Ep.68, Crows Teaching Crows; The Empowered Sleep Apnea Project, Dr. Dave McCarty

🎙️ PODCAST DESCRIPTIONIn this episode of the ASAP Pathway Podcast, Dr. Stacy is joined by Dr. David McCarty for a deeply thoughtful conversation about how patients—children and adults—are often misunderstood, mislabeled, and mistreated when care focuses on symptoms instead of root cause. Drawing from neuroscience, clinical experience, and real patient stories, Dr. McCarty challenges the way we approach diagnoses such as ADHD, anxiety, sleep disorders, and behavioral dysregulation. He explains how airway function, tongue stability, neurological signaling, and chronic physiological stress can quietly shape how patients think, feel, sleep, and function—often for years before anyone connects the dots.This episode speaks to the exhausted patient, the frustrated provider, and the family searching for answers, highlighting how siloed care and rushed labels can leave people stuck in cycles of treatment that never fully address what’s happening beneath the surface. At its core, this conversation is a call to slow down, listen better, and approach patients as whole humans—across all ages—whose bodies are communicating long before pathology shows up on a chart.LISTEN HERE for the Crows Teaching Crows Song! 🐦‍⬛🎶🔗Dr. Dave is Co-Creator (with Ellen Stothard, PhD) of the Empowered Sleep Apnea Project! 🔗Dr Dave McCarty on LinkedIn 🔗FB Empowered Sleep Apnea 🔗Dr. Dave as CMO of Rebis Health! 🔗🎧 EPISODE CHAPTERS 📖00:00 – Welcome to ASAP Pathway & Setting the Tone for the Conversation 00:16 – Introducing Dr. David McCarty & Why This Episode Matters00:26 – The “Cartoon” That Explains Where Airway & Diagnosis Are Right Now11:27 – Neurology, Anatomy & Why Symptoms Aren’t the Root Problem13:22 – Development, Adaptation & What Happens When the Body Compensates16:33 – The Risk of Diagnosis Without Understanding Physiology19:05 – Patients Who Are Exhausted, Out of Answers & Out of Hope19:33 – Where Medicine and Dentistry Must Work Together27:49 – Tongue Function, Airway & Nervous System Regulation38:10 – What Patients Are Communicating Through Their Symptoms49:40 – Rethinking Labels, Behavior & Chronic Dysregulation56:26 -- Building a Unified Language01:02:30 – What Patients Can Do First: Slowing Down & Asking Better Questions01:13:45 – Restoring Hope Through Whole-Patient Understanding01:21:10 – Closing Reflections & Why This Conversation Matters🌟 KEY LEARNINGS Symptoms are often adaptive responses, not primary disorders.Airway, tongue function, and neurology are tightly interconnected.Patients can compensate for years before breakdown occurs.Labels without physiology can delay meaningful healing.Chronic dysregulation affects sleep, cognition, mood, and behavior at any age.Medicine and dentistry must collaborate to see the full picture.Patients often feel unheard long before they feel “sick.”The future of sleep medicine includes a unified language around sleep apnea that all healthcare providers can share.Hope begins with better questions, not faster answersThis is the ASAP Pathway Podcast, Airway, Sleep, and Pediatric Pathway, where sleep and airway health take center stage, one breath at a time. VISIT: ASAP PathwayPlease subscribe, share, and tune in to future episodes of how we can help children live their best lives, one breath, and restful night's sleep at a time. Don't miss this exciting launch into a world of knowledge and transformation.Because Kids Can't Wait...CLICK HERE To Find an ASAP Pathway ProviderCLICK HERE To Become an ASAP Pathway ProviderCLICK HERE FOR ASAP Pathway IN-PERSON COURSESCLICK HERE To See If Your Child Is At Risk!ASAP FREE GIFT AND E NEWSLETTERSUBCRIBE AND SHARE AT OUR OTHER PLATFORMS BELOWASAP YouTube ▶️ 🔗ASAP YouTube Music 🔗 ASAP on Spotify 🔗ASAP IHeartRadio ❤️🔗 ASAP Amazon Music 🎵🔗 ASAP Apple Podcast 🍎🔗ASAP Pathway MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, LEARNING and COURSES BELOW ⬇️ 🙌Join The Practice Breakfast Club! ☕️🔗2026 ASAP Mini-Residency Pathway 🙌🔗WANT TO BE A MEMBER IN ASAP Pathway? ASAP Membership Options BELOW: 🎉👇ASAP Immersion Membership🔗ORComprehensive ASAP Pathway Membership🔗