deeply into them in my book “It’s Gonna Be Ok!” I have 40 pages of research citations because, as much as I like to talk in a practical way, ultimately, I’m super nerdy and I want people to see the research and understand the why and the how of how you can integrate all these wonderful tools into your life. Doing so will create change much, much, much quicker than medication and traditional talk therapy. They both have their place, but there’s a lot of tangles in that. 

It starts at home and it starts with a lot of things like nutrition, teaching your kids coping skills, breath-work - a long list of things that may or may not be needed. But we all need good coping skills, we all need good nutrition, and we all have nutrient deficits in our body - so we all can benefit from these things - both as parents for ourselves and for our families. 

Me: Absolutely - I couldn’t agree more. That’s exactly the work I do as well - looking at those natural modalities. And it’s not so much what you can do to treat an illness or something that might be going on, but it’s teaching life-long skills that are transferable and can be used throughout the person’s life.

Roseann:: Yes!

Me: Just out of curiosity, what made you interested, not only in child psychology but mental health?

Roseann: My story is this: it was truly a calling. I have an unbelievable kind of memory where I can recall information almost as a movie. I inherited this from my mom who has it - even way more advanced than I do. She can literally recall days. She has that incredible rare kind of genetic memory. And I see my son has it, too. 

So what happened was, I was 5, and my mom’s friend Angela asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I remember telling her I wanted to be a psychiatrist. I had no exposure or anything to that - it just came out of my mouth. I later realized a psychiatrist only does meds, so I changed that to being a psychologist.

I started working with children when I was doing internships in undergrad and I realized how impactful little things that I did - little bits of time, could be on some of the highest risk youths. Plus, I love to have fun and am super joyful. Kids are nothing but joy. They don’t know limits - kids. They don’t know what no is. They are so open, where adults get caught up in their thinking. So I just fell into working with kids and loved it. And I have always been holistic. 

I’m the daughter of Italian immigrants, and as soon as I started to encounter kids and families not progressing, as I said with medication and talk therapy, I went to the belly of the library and looked at microfiche. I figured there were other ways - and there were - we just weren’t learning about them. So I deepened that in grad school and they allowed me (and were very open) because there was a program focused on kids with learning and processing problems. 

Once you work with special needs kids, the world is much more open because they realize they’re not in a box and we shouldn’t put therapies and treatments in a box. Things have kept evolving. I keep adding to my toolkit, Kelly, of what I do and how I support families. But really, there are so many evidence-based ways - and I’m grateful for the opportunities to have these conversations because it takes somebody just listening to a podcast to be like - wow, I have this problem. Or - my kid has this problem and I never even knew this solution existed. That’s why I do the work that I do. 

Me: Absolutely. And we’re very grateful people like you exist. I think you’re a rare breed for sure. What conditions do you tend to see more and more in your practice?

Roseann: Yeah. This is my 30th year in mental health. I think one of the biggest things that I’ve seen exponentially grow is autism. Autism was much rarer before - and it’s not because of better diagnostics, people! It really is growing. 

Plus, I would say overall, anxiety is a norm. It’s almost rare that I don’t meet a kid or an adult that doesn’t have some level of anxiety. Most people with clinical issues, in general, are very functional in the world - they’re not shut down. So I do get a lot of people that are in crisis. People fly in all the time because they’re in crisis. And we can’t really connect the dots until we look backwards but when we do look back, the signs are really there. 

And there’s a definite uptick in anxiety, OCD, PANS and PANDAS - having psychiatric issues as a result of a toxin or infectious disease. That’s what PANS and PANDAS and autoimmune encephalopathy are. That is dramatic - particularity in the last 10 years. 

Plus, I’ve been working with people with Lyme disease for 24 years. So infectious disease sourced mental health and inflammation-based sourced mental health - those are two big sources of issues. At least 50% of my population has one or more infectious disease driving their clinical issues - you know, mental health, pain, cognitive decline, and focus problems - those kinds of things. But overall - anxiety.

Me: I can relate to that. That’s also something I see a lot of, as well. But its really interesting to note that there’s often an underlying cause or an issue going on that’s not within that person’s control.

