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!

Let's do an exercise today. Bring a pen and paper, and be ready to write.

We are going to explore what it needs to look like to have a healthy weight for you, for your family.

It's an introduction to something that I call the manual. And you will get to hear how I tossed my manual for the podcast (and much more: enjoy!).

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!

Struggling with your weight? Struggling with your child's weight?

Let's talk about how to struggle less. Learn why we struggle, as well as the three ways to decrease struggle.

With lots of examples of how I still struggle and use these tools in regards to working out, my kids' struggles, and... (no big surprise) weight/body image.

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!