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    Family in Focus with Wendy Schofer, MD

    Welcome to the community where we parent without weight worries. Dr Wendy Schofer is the pediatrician and Weight Coach for Your Whole Family, specializing in helping parents who are worried about their kids' weight help the whole family build better relationships with food and body and each other. Creating lifelong habits for a healthy weight is now easy and fun for the whole family. And, you grow closer to your whole family all along the way. Yes, we talk weight and weight loss. And we emphasize learning to love and accept our bodies as they are before making any change. Because no one has to change their body or their weight to feel better. Let me show you how. There is a better way to approach concerns about body image, weight, and obesity in our families: it's focusing on what we want to gain as we heal one relationship at a time. Please like, subscribe, rate & share the podcast to help others find it & join our growing community.
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    Episodes (111)

    A Conversation for Teens and Parents: Creating Supportive Relationships

    A Conversation for Teens and Parents: Creating Supportive Relationships
    Welcome to my very special listeners, teens! Today I want to share some videos I recently created to answer the question, "What does a supportive relationship look like between an adult and a teen?"
     
    Well there are two folks to consider in this question and I answered with what can be considered by teens trying to figure out WHY they would ever want to connect with adults, and how adults can be welcoming and supportive to teens.
     
    Please feel free to go to the blog or YouTube to see the video versions of both aspects and watch with your teens. There is such wealth in exploring perspectives on both sides of the relationship, which largely involves trust, safe spaces and vulnerability. I welcome your input, ah-ha's and questions. As always, you can drop me a line at wendy@wendyschofermd.com.

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #110 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    Shake It Off: How to shift when you're stressed

    Shake It Off: How to shift when you're stressed

    You're zapped, trying to focus on getting that report done. Or from the kids running on your nerves all day long. And the kids are having a meltdown and just arguing with each other, raiding the cabinets and doing anything but homework.

    What do you do?

    In today's episode I explore the concept of the "Shake Off," and I swear I'm not singing Taylor Swift the whole time (I.do.not.sing!). What is shaking it off? What does it do? How does it change your physiology? Why does that matter?

    Let's dive in!

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #109 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    Are you playing ping pong or chess with your kids?

    Are you playing ping pong or chess with your kids?

    As a parent, are you playing ping pong or chess with your kids? It's not all about the games, it's about the approach to being with them.

    In this episode we talk about taking some lessons from Improv Comedy and apply them to working with our kids. No one approach is better than another, but is it possible that your go-to (like my strength of being a Maximizer) is keeping you from fully having the experience you want at home?

    Let's talk about health, habits, strengths (and their downside), the responsiveness in ping pong, the future planning and being in the moment. Whether you call it meditation, mindfulness, awareness, presence or something else, let's explore together. As you will find from a story about a client's use of awareness, it completely changes our relationship with ourselves and our family.

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #108 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    “Snack Sneakers Snonymous”: 3 Steps for Parents to Understand the Sneaking

    “Snack Sneakers Snonymous”: 3 Steps for Parents to Understand the Sneaking

    Are you ready to be a member of the secret parent society, "Snack Sneakers... S-nonymous?"

    Parents are frustrated with snack sneaking and want to know how to fix it. Today we talk about 3 steps that you haven't heard before to get to the root of the question, "What do I do about snack sneaking?"

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #107 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    The Family in Focus signature program starts again in April. Join here now to start making the change you want to see in your home.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    New Choice! A Playful Tool that Works to Create Change

    New Choice!  A Playful Tool that Works to Create Change

    Ever notice how you tend to have a soundtrack playing for your life? The same emotions, same story, same day to day.... and don't get me started on the "I'm bored!" soundtrack.

    Today we dive into an amazing tool - a game from the world of Improv Comedy - and apply it to our day to day lives.

    You see, in improv comedy, we are constantly flexing, changing, trying on new possibilities, and we don't have to save that for the stage. I include examples of my own stuck-ness, and how I used this tool just this morning.

    What is possible when you play?

    Seriously, let me know what you find as you play New Choice! wendy@wendyschofermd.com 

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #106 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

     

    Why we use shame tactics when it comes to health

    Why we use shame tactics when it comes to health

    We have to admit it: we all (yes, I) have used shame tactics when it comes to health. It's a part of our culture and once we admit it, we can start being on the look for where we are using the tool of shame against us. Because shame doesn't make anyone healthier. Period. It backfires time and again.

    In this episode, I discuss how shame is being used, often covertly, as well as other ways to address actions that can be changed.

    As always, there are plenty of examples from real life. 

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #105 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    Finding Strength in the Coziness: Hygge

    Finding Strength in the Coziness: Hygge

    What does ending the year mean to you?

    I used to say that it meant getting ready for new beginnings.... but that was the part of me that was constantly on the move.

    Now I'm settling. I'm practicing hygge - and talking about what that looks like now with a few months since my introduction. (see Episode #97, Unlocking Your Inner Rebel for the intro to hygge).

    Now the end of the year means a softening, a coziness, creating a warmth that is supportive of the way I want to feel.

