#37 - Bringing Body Kindness In The Family, with 'Born To Eat' Author Leslie Schilling

I sat down with my long time friend, fellow dietitian, mama, and
co-author of the new book 'Born to Eat', Leslie Schilling. We
share our experience as kids with family members who dieted and
how we began to notice the intergenerational impact of dieting as
adults with kids of our own. But that’s just the warm up.


In one of my favorite conversations to date, you’ll learn about
why Leslie had to drop her “achievement idol” in order to find
true happiness in life, recover from the traumatic high risk
pregnancy that left her hospitalized for nearly two months, and
find a way to make meaning of her good friend’s untimely death
that left her devastated. Leslie is an amazing mom and friend
because of her challenges in life, not despite them.


We eventually get to chatting about her amazing book, Born to
Eat, which we joke is like “body kindness for babies”. You’ll
learn all about how Leslie came to embrace baby led weaning as a
feeding approach for her family and then show me and her
co-author, our friend and chef/dietitian Wendy Jo Peterson how to
do this approach without freaking out. Beyond a book about food,
you’ll get letters to share with caregivers to set boundaries
around food and body comments and you’ll get motivation for
keeping your family’s mindset in line with body kindness and
against diet culture. This is the perfect book for baby showers,
new parents, and parents and caregivers to kids through the ages.
You can even get an autographed copy of Born to Eat. Contact
Leslie via her email leslie@schillingnutrition.com.


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Get to know Leslie


Leslie Schilling, MA, RDN is a nationally recognized registered
dietitian & nutrition expert. She’s been featured in Women’s
Health, BuzzFeed, Yahoo News, the Huffington Post, USNews, and on
HGTV. Leslie is a self-proclaimed anti-diet dietitian who teaches
health through self-care and pleasurable eating. When she’s not
cooking with her family, she’s likely shopping for ingredients
near her home in Las Vegas, Nevada.


More Leslie


Website: https://www.leslieschilling.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nutritionleslie

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NutritionLeslie

Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/leslieschilling

Leslie's body kindness story -
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=g1YdicyF6XA

Leslie's book - http://www.borntoeatbook.com



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