In this episode, Annie and Bri are joined by Drs. Melinda Macht-Greenberg and Paula Rauch. They are longtime clinicians and educators, as well as mothers of adult children and grandmothers. Dr. Macht-Greenberg is a psychologist on the faculty at Tufts University and Tufts University School of Medicine and maintains a private practice. Dr. Rauch is a child psychiatrist on the faculty at Harvard Medical School and at Massachusetts General Hospital. Together, they bring more than 70 years of clinical experience working with children, adults, and families across the lifespan. You can read more about them on their Substack Evolving Together: Parent and Adult Child Connection.

The conversation revolves around how to handle tricky family dynamics between adult children and their parents, especially when the pressure of family holiday celebrations adds stress or anxiety.

Episode Highlights:

• Go to 5:42 for a discussion about estrangement vs. engagement
• Go to 13:15 for strategies Paula and Melinda recommend to navigate difficult moments in an adult parent-child relationship
• Go to 18:53 for the doctors' thoughts on a Thanksgiving scenario with adult sibling conflict
• Go to 26:55 for their take on a scenario where an aging parent worries about talking with their children about handing over holiday responsibilities
• Go to 31:54 for practical tips on food, fun, and conversation to strengthen adult family communication at the holidays

Related Links:

• The Family Dinner Project Thanksgiving Page
• The Family Dinner Project Holidays Hub
• Episode 1: Home for the Holidays?
• Episode 7: Holiday Politics
• Episode 18: Dinner with Older Adults
• The Politics of Thanksgiving

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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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.