In this mini episode I outline;

• Why kids ask if a food is 'good' for them.
• What do we mean by 'good'?
• Why answering 'yes' or 'no' to this question can be problematic.
• How we can respond instead without labelling food.
• Examples of scripts to use when talking about different foods.
• Why it's important to model neutral language about food around our children.

You can download my free guide for parents - Explaining Nutritional Benefits of Food to Children - here:

https://www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au/freebies

You can shop my posters - How Does Food Help my Body - here:

https://www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au/product-page/how-does-food-help-my-body

If you'd like to be a part of the Redwood Wellbeing community, you can subscribe to my podcast, and follow me on Instagram @redwoodwellbeing

You can also book in a free 1:1 consult for your own or your child's body image/intuitive eating on my website www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au

To get in touch, please email info@redwoodwellbeing.com.au

If you like what you hear and you want to support me to keep this podcast going, you can give me a tip here https://redwood-wellbeing.captivate.fm/support

Happy listening!

Lyss :)

Hello and Welcome to the Redwood Wellbeing Podcast, where each week I am dedicated to supporting parents on the journey of nurturing their child's healthy relationship with food and their body image.

Through practical, everyday strategies and tips, I help you to become empowered to make a lasting difference in your child's wellbeing journey.

In this episode, I'm joined by guest Kirsty Wirth, founder of Kultured Wellness. Kirsty is an expert in the field of gut health, and works passionately to help families improve their gut-brain connections through a range of supportive products and services.

Kirsty shares about;

• Her own journey toward understanding the importance of gut health and why she started Kultured Wellness.
• Her philosophy behind her approach toward gut health.
• What parents can be looking out for if their child has a gut microbiome imbalance.
• Common misconceptions about gut health.
• How we can talk to kids in age appropriate ways about their gut.
• How to support parents of fussy eaters.
• Cost effective ways of improving your child's gut health.

You can find out more about the products and services on offer from Kultured Wellness by visiting their social media @kulturedwellness or website https://kulturedwellness.com/

If you'd like to be a part of the Redwood Wellbeing community, you can subscribe to my podcast, and follow me on Instagram @redwoodwellbeing

You can also book in a free 1:1 consult for your own or your child's body image/intuitive eating on my website www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au

To get in touch, please email info@redwoodwellbeing.com.au

If you like what you hear and you want to support me to keep this podcast going, you can give me a tip here https://redwood-wellbeing.captivate.fm/support

Happy listening!

Lyss :)

In this mini episode, I outline;

• What a sweet food preoccupation means
• How children exist along a continuum with their relationship with sweet food
• What the research suggests about a genetic predisposition for sweet food preoccupations
• How a child's environment can create or enhance their preoccupation with sweet food.

If you'd like to be a part of the Redwood Wellbeing community, you can subscribe to my podcast, and follow me on Instagram @redwoodwellbeing

You can also book in a free 1:1 consult for your own or your child's body image/intuitive eating on my website www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au

To get in touch, please email info@redwoodwellbeing.com.au

If you like what you hear and you want to support me to keep this podcast going, you can give me a tip here https://redwood-wellbeing.captivate.fm/support

Happy listening!

Lyss :)

Hello and Welcome to the Redwood Wellbeing Podcast, where each week I am dedicated to supporting parents on the journey of nurturing their child's healthy relationship with food and their body image.

Through practical, everyday strategies and tips, I help you to become empowered to make a lasting difference in your child's wellbeing journey.

In this episode, I answer some of your questions about your child's eating at Easter including;

• Can I hold off introducing chocolate to my 3 year old?
• Is it a preoccupation if my child compares their chocolate stash to thier siblings?
• Can we call chocolate 'sometimes food'?
• How do I navigate Easter with family members who use unhelpful language about 'working off' chocolate?
• Can I delay offering chocolate at Easter without them feeling different to the other kids who are allowed it?
• What do we call chocolate if it's not 'naughty'?
• What do I say when my child asks why they can eat an apple everyday but not chocolate cake everyday?
• Aren't we saying chocolate is different to other food when we implement boundaries on it, but not to other food?
• Should I be introducing chocolate to my 18 month old?

If you'd like to be a part of the Redwood Wellbeing community, you can subscribe to my podcast, and follow me on Instagram @redwoodwellbeing

You can also book in a free 1:1 consult for your own or your child's body image/intuitive eating on my website www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au

To get in touch, please email info@redwoodwellbeing.com.au

If you like what you hear and you want to support me to keep this podcast going, you can give me a tip here https://redwood-wellbeing.captivate.fm/support

Happy listening!

Lyss :)

Hello and Welcome to the Redwood Wellbeing Podcast, where each week I am dedicated to supporting parents on the journey of nurturing their child's healthy relationship with food and their body image.

Through practical, everyday strategies and tips, I help you to become empowered to make a lasting difference in your child's wellbeing journey.

In this episode, I explain how to support your child's positive food relationship at Easter through;

• Helping to foster an abundance mindset in your child in the lead up to Easter.
• Reducing your child's scarcity mindset around chocolate.
• Preparing your child for the Easter weekend and what food boundaries will look like.
• Removing judgemental language that gives Easter food moral value.
• Bringing Easter food off the pedestal and neutralising it.
• Pairing choices with supportive boundaries around Easter food.
• Modelling your own healthy relationship with chocolate to your child.
• Navigating Easter family gatherings and parties with sweet food.
• Collaborative independence for your child over the years.

