51: Protecting Kids From Diet Culture & Eating Disorders + Raising Body Confident Kids with Dana Suchow
Almost every client I work with who struggles with food and body can relate their struggle back to childhood, whether it was something someone said to them or the rules around food that existed in their household growing up.
That’s why I’m so glad there are people like Dana Suchow doing the work that she does to raise body confident kids and prevent eating disorders in children.
Since overcoming Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder and exercise compulsion, Dana Suchow has become an expert in the field of body image, self love and eating disorder prevention. Offering a nonclinical and holistic approach, Dana gives parents, teachers and caregivers the tools to raise children who love their bodies and themselves!
You can find Dana on Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Network, Vogue, Huffington Post, Yahoo, ELLE and Seventeen Magazine.
Listen to the episode on iTunes, Spotify, Google Play and/or Stitcher.
In this episode we discuss:
Dana’s story of overcoming Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder and exercise compulsion
Fashion and how it fuels eating disorders
The importance of building a positive relationship with food and body from a young age
Being mindful of the language used around kids
Creating boundaries around the language used around kids
How to calm your worries if you see your kid gaining weight
The importance of unconditional love
“Who profits off of this emotion?” as the antidote to bad body thoughts
The “health identity”
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