NV Orofacial Myology

88 days ago, I heard someone I trusted say my content was “embarrassing.”

And honestly?
For a moment, I questioned everything.

But in those same 88 days…
over 50 families chose to learn more about breathing, function, posture, and their health.

They asked questions.
They advocated for their kids.
They started noticing changes.

So maybe it’s not embarrassing.
Maybe it’s just different.

And maybe different is exactly what some families have been searching for 🤍

Finding yourself constantly digging food out of your cheeks mid-meal? This isn’t just an awkward habit. It’s a red flag that your tongue muscles aren’t strong enough to push food back onto your molars where it belongs.
Save this so you can come back to it. When food gets stuck between your cheeks and gums, it means your tongue can’t sweep it back to your teeth for chewing. This creates a real choking risk: food slips down your throat before you’ve chewed it properly, leading to aspiration (food entering your airway) and digestive problems. Here’s the root cause 👇🏽 Your tongue’s side-to-side sweeping motion has become locked to your jaw’s up-and-down chewing motion. They move together as one unit instead of working independently. This creates a compensation loop: you eat faster to avoid the problem, you swallow pieces that haven’t been chewed enough, and you gulp water to force everything down. Every time you do this, you’re training your tongue to stay weak. The solution? Retraining your tongue to move separately from your jaw. Find out how we do that inside my Self-Paced Course! This is how you get your confidence back. 🫶🏽 You’ll eliminate the risk of choking or aspiration and feel good about mealtimes again.

Comment LEARN and I’ll send you the link. 🌿

Respectfully… we do not all have the same 24 hours.

If you’ve never had to get two kids five & under fed, dressed, and out the door by 8:30… then go work, run a business, answer messages, manage a household, figure out dinner, and still show up for bedtime that same night… the math is simply different.

This isn’t about excuses.
It’s about context.

Some of us are building businesses during nap time.
Answering emails in the car line.
And planning tomorrow while brushing tiny teeth.

So if you’re in that season… I see you.

You’re not behind.
You’re carrying a lot.

And you’re doing more than most people realize. 🤍

When you see your child’s height percentile drop on the growth chart, and you know they’re eating enough, it creates a pit in your stomach. I know, because I’ve watched this happen with my own kids.

Here’s what might be happening while they sleep 👇🏽

Your child’s body releases growth hormone almost entirely during deep sleep. That’s the stage where their brain cycles into slow-wave sleep and their pituitary gland floods their system with the hormone that lengthens bones and builds tissue. But if your child’s tongue sits low in their mouth instead of resting against the roof, it falls backward when they lie down. This blocks their airway. Their brain jolts them out of deep sleep over and over, all night long, to restore breathing.

No deep sleep → no growth hormone release.

Over months or years, this is exactly why their height can stall on the growth chart.

But we can change this. 🌿 It’s not about chasing symptoms, it’s about restoring function.

💡 The key is practicing full tongue-to-palate contact during the daytime. This means the entire tongue, from tip to back, rests flat against the roof of the mouth. This daily practice retrains the tongue to hold its proper resting posture, which keeps the airway open at night. You can build this habit with timed reminders on your phone, linking it to daily routines like brushing teeth, and using a mirror so they can see when they’re doing it right.

This is the kind of simple, consistent work that creates lasting change. It’s all covered with guided support inside the Self-Paced Myofunctional Therapy Educational Course.

I know how helpless it feels to see that percentile change. But when you understand the root cause, you can finally take meaningful action. 🫶🏽

Has your child’s height percentile dropped without explanation? Save this now. 💚