Roseann: Yeah.

Me: That’s an important piece to realize because I often find people are embarrassed. They don’t want to talk about it or they don’t want to share their information or be open with anxiety, issues they are experiencing, or mental health problems because they are afraid. They don’t want that person to judge them or to think - I did this to myself. But there can be something else going on under the surface.

Roseann: I also believe there’s more - we’re using grades, we’re using people’s incomes and jobs, wealth status, and different statuses in the world as benchmarks for mental health. So people think - I can’t be depressed if I have this high-level job. Or - my kid is a straight-A student, they can’t have OCD. 

And I think in this Pandemic, they were able to see up close what their kid’s struggles were, which is why so many people sought mental health support. Getting a therapist was the #1 New Year’s Resolution in 2021 as we entered the new year. So people are paying attention.

Me: Wow - good!

Roseann: So I think it’s important for people to realize it doesn’t have to be genetics - that’s just great marketing from Pharma - that everything is a neurotransmitter. And that sources can be long-term chronic stress, inflammation, or infectious disease. 

And stressors - real stressors - can cause anxiety, depression, and OCD. These are all sources. What it means is there are ways to reduce and reverse those symptoms in a different way than you’re thinking. And they can be super effective. 

Nothing, including medication, has a magic wand component. These things did not happen overnight. They are not going to be resolved overnight. And it requires some good effort on your part. But as I always say to everybody, you’re spinning your wheels anyway. It’s about directing your effort to things that are working. It’s about working smarter, not harder. 

I love to talk to people because we have such an impatience in our culture. And when you start understanding that this is what the process is and this is how it works, people get it. And they’re much more likely to stick with it.

Me: Fantastic. Ok, let’s talk a little more about anxiety - actually anxiety and stress and kids. Can you take a moment and describe the difference between a child experiencing stress and one dealing with anxiety?Roseann: Yeah.

Me: Thats an important piece to realize because I often find people are embarrassed. They don’t want to talk about it or they don’t want to share their information or be open with anxiety, issues they are experiencing, or mental health problems because they are afraid. They don’t want that person to judge them or to think - I did this to myself. But there can be something else going on under the surface.

Roseann: I also believe there’s more - we’re using grades, we’re using people’s incomes and jobs, wealth status, and different statuses in the world as benchmarks for mental health. So people think - I can’t be depressed if I have this high-level job. Or - my kid is a straight-A student, they can’t have OCD. 

And I think in this Pandemic, they were able to see up close what their kid’s struggles were, which is why so many people sought mental health support. Getting a therapist was the #1 New Year’s Resolution in 2021 as we entered the new year. So people are paying attention.

Me: Wow - good!

Roseann: So I think it’s important for people to realize it doesn’t have to be genetics - that’s just great marketing from Pharma - that everything is a neurotransmitter. And that sources can be long-term chronic stress, inflammation, or infectious disease. 

And stressors - real stressors - can cause anxiety, depression, and OCD. These are all sources. What it means is there are ways to reduce and reverse those symptoms in a different way than you’re thinking. And they can be super effective. 

Nothing, including medication, has a magic wand component. These things did not happen overnight. They are not going to be resolved overnight. And it requires some good effort on your part. But as I always say to everybody, you’re spinning your wheels anyway. It’s about directing your effort to things that are working. It’s about working smarter, not harder. 

I love to talk to people because we have such an impatience in our culture. And when you start understanding that this is what the process is and this is how it works, people get it. And they’re much more likely to stick with it.

Me: Fantastic. Ok, let’s talk a little more about anxiety - actually anxiety and stress and kids. Can you take a moment and describe the difference between a child experiencing stress and one dealing with anxiety?

That’s what made me realize I had been living all this time at such an unhealthy level. So having it dissipate and go down a little bit was huge. Then it took probably the course of a year to get my bloodwork where we wanted. And, that was only one step in the whole recovery. But it was a very important first step, I believe. 

