Today's Guest: Wendy Schofer:
She specializes in helping parents of overweight children to build a healthier, whole family.
As parents, we universally want what is best for our kids. But in today's culture of instant gratification, always-available food to numb our pains and cravings, limited outlets for our families to be active and social, and now the pandemic - parents feel ill-equipped, confused, overwhelmed and burdened with their own health journeys, let alone their kids'.
How can we parents be the role model for our kids when we are stressed, overwhelmed, and searching for the last of the cookies while the kids aren't looking?
Wendy help parents who are worried about their family's weight to create healthier relationships with food and body so that food is a fuel and not a fight. And unlike many physicians, I don't define health as a number, but instead focus on equipping parents with the tools to help the whole family be healthy, at every weight. That is the difference when combining a pediatrician who understands the science behind the numbers, and the coach who collaborates with parents to understand and create the healthy results that they want for their family.
She also work with staff physicians, residents and medical students on using coaching communication within their own professional practice and personal self-discovery so they can create a practice and life that doesn't suck (seriously!).
Today we talk about how easily we can be working toward burnout without recognizing the signs and thinking the frustration and fatigue equal a hard working responsible human.
Every person's burnout is unique to you and how we use false labels to define you as being a super human when really it's actually the path to self destruct.
How to pace yourself by scheduling built in breaks for self-care.
(potty breaks, quick walks, meditation, etc)
Leave your work at work
Protecting your Time for yourself and your personal life
Focusing on your strengths and not criticizing yourself for your what is not your area of interests.
Judging ourselves, our children's weight and body image to use it against ourselves in a way that is punishing and make it mean something bad about us.
Get started to healthier family HERE with Weight Loss 101
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