The Full Bloom Podcast - body-positive parenting for a more embodied and inclusive next generation

Join the founder of The Full Bloom Project for a regular dose of body-positive parenting wisdom. Zoë Bisbing, LCSW, body-positive psychotherapist and mother of three, brings together diverse experts to connect the dots between research and activism in child and adolescent development, mental and physical health, nutrition, social justice, intersectionality, and eating disorder prevention. Each episode distills everything from scholarly research to self-help books into accessible and digestible daily parenting practices. Together we can create spaces where children of all ages, sizes, and gender expressions can naturally boost immunity to our appearance-obsessed culture, decrease risk for disordered eating and body image injury, and channel their precious resources towards more meaningful purposes; in other words, "fully bloom."Have a listen anywhere you get your favorite podcasts. You can find us at http://fullbloomproject.com and on Instagram @fullbloomproject.

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Yesyesyes🙌🏼

Love it

This podcast is a must listen!!! As someone working with children with the desire to have them one day, this podcast has exponentially improved my ability to interact with kids (and adults) regarding body positivity, food, and stigma. I learn from every episode and really appreciate the array of content provided.
Falstafia

Loved it.

I don’t know how she does it but you can just tell from the tone of Zoe’s voice and the way she engages with kids that she’s a beautiful soul. I am definitely trying this with my children as it not only makes them healthier and more adventurous eaters but also helps them think through ideas that have their root in our senses. The kids seem to understand it. Perhaps Zoe can teach this to College professors next as nothing is in the intellect that wasn’t first in the senses. Please have Leo and Noah on again. They are a dynamic duo. 👏👏👏
Shagovac

2 daughters here and this is a must listen

All the hard conversation in one podcast! Thank you for these topics and talks!! Soo needed you and here you are!
JAtluri

Love the topics covered

Great podcast episodes for a positive approach to parenting
fashionablyyours

Body positivity

Great body positivity and great conversations!
Bob a la sob mob

Important perspective

An important podcast for viewing both eating disorders and obesity. The Full Bloom project needs more cultural and ethnic diversity though. I would also encourage more actual evidence based advice and information rather than the more casual banter that occurs. The HAES concept is really important and also not at all new.
rina976

Great podcast

As a mother of a little girl, and someone who works with the teen population, I appreciate all the advice & support of this podcast.
SonniAbatta

Have a daughter? You need this podcast.

Even though body issues impact both genders, I am especially anxious about raising girls in a modern world filled with technology showing them false images of bodies and femininity. I’m so grateful to have found this podcast and all of its wisdom. It brings such incredible (and specific!) advice for parents who want to help guide their kids and keep their families happy and healthy. I will be coming back for more. Highly recommend!
Panda Lover 2007

Wonderful resource!

Your podcast is one of my favorites for parents. I recommend it to clients and friends. Thank you for your wonderful work!
AnnaRDMom

Great Support for Parents!

This podcast offers practical tips to help parents raise children who feel positively about their bodies. Parents are bombarded with so many different messages, this podcast is supportive and just what we need!
Penny94040

For anyone with children

I recommend this show to everyone I know who has children. You don’t have to be a healthcare professional to take away important nuggets of info to fight diet culture for the next generation
SBLCSW

As a clinician and a mother, I’m so grateful for this resource!

Despite my intensive (and expensive!) training as a therapist, I learn something NEW and profound about relating to food and bodies every time I listen. These lessons have helped me refine me clinical stance—which is cool—but guess what’s way cooler? These lessons have helped me parent 2 kiddos who will be able to experience greater freedom and pleasure (and to achieve and contribute more in our world) because I have Full Bloom tools to combat diet culture, appearance obsession, and body dissatisfaction. Thank you, Zoë and Leslie, for helping me help my kids bloom.
lklistenernyc

Very important podcast

Zoe and Leslie’s podcast has given me a new vantage point from which to understand the appearance-obsessed culture that we are all swimming in. It has heightened my awareness to all sorts of unconscious prejudices and assumptions related to dangerous body and beauty ideals that I observe in myself, and in the world around me. Each episode is a learning experience, while also being highly enjoyable to listen to. I’m so glad Zoe and Leslie created this resource for parents and all people.
ojaica

Excellent!!

