Food Ease

Food Ease Food Ease helps you find food ease by turning picky eaters into foodies. We offer evidence based fee

19/11/2025

More often than not when families find me for their picky eater, they meet criteria for Paediatric Feeding Disorder 🤓

This isn’t a video to say u need a diagnosis, but just a signpost to say if ur kid is extreeeemely picky, looking into PFD might be helpful! There’s lots of awesome information and tips online to get u started once u know what to look for 🥰

Visuals from 🫶

P.S I reckon it’s about time I posted the vids I filmed over winter instead of letting them collect digital dust (did the scarf inside give it away 🥶☃️)

A little pep talk for those of u in the trenches rn ❤️‍🩹I promise ur doing better than u think! Keep on keepin’ on and k...
19/11/2025

A little pep talk for those of u in the trenches rn ❤️‍🩹

I promise ur doing better than u think! Keep on keepin’ on and know ur not alone ###x

19/11/2025

Unbelievably proud of the younger version of me who continued to take tiny, baby steps towards this dream 🥰🥰

It’s been a long time coming but it was a labour of love and I know this will have such a positive impact for families struggling with picky eaters!!! 🙂‍↕️🥰🫶

Please take this as ur sign to keep going, even if the going is slow! I did, and now I have a card game ?!?!?!? 🐢

I’m a one man band and didn’t outsource any of the creation of this product except manufacturing. So that means every part of designing this game was done by me (with some support from my lovely friends)
🌟 conceptualising
🌟 creating the challenges based on what works with my picky eating clients
🌟 researching the evidence to make sure the product I made was absolutely in line with best practice
🌟 listening to the parents I support who told me the cognitive load or “not having any brain power” was the biggest barrier to using strategies
🌟 designing (with no design experience lmao)
🌟 finding manufacturers and committing to the process (eek!!)
🌟 and all promo, advertising, marketing is done in house by little old me!

This card game has my whole heart wrapped up in a fun and meaningful way to help picky eaters make progress, and I couldn’t be more proud 🥹🥹🥰🥰😭😭

We’re shipping to aus and NZ and digital versions are available for the rest of the world. If I can be allowed some space to be delusional I would LOVE to take the physical games global, but it’s one step at a time 🐢💚

Thank u for being here and supporting this journey 😭❤️‍🔥

18/11/2025

The amount of times people have tried to tell me that feeding challenges aren’t real 🙃🙃

As far as they’re concerned it’s bad parenting, bad behaviour, lack of respect, lack of authority… if only I could tell them to their face they’re acting that exact way right now!! Very disrespectful to tell someone their own profession doesn’t exist lmaooo plz respect my authority 🥲

Feeding challenges are very real, and so many of the families I work with are excellent parents who have tried EVERYTHING! To reduce their very real struggles, and blame them for the situation, is so unbelievably rude 😤

Picky eating is always caused by something underneath and it’s such a privilege to validate parents and join them in the trenches while we figure out what’s going on 🥰

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17/11/2025

Another tutorial for our Food Explorer Cards 🥰

There’s 3 different levels:
🍐 - green (easy) where no touching or non-preferred foods is required
🍊 - orange (medium) where some touching is required with hands, arms, nose, face
🍇 - pink (hard) where our mouth touches non-preferred foods

There are also:
🫐 - blue (multi-level) where there’s and easy, medium, and hard version of the same challenge so the whole family can have a go doing whichever level they feel comfortable with
🍋 - yellow (sensory) which give descriptors about foods for all the senses and can be used to talk about foods in a neutral and curious way



17/11/2025

REGULATION IDEAS:
🎱 deep joint stimulation (hacks the vagus nerve for relaxation) - push ups, pushing on a wall/tree trying to “move it”
🎱 heavy work - lifting something heavy, weighted toys or blankets, books/heavy things in a backpack and walking
🎱 shake it out - put on a song and have a boogie
🎱 belly breaths - smell the flowers, blow out the candle x 5
🎱 big firm huuuug for deep pressure and connection

Every kids is different and this is a very simplified version of regulation but a great starting point!

U can also google - “regulation ideas for x yr old child” for more inspo 💡

Good luck team! Xx

HASHTAGS (plz don’t look it’s embarrassing down here xo)

A trip down memory lane 🥹🥹I love the work I get to do and I’m on a mission to help people learn more about feeding thera...
20/08/2025

A trip down memory lane 🥹🥹

I love the work I get to do and I’m on a mission to help people learn more about feeding therapy!

Not only is it the work I love most as an SLT, but so few people know it exists which means families don’t get the help they need and people who would love to do this work don’t know it’s an option!

This is where I came from and why I do what I do. This is me - a little bit older than I was when I decided on the career, but just as eager to make a difference! 🥰

I am so thrilled to announce the launch of our Food Ease: Food Explorer Cards Game!! 🥹A fun, easy game which helps picky...
18/08/2025

I am so thrilled to announce the launch of our Food Ease: Food Explorer Cards Game!! 🥹

A fun, easy game which helps picky eaters make real progress!
🍓 over 50 food exploration cards
🍏 3 levels so you can meet your food explorer where they’re at and build from there!
🍒 multi-level cards so the whole family can play
🍊 sensory cards so you can help your food explorer dive into the textures, smells, tastes, sights and sounds of new foods

This game has been a labour of love and an idea I’ve wanted to bring to fruition for YEARS! An affordable, user friendly way for families to get real, evidence-based feeding strategies right in the palm of their hands! 🤩

🩷 easy to use (we’ve taken all the thinking out of it so you can just grab and go)
🩵 digital download available now and (I can’t believe I’m saying this) physical decks on pre-order for shipping mid-October
💛 ideal for families, teachers, other speech-language therapists who need some fresh ideas in their therapy room!
💚 based on real evidence with a big old page on our website explaining the how and why (for the info nerds like me hehe)

If you or someone you know is struggling with a picky eater, please share this with them so they can find the fun in mealtimes again!! ✨🪩🥰 let’s turn those picky eaters into food explorers baby!!! 🎉

Live on our website now to purchase the digital cards or pre-order physical ones 🥹🥹

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