    What about for you? How do you want to feel? How can you bring that to your life?

    I love asking these questions and following through on them. Join me for the upcoming Family in Focus signature group coaching program (starts 2nd week of January) - or even private work (CME can be used for those who have end-of-year funds (a gratifying way to earn credits while learning more about yourself!) Email me for the private health or professional coaching spots.

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #104 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    De-Stressing for the Holidays: A Gift for Parents

    De-Stressing for the Holidays: A Gift for Parents

    "Holidays = Stress" has become a part of our language. But why are you stressed around the holidays?

    Today we unpack 6 very common stressors for parents during the holidays:

    1) There's so much to do

    2) It's so hard to stay healthy during the holidays 

    3) I have to "make it magical"

    4) My .... is so hard to please. (aka meeting other people's expectations)

    5) Sensory overload (aka holiday/pumpkin spice everything!) 

    6) MONEY

    For each, we explore a question that just isn't asked enough of parents: What do you want?

    Little shifts, practices and reframes can completely change the experience that we are having now (and we can use it at other times of the year!). It's truly a gift that only you can give yourself.

    Check out the one that I discovered during recording and I'm taking it with me this week.

    If you want to build on, I'm hosting a How to Survive the Holidays series in early December. We will have small group live coaching for you to connect, learn and apply the tools to your unique family and feel better right away. 

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #103 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    How We All Struggle with Weight (& what to do)

    How We All Struggle with Weight (& what to do)

    We are all struggling with weight, each and every one of us.

    The focus of our struggle may be our own weight, our loved ones, and professionally the struggle may be for our patients, students and colleagues.

    Today's episode is an abbreviated version of a chat I did for the local Children's Hospital - yes, these conversations are happening in professional settings as well! The full version is coming shortly.

    Find out about WHY we are struggling and the steps to take to start changing that today. It's not about diets - ok, the struggle is. But the next steps are NOT about finding yet another golden-ticket diet. "What got you here," (ahem, diets, black/white thinking about health, fearing food and bodies, shaming, numbing the discomforts of life), "will not get you there," (lifelong health from the inside out) -- my adaptation of Marshall Goldsmith's quote.

    Take a listen and let me know how you see this playing out in your life.

    As promised, Family in Focus is opening again shortly for group coaching. Learn more and join the waitlist now:  available here.

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #102 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

     

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    Navigating Big Emotions: Parenting in a World of Conflicts

    Navigating Big Emotions: Parenting in a World of Conflicts

    In a world filled with conflicts and crises, how can we navigate the unique challenges of parenting children with big emotions?

    Join us in this episode as we dive into the crucial topic of recognizing the importance of your child's feelings without comparing them to the chaos of the world.

    Hear how I have done this very, very wrong (as always), discover practical strategies, expert insights, and heartfelt stories that will empower you to create a safe and nurturing environment for your child's emotional growth. Together, let's explore the path to empathetic parenting, where love and understanding prevail, even in a world in turmoil.

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #101 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    How to Beat Overwhelm: The Little Steps Approach

    How to Beat Overwhelm: The Little Steps Approach

    Eeek! Today we are celebrating 100 episodes of the podcast and how we got here, amidst overwhelm, insanity and a crazy to-do list.

    Let's talk about the best way to address overwhelm: little steps.

    In this episode, I talk about how overwhelm develops, how it is so freaking natural and understandable in today's modern life AND the practice that I'm using every day and sharing with my patients, clients and family.

    Little steps. That's how I got from episode 0 to 100... and how I'm going forward as well.

    Parallels are discussed in in podcasting, clinical medicine (I see you, Urgent Care patient board and charting), family health, our upcoming move and all the to-do items.

    Take a listen (and a giggle, especially as you check out the birthday crown in the full YouTube video/link below) and let me know how overwhelm is impacting you and your family. What little step, the teeniest, tiniest one, can you take today?

    Let me know. Email wendy@wendyschofermd.com

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #100 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    An Experiment Gone Wrong: How I Failed a Family

    An Experiment Gone Wrong: How I Failed a Family

    I love experiments. Anyone who has worked with me in the office or the Family in Focus coaching community has heard me talk about little experiments.

    Well I want to share with you how I f'd it up.

    I f'd it up - and now I have learned so much in the process, as did the family.

    We are constantly learning and growing - as long as we are trying to put ourselves out there to try things and risk failure.

    Take a listen to see what I learned in the failed experiment.

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #99 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    How to Deal with Overstimulation and Overwhelm

    How to Deal with Overstimulation and Overwhelm

    Are you a parent feeling lost in the chaos of modern life, struggling to understand and manage overstimulation and overwhelm in your children? Are you feeling overwhelmed and overstimulated yourself?

    Let's dive into the world of parenting in the modern age, understanding more about stimulation and overstimulation and the resultant overwhelm.

    This episode offers insights, expert advice, and real-life stories to help you not only understand overstimulation but also empower you to guide your children through the turbulence. Tune in, because together, we'll find calm amidst the chaos and raise resilient, balanced kids.

