Jess Sherman is an international speaker and author, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner and award winning Registered Holistic Nutritionist™, board certified in Practical Holistic Nutrition. In this episode, she talks about the roots of picky eating, her approach to helping patients, and much more!-Highlights3:17 - Jess talks about her background and what got her into helping resilient kids8:04 - Jess talks about the granular approach she takes to analyzing a picky eater’s diet10:04 - The roots of picky eating13:52 - Creating a culture of nourishment in your family16:21 - Working with teenagers20:48 - A good approach to teaching picky eaters about nourishment24:11 - Jess goes into specifics on how she helps her patients27:33 - The importance of making sure a child’s support system is on the same page when it comes to their nutrition29:55 - The importance of community for parents that are on this journey32:20 - Where to learn more about Jess34:04 - Some epiphanies Jess has learned as a health detective-About Jess ShermanJess Sherman is an international speaker and author, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner and award winning Registered Holistic Nutritionist™, board certified in Practical Holistic Nutrition. She is also a certified teacher and holds a masters degree in Education from The University of Toronto.As a family health educator she has guided parents in at least 44 countries towards safe, natural and effective tools to improve the lives of their children with learning differences, anxiety, ADHD, autism and mood disorders.Back when she was teaching high school, Jess became deeply concerned to learn that at least 60% of her students were on medication - either to help them learn, focus or stabilize their mood, or to help them sleep, poop or manage their allergies.  When she discovered the profound impact of nutrition and stress on resilience she set her mind to helping the busy, frustrated, worried parents of these kids find natural, simple ways to help them thrive. She now reaches parents around the world through her book, Raising Resilience: Take the stress out of feeding your family and love your life, her virtual community, and her online coaching program. Jess has been featured as a nutrition and family health expert for online and offline audiences where she has spoken about the impact of nutrition and connection for audiences of parents, medical professionals, social workers and teachers.