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.

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So in honor of Weight Stigma Awareness week we are reposting one of our favorite conversations with Social psychologist Dr. Jeff Hunger, who helps us dig deeper into the available research on weight stigma. He highlights some ironic misconceptions about the impact of weight stigma, including its consequences for mental and physical health, and discusses how parents and healthcare providers can translate research findings to their daily lives.

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Elyse Resch - co-author of Intuitive Eating - answers a listener question about getting her teenager daughters interested in intuitive eating. We also discuss the newest updates to the intuitive eating model, understanding intuitive eating through a social justice lens rather than a nutrition lens, and a play-by-play of how Elyse helps teens think critically about diet culture.

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It’s "back-to-school" week for us, which means we got a little behind schedule! In anticipation of next week’s season 3 finale, we thought we’d revisit our nourishing conversation with Health at Every Size Dietitian, Heidi Schauster. A fan favorite episode, tune in to learn (or refresh!) the 10 things you are welcome to QUIT DOING to improve your relationships with food, your bodies, and yourself — and nurture the same in your children.

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Feminist marketing consultant and writer Kelly Diels joins us for a conversation about social media, marketing, and culture. We discuss the power of helping our kids notice, name, and build resilience against harmful media messages, and why we should all think of ourselves as culture makers.

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Ellyn Satter Institute faculty member Jenn Harris returns to the show to answer a listener's question about conflicting advice she’s heard about handling “play food” or “sometimes food.” We get clarity around how to apply the Satter model when serving dessert (or when it’s served at a birthday party), discuss what differentiates eating competence and intuitive eating, and learn why structure may be your most powerful parenting tool when it comes to your child’s relationship with food.

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Zoë talks through a real life body-positive parenting dilemma with Hannah and Kelty — twins, mothers, and co-founders of the Upbringing parenting resource. They dig into parenting for “sanity and social change” and how to support kids who have chronic illnesses or conditions that may complicate their relationship with their bodies.

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We spoke with the wonderful team behind Sunny Side Up Nutrition to answer a question from a listener wondering how or what she can teach her kids about nutrition without diet culture sneaking in. Anna and Elizabeth talked us through the value of modeling behaviors, considering developmental stage in the conversations you have about food, what kind of nutrition education is happening in schools, and what really supports kids in maintaining their intuitive eating abilities and growing up into competent eaters.

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We’re joined by researcher Dr. Dana Voelker to answer a question from a listener whose daughter wants to pursue classical ballet professionally. We discuss characteristics of healthy and unhealthy sports cultures, intuitive exercise, helping kids learn to love movement, and how this parent can help her daughter navigate a field that can be rife with problematic messages about bodies.

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Parent coach and educator Oona Hanson joins us for a conversation about our real-life experiences parenting without diet culture. Leslie and Oona talk about their strategies for helping kids of varied ages learn to recognize and externalize diet culture, handling memes about weight gain, when diet culture and fatphobia sneak into the school curriculum, snacking during quarantine, Adele and celebrity “glow-ups,” and more. 

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