We're going to cut through all the conflicting advice and show you how you can help your child eat well without using pressure or bribes... or getting into power struggles or creating bigger food issues.

You've heard the advice: 

• "My kids have to at least try it."
• "Don't keep it in the house if you don't want them to eat it."
• "If they don't eat their dinner, no dessert."

But when you try these strategies, they either backfire completely - or they seem to work in the moment but you know something doesn't feel right.

Here's what most feeding advice gets wrong: it assumes all kids will respond the same way to the same approach. But your strong-willed child, your sensory-sensitive child, your people-pleaser... They'll all react differently.

In this episode, we're diving into how your child's personality and natural preferences with food interact with your feeding approach - and why conventional advice often backfires.

In this episode, I'm breaking down:

• The three layers that interact at the table: personality, natural  tendencies with food, and feeding dynamics
• Real examples of how the same feeding concern (picky eating, sweets obsession, overeating) can have completely different root causes depending on your child
• Why conventional approaches create either rebellion, anxiety, or compliance - but not a healthy relationship with food
• What we do instead: creating a complete supportive environment where your child can develop their own healthy relationship with food

When we understand how these layers interact, we can stop blaming ourselves when advice doesn't work. We can stop thinking our kid is just difficult. And we can start seeing them clearly and responding to what they actually need.

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