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 discuss my ice cream tub strategy and how I use it to help my kids build a neutral, trusting relationship with food.

1. What the strategy is (kids decide when/how much to eat)
2. Why I use it (reduce obsession, build self-trust, support intuitive eating)
3. When to start (based on understanding, not age)
4. How often to offer a new tub (consistency first, flexibility later)

My role as the parent:

1. I decide what/when food is offered
2. My child decides whether/how much to eat
3. I model neutrality (no judgment, no praise, no concern)

Quick FAQ's

1. How long should it last? → Up to the child
2. How long until it “works”? → Think long-term (weeks–months+)
3. Other sweets? → Same approach applies
4. Eating ice cream elsewhere? → Separate from their tub

ADHD and neurodivergent kids

1. It can still work with more support
2. Add structure (without removing autonomy)
3. Use visual cues + clearer boundaries
4. Progress may take longer—and that’s okay

Key Takeaways

1. Focus on trust over control
2. Stay neutral in your response
3. Think long-term, not quick fixes

Support

1. Reach out if you’d like help implementing this in your home.

Related Episodes

• What is Food Neutrality and why is it Important for our Kids?
• The Division of Responsibility

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 :)

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 discuss;

1. What it means to emotionally 'play it cool' when your child is eating sweet food.
2. Why it's important for a child's neutrality around food.
3. What 'playing it cool' looks like in real life.
4. Why this approach can feel really difficult for parents.
5. Barriers to playing it cool and how to overcome them
6. The long term goal
7. Q & A

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.

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 discuss;

1. What a 'food relationship' means
2. The problems with food relationships that our society is facing
3. Why our language matters
4. Common food language we've inherited
5. Common misconceptions around children's nutrition and eating habits, particularly around the healthy/unhealthy dichotomy.
6. The supportive language we can use around our children, to help them know a long term peaceful food relationship.

Other episodes that relate to this topic include;

-Using the Division of Responsibility with your fussy eater

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2JGQjoTA8lPDcjbUqUP9wq?si=af9270fc16214d19

-How to handle comments from family about your child's eating

https://open.spotify.com/episode/17gZ3aU9xo6mPh3y9i1NnA?si=3fcb1bab73d84ed1

-What to say when your child asks 'Is this food good for me?'

https://open.spotify.com/episode/6dfalRlNIhmP3rz2HPYwhc?si=f79d63fdb93a43c2

-Gendered messages we send about food and body image to our kids

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3alZXAdPE8XVXAhYAFnzlT?si=9320f28cf2944c11

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 :)

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;

• The 'all or nothing' eating mindset that many women have around Christmas/New year.
• The unhelpful pattern of overeating at Christmas only to restrict in the New year.
• My personal story of new year dieting and Christmas bingeing.
• The importance of moving away from this diet mentality and doing things differently this year.
• How to start rejecting dieting this new year, and strategies to implement to start finding peace with food and your body - including habituation practises, language reframes and intuitive eating practice.

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 :)

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;

• Food rewards being unhelpful because they;

-Encourage extrinsic motivation

-Are a form of Operant Conditioning

-Create a food hierachy instead of neutrality

-Build an emotional link to eating

-Create mixed messages

-Can decrease interest in reward-free activities

-Can undermine internal appetite cues

-Set up patterns that increase cravings

-Teaches that pleasure food must be earned

• That food should still be celebratory and bring joy
• What to do instead of using food as a reward.

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 :)

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 discuss;

• The challenges parents face with their child and party food.
• Strategies to support your child before the party.
• Tips for handling different party food scenarios with your child and what it looks like to use an authoritative approach.
• Strategies to support your child after the party.
• General day to day strategies to help neutralise sweet food that will benefit your child at parties.
• How to approach party food as the party host.
• Party food Q & A.

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 :)

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

It's Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week (BIEDAW), and in this episode I'm joined by Eating Disorder Coach, author, and former Eating Disorder sufferer, Lexi Crouch.

We discuss:

• Her journey through Anorexia Nervosa from childhood and the challenges she faced with eating and her body image.
• Her recovery journey and the complexities that come with healing.
• What it looked like for her to get to know herself and let go of control as she discovers yoga.
• Lexi's work as an eating disorder coach and how she supports people in their own healing journeys.
• Her book "Renourish" that guides people through the recovery journey.

