How do I teach my kids healthy eating when my relationship with food is complicated with dietitian Heidi Schauster
Find Your Food Voice
Julie Duffy Dillon RDN
4.9 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this conversation, Julie Duffy Dillon and Heidi Schauster explore the complexities of food relationships, particularly in the context of caregiving and parenting. They discuss the challenges caregivers face in meal preparation, the importance of understanding one's own food voice, and the impact of family dynamics on food choices. The dialogue emphasizes the need for compassion and transparency in parenting, especially regarding food and body image. They also touch on the significance of somatic practices in reconnecting with one's body and needs, and the value of community support in navigating these challenges.
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Keywords: food, caregiving, nutrition, eating disorders, family dynamics, somatic practices, parenting, food relationships, self-care, community support
Outline:
00:00 Introduction and Context of Caretaking
4:01 This Episode’s Letter
05:20 The Pendulum of Eating Behaviors
08:04 Navigating Food and Family Dynamics
11:13 Understanding Needs and Self-Connection
13:58 Somatic Practices and Body Awareness
17:05 The Journey of Imperfection in Parenting
20:08 The Evolving Nature of Family Meals
33:11 Food’s Letter Back
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 425, the Find Your Food Voice podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Today, we are featuring a dear food letter from someone who is going bananas over the question. |
| 0:11.5 | Mom, what's for dinner? |
| 0:13.7 | And today's guest, Heidi Schuster, helps us unpack it. |
| 0:16.4 | Let's get to it. |
| 0:19.8 | Hey there, welcome to this episode of Find Your Food Voice. |
| 0:23.1 | I am Julie Duffy Dillon, your host and registered dietitian. |
| 0:26.5 | I am also someone who feels a bit bananas whenever my kids ask, Mom, what's for dinner? |
| 0:32.6 | And today's episode features a letter from someone who's in a season of parenting where she's |
| 0:39.5 | having to do a lot of the food prep and taking care of food decisions. |
| 0:44.7 | One thing I can tell you as a dietitian, one of the hardest parts of being a dietitian |
| 0:48.9 | is talking about food all day long. |
| 0:51.6 | And especially when I was seeing clients talking about their relationship |
| 0:54.3 | with food and taking care of their food, grocery lists and all that, and then going home and |
| 0:59.5 | doing the same thing for my family and myself. By the time I got to me, I felt exhausted. |
| 1:05.4 | So if you can relate to this, whether it's now or in the future or you've already experienced |
| 1:10.6 | that, Heidi Schuster and I, |
| 1:13.2 | we dig deep into help your relationship with food as you are taking care of other people |
| 1:18.8 | in your life. Before we get to Foods Letter and I introduce you to Heidi, I want to mention a few |
| 1:25.4 | things, namely, have you joined me yet over on Substack? |
| 1:29.5 | I ask this because one of the cool parts of subscribing to my Substack, whether you're a free |
| 1:34.7 | or paid subscriber, you get access to these episodes without dynamic ads. |
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