Me: That must have been life-changing - to realize the absence of the things that you had been dealing with for a long time. Would you say the depression and anxiety and anger and those kinds of things, were they a result of brain injuries that you sustained probably starting in high school or later on in life?

Mark: It is so hard to say. I almost feel guilty if I even hint at that. 

In my book, I make a point of saying I don’t know where this damage came from. I don’t know what screwed me up. I don’t know if I had these dark thoughts because I had a blow to the head on the left side early on - I'm not sure. I’m not sure why I was suicidal at a young age. Again, it’s a combination of so many different factors. But for sure, I would say, TBI’s have impacted it. And that’s what the doctors would say, too. 

One of my doctors would say - yeah, your TBI’s have been preventing you from going into deep sleep, for almost 20 years. It had been so long since I wasn’t getting quality deep sleep, and that was only adding to all the problems because I was not getting rid of any of the waste at night time and all of that. 

So, yeah, it’s been incredible. It’s been definitely the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. But it was a tough journey and hard seeing some of that stuff.

Me: Yeah, I bet. That’s incredible. I’m sure you’ve got lots of stories and lots of different things that have happened. If we could just talk about your experiences again for a little - do you actually recall your first brain injury or one of the first?

Roseann: Yeah. So stress is something we all face. We face petty stressors. We face big stressors - every day. There’s nobody that doesn’t experience stress. We make, on average, 34,000 decisions a day. So there’s going to be stress. 

The difference between stress and anxiety is really how does it affect us? All of our stress is managed by something called the autonomic nervous system. In the autonomic nervous system, the relaxed state we should be in is called the parasympathetic state. I refer to it as the “hot tub” state because when you come out of a hot tub, who isn’t relaxed? That’s sort of this idea. 

At the top is when you are stressed, then you’re in a sympathetic dominant state. So a stressor happens. You’re running out the door, and you forget your coffee. We’ve all been there. We’re like damn-it, I need that coffee. I have to drive ten minutes out of the way. Your body will go into this sympathetic state. Maybe you get sweaty. Maybe you feel chest pain. Maybe you swear. Whatever. 

There might be a physical response. There might be a behavioural response. When you have a well-oiled system, your body re-sets itself back to parasympathetic. But when you are constantly dealing with stressors, it keeps edging towards being in a revved state and being in a sympathetic dominant state all the time. With normal stress, you have a reaction then go back to baseline. You’re pretty even-keeled, you’re not reactive, you’re not emotional. You’re sort of a happier person and feel good about yourself in your own body. 

With anxiety, there are two kinds of anxiety - there are internalizers and externalizers on a continuum. People who are internalizers - these are people who are worriers, people that withdraw, people that are afraid to take chances. These people make a lot of fear-based decisions. 

On the other side are the externalizers. These people are outwardly angry. They may be physical, vocal, or snap all the time and are moody. Then, you have everything in between. 

When it turns to clinical anxiety, if it is impacting you in one or more areas of your life - relationship, work, learning, academics - it’s got to be a significant impact. It can’t just be something that happens once in a while because that’s just somebody who’s stressed. And you don’t have to have a stressor - you can have chronic long-term stress that throws you into an anxious state. And I hope that is an a-ha moment for parents that see their kids having these struggles. Because they always think - I live in a nice house, we go to a good school, I provide good meals… what does this kid have to be stressed about?

But it might be a culmination of things. They might even be around a bunch of other kids that are obnoxious and that’s very stressful for your kids. There are so many influences on the nervous system. And the more we teach our body how to get to that parasympathetic state, the better you are in managing stress and managing anxiety.

But behaviours can show up in kids, particularly as what we call “somatic” - like belly aches, headaches, different aches and pains. It shows up in adults, too. But kids may come to you and say - my tummy hurts. You then take them to 7 gastroenterologists without answers.

So think about those physical problems - sleep problems and other physical issues. Most kids don’t have the connection to their body unless you’re doing that work all the time and teaching them to connect the body to the thoughts and sensations to the feelings. They’re not going to say, “You know what, mom? I’m so depressed. I need to see a therapist.” They’re going to complain they’re not sleeping. They’re going to overeat or under-eat. Again, think about internalizers and externalizers - these are where these behaviours show up for kids.

