In this episode, Hallie discusses her 2 daughters, Lily and Mia, and their journey with Tethered Oral Tissues (TOTs). She also discusses her own journey as a mom of babies with TOTs, Feeding, and Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders (OMDs). Hallie discusses ...
Episode 146: TOTs Myths Debunked with Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
In this episode, Hallie debunks the top TOTs Myth that she hears on a regular basis! Some of the myths Hallie debunks include: Tongue Ties are a fad, You should wait to see if they outgrow it and Tongue Ties can stretch. SLPs & OTs: Want to learn ...
Episode 144: The Importance of Thriving with Jonelle Anamelechi MPH, DDS
In this episode, Hallie talks with Dr. Jonelle Anamelechi MPH, DDS about her practice Thrive and creating a Pediatric Airway Center. They discuss how Dr. Anamelchi found her passion in treating pediatric airway cases, how to help parents advocate for the ...
Episode 140: REMastered Sleep: Fighting Snoring One Water Bottle At A Time with Anders Olmanson
In this episode, Hallie talks with Anders Olmanson, CEO, of REMastered Sleep about the REMplenish water bottle that aims to combat snoring. Anders tells the story behind inventing this product and how he got into this space. They discuss the key benefits ...
Episode 136: The Dental Approach To Airway-Centric Early Intervention with Tracy Tran, DDS, MS
In this episode, Hallie talks to Tracy Tran, DDS about her dental approach to airway-centric early intervention. They discuss the need and importance of obtaining a functional assessment, modalities of treatment, frenectomy aftercare and most common reas ...
Episode 134: Sensory Processing, Cranial Nerve Integration & Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy with Dr. Marielly Mitchell, OTD, OTR/L, SIPT, SWC
In this episode, Hallie talks with Marielly Mitchell, OTD, OTR/L, SIPT, SWC all about an occupational therapist's approach and journey into orofacial myofunctional therapy. Marielly talks about the importance of the connection between sensory processing, ...
Episode 133: Overstuffing and Large Bites with Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, COM, QOM
In this episode, Hallie discusses why some children take large bites or overstuff their mouths when eating. Hallie explains the oral motor, orofacial myofunctional and sensory components behind why overstuffing happens. This episode also dives into tethe ...
Episode 132: Feeding With A Twist of Myo with Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
In this episode, Hallie discusses children birth to 4 years old who present with oral motor and feeding difficulties. Hallie shares her “feeding with a twist of myo” approach. She brings you an infant case study: an 8 month old with feeding difficulti ...
Episode 131: A Case Study: The 10-Year Old Who Was Not Appropriate For Lip Closure…Yet with Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
In this episode, Hallie brings you the highly requested case study! And this case is UNIQUE. The 10-year old was not appropriate for a lip closure goal, which we know is the cornerstone of correct oral rest posture. So what do you do when you cannot yet ...
Episode 130: Allergic Shiners & Salute: The Myofunctional Therapists Role with Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
In this episode, Hallie talks about Allergic Rhinitis, Allergic Shiners and The Allergic Salute and how we as health care practitioners can help! Hallie discusses the importance of looking beneath the surface to help determine the cause of the issue and ...
Episode 127: A Myo Case Study: 5.5 Year Old with Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
In this episode, Hallie walks you through a myofunctional therapy case from evaluation to treatment planning. Hallie discusses what to look for when gathering case history, questions to ask after reading through a patient's intake and how to gather furth ...
Episode 125: It All Begins In Utero with Tara Erson, DMD, IBCLC
In this episode, Hallie talks with Tara Erson, DMD, IBCLC about understanding the effects of dysfunction in utero, “normal” versus “common” in breastfeeding and the tongue's effect on jaw/face/airway development. They discuss the importance of function w ...
Episode 123: How Do You Become A Confident Pediatric Feeding Therapist with Hallie Bulkin, MA, CCC-SLP, COM
In this episode, Hallie talks about how to become a pediatric feeding therapist. Hallie discusses Feed the Peds™ as well as three elements that are essential to take someone from SLP or OT to a confident and competent feeding therapist… Listen to find ou ...
