The Full Bloom Podcast - body-positive parenting for a more embodied and inclusive next generation

The Full Bloom Podcast - body-positive parenting for a more embodied and inclusive next generation

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The Full Bloom Podcast - body-positive parenting for a more embodied and inclusive next generation episodes

  • S2 Ep40: [repost] How do I use the toddler years to set the stage for body-positivity? with Dr. Tovah P. Klein, Phd
    In this episode from season 2, “the Toddler Whisperer” Dr. Tovah Klein shares how parents can plant seeds for a child’s lifelong success during the toddler years. She explains the “toddler paradox,” gives us insight into the toddler mind, and shares practical tips for feeding toddlers without power struggles.

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    43 min
  • S4 Ep67: How does physical education both help and harm?
    All kids need to move, but not all kids get to move. While physical education programs level the socio-economic playing field and plant critical seeds for  life-long love of movement, they are also responsible for the grim practice of school-based BMI measurement programs. Berkley Public Health epidemiologist, Dr. Hannah Thompson, joins to fill us in on the state of physical education today and what the research says about what helps… and what unintentionally harms. 

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    34 min
  • S1 Ep16: [repost] Why do my child's caregivers need to present a united front around body-positivity?
    While you're waiting for the next new episode (coming 8/11!) catch up on this conversation with Psychologist Dr. Lauren Muhlheim from our inaugural season. Lauren helped us understand the Health at Every Size® paradigm and the value of building a united front against diet culture. We discuss strategies and possible challenges for uniting with pediatricians, teachers, extended family members, and other care providers in the body-positive nurturing approach.
    44 min
  • S4 Ep66: What to do when diet culture shows up at school?
    In a year of remote schooling, many parents had a front row seat into their children’s school days — including the ways that diet culture can sneak into the classroom. We brought Virginia Sole-Smith back onto the show to discuss her recent New York Times piece “Are Schools Teaching Kids to Diet?” We also cover how parents can respond if harmful messages about food and bodies are being shared at school.

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    Get our ABC Guide to Body-Positive Parenting.
    42 min
  • [repost] What’s up with #cleaneating?
    While you're waiting for the next new episode (dropping on 7/28!) tune into this conversation with researcher Dr. Suman Ambwani about the ubiquitous trend of “clean eating,” cleanses, and other pop culture health fads. She talks us through her research on clean eating and the risks that come with moralizing food, especially for young people. We explore the connections between clean eating and privilege, find out where our kids are getting their health information, and discuss opportunities for public health intervention.
    45 min
  • S4 Ep65: How can our kids survive and thrive in an unjust world (while transforming it for the better)? with Lindo Bacon, PhD
    The podcast is back! To kick off the newest season, Zoë is joined by the paradigm-shifting researcher, best selling author, and social justice warrior Dr. Lindo Bacon. They discuss radical belonging, self compassion, shame and vulnerability, myths about nutrition and health, and how to support kids’ unique identities and gender expression — all through the lens of how to help young people not just survive, but thrive, in an unjust world.

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    Get our ABC Guide to Body-Positive Parenting.
    45 min
  • S1 Ep20: [repost] How does body positivity work for our transgender and gender nonconforming children?
    While we embrace the language used by the original body-positive movement to characterize our signature parenting style, our next hidden gem episode from Season 1, featuring Dr. Carly Guss and researcher Dr. Sabra Katz-Wise about gender non-conforming and trans youth, reminded us that sometimes body-positivity is simply not inclusive enough and, frankly, can miss the point. 

    Get our ABC Guide to Body-Positive Parenting.

    Read full show notes here.
    56 min
  • S1 Ep19: [repost] What does my nonjudgmental stance offer my child?
    This week it just felt right to take you back to Season one of the pod, episode #19 where Dr. Rebecca Kennedy (before she was the instagram sensation @drbeckyathome) taught us how to harness the power of simplicity and presence to foster emotional connectedness in our kids. We love her “less is more” recommendation to approach our children’s emotional experience like a scientist collecting data — with nonjudgmental curiosity.

    Get our ABC Guide to Body-Positive Parenting.

    Read full show notes here.
    47 min

About The Full Bloom Podcast - body-positive parenting for a more embodied and inclusive next generation

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Join the founder of The Full Bloom Project for a regular dose of body-positive parenting wisdom. Zoë Bisbing, LCSW, body-positive psychotherapist and mother of three, brings together diverse experts to connect the dots between research and activism in child and adolescent development, mental and physical health, nutrition, social justice, intersectionality, and eating disorder prevention. Each episode distills everything from scholarly research to self-help books into accessible and digestible daily parenting practices. Together we can create spaces where children of all ages, sizes, and gender expressions can naturally boost immunity to our appearance-obsessed culture, decrease risk for disordered eating and body image injury, and channel their precious resources towards more meaningful purposes; in other words, "fully bloom."