The Connected Eater - 7 Types of Phrases I don't recommend + Free Audio

A free guide for parents who want mealtimes to feel different AND free preview of The Connected Eater - an introduction and personal story.

Most of us inherited the way we talk about food. It came from our own parents, from diet culture, from a hundred well-meaning but unhelpful ideas about what children should eat and how much.

This guide looks at seven types of phrases that quietly get in the way of children staying connected to their own hunger, fullness, and relationship with food. Because awareness is always where change starts.

Before you dive in

The download includes a short welcome audio from me. I'd recommend listening to it first — it gives you the context for everything that follows and shares a bit of my own story with food, restriction, and why I made this my work.

This guide is rooted in Aware Parenting and intuitive eating principles. Aware Parenting is a trauma-informed approach that understands children's behaviour — including how they eat — through the lens of feelings, nervous system states, and early experiences. Combined with intuitive eating and non-punitive discipline, it offers a genuinely different way of thinking about children and food, one that trusts children's innate wisdom rather than trying to override it.

I'm Maru Rojas, Aware Parenting Mentor and parenting coach based in London. I'm also a recovering strict parent who grew up surrounded by diet culture — which is exactly why this work matters to me.

Fancy going deeper?

If this guide resonates, The Connected Eater is the full course — 11 audio modules that get into why children eat the way they do, and what actually helps. Inside the guide there's a discount code to get £5 off the course.

This guide is free — but if it's been useful and you feel called to, you're welcome to "buy me a coffee" using the donation option. Either way, I'm glad you're here.

*Please note, by downloading this guide you agree to be added to Maru's bi-weekly mailing list.