Recently, after I spoke at a school, a mum came up to me with tears in her eyes and said: “Thank you so much. You’ve got no idea how important this talk is. My daughter is dying of anorexia and has been for months and this is the first time I’ve ever heard eating disorder […]
If you’re anything like me, you’ll have seen many an expert encouraging us to sit down to a family meal on a regular basis. It’s good, we’re told, in all sorts of ways. One particular report, for example, in the journal Pediatrics recently pointed out that routine family meals can even result in adolescents eating more fruits and […]
I have yet to speak at a Young People & Body Image event where I don’t get asked by at least a handful of parents: “What do I do about sugar?” I’m sure you know the themes… …my child is on the bigger end of the size bell curve, how do I stop them eating so […]
Listen up – Summers coming, which means, we’re going to start seeing the ‘beach body’ ads. You know the ones? The ones that make you feel a bit sh*t about yourself. And then depressed or fearful or anxious when you think about going to the beach… And then the need to cover up while your […]
A friend recently asked if I’d written anything on this topic because she had a friend who wanted answers. I liked the idea of spelling out everything I know about raising healthy kids without a messed up body image, regardless of their size. So here it is… A quick disclaimer. If you hope I’m […]
Recently, I talked at two schools to two bunches of incredible parents. After one of those talks a mum, with tears in her eyes, a shake in her hands and a wobble in her voice said: “Thank you so much. You’ve got no idea how important this talk is. My daughter is on the […]
Just the other day, my daughter got told her teeth were weird. Right in front of me. On the way to school. By one of her closest friends. Stones fell in my heart. Her teeth are extremely crooked and large and her ‘fangs’ are growing up above the rest of her teeth. I could see […]
Ask just about anyone these days, and they’ll tell you emotional eating is ‘a problem’. Tones get hushed. Voices drop. Sadness and frustration etch the face. I’m an ‘emotional eater’ the owner of these faces might confess — like they’ve been afflicted by a curse. That might even be you. ‘Emotional eating’ is a term […]
Everyone knows the difference between healthy and unhealthy food right? It’s obvious. But is it really? When you start to look a bit closer, the clarity starts to fade, and the harm starts to show. And that’s a problem for our kids. Here’s why. Because we’re teaching them to be black and white about something […]
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