Sandra Tadros Guirguis on Surviving Cough & Cold Season with Kids
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Ep556. Renee sits down with clinical pharmacist and holistic wellness expert Sandra Tadros Guirguis to break down everything parents need to know heading into cough and cold season. Sandra shares realistic, science-backed tips for prevention, soothing symptoms, and navigating the pharmacy aisle—especially when it comes to younger kids who have fewer medication options.
From decoding ingredient lists (think honey, zinc, English ivy leaf, chamomile) to knowing when a cough needs medical attention, Sandra offers clear, practical advice that helps even the most panicked parent.
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IG: @stg_wellness
Website: https://www.stgwellness.ca/
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| 1:17.4 | Sandra, welcome to the mom room. Thank you. Excited to be here. Yeah, nice to chat with you today. In a more like formal setting, we've met each other quite a few times and it's always been such a pleasure. So this is great. |
| 1:23.5 | Yeah, really excited. My first question is I thought you could tell us a little bit about yourself, your background, |
| 1:30.6 | and also what your role is as a pharmacist. |
| 1:34.3 | Sure. |
| 1:34.9 | So I work as a clinical pharmacist in a family health team. |
| 1:38.6 | So in Ontario, that's a setting where it's outpatient, where people have their family doctors or their nurse practitioners. |
| 1:44.9 | And then we support with a lot of one-on-one, education, teaching, and really on everything. |
| 1:51.2 | So whether it is just healthy living and prevention, whether it's disease management, improving sleep, all of these types of things. |
| 1:59.7 | And every care plan will have non-pharmacological |
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