#22 Mothering Through It: Dr. Ruchi Gupta on Guilt & Grace in Food Allergy Parenting

Send us Fan MailSeason 4: I Don't Want to Talk About ItIn this special Mother's Day episode, I'm joined by one of the world's leading allergy researchers — who also happens to be a food allergy mom. While Dr. Ruchi Gupta's professional credentials are impressive, today’s conversation focuses on something even more powerful: her personal experience raising a child with food allergies.We talk openly about the emotional side of this journey — the guilt, the vigilance, the second-guessing — and share some laughter over things that only food allergy moms will truly understand. It’s a candid, heartfelt conversation about what it means to carry both the clinical knowledge and the lived reality of food allergy parenting.Some of this episode's many highlights:Role playing to educate our childrenDr. Gupta's sneaky way of making sure her daughter was reading food labels carefullyHer daughter's allergic reaction at a recent family eventGaining and losing allergies during/after pregnancyDifferent approaches of food allergy Moms/Dads and why both are usefulThe positive impact of food allergies on our kids' developmentLinks from this episode:@drruchigupta_@cfaarnuCFAAR Home Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research: Feinberg School of Medicine2025 CFAAR FOOD ALLERGY SUMMIT Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research: Feinberg School of MedicineSpecial thanks to Kyle Dine for permission to use his song The Doghouse for the podcast theme!www.kyledine.comFind Dr. Whitehouse:-thefoodallergypsychologist.com-Instagram: @thefoodallergypsychologist-Facebook: Dr. Amanda Whitehouse, Food Allergy Anxiety [email protected]