Don't solve my game.

There's so much fear and anxiety.

And, you know, I've been there.

And when we feed from a place of anxiety and avoidance and fear and thinking you're going to prevent problems,

that we often can make things worse.

And that's just, that's kind of a huge bummer to me're we're potentially creating or worsening issues when we don't have to.

There's enough to worry about. So let's, you know, take some of that off the table if we can.

Hey team. Welcome back to Don't Salt My Game where we are having conversations with game changers who are flipping diet culture on its head.

I'm Laura Thomas. I'm a registered nutritionist who specializes in in choose eating and anti-diet nutrition,

and I'm the author of Just Eat It and How to Just Eat It.

Today I'm talking to Katja Raoul, aka the feeding doctor, all about how to differentiate between

just everyday, run-of-the-mill,

picky or fussy eating versus more extreme picky eating. We'll also talk about

when you might want to reach out for help and what kind of help to look out for.

All right, so let me tell you a little bit about this workshop.

We know that kids are born with embodied wisdom about what, when and how much to eat.

They have strong and trustworthy instincts around what feels good in their body.

They don't sit there in their high chairs calculating macros or

judging themselves for how much bread they've eaten. And they certainly don't feel shame about their

bodies. And as stewards to these tiny humans, it's kind of our job to help protect these eating

instincts. But feeding kids is hard, really hard, and between kitty food Instagram, body and food shaming

public health rhetoric and celebrity chef come nutrition saviors telling us that there's a right

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