Episode 162: Supporting children who have learnt to eat to suppress their feelings
In this episode, I talk about how to help children who have learnt to eat to suppress their feelings. This follows on from the last episode about helping babies who have learnt to suppress their feelings, and the one before that, about how babies and children learn to feed and eat to suppress their feelings in the first place. If you haven't already listened to episode 160, I recommend listening to that one first. And as always, I want to remind you that it's so understandable if your child/ren have learnt to suppress their feelings with food, for all the reasons I shared in episode 160. I invite you to drop any guilt or self-judgment sticks and be deeply compassionate with yourself. I talked about: Why our own inner work is vital, so we can be more present with our child/ren; How presence and connection are the antidotes to suppression and dissociation; How to help children know they're unconditionally loved when they're eating to suppress feelings; Why it's important not to use attachment play to get children to eat what we think is healthy; What types of attachment play can be helpful if food is used to suppress feelings; Why it's important not to use loving limits with food, apart from in two scenarios; Which other aspects of Aware Parenting are important to help children express their feelings more and suppress them with food less. I'm opening up the doors for 6 and 12 months mentoring in 2024 very soon. Doors for the Aware Parenting Virtual Village are also opening soon. Keep an eye out on my socials or sign up for information about the early bird and my new books here: http://eepurl.com/8ifhn You can also find me here: https://www.instagram.com/_marion_rose_/ https://www.instagram.com/awareparenting/ www.facebook.com/MarionRosePhD