How We Talk to Our Kids about Food and Bodies with Zoë Bisbing

Today on the Intuitive Eating for Christian Women podcast our guest Zoë Bisbing shares her professional experience as a licensed psychotherapist with specialties in eating disorders and body image concerns as we discuss how we talk to our kids about food and bodies.

Show Notes for Episode 51: How We Talk to Our Kids about Food and Bodies

In this episode we dig into:

• The family work that is essential in eating disorder treatment
• Her work with the The Full Bloom Project and the mission to help parents prevent eating disorders and nurture embodiment in the next generation
• The 5 fundamentals of body-positive parenting
• The importance of Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility in Feeding: the job of the parent and the job of the child
• How to talk to our kids about food and nutrition
• Modeling intuitive eating as best we can for our kids
• How kids need to be reminded their worth is not their body
• How to be a cycle-breaker parent: change the environment in your home to nurture your child
• Fostering critical thinking skills to respond to diet culture
• Helping your kids navigate aesthetic sports and identity issues

Meet Zoë Bisbing

Zoë Bisbing is a licensed psychotherapist with specialties in eating disorders, body-image concerns, and perinatal mental health. She is the creator of The Full Bloom Project, a body-positive parenting resource.

Connect with Zoë

• Website: www.fullbloomproject.com
• Instagram: @mybodypositivehome

Links to Resources for Episode 51

• Ellyn Satter’s Division of Responsibility
• Jennifer Anderson Kids Eat in Color Instagram Account

Epilogue to Episode 51: Body Diversity Is Part of God’s Design

What would it look like if we truly believed and taught our children to believe that body diversity is part of God’s design?

Let’s embrace the way God made everybody differently. 

Let’s celebrate the creativity of our Creator.

Diversity is to be respected.

All bodies are good bodies because God made them.

All sizes, shapes, colors, abilities, ages. All bodies deserve respect. 

How do we treat others when we believe this?

How do we treat ourselves?

These are questions we don’t spend enough time with – reflecting on them, praying through it, talking with our faith communities about it.

Today, your challenge is to spend some time reflecting on body diversity and your beliefs about bodies.

Let’s pray.

God,

You created mankind in your own image.

Teach us what it means to be made in the image of God. Help us to truly understand and feel the dignity you’ve given us as image bearers.

Help us to recognize the dignity in every single body you’ve created.  Lead us forward in embracing the unique body you’ve given us and teaching our children to do the same.

Give us eyes to see bodies as you see bodies.

Guide us in treating every body with respect and love.

We ask this in Jesus’ name,

Amen.

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