Me: Right. And that’s perfect because that’s another thing I wanted to touch on. What signs and symptoms should parents, teachers, and caregivers start to look out for to the point where they realize - oh I need to take this seriously. Or there might really be something going here, it’s time to look for help.

Roseann: I say this all the time - nobody ever regrets getting help. They only regret when they don’t. So I’m constantly dealing with people, I’m sure the same as you, who are in crisis. So when the signs are consistently there… if your kid didn’t sleep one night - okay people, not to worry. But put your detective hat on. If there’s a pattern, don’t ignore it. 

Sometimes it can creep up on you and you think - oh yeah, they haven’t been sleeping for like a month. What’s going on? Then think about it. Is there something going on? Maybe there’s a new school. Maybe there’s this, there’s that - whatever. You changed the temperature in your house - who knows? Kids don’t know. You’re not going to ask - are you feeling anxious? Unless you’re regularly talking to your kid, they’re going to say - no! But if you say - hey, we’re starting this new school, where does it show up in your body? Then your kid’s like - here. Or they may say - what do mean? It’s not showing up anywhere. 

We do a lot of body connection - both at our centre and with my kids. That’s how I talk to my kids - where is it showing up? So they can understand. Your body always gives you an alert. We are just such a disconnected society; nobody is paying attention to this. Instead, they’re binge-watching Netflix, adults are drinking alcohol, kids are disassociating, they try to disconnect or are in various fight-flight-or-freeze stages. 

Kids today - one in two children in America (ten-year-old data) has a physical or mental health problem. This is very serious. Some of it is a reflection of changes due to epigenetics, but a lot of it has to do with how we are all more stress-focused in our society. We are a very stressed-out culture. 

Me: Absolutely. And because I am a Natural nutritionist with a specialty in neuronutrition, foods for the brain, one of the things I wanted to touch on specifically with you is how you use natural modalities. What natural modalities do you use and what can parents do to get involved in supporting their child? And nutrition - how do you use nutrition in order to help?

Roseann: Well, I dive super deeply into this in my book “It’s Gunna be Ok!” and I talk about the eight pillars of mental health. And how we reduce and reverse mental health symptoms. I’m going to tell you this is a book for parents, but it’s the same thing for adults. Whenever you’re supporting your kid, I believe you need to do this to support your family - these are changes for everyone. Your kid has to have a dietary change. Don’t just make your kid have dietary change - suck it up and do it with the whole family. If you want to sneak stuff at work, that’s fine, but we need to normalize it. We need to make it out like it’s no big deal. And we all benefit from some of these things. 

So the first part for me is always about getting the nervous system to regulate. I have a trademarked approach called the Brain Behaviour Reset Method. Everything I do is regulating the nervous system, coming in with new learning so we can re-set and re-wire. It is very possible. I’ve been doing this for a few decades at this point now, and the reason why is science. Once you’re in a revved state and your brain is so active and your nervous system is so activated, you cannot think. You cannot pay attention, and you cannot take action the same way. We literally waste our time doing things like psychotherapy or repeatedly asking your kid to do things when they’re in a revved state. I think that when parents understand that or see it in themselves, they’re like - oh, I get it! 

So we have to regulate the nervous system. But it’s not a one-and-done. It’s not one thing. Yes, I use these amazing tools like biofeedback and PMF and neurofeedback - they’re amazing. I use them, and they are necessary when we have a clinical issue. They are necessary. That is part of what I do. But getting you to regulate your nervous system and getting that stress response down comes daily. We need to do things at least 10 minutes a day - breath work, yoga, meditation.

And the second part for me is food. I grew up in an Italian culture where food is medicine. American-Italian food is not what real Italians eat! They eat a lot of greens. They eat a lot of vegetables. And that’s how I grew up. You know my mother was more likely to make me a special soup if I didn’t feel good than take me to the doctor. And it was a different time - we didn’t run to the doctor every time your kid has something. So food… what you put in your mouth affects how your brain works. I don’t understand why this is such a controversial topic.

