In today’s podcast episode I am speaking with my Irish colleague Siobhan Hennelly about how we can support kids and young people to have a better relationship with their bodies.

Siobhan is a primary school teacher, a nutritionist, and trained as personal trainer. She also has a masters degree in Psychology and specialist diploma in Eating Disorders. She is a mom of three, originally from Co. Galway but now living in Co. Mayo.

Siobhan delivers talks for teachers, parents groups and sports clubs on the area of body image and body image for children. And she also has a social media presence where she share about body image for children.

In this episode we talk about:

- Siobhan’s personal and professional journey to how she got to focus on body image, and body image for kind specifically

- What we mean when we talk about body image

- The four components that make up our body image

- The concept of ‘neutral’ body image

- How the people in our environment have an impact on how we feel about and relate to our bodies

- That simply refraining from commenting on our own bodies, or other people’s bodies can have a profound impact

- Why it is important to foster a healthy body image in kids

- Some of the positive ripple effects that can happen when we work towards improving body image

- Some things we can do to nurture our children’s, and our own(!) body image in a positive way

Find more about Siobhan’s work here

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