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In each episode of the Healthy Parenting Handbook Podcast, Katie Kimball, the national voice of healthy kids cooking, interviews experts in fields like nutrition, medicine, psychology, parenting, technology, entrepreneurship and more to help parents get tools to raise healthy, independent kids.
Episode 028: Your Task List Is No Good! Says Megan Sumrell + Why Harmony Is Better Than Balance
I actually HUGGED my to-do lists, all of them, during this interview! My guest Megan Sumrell warned me that she was going to tell me task lists are no good. I added that to my list. 😉 If you’ve ever felt like you have too much to do, too many demands on your time, or...
Episode 027: Feeding Your Growing Family Well Without Going Broke with Erin Chase of $5 Dinners
Grocery budget hurting? Erin Chase of $5 Dinners has been making inexpensive meals to save her family’s grocery budget since the real estate crisis of 2008. She says the current inflation problem is similar in how it’s making people feel about money and savings, and it’s TIME to pay attention to your food budget, no...
Episode 026: Villain to Mentor – Becoming the Person Your Teen Turns to Instead of Fights Against with Joey Mascio
You’ve heard people say it…You may have said something similar yourself… It’s a negative judgment on teens, especially parenting teens. “Oh, just look out for when they’re teenagers!” “Teens are just moody…just confrontational…just tough to parent.” Etc. Etc. Etc. I’ve said it too, and I feel regret! Turns out, most of the time, I puffy-heart-love...
Episode 025: Tapping into Creativity and Why Woodworking Helps Kids Learn Real Life Skills with Anika Gandhi
I interview a LOT of different people in a myriad of professions, but I’ve never come close to having a woodworker on the show before! “What would we talk about – how to build things? That won’t go well on a podcast in someone’s ear…” I thought. Do not worry my friends, because Anika and...
Episode 024: Why Kids Need to Understand Their Bodies (And a Few Practical Ways to Teach Them) with Dr. Robin Dickinson
What happens when you’re already living your dream…but it’s a dream interrupted? Dr. Robin Dickinson was a family practitioner who loved her job and her patients, and she was GOOD at what she did. But when the pandemic sent her kids home from school, they needed her more. What happened next is nothing short of...
Episode 023: Expected Mess Vs. True Clutter – What’s the Difference and How to Solve Them
Confession: My house is VERY cluttered. I have never been good at letting go of things. “I might need that someday!” “What about the grandkids? They’ll want to read that book!” I’m always a little anxious and yet inspired when I talk to organizers and decluttering experts, and this conversation with Katy Wells will not...
12 High Income Skills That Will Unlock Opportunities and Propel Your Career
This post was written by Nadia Tahir of This Mom is On Fire. It was edited by Amanda Kay and fact-checked by Hailey Rose McLaughlin. In today’s dynamic job market, acquiring high income skills isn’t just an option; it’s necessary for those seeking financial success and career growth. Mastering high income skills can significantly boost...
Episode 022: Nurturing Young Skeptics: Essential Guide to Teaching Critical Thinking to Kids and Teens with Kathy Gibbens
When is the last time your kids were learning something in school and you got totally pulled in? That happened to today’s podcast guest, Kathy Gibbens, when her daughter was learning logic and critical thinking in middle school, and Kathy became a mom on a mission. She realized critical thinking is, well, critical to our...
Episode 019: How to Help Kids Thrive with (and in spite of) Tech and Screens with Andrea Davis of Better Screen Time
Oh, parents. Parents in the tech age…there REALLY is no handbook for this! We’ve never seen our parents struggle through having the Internet in our kids’ pockets, and honestly? I don’t like the feeling of making it up as I go along. That’s why I’ve been following Andrea and Tyler at Better Screen Time for...
Episode 018: The Secret to Raising Strong-Willed “Cactus” Kids with Wendy Snyder
Power. Control. Parenting. Which of these three doesn’t belong? My guest today is Wendy Snyder, a positive parenting educator who reminds us, “Control is not the goal of parenting.” Obviously, there is a balance of power in a parent-child relationship, but taking the power or fighting over who has power isn’t the right game to...