In this episode — the second of a two-part series — we return to our conversation with Diana Rice, registered dietitian, certified intuitive eating counselor, and certified parent educator on a mission to help families ditch diet culture and enjoy healthy relationships with food.

She’s the voice behind the online platform Anti Diet Kids, and owns Tiny Seed Family Nutrition, a weight-inclusive nutrition counseling practice. Her first book, Food Positivity: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Talk to Kids About Food, was published by Wiley earlier this year.

Episode Highlights:

• Go to 3:05 for Diana’s thoughts on self-regulation, felt safety, attunement, and body trust
• Go to 9:30 for a conversation about the importance of attunement and connection at family dinner, and how food positivity arises from that
• Go to 13:57 for Diana’s food suggestions for busy families
• Go to 19:09 for Bri’s fun suggestion for families who want to raise food-positive kids
• Go to 22:44 for Annie’s ideas for conversation starters that will help with a food-positive mindset

Related Links:

• Episode 20: Food Positivity with Diana Rice (Part I)
• Printable Food Critic Cards
• Four Weeks to Better Family Dinners
• Staying Food Positive in a Body Negative World
• How to Raise Kids with Positive Body Image
• Eating Disorders and Family Meals
• Episode 4: Picky or Problematic?
• Episode 6: Table Trauma
• The Welcoming Table

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In this episode -- the first of a two-part series -- Bri and Annie are joined by Diana Rice, registered dietitian, certified intuitive eating counselor, and certified parent educator on a mission to help families ditch diet culture and enjoy healthy relationships with food.

She's the voice behind the online platform Anti Diet Kids, and owns Tiny Seed Family Nutrition, a weight-inclusive nutrition counseling practice. Her first book, Food Positivity: How to Ditch Diet Culture and Talk to Kids About Food, was published by Wiley earlier this year.

Episode Highlights:

• Go to 2:17 for Diana's thoughts on what "healthy eating" really means
• Go to 12:54 for a discussion of some jarring statistics on disordered eating from Diana's book
• Go to 17:00 for Diana's advice to parents on changing their own relationships with food in order to help their kids
• Go 22:03 to for a conversation about the role of weight and body size in health
• Go 29:37 to for our discussion about the impact of ACEs, trauma, neurodivergence, and social determinants of health on kids' relationship with food and eating

Related Links:

• Staying Food Positive in a Body Negative World
• How to Raise Kids with Positive Body Image
• Eating Disorders and Family Meals
• Episode 4: Picky or Problematic?
• Episode 6: Table Trauma
• The Welcoming Table

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In this episode, Bri and Annie take some time to talk about the new and improved version of our 4 Week Program: What it is, why we changed it, and what families can expect from the latest version, just in time for back-to-school season.

Episode Highlights:

• Go to 2:47 for some background on our original 4-week program and why we developed it to help families
• Go to 6:16 for a discussion of the reasons why we felt families needed and deserved an updated version of the program
• Go to 11:24 to hear why "Make it Simple" became "Make it Work"
• Go to 18:15 for an in-depth rundown of our favorite food, fun, and conversation highlights from the new program

Related Links:

• 4 Weeks to Better Family Dinners
• The Benefits of Family Dinner
• The Welcoming Table (resources for families with special needs)
• Back t0 School Hub

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