The Family Table:
Where Food & Parenting Meet

I'm Dr. Reshma Shah, a pediatrician and parent coach guiding families through challenges at and around the family table—from feeding, nutrition, and mealtime struggles to parenting, behavior, and the deeper questions that shape how we raise our kids.

Parenting Is Personal, and So Is My Approach

Your Family, Your Way:
Expert support that builds on your natural parenting strengths

As a pediatrician, teacher, and parent, I bridge the gap between medical knowledge and daily parenting realities. You know your family best; my role is to provide the guidance and tools to help you thrive. Whether you're addressing general parenting concerns or seeking support around food and mealtimes—including plant-based nutrition, an area I explore in my award-winning book, Nourish—I’m here to support and empower you on your parenting journey.

I offer thoughtful, evidence-based support to help you navigate the challenges that show up at and around the family table.

The Family Table Approach

What happens at the table often reflects what’s happening in the rest of family life.
The Family Table Approach offers personalized support across three connected layers:

  • At the Table

    Nutrition
    Plant-Forward Diets
    Picky Eating
    Feeding Dynamics

  • Around the Table

    Parenting Support
    Behavior Challenges
    Navigating Health Conditions
    Everyday Overwhelm

  • Beyond the Table

    Food Culture
    A Plant-Forward Lens
    Values That Shape Family Life
    Nourish Yourself, Too

This isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. It’s a flexible, evidence-based framework to help you create a way of feeding and parenting that feels calmer, clearer, and more aligned with what matters most to you.

My Work With Families

Award-Winning Author and Pediatrician, Dr. Reshma Shah

I’m a board-certified pediatrician, award-winning author of Nourish, and parent coach. I’ve served as an affiliate clinical instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine and now co-direct the Learning Center at Plant-Based Juniors.

For over two decades, I’ve supported families navigating everything from picky eating and mealtime struggles to new diagnoses and plant-forward nutrition. My work blends medical expertise with real-life parenting—always grounded in your family’s needs, values, and goals.

What Parents Have Shared

  • Dr. Shah's program has been an incredible gift. There are a growing number of telehealth/remote coaches in the plant-based space for adults, but not for kids and families and this is such a critical time. As a parent of a plant-based family, we need this type of support and nutrition/lifestyle knowledgeable coaches to discuss challenges, strategies, and what's to come. Having a resource in Dr. Shah, both with her vast experience as a pediatrician and parent, was a meaningful opportunity. Her nonjudgemental, supportive, encouraging, positive approach built confidence in me to stay curious, keep learning, while being confident in my intuition, skills and experience as a parent. I'm really grateful for this time with Dr. Shah and look forward to continuing to visit in the future.

    — Beth

  • The coaching that Dr. Shah provided was truly valuable. She helped to educate me about adopting a new approach to meal times that were more joyful and focused on connecting. I also benefited from the parenting insights with raising my son. I highly recommend working with Dr. Shah. She is very compassionate, knowledgeable and approachable.

    — Devi

  • Reshma’s one-on-one consulting was excellent. She answered all of my questions in great detail and provided additional advice and guidance. Not only is she incredibly knowledgeable about nutrition and parenting, she is also very kind, calm and respectful. I highly recommend.

    — Katy

  • I had a great experience with Dr Shah. She was able to pinpoint the concerning issue quickly and offer simple actionable steps that made a lot of difference in my interaction with kids.

    - Tatiana A.

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