You can purchase Lexi's book "Renourish" here:

https://www.panmacmillan.com.au/9781761266546

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 :)

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 Ashlee Thomas from The Secret Burden, who is on a mission to make a change in lives of those affected by eating disorders.

We discuss;

• Ashlee's journey with Anorexia Nervosa and her recovery and healing.
• How her parent's supported her in her recovery.
• How parent's can help prevent serious mental health concerns from developing.
• How The Secret Burden helps families across Australia.
• Memorable success stories from affected people and their families.
• Advice for parents going through similar struggles with their own children.
• The need for greater awareness and intervention and support for Eating Disorder sufferers.

You can find Ashlee and learn about her work through her charity The Secret Burden here;

https://www.thesecretburden.org.au/

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 :)

• The messages we send to boys v girls about food and their bodies.
• How we sometimes talk about girls and food.
• How we sometimes talk about boys and food.
• How these messages impact intuitive eating.
• What parents can do to prevent gendered language around food and bodies.

Link to Division of Responsibility episode:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2JGQjoTA8lPDcjbUqUP9wq?si=3pbQ1YaZREWPi0lLxcB1sg

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 :)

• The damaging opinion that a child's emotional needs don't always need to be validated or acknowledged.
• The impact emotional neglect can have on a child's wellbeing.
• How I try to always meet my children's emotional needs, even when it's hard.
• The connection between poor emotional health and food relationships.
• How emotional validation doesn't mean we have be permissive parents.

Get your free ebook here: The Emotional Eater's Repair Guide https://www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au/freebies

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 :)

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 talk about;

• What emotional manipulation at mealtime means
• Common examples of emotional manipulation at mealtimes
• Why emotional manipulation is unhelpful to a child's food relationship
• Positive alternatives and phrases you can use
• Supporting yourself in making changes

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 :)

They share with us;

• Their own journeys with physical activity over the years
• The importance of kids having fun with movement
• The danger of pushing a child too much in sport
• Why specialising in one sport too early is detrimental to a child's long term relationship with movement.
• Being aware of our own motives behind encouraging our children in sport
• How 'fun' looks different for every child in physical activity
• How schools can better support kids in PE and sport

You can listen to Georgie and Libby on their podcasts;

Sportish / Instagram @beingsportish

Play On / Instagram @playonaustralia

and view their resources through their site;

https://linktr.ee/playonaustralia

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 :)

• 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 :)

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 :)

• 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 :)

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 :)

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 :)

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 :)

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 :)

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 :)

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'm joined by mother of three, Renee Kersten, who shares with us about;

• Her motherhood journey with her son Julian who has Down Syndrome.
• His food relationship progression over the years and what is helping him eat a nutritious and balanced diet.
• Her desire to raise awareness about Down Syndrome.
• How parents can help their child be accepting of people with a disability.
• World Down Syndrome Day on March 21.

You can out more about what you can be doing to raise awareness and support people with Down Syndrome by visiting;

https://www.worlddownsyndromeday.org/what-is-down-syndrome

and I highly recommend watching the video 'Chromosomes R Us', explaining how Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) occurs, it's adorable!

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 :)

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

In today's episode, I discuss:

• What Food Habituation means
• How the neural pathways in the brain translate to food preoccupation
• The role of neuroplasticity in food habituation
• How you can help your child habituate with certain foods at home
• Strategies you can implement to create a more neutral food relationship to support food habituation.
• My own success with food habituation in ED recovery

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 :)

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

In today's episode, I'm joined by mum of two and business owner, Brooke Riddle, who shares with us;

• Her body image journey transition from pre kids to motherhood
• How she parents intentionally to support her daughter's body image
• The shifts she's made in her language around food in front of her daughters
• The challenges she faces with mealtime
• How her daughter's involvement in Physie is encouraging a positive body image

You can get in touch with Brooke at Empire Bay Physie through email and website:

empirebayphysie@gmail.com

www.empirebayphysie@gmail.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 :)

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;

• What mindful eating means
• The ways we can encourage our child to eat mindfully
• Some barriers to mindful eating for children and ways to overcome these barriers

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 :)

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 two and Holistic Nutritionist Emma Pennell from @the.thriving.life, as she shares with us how she's navigating the challenges in supporting her boys' long term food relationship.

