481: What to Do When Your Child Says "I'm Fat" // Steph Wood
About this episode
Steph Wood discusses how to support children struggling with body image issues.
Last week, Dr. Lexie Kite gave us tools for our own body image resilience. But there's a particular kind of helplessness that comes from watching your child struggle with theirs. It can be heartbreaking to hear them say something and not know what to do with it. This week's guest is my Communications and Podcast Manager, Steph Wood, who has done deep personal and practical work in this area and brings both wisdom and hard-won experience to this conversation.This episode is the perfect companion to last week's — if you haven't listened to that one first, I'd love for you to start there, and then come back and hear about: 💜 The YouTube video about poodles and bulldogs that Steph says changed how she talks about bodies with her kids 💜 How a conversation with her dad helped Rachel find the courage to start her own body image work 💜 What Steph's teenage daughter says to herself when she's spiraling about her body (and how she learned it) These conversations aren't easy to have, and knowing how to show up for your child in them takes practice and grace. I hope this episode gives you a little more of both. For full show notes, including takeaways, click here. *** Announcements: Steph…
People in this episode
Host: Cloud10
Guest: Steph Wood
Topics covered
- body image
- parenting
- child development
- mental health
- communication
Keywords
- body image
- parenting
- child self-esteem
- communication
- mental health resources
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Poodle Science: YouTube Video about Body Diversity
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