Zoë is an internationally recognized therapist, speaker, and content creator who helps people feel more at home in their bodies. She is the founder of Body-Positive Therapy NYC, a group practice specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, and the creator of the bestselling Substack Body-Positive Home. Her work reaches more than 100,000 caregivers, educators, clinicians, and adults learning how to nurture body image resilience in the next generation while transforming their own relationships with food and their bodies along the way.
\nZoë joined me to chat about:
\n⭐️ What you can do around the house to show your kids that your home is safe for all bodies.
\n⭐️ How we're preparing for back to school season—especially clothes shopping!
\n⭐️ A listener question from the Anti-Diet Parenting chat that sums up so many of the struggles that so many of us have as we're parenting in the abyss that is diet culture.
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\nVirginia's Butter: Turning sidewalk chalk into paint by bashing it up with rocks and mixing it with water.
\nZoë's Butter: Ina Garten's cream cheese frosting, the anticipation of a girls trip, organizing art supplies and finding a surprise treat from her daughter.
\n\"Can we take GLP1s in a Body-Positive Home? And other balancing act questions...\" (Substack)
\nZoë's reel about putting a NWFMBA bag in your kids' closet.
\nBarefoot Contessa flag cake recipe
\nhttps://www.patreon.com/virginiasolesmith/posts/episode-261-zoe-164981251
\nEPISODE CREDITS
Co-hosts: Virginia Sole-Smith and Corinne Fay.
Producer: Kim Baldwin.
Logo design: Deanna Lowe.
Theme Song: Farideh.
Video Editor: Elizabeth Ayiku
Audio Engineer: Tommy Harron
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