Emma shares;

• The challenges she faces with her kids at meal times.
• Her food values and how she models them to her kids.
• Where she holds food boundaries and where she's had to be flexible on those boundaries.
• The language she uses to help her kids connect food to their health.
• Her hopes for their long term food relationship.
• Some daily actions that are helping her boys get to where she'd like them to be.
• The danger of expectations with her children's eating.

You can get in touch with Emma through her social media @the.thriving.life for more information on her services.

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 :)

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 chat with a friend about the tumultuous journey she's been on the past year with her daughter's struggles with eating. She shares;

• The ways she's been navigating her daughter's anxiety over the course of a year.
• The way the anxiety has manifested into disordered eating habits.
• How she's supporting her through it with professional help and implementing various strategies.
• The challenges she's faced and the lessons learned in it all.

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 :)

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;

• What the emotional atmosphere at mealtime means, and what negative and positive atmospheres look like
• Why a positive emotional atmosphere is so important for a child's food relationship and the long term implications of a negative emotional climate at mealtime.
• Ways to create a positive mealtime atmosphere for your family.

My guide for parents:

https://www.redwoodwellbeing.com.au/shop?page=3

Reference: Rockett, H 2007, ‘Family dinner: more than just a meal’, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 107, no. 9, pp. 1498–1501. 

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 :)

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 discuss;

• Nutrition Information Panels (NIP's) and how to explain them age appropriately.
• The importance of using neutral language to inform without demonising food
• The ingredient list on a packaged food and what some of the ingredients and additives mean.

If you would like to know more about Nutrition Information Panels, you can visit the Food Standards Australia website here: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/labelling

If you would like to know more about the Health Star Rating on packaged foods, you can visit their website here:

http://www.healthstarrating.gov.au

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 :)

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 dietician and founder of Explore Nutrition, Kim Lawler.

Kim talks to us about her book she co wrote called 'Fat is Fat and That is That', which helps parents and children to neutralise the word 'fat', and move away from the negative connotations long associated with the word.

She discusses the importance of exposing children as early as possible to neutral language to describe bodies, to give them the best possible chance at growing up to not fear fat on their bodies, and know a long term positive body image.

You can purchase Fat is Fat and That is That from:

https://www.findingyourpathbooks.com/books/fatisfat

and contact Kim in her Explore Nutrition practice at:

https://www.explorenutrition.net

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 :)

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 my old friend Hannah, who has been on a journey of healing her poor body image since childhood. She shares with us;

• Her insight into how we can make supportive choices as parents so that our children hopefully don't go down that same path of body dissatisfaction.
• How she felt like she had to hide her struggle from her friends and family and portray confidence instead.
• How throughout her childhood there were constant messages about bodies that made her feel unworthy in hers.
• How she began to rebel with food.
• How her insecurity impacted her relationships
• The mental and emotional work she has done to begin healing, and the inner dialogue shifts she is still working on.
• Her hopes for the future as she continues to heal.

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 :)

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 discuss;

• Some common comments parents receive from extended family about their child's eating.
• How we need to be understanding of other people's perspectives when they disagree with our parenting decisions.
• To be united with your spouse or partner about your mealtime philosophy.
• To be confident in your parenting choices as the authority over your child.
• Understanding the comment, the commenter and the recipient.
• Examples of comments from family and ways to respond to them.

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 :)

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 Psychologist Jemma Doley, who discusses with me;

• The harms of social media on a child's body image and food relationship
• The addictive nature of social media
• How restriction is not always the answer
• What parents can do to collaborate with their child on social media use
• Modelling our own positive use of our phones to our child
• The importance of having real life connections
• What parents can do when they feel a loss of control over their child's social media use

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 :)

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, primary school counsellor Lauren Gough joins me to discuss;

• Her role as a counsellor and the prevalence of anxiety in children
• The characteristics of a child with poor resilience and strong resilience
• Understanding the connection between resilience and body image
• Strategies she uses to support students to strengthen their resilience
• Strategies that parents can use to support their child's resilience

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 :)

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

In today's episode, I talk about;

• What emotional eating means and why it's not all bad
• Examples of emotional eating on both ends of the continuum
• Why it's important to have a healthy emotional connection to food
• How to support your child's emotional connection to food through -

1. Meeting their emotional needs
2. Avoiding using food to regulate your emotional child
3. Avoid using food to reward/punish or manipulate
4. Helping them to create a toolkit of coping strategies during emotional distress

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 :)

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 having a casual chat with Naturopath and Nutritionist Bec Axon about better understanding of our child’s gut health and what it means for their eating habits and food relationship. We talk about the common wrestle parents have between wanting to support our child’s body through gut nourishing foods but also support their relationship with sweet food, and how with a lot of topics about parenting, there’s not always a one size fits all answer.

