WEBINAR: From Surviving to Thriving: Learning to Navigate the Overwhelm of Parenting Children With Food Allergy
Learn from an expert speaker about the emotional and psychological challenges of food allergy parenting, including guidance on age-appropriate child self-management skills, practical tips, and mindfulness exercises.
Monday, December 8, 2025, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. ET
Parenting a child with food allergy can feel overwhelming and anxiety-inducing for many parents. Yet, learning how to navigate the stress on this parenting journey is also an essential component to keeping children with food allergy safe.
Join us for a webinar on Monday, December 8, at 1:00 p.m. ET, when our expert speaker Tamara Hubbard, MA, LCPC, author of the recent book May Contain Anxiety: Managing the Overwhelm of Parenting Children with Food Allergies, will discuss how to understand and mindfully manage parental anxiety and overwhelm in order to help you and your family balance allergy safety with living fully.
Tamara will discuss content from May Contain Anxiety on topics such as:
- Insight into the emotional and psychological challenges of allergy parenting, including managing anxiety, dealing with uncertainty, and navigating developmental changes.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) strategies for accepting discomfort, decreasing overwhelm, and parenting mindfully based on values, not anxiety.
- Evidence-based techniques to address fear-driven thoughts and to cultivate awareness to manage allergy-related anxiety effectively.
- Guidance on how to teach children age-appropriate skills to safely and responsibly manage their allergies.
- Tips for establishing shared parenting goals and clear communication between co-parents to create consistent and effective allergy management routines.
- Mindfulness-based exercises designed to support the whole family in navigating the emotional complexities of allergy management together.
- Step-by-step strategies for creating a personalized mindful allergy parenting plan.
About the Speaker
Tamara Hubbard, MA, LCPC
Tamara Hubbard, MA, LCPC, is a licensed clinical professional counselor and family therapist who provides evidence-based therapeutic support for women, mothers, and parents of those managing allergic diseases. She is the founder of the Academy of Food Allergy Counseling and an active allied health member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) and the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI). Tamara also serves as a member of the FARE Education Advisory Council.