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Challenges! We've sure got them.
What are the challenges you're facing right now? Work, stress, relationships, health, weight...
What makes them challenging?
Challenges are situations we don't know the outcome. It's stressful. And yet... we can grow.
Let's talk about the challenges that arise, as well as challenges that you WANT to sign up for.
And I invite you to join my free 5-day LIVE challenge, Family Weight Help 101. You'll be challenged as you are introduced to the 4 Pillars of Healthy Lifelong Habits - and learn tools to use in your home right away. Come back the next day and receive the support you need to celebrate what's working and address new challenges that have popped up.
Sign up now, challenge starts 1/30/2023: https://www.wendyschofermd.com/FWH101
Full show notes available here.
Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/bgP2Cr
Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.
Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.
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I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!
And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.
Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!
Do you have a plan for your family's health? How's it working?
Want to throw it out? Or is it something that you hate the rules and structure of a plan?
In today's episode we talk about how to create a plan for your own family: why it's important, and what to account for. We also talk about why all those other plans haven't worked (and why there's nothing wrong with you or your family that a certain plan hasn't panned out the way you wanted).
Full show notes available here.
The upcoming LIVE Series, Family Weight Help 101 starts Monday, January 30, 2023 at 12pm ET. Sign up now to learn about the 4 pillars of establishing lifelong healthy weight habits for you and your family.
Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/v0IkDH
Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.
Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.
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I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!
And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.
Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!
Previously we discussed doing a little sleuthing - observing behaviors. What is it that your kids are doing? What are you finding out about the patterns of their behavior?
This week we are exploring what comes before the behaviors.
Why do we do the things that we do?
It's not as mysterious as what it's made out to be. In fact, we pretty much do everything for one reason:
emotions.
We have a feeling that leads us to act, or to not act. Or perhaps we are totally uncomfortable with a feeling, so we do something else to avoid feeling it.
Take a listen to Episode #74 and learn about the emotions that drive behaviors, and how to apply this in your home.
Full show notes available here.
Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.
Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.
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I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!
And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.
Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!
How often are you just too pooped to do anything?
And yet, work, kids, email, dinner, life just keep making demands of you.
It is further exhausting!
Today we talk about my concept and PRACTICE of The Bare Minimum.
We define it, use examples of practice, and most importantly, why this practice is important for parents.
When you're ready to dive in and work together to practice The Bare Minimum (and so many other valuable concepts that just help parents feel more calm, confident and have a PLAN for raising a healthy family), join me in Family in Focus. Right now is a great time to join private coaching with bonus sessions when you sign up before the new year.
Full show notes available here.
Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.
Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.
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I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!
And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.
Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!
It's Part 1 of our mini-series! Why don't weight goals work for kids?
Learn 3 reasons, and the first 2 things to do to help in a meaningful, lifelong way.
Full show notes available here.
Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.
Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.
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I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!
And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.
Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!
No hypotheticals or fear of the future: let's talk about what happens if your child is actually overweight, has a diagnosis of obesity or diabetes. Then what happens?
Today we dive into what we can do as parents to support, nurture and help with raising our kids.
It's not what others have told you. Check this episode out as it is the HEART of helping our kids navigate all this BS about their own weight.
And - we discuss that the Family in Focus group coaching program is now accepting applications.
Full show notes available here.
Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.
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I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!
And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.
Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!
SUGAR! It's everywhere. How do you deal with the sugar in the food, and the fascination with sugar? Is it helpful to declare war on sugar?
Let's talk about different approaches to take to help get past the black and white thinking of sugar being all good or all bad.
What's in between? Real choices and real life. Take a listen!
And check out my accounts for the follow-on posts this week about how to deal with sugar at home with your kids:
www.instagram.com/wendyschofermd
www.facebook.com/wendyschofermd
Full show notes available here.
Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.
Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.
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I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!
And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.
Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!
You've got questions, experts have answers.
Bring your questions to Episode 69 of FIFWS and find out how to answer them:
What do I feed my kids: how much, how do I help them find a healthy weight, how much to move...
And so many more.
Learn how to tap into your expertise in creating the healthy results you want for you and your family.
Full show notes available here.
Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.
Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.
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I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!
And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.
Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!
How do you build trust in your body? In your child and their decisions?
How does your child build trust?
Is it earned?
Take a listen to learn the questions to ask now to build trust going forward.
Full show notes available here.
Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.
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I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!
And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.
Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!
It's a spooky time of year, when we finalize costumes and freak out about what to do with all the Halloween candy.
Sames, my friend.
Let's talk about preparing now & learn three things to help make Halloween what you want it to be for you & the kids.
Full show notes available here. (Including fabulous PDF mentioned in the podcast with resources on healthy Halloween activities from KEYS 4HealthyKids)
Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.
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I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!
And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.
Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!
From the publisher's feed
Are you feeling stuck around your child’s eating, weight, or health?
Are food struggles or mixed messages about “doing it right” creating stress in your…
Family in Focus is a podcast for parents navigating family health, especially when concerns about food, body, and emotional well-being start to strain relationships at home.
Hosted by Dr. Wendy Schofer, the pediatrician who helps parents lead meaningful change without harm, this podcast approaches family health in a very different way, by prioritizing connection, trust, and emotional health over control or pressure.
Family in Focus centers parent-led shifts that actually last. Conversations explore how change can happen without shame, how emotions shape health behaviors, and why protecting the parent-child relationship is essential to supporting children’s well-being.
This is a space for parents who want to support their child’s health without sacrificing connection along the way.