If you'd like to be a part of the Redwood Wellbeing community, you can subscribe to my podcast, and follow me on Instagram @redwoodwellbeing

You can also book in a free 1:1 consult for your own or your child's body image/intuitive eating on my website www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au

To get in touch, please email info@redwoodwellbeing.com.au

If you like what you hear and you want to support me to keep this podcast going, you can give me a tip here https://redwood-wellbeing.captivate.fm/support

Happy listening!

Lyss :)

Hello and Welcome to the Redwood Wellbeing Podcast, where each week I am dedicated to supporting parents on the journey of nurturing their child's healthy relationship with food and their body image.

Through practical, everyday strategies and tips, I help you to become empowered to make a lasting difference in your child's wellbeing journey.

In this episode, I'm joined by Angelica Pupillo, a clinical nutritionist and founder of This Is Your Body who provides evidence based advice to school students to help improve their relationship with food and their body.

Angelica chats with us about;

• Travelling around Australia to speak to students about nutrition and body image, through her program Body Bop.
• What presenting and sharing her story to kids looks like.
• How she connects with the students through storytelling.
• How she is supporting students in their body image struggles in workshops
• What parents can do to guide their child toward a positive body image and food relationship.
• Her own journey through disordered eating and poor body image that led her to her current role.

You can reach Angelica through her website: www.thisisyourbody.com.au

Or on Instagram: @thisisyourbody_nutrition

My Redwood Wellbeing community can use the code REDWOOD15 for 15% off the teen lunchbox eBook until the end of April.

You can also get 20% off their teen and parent program called Body Bop until the end of April using the REDWOOD20.

If you'd like to be a part of the Redwood Wellbeing community, you can subscribe to my podcast, and follow me on Instagram @redwoodwellbeing

You can also book in a free 1:1 consult for your own or your child's body image/intuitive eating on my website www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au

To get in touch, please email info@redwoodwellbeing.com.au

If you like what you hear and you want to support me to keep this podcast going, you can give me a tip here https://redwood-wellbeing.captivate.fm/support

Happy listening!

Lyss :)

Hello and Welcome to the Redwood Wellbeing Podcast, where each week I am dedicated to supporting parents on the journey of nurturing their child's healthy relationship with food and their body image.

Through practical, everyday strategies and tips, I help you to become empowered to make a lasting difference in your child's wellbeing journey.

In this mini episode I discuss;

• Lunchbox Policing in Schools: Schools often have food policies, but this can sometimes lead to harmful practices like telling kids what to eat or what order to eat in.
• Impact on Children’s Relationship with Food: Over-policing can create guilt, shame, or fear around eating. It may encourage kids to sneak food, hide what they eat, or develop disordered eating habits.
• Role of Parents and Teachers: Parents should decide what goes into the lunchbox but allow their child to choose how much and what to eat. Teachers should respect children’s food choices and avoid commenting on or policing what they eat.
• Food Labeling Issues: Labels like "good," "bad," or "junk" can harm a child’s food relationship, leading to binary thinking about food.
• Encouraging Positive Eating Habits: Teachers can support kids by focusing on mindful eating, not making judgements about the food. Encouraging variety and balance without labelling foods helps build a neutral perspective on food.
• What Parents Can Do: Advocate for their child’s right to eat freely by speaking respectfully to schools about the harms of food policing, and provide a range of foods but let the child decide how much to eat to help them build trust in their body’s cues.
• Script for Parents: A respectful letter template is provided for parents to use when advocating for their child’s food choices in school.

If you'd like to be a part of the Redwood Wellbeing community, you can subscribe to my podcast, and follow me on Instagram @redwoodwellbeing

You can also book in a free 1:1 consult for your own or your child's body image/intuitive eating on my website www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au

To get in touch, please email info@redwoodwellbeing.com.au

If you like what you hear and you want to support me to keep this podcast going, you can give me a tip here https://redwood-wellbeing.captivate.fm/support

Happy listening!

Lyss :)

Hello and Welcome to the Redwood Wellbeing Podcast, where each week I am dedicated to supporting parents on the journey of nurturing their child's healthy relationship with food and their body image.

Through practical, everyday strategies and tips, I help you to become empowered to make a lasting difference in your child's wellbeing journey.

In this episode, I'm joined by mother of 3 and founder of Mindful Mealtime, Jodie Crowley.

Jodie chats with us about;

• Growing her business, Mindful Mealtime and how she's helping families become more mindful as they gather together over food.
• The challenges that come with mealtime routines as a mother of three young children.
• Some strategies she will try and implement to improve these routines.
• How mealtimes in her childhood food influenced her parenting.
• The self care practises that help her be the mum she wants to be.
• Her advice to other mothers in the thick of parenting.

You can find Jodie's range of stainless steel tableware and conversation starter cards at:

www.mindfulmealtime.com.au

or get in touch with Jodie at info@mindfulmealtime.com.au or @mindful_mealtime

If you'd like to be a part of the Redwood Wellbeing community, you can subscribe to my podcast, and follow me on Instagram @redwoodwellbeing

You can also book in a free 1:1 consult for your own or your child's body image/intuitive eating on my website www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au

To get in touch, please email info@redwoodwellbeing.com.au

If you like what you hear and you want to support me to keep this podcast going, you can give me a tip here https://redwood-wellbeing.captivate.fm/support

Happy listening!

Lyss :)