Episode 120: One Mom’s Wake-Up Call: Undiagnosed Sleep Apnea with Emma Cooksey
In this episode, Hallie talks with Emma Cooksey about her journey with undiagnosed sleep apnea. She shares her major wake up call and the efforts she went through to find providers to help her address her undiagnosed sleep apnea. Emma shares that myof ...
Episode 116: The 411 on Lip Taping with Autumn R. Henning SLP COM IBCLC
In this episode, Hallie and Autumn R. Henning SLP COM IBCLC give the 411 on lip taping. They discuss the importance of determining the root cause of a patient's mouth breathing and how lip taping is quite literally putting a band aid on the problem (vs. ...
Episode 100: Reflecting, Elevating, and EBP with Hallie Bulkin, MA CCC-SLP, COM
In this episode, Hallie talks about how the Untethered Podcast has grown and evolved over the first 100 episodes. Hallie highlights the top 10 most listened to episodes, discusses the movement to elevate colleagues, and even touches on the great EBP deba ...
Episode 90: Licensed To Thrive With Dr. Felix Liao
In this episode Hallie speaks with Dr. Felix Liao about his book Six Foot Tiger, Three Foot Cage and his new book Licensed To Thrive. They discuss impaired mouth syndrome, holistic mouth solutions (also Felix’s practice!) and innate immunity. Hallie a ...
Episode 89: Innovations in Maxillary Expansion with Marianna Evans, DMD
On today’s episode Hallie speaks with Dr. Marianna Evans, board-certified dual specialist in Orthodontics and Periodontics. They discuss innovations in maxillary expansion, how maxillary expansion relates to orofacial myofunctional therapy and the resear ...
Episode 76 : Myospots: Correcting Oral Rest Posture One Spot At A Time With Dr. Shehab Faragallah and Dr. Ibrahim El-Deeb
In this Episode, Halie talks with Dr. Shehab Faragallah and Dr. Ibrahim El-Deed who are the co-inventors and founders of Myospots. They discuss Myospots history, innovation as well as the future and vision for Myospots. They talk ab ...
Episode 74: TOTS ~ A Family Affair With Lindsey Leuwen Part 1 of 2
In this episode, Hallie talks with Lindsey Leuwen, a mother of two tied children and a tied adult herself! She discusses both of her children’s stories and how she was instrumental in advocating for assessment and treatment of tethered oral tissues and a ...
Episode 63: Getting Down To The Root Cause With Brian Hockel, DDS
In this episode, Hallie talks with Dr. Hockel on the types of facial growth, the causes of facial growth, and the effect of facial growth on the airway. They also discuss how to treat obstructed airway and the role of myofunctional therapy. Lastly, Dr Ho ...
Episode 60: Use Your Clinical Judgment With Dawn Moore ClinScD., CCC-SLP. COM®
In this episode, Hallie talks with Dawn Moore about the importance of all professionals using a standardized system like Dr. Zaghi and Dr. Yoon's TRMR which is based on research data. They also discuss tongue tie vs. tongue space and the overlap in sympt ...
Episode 59: Fast And Functional TMD With Timothy J. King – BTh., Adv. Dip. App. Sci. Myotherapy And Sarah Beach BHSC BA RDH OMT
In this episode, Hallie talks with Timothy King and Sarah Beach about pain and differential diagnosis as well as the importance of fascia and manual therapy. They discuss how they got connected and work together to treat orofacial pain and TMD. They disc ...
Episode 58: PLOT The TOT With Autumn R. Henning, MS, CCC-SLP, COM, IBCLC & Ann Bynum, DDS
In this episode Hallie talks with Dr. Ann Bynum and Autumn R. Henning about their new course, Plot the TOT, launching on June 26th! They also discuss how they met each other and started collaborating together. Through their collaboration they found a nee ...
Episode 49: Teletherapy is REAL therapy, NOT “survival” therapy: 4 Tips and 4 Cases To Treating REAL Cases Online
Hallie brings a little woo advice relevant to the times we are all experiencing right now. Step into your new normal and open your ears for some insightful wisdom. Hallie also shares her top 4 tips for successful teletherapy that you can use TODAY and sh ...