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #xx here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    Unlocking Your Inner Rebel: How Parents Can Break Free and Rediscover Themselves

    Unlocking Your Inner Rebel: How Parents Can Break Free and Rediscover Themselves

    Hon, can we talk? I know... the word rebel doesn't feel like it fits.

    Yet, what is possible if it is the way to lead the life you actually want?

    Today we're gonna catch up, because I look a 2 month break from y'all, and I have gained so much more along the way.

    Because I gave myself permission. Permission to STOP. To CHANGE. To CHOOSE.

    Join me as we explore permission and how we think it is for and from others. 

    And let's start looking at the permission that we want to give ourselves. Perhaps not to do something, but to NOT do something.

    Ahhhh... I'm exhaling again!

    And, for those who want to look it up, I talk about the Danish concept of "hygge", pronounced "hoo-gah". You're more than welcome to join me in practicing it every.damn.day now!

    Full show notes available here.

    YouTube version of Episode #97 here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

    Join Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings  available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    The Missing Link between Weight, Stress and Burnout

    The Missing Link between Weight, Stress and Burnout

    What's the link?

    Yes, I do believe there is one, one that is particularly seen through the eyes of a pediatrician who has struggled with stress, burnout and personal and professional struggles to create whole family health.

    What could it be?

    Seriously, it's time to take a listen.

    Learn about the missing link and how to use it for health, decreasing stress and addressing burnout.

    Full show notes available here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

     Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    How do I help my kids with their feelings?

    How do I help my kids with their feelings?

    This is the real-deal of parenting. Our kids have big feelings. And we haven't learned how to deal with our own, let alone help them.

    Until today. Let's do this, together.

    Ten minutes to review the prior episodes on emotions (check out Episodes #93 & 94), AND go through the foundations of how to help your child feel their feelings, today.

    If this is completely new to you, take a few minutes to practice for yourself first.

    It's well worth the time.

    And, here's the link to connect with me for an introductory session to talk about how we can work together.

    Full show notes available here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

     Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    Emotions: The fuel for our lives

    Emotions: The fuel for our lives

    Emotions are the fuel for our lives: they drive everything that we do (and what we don't do). Let's explore more, along with a particular example with a feeling I know very well: frustration.

    As mentioned in the episode, here is the feelings wheel.

    Full show notes available here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

     Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    The Skinny on Emotions

    The Skinny on Emotions

    Let's talk emotions: Why are they important, where do they come from, how are they made?

    It's the first in our series on emotions.

    Getting vulnerable here with the real deal about my struggles with sadness and depression in medical school, as well as the way to NOT deal with it.

    Full show notes available here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

     Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    Zzzz your way to better health

    Zzzz your way to better health

    Sleep.Comes.First.

    Let's talk about all the ways that getting better ZZZZ's can help you and your kids with better health

    AND

    What's getting in the way of the sleep you need.

    Learn about how much sleep our kids need

    The impact of sleep-deprivation upon many aspects of health

    AND 

    Why we can address sleep before we see external signs of sleep-deprivation.

    Complete with the stories of how this is something my family is still working on - we all are, as we are a work in progress!

    Reference the CDC recommended hours of sleep per day for babies to adults.

    Full show notes available here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

     Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!

     

    Why efficiency is so hard for moms

    Why efficiency is so hard for moms

    Hold on, we were just talking about relationships with food, and now we're talking about efficiency?

    Yup. This is real-deal life as a parent.

    It's all the things. The mental burden. The many-tabs open at once.

    In today's episode, we're going to talk about where that mental burden comes from, how our socialization contributes to it, and how it is intertwined with struggles around efficiency.

    You'll learn the questions to ask to start untangling the grip that these expectations have upon our lives.

    And of course, a real story that may involve a real husband and his beautiful approach to efficiency, and why I'm calling BS. A lot.

    Episode rated explicit for... actually saying what BS is. ;-) 

    And enjoy the artwork.... with my many tabs open right now. The struggle is real, my friends. AND we can make it what works for us.

    Full show notes available here.

    Calling all Healthcare Professionals: I'm so glad you're here, to benefit yourself, your family, and your patients. The CE experience for this Podcast is powered by CMEfy - click here to reflect and earn credits: https://earnc.me/yrHnup

     Family in Focus coaching now. Current offerings available here.

    Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family: get started helping your whole family with the self-paced mini-course HERE.

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    I ask a favor of you: if you liked this episode, please subscribe, rate and review on your favorite podcast service, and share with your friends so they know that there is a different way to stop struggling with worries about weight. It's easy and fun!

    And when you're ready to start applying this in your own home, check out www.wendyschofermd.com for more information about how the Family in Focus program can help you and your family create lifelong healthy relationships with food and body, now and at every weight.

    Disclaimer: While Wendy Schofer, MD discusses health and wellness, this is not medical advice and she is not your doctor. Optimal health is achieved in combination with your physician, who collaborates with you for your individual health. Talk to your doctor. And tell them about Family in Focus. Mwah!