You can get in touch with Bec for a consult or questions through her email or website:

hello@becaxon.au

www.becaxon.au

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 :)

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 discuss;

• How despite well meaning intentions from anti diet coaches to 'ditch the scales', this doesn't help you make peace with them because keeping them out of sight isn't a long term healing strategy.
• How our ultimate goal with the scales should be neutrality, where we will be able to see the number without a strong emotional response.
• My personal tumultuous journey with the scales and how I healed my relationship with them through exposure therapy and mental discomfort.
• If you need to work on your relationship with the scales, shield your child from your journey, and ensure they see a neutral response from you when you see the number.
• How children have no meaning attached to scales until people provide meaning, so we can choose what meaning we give the number on the scales, to help our child remain neutral about the number.
• How to talk to your child about bathroom scales and what to say if they begin their own preoccupation with weighing themselves.
• How scales can have a peaceful place in a home, but it's not helpful for a child to be weighed at school, because of the connection to health status, and student comparisons.

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 :)

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 we look at;

• The Satter Division of Responsibility (SDOR) approach to a child's eating
• The parent is responsible for the what, when and where of eating.
• The child is responsible for the how much and whether.
• How to be considerate without catering to a child's fussy eating.
• Practising handing over responsibility to your child and trusting them.
• Always offering a variety of foods so your child can get exposure to foods they are wary of.

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 :)

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 discuss:

• What body confidence and body acceptance mean
• The ultimate outcome for our child to know acceptance
• The unrealistic expectation that they feel confident at all times
• What to share and what not to share with our children about our body acceptance journey
• Practical strategies to model body acceptance to your child even when you don't feel body confident

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 :)

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 talk about;

• What food neutrality means and how it's about removing moral value we often assign to food
• What food neutrality does NOT include
• Ways we can talk about food in a morally neutral way
• How to talk about the word health to our child
• How we can inform and educate our child without using labels that judge food, or the person eating the food
• How food is more than fuel and brings a healthy emotional connection
• Strategies to support your child's neutral food relationship.

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 my very first episode (eek!) I give you a brief insight into my own food relationship and body image history, and how it all brought me here, to start redwood Wellbeing and be a part of the change we want to see in this world.

I share about how I had no body image issues struggles as a child but the messages from the world that I was constantly receiving about my body meant that as I grew into adulthood, my worth had become closely tied with my weight and size.

This led to debilitating eating disorders that spanned well over ten years as I desperately tried to get back to the weight that was praised my whole childhood.

The recovery and healing journey also took many years, but with my experience, training and study to coach and counsel, I'm now able to support parents in navigating the connections between their child's eating and body image relationships.

If you'd like to be a part of the Redwood Wellbeing community, you can subscribe to my podcast, and follow me on Instagram https://instagram.com/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

I was determined to break the cycle of dieting and body loathing and raise my children to accept their bodies and follow their intuitive eating cues. Now as a mother, I've discovered that so many parents share the same concerns. They want to know how to best support their children's food and body image relationships.

This podcast is for those parents who seek non-judgmental, evidence-based, and practical support to navigate their children's journey towards intuitive eating and body confidence, no matter their age. Each week, we’ll explore the latest research, answer your questions, and provide actionable tips to help you support your child in developing a positive relationship with food and their body.

Some of the critical topics we’ll discuss include:

• Modeling Intuitive Eating
• Teaching Body Neutrality
• Navigating Sweet Food Preoccupations
• Reducing Fussy Eating
• Creating Positive Mealtime Atmospheres
• Talking About Your Child's Body

Whether you're searching for strategies to foster intuitive eating habits, understand how to counteract negative body image, or simply seeking to create a more supportive home environment, Redwood Wellbeing is here to provide the insights and guidance you need. 

LINKS:

Website: Health Coaching | Redwood Wellbeing

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/redwoodwellbeing/