Where do you go for your health expertise? Funny how it never seems to fit, or it seems like you're doing it all wrong (the way you eat, move, sleep).... Let's chat about how YOU are the expert and authority in you. And how we can start teaching our children…
It's really freaking hard to parent kids today with all this doom-and-gloom health messaging: risks to their health from food, weight, growth, physical and mental health stressors. What's a parent to do? First, learn that there is a different way to approach health. Learn about the Family in Focus difference…
Weight management is code for putting our kids on a diet! Learn the 4 reasons why diets are not for kids, and Learn what REALLY works instead. Parents are worried about weight for themselves and for their kids. It’s time to start creating the health you really want to see…
Why would a pediatrician create a course called Weight Loss 101 for Your Whole Family? Hi, I'm Dr Wendy Schofer, Founder of Family in Focus, and I'm that pediatrician. Parents who are worried about their kids' weight keep asking me: "How do I help?" "Where do I start?" "Where is…
How often do you feel like you have to be on your A-game all the time? (Oh, not just me?!) Having to work, adult, keep things rolling... gets freaking exhausting. I took the executive decision to take July off with my family: I was the designated co-pilot on a 3050…
Since we've already settled that there are really very few bad foods (Podcast Episode #37, https://www.wendyschofermd.com/blog/is-this-bad-food), what's next? Everything else is either a YES, please!!! food, a No-thank-you or a not-yet food. Take a listen to understand how to approach foods with your family (and yourself) - and start exploring…
You've been waiting for it and I've got it: the answer on the right way to feed your family. Toss all those diets and eliminations.... and take a listen. The first step is deciding to hit play. And then you get to learn how to decide the right way to…
Whether we like it or not, diet culture is all around us, and that means it has snuck into our homes. It is in the background while we are at dinner and while we are getting dressed. Today's episode examines 5 ways that diet culture is present in our relationships…
Welcome to Family in Focus with Wendy Schofer, MD! Episode 14: The Structure You Need Our children thrive with structure - being able to anticipate, trust and have certainty. Today we talk about creating the structure your family needs for meals. My Go SLOW process for creating healthy habits for…
Welcome to Family in Focus with Wendy Schofer, MD! I'm transitioning to video - episodes 1-12 are all on my podcast Episode 13: One Breath - it's the start of everything: Life A new habit Taking one purposeful breath has power to shift to the calm that is now. Listen…