Episode 54: Addressing Weight and Body Image Struggles With Your Children

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">My guest this week is Eliza Kingsford, a licensed psychotherapist who helps clients and families struggling with food addiction, body image, and emotional eating. Eliza is the author of the best-selling book</span> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Powered-Weight-Loss-Behavior-Based-Overeating/dp/162336809X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1575307503&sr="> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Brain-Powered Weight Loss</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and her work has been featured on Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz, NBC Health, CNN Health, Health Magazine, MindBodyGreen and many more. Eliza has run two different companies focused on finding solutions for adolescents struggling with overweight and obesity, and she has trained hundreds of clinicians to work with food and body image issues. She is turning the diet industry on its head by combining the science of nutrition with the psychology of eating to create lasting results for her clients.</span></p> <p><strong>Episode Highlights</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Do I Handle This?</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">We often start with treating the symptom and default our focus on “losing the weight”. Working to treat the cause by looking at behaviors and choices around foods that led to weight gain is much more effective</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This also removes the desire of constantly measuring your success to the number on the scale</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tips:</span></li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do not separate siblings foods, instead work together as a family unit to eat healthier and make better decisions for to support your families health overall</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do not emphasize that a specific child must eat a c