Leslie and Zoe beautifully present conversations about body image and body-positive environments invaluable to not only parents, but all people. This podcast is excellently curated and deeply insightful.
annanathanson

Therapist who loves this podcast!

As someone who works as a therapist and has worked with clients living with eating disorders, I can’t overstate how much I value this podcast. Leslie and Zoe and their team do such a fantastic job synthesizing complicated information, and I leave every episode smarter and more equipped to do the work I do. Their guests are always wonderful and bring aboard excellent insight. Love this podcast!
13review13

Interesting, informative & engaging.

As a parent of two young children, I found the podcasts really informative & useful. As a 40 year old women, I learned things I wish I had known decades before. Highly recommend.
sbisbing

Conscious parenting via full bloom

Zoe and Leslie have tapped into a more conscientious style of parenting that will serve our children and society well. Body positivity and intuitive eating are key components in confidence and shame resilience. I have learned so much and apply this new knowledge daily! Thank you, ladies!
dietculturesurvivor47

Amazing resource for parents and grandparents alike

I learn so much from The Full Bloom podcast and only wish I had known all this when I was raising my kids 30 years ago. It’s helping me improve my own body image and relationship with myself and my adult daughter. Thank you, Leslie and Zoë!
Princess procrastinate

Great podcast!

Such a helpful resource! Perfect for raising kids today in our diet crazy culture. Wish my parents had this when I was growing up
farahmackenzie

A body and food positive joy!

As a mom of a young child, I recommend this podcast highly. Parents worry by nature and many adults have their own hang ups and issues around body image and food. These worries are compounded by the pressures modern parents feel to do things “right”. Zoe and Leslie have a way of taking the pressure off the issues of food and eating and helping the listener trust their child and their own best instincts, all while offering their own expertise as both physiologists and moms.
kalaniho

Kind and informative

This podcast is kind and informative. It is not only healing for a recovering adult with body image but a great resource for parents.
Jen Houser

Must listen for anyone who has children or works with children!

I love this podcast and recommend it to everyone I know. Every guest is incredibly interesting, the length of the show is just right and I love that there are always ideas of things I can do. Eating disorders and difficulties with eating have become an epidemic and I’m so grateful for the wisdom this show shares. ❤️ Children do not have to grow up hating their bodies.
Meganmmcd

Very important!

So great. Listen and send to all your friends. More people need to hear these facts!
Rebecca Scritchfield

Helps parents grow

Thanks so much for having me on the show to talk about Body Kindness. I love your show’s focus on what parents can do to help raise kids resilient to diet culture.
Running Mom 1982

Love it!

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I listen every week.
DietitianMom

Great!

Such an informative topic on such an important subject. The hosts bring on well credentialed experts and present the material in a way that’s easy to digest
nickle281

Learned so much

What a great podcast! It feels like a conversation with friends. I learned so much about helping kids be happy and healthy. Also very interesting to learn about practices that, although well-meaning, can be harmful. I admire the podcasters’ ability to do all this without sounding judgey or admonishing at all.
jazzplustwo

We need more great podcasts like this

Busy moms don’t have time to dive through tons of parenting books or long articles on how to raise intuitive eaters and kids that love their bodies in a diet obsessed culture so it is great to hear informative/science based in podcasts that aren’t overwhelmingly long but still offer tons of great nuggets of info :)
HolliZ37

Seriously Brilliant!!

This podcast has incredible information in short, easy to understand episodes. I am an executive director for a non profit that raises awareness for eating disorders and I tell everyone I come in contact with to listen to this podcast. Keep up the great work!!!!
jojog2

Insightful and Helpful for Parents Wondering How to Raise Healthy Kids with Positive Body Image

I’ve really been enjoying listening to this new series! I have found it enormously helpful in reviewing my own upbringing which was filled with negative body talk and disordered eating, and how I might now be a better parent. As a mom, it is nice to have an easy to digest resource for information I think we all think about all the time, but do not know how to address. I especially appreciate that the information discussed can be pertinent to children of all ages, and families of all shapes, sizes, and backgrounds. Definitely worth the listen!

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