When it comes to parenting, it seems that we are constantly navigating between the decision to shift/guide/mold/change our children versus the decision to just celebrate/accept them. The balance of changing versus accepting our kids is even more difficult to find when we’re in the very sensitive and triggering world of food body and weight. In this episode, Jill shows why the division of responsibility perfectly balanced as these two parts of parenting for us!

Are you interested in adding a more body positive, inclusive, anti-diet perspective to your work? Are you interested in shifting your work completely? Well guess what! I’m thinking about beta testing a group program for healthcare providers and professionals (and really anyone who works with people) this fall. Tune in to learn more.

In this episode, Jill reads a piece from Alexandra Franzen on ICE. A beautiful metaphor for the process of changing the way we see food and our bodies.

It’s the end of the 85 day mini-podcast experiment/marathon/challenge!!! Here’s what Jill learned from the process!!

On the day of her 40th birthday party, Jillian reflects on why bad body thought show up before major life events, how to deal with it when it happens, and how far she has come on her body acceptance journey.

Ever feel like this work is vague and directionless? Ever try to find an an muscle during a tricky yoga/Pilates move? It’s basically the same problem with the same solution!!! Don’t believe me?! Tune in:)

As our 85 day podcast marathon comes to a close, Jillian is offering up a free, eight week food and body image challenge to help you integrate the information you’ve been absorbing here on the podcast and possibly from following her for a while. Whether you’re brand new to this work or you’ve been playing around with it for years, it’s important - not only to gather information - but to take the time to apply the information to yourself. Head over to www.foodfreedombodylove.com to sign up now!

In this episode, jill explores why making peace with food and body can sometimes feel like ‘giving up’, how to reframe what ‘healthy effort’ is, and how to move through the discomfort of learning to exist at a new pace!

In this episode, Jillian explores the relationship we have with the feelings of fullness and satiation. When you feel full – does it trigger you? Does feeling ‘pleasurably satiated’ immediately spiral you into restrictive food thoughts? Let’s explore it!

A few readings to get you thinking about your relationship with food and body!!!