Feeding Humans

Katherine Zavodni

When we trust in our body's beautiful wisdom, we can see our struggles with food, family feeding, and body image in a new light. The Feeding Humans podcast dives deep into what it means to be human—our complexities and flaws, our elegant physiology, our absolute uniqueness, our rich lived experiences. All these shape the way we relate to food. And because our little ones are human too, our family feeding challenges suddenly make a lot more sense. This podcast will help you find peace with yourself, parent with confidence, and raise confident kids who trust their bodies. These conversations are based on a firm belief that bodies are good. All bodies, of all sizes, shapes, colors, and abilities. Topic areas include child development, picky eating, extreme feeding challenges, eating disorders, body image concerns, and intuitive eating to help you understand how the human body longs not to be our enemy, but our partner. And from there, we can intuitively care for ourselves and nourish our loved ones in a joyful, connecting way.

  1. 05/31/2022

    Your Body Naturally Craves Balance and Variety

    When we consider relaxing our tight grip of control of our eating, letting go of food rules and incorporating an “all foods fit” mentality, many of us worry that we will be out of control around those most favorite foods, the ones you always thought you needed to keep out of the house and not allow yourself to eat them at all, because you lose control. Today’s episode talks about why this is a myth, using examples of how we experience the rhythm of our lives and changing seasons. After the holidays, we enjoy the peace and calm of the New Year. In the spring, we are just as happy to see the last snow melt as we were to see the first snow arrive a few months ago. And the school year we were so eager to see begin in the fall, we are thrilled to close that chapter and move into the carefree, long days of summer. Our bodies also crave this balance, and eating those highly palatable foods all the foods would be sort of like the chaos of the holiday season all year long: it’s too much. We need balance, and if we give ourselves permission to enjoy different foods, our bodies will both appreciate that and be ready to enjoy something different next. It may take some time, if our restrictive mentality around those foods is deeply ingrained, but ultimately we can trust our bodies to crave balance and variety all on its own.  Mentioned in this episode: Worst End of School Mom Ever, Jen Hatmaker  My email for episode topic ideas:  katherine@kznutrition.com Find Katherine online:  www.instagram.com/katzavrd www.kznutrition.com  Here's an easy way to rate the podcast:  https://ratethispodcast.com/feedinghumans Mentioned in this episode:  Kendra Adachi and The Lazy Genius  https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/lazy My email for episode topic ideas:  katherine@kznutrition.com Find Katherine online:  www.instagram.com/katzavrd www.kznutrition.com  Here's an easy way to rate the podcast:  https://ratethispodcast.com/feedinghumans

    30 min
  2. 09/21/2021

    Back to School Feeding Challenges with Terri Ney, RD

    It's back to school season, and whatever relief we felt to reclaim the routine and structure of school days has probably given way to remember that school weeks are stressful too, particularly when it comes to feeding, school lunches, tired kids, and stressed parents! In today's episode, Canadian dietitian Terri Ney, RD (sounds like "high," not "hay") shares some encouragement and practical tips for parents around school lunches and other common school day feeding challenges. She has lots of specific suggestions for making school days and school lunches easier. We talk about the age old debate around packed lunch vs. school hot lunch, highlighting a privilege many Americans take for granted (Canadians do not currently have a school lunch program, despite lots of advocacy effort). And Katherine and Terri can't help but wander into the subject of food moralizing messages at school, why they aren't great, and what to do when you face this in your own kids' school. Mentioned in this episode: Episode 12: The Role of the Nervous System in Family Feeding with Anna Lutz  Episode 20: Extreme Picky Eating with Katja Rowell, MD Resources for advocating for your kids' lunchtime autonomy: The Feeding Doctor's Lunchbox Card, Katja Rowell MD, our guest from the last episode! link above Sunny Side Up Nutrition: Please don't teach my kids to diet! 5 Resources to Give Teachers and Schools by Anna Lutz, RD, one of our awesome podcast guests, linked above Find Terri online: https://www.tinybitesnutrition.com Instagram: @tinybitesnutrition Dietitians4teachers:  https://dietitians4teachers.ca instagram: @dietitians4teachers Find Katherine online:  www.instagram.com/katzavrd www.kznutrition.com  Here's an easy way to rate the podcast:  https://ratethispodcast.com/feedinghumans

    1h 5m
5
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34 Ratings

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When we trust in our body's beautiful wisdom, we can see our struggles with food, family feeding, and body image in a new light. The Feeding Humans podcast dives deep into what it means to be human—our complexities and flaws, our elegant physiology, our absolute uniqueness, our rich lived experiences. All these shape the way we relate to food. And because our little ones are human too, our family feeding challenges suddenly make a lot more sense. This podcast will help you find peace with yourself, parent with confidence, and raise confident kids who trust their bodies. These conversations are based on a firm belief that bodies are good. All bodies, of all sizes, shapes, colors, and abilities. Topic areas include child development, picky eating, extreme feeding challenges, eating disorders, body image concerns, and intuitive eating to help you understand how the human body longs not to be our enemy, but our partner. And from there, we can intuitively care for ourselves and nourish our loved ones in a joyful, connecting way.