So it’s really about nutrient-dense food. People often say - Oh my God, are you going to make me give up gluten and dairy? Well, sometimes I am. It depends on what condition you have. If you’re in massive inflammation - I do QEG brain maps, so I’m able to see what is happening. I’m able to see inflammation in the brain - it’s not a maybe there’s inflammation. And then I work with people who do labs and run labs so we’re able to see inflammation or lack of nutrients. 

But we have a balance in our system. If you’re not putting in the right fuel, your cells literally can’t work properly, which means your brain isn't going to work properly. So I educate people. I’m a huge proponent of an anti-inflammatory diet - I dive all into it in my book. But the gist of it is we’re not getting enough fat, we’re not getting enough clean, good protein - non-dairy protein - and our kids are struggling with focus because they’re just not getting enough nutrients. 

And when you choose to eat well consistently - not every once in a while - consistently, I’d rather you make a consistent change and still leave some things in rather than every once in a while do it. What does that mean? It means I’d rather you eat the smoothie I recommend every day, which has a lot of nutrients in it as your first step, versus abandoning everything and saying - I’m only going to eat like this every once a week. That’s not going to do anything. You need some consistency in nutrition for your body. It needs the fuel. That’s just what it is. 

I know it’s very hard for people to change their food. It seems like it’s easier to change your religion. But it is something that can be so powerful and when people really start taking on those changes - if you start off small by just adding this really awesome smoothie to your kid’s diet, then you start to notice differences. Well then, you start wanting to go further. So I think that’s a great first step.

Me: Absolutely, and I couldn’t agree more. I also look for inflammation as it’s the root cause of many different diseases of our time. Do you find a large correlation between people who struggle with anxiety are dealing with inflammation? Do they go hand in hand?

Roseann: Absolutely - the research says that. The research says inflammation is associated with - you name a clinical condition, and it’s associated with it. We’ve done postmortem studies of people with autism and 72% have inflammation in the brain. It’s a postmortem study - there has to be a correlation between some of the neurological issues and the food sensitivities somebody has. And we know an anti-inflammatory diet reduces anxiety, depression, and focus issues. We know this through research. Again, this is where my research becomes very powerful - when somebody says - oh that’s a bunch of hogwash.

I remember a mother came to me one time and she said - you know my pediatrician told me that food has nothing to do with how the brain works. And I said - did you believe him? She said - Oh, we got rid of him immediately… that’s just crazy talk. I was like - good for you for following your gut. 

It’s surprising to most people that only recently, some medical programs give one course in nutrition. Almost every physician in their training has no training in nutrition. And yet they are the top of the medical and physical health pyramid. Everyone defers to their physician as at the top. To me, physicians should never be at the top. The person. The individual. The parent - should be at the top. You are the CEO of your own health. 

There’s great information out there in the world and there’s great research out there. I’m open to anything - if people tell me they want to do energy work, if it makes you feel better, great! But when it comes to things I recommend, I am only using science-backed tools. I want people to understand that there are amazing resources out there like - why isn’t everyone taking vitamin D? There have to be certain things that are standards of care. And people need to understand how it can support the brain and body. 

Me: I couldn’t agree more. Have you ever run into any child who might be particularly difficult or defiant and not willing to make those changes or accept some of the different things you might be suggesting - like breath work or biofeedback

Roseann: Yeah. Yeah.

Me: So what do you do? How does that work out?

Roseann: So yes and yes and yes. So I’ve been doing this a really long time and part of why people come to me is I have a large toolkit. There’s not one size fits all. If somebody tells you they have the “one thing” - run!

I have eight pillars. In some of the eight pillars are multiple things, you know what I mean? I have a toolkit. Number one when working with kids and families is you have to meet them where they’re at. 

I had a family the other night who I told - I can tell you’re going to do great. They asked - how do you know? I said - because you’re going to do everything I tell you to do and you’re all in! They said - we are going to do anything!

How did I know? Because they asked me the million-dollar question - is my kid going to get better? And why don’t people get better? And I said - people don’t get better because they don’t have consistency. They don’t do the treatment plan. 

So do people refuse to do things? Of course! I always use this example - I worked with a mom who had three kids on the autism spectrum. Her kids had degrees of functionality and behaviour issues. One was very extreme with PANS and a moderate level of autism. He only echoed and he didn’t really communicate, and he was very behaviourally challenging. I told her - you’ve got to do the diet. She was like - we’re not doing this damn diet. 

The kids didn’t want to do it and didn’t want to do it. But she ended up doing ten days. In terms of behaviours, most behaviours can be changed or broken in 10-days. That is what we know through operant classical conditioning - that you can change things in a 10 day window. So she got those kids, in 10 days, to give up all their whites, give up all their sugars and really eat an anti-inflammatory diet. 

So when I think somebody can’t do it, I always think of her. Now, many kids on the autism spectrum - their brain is rigid; therefore their behaviour is rigid. They can have very much sensory experiences and textural resistance. I’ve had many kids over the years, for a variety of reasons, who have such a limited dietary repertoire. I remember having a kid that only ate five foods. So we regulated his nervous system and then we were able to get him to 13. Then we were able to get him to somewhere in the 20’s. His parents were thrilled because for years he only ate five foods. So for him to eat 20-something foods was quite dramatic for them.

So it’s about meeting kids where they’re at, providing different ways, knowing what to hit first - this is why people come to me. People always ask - can’t I find a neurofeedback provider or psychologist near me? No. We’re not the same. I’ve been doing this for a long time and people do really well. You’re coming to me because I know what I’m doing. 

It’s like going to a foot surgeon when you have a heart problem. It’s just not the same. You both might be MDs but provide a totally different experience.

I give away a lot of what I do in my book because I want people to do this work. But you have to meet kids where they are at, start small, be consistent, and persistent. Maybe it’s breath work - if I have kids refuse breath work, fine. I can do PMF. You don’t want to do PMF - fine, we can do this.

So it really depends on each individual kid. But we know you have to regulate the nervous system. You can’t eat Cheetos every day and think your kid’s going to be able to pay attention and learn. Sorry. It’s not going to happen.

And yes, you can make changes, lifestyle change that benefit everybody in your family. It might not be a piece of cake but it’s about working smarter not harder. 

Me: That is brilliant. Such fascinating information. Thank you so much for sharing all of your insights and expertise and knowledge. And I want to know a little more about your book - if you want to let people know where they can find it. And I will also include your contact information in the details below - so if anybody is interested in contacting you to learn more or to working together, I will provide that information. Is there anything else you would like people to know before we wrap up today?

Roseann: I would just say start small. You might feel overwhelmed, so pick one thing - whether it’s breath work or adding a smoothie or doing a probiotic - just start small and stick with it. You have to do it at least 30 days. Don’t say - I’m doing it a week. Then if that’s where you’re at, add another thing after 30 days. Change can happen when you are consistent and you’re taking the right approach.

And just believe that holistic therapies are super effective - they really really really are. And you just have to use them. 

Me: Absolutely, Thank you so much. And where can people find your book “It’s Gonna Be Ok!”? 

Roseann: Yeah. So you can go to ItsGonnaBeOk.com or you can search It’s Gonna Be Ok! on Amazon. If you go to It’s ItsGonnaBeOk.com you’re going to get some free gifts with that. Or you can go to drroseann.com - on the home page there are a couple of places you can click and find the book there. 

Me: Perfect. I’m sure it is packed full of very valuable information. And I really again appreciate your time and expertise this morning. It was a great conversation. Thank you so much, Dr. Roseann - I really appreciate it!

Roseann: Be well, everybody!

Me: You too. Take care!

In Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed this interview I had with Dr. Roseann Capanna-Hodge and you nd it informative. I also hoped you learned something that you can apply to your life or the life of your children.

If you’d like to contact Dr. Roseann for her help or to pick up her book, check out her website at https://drroseann.com/ or https://www.itsgonnabeok.com/book-landing-page1616094622787. 

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