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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 41: Organizing Styles for Families and How Kids Organize Differently
Cas of Clutterbug describes her “young mom” self as a hot mess – house a disaster and feeling horrible that she couldn’t get organized. She finally realized a few important pieces of her own personality and is now a Recovering Super Slob turned Organizing Expert who teaches others how to tap into their own unique...
Episode 040: Speech & Picky Eating: Expert Tips to Help Parents Intro New Foods to Kids
Did you know that the way your child eats can affect their speech and vice versa? Melanie Potock is a Speech-Language Pathologist who became a pediatric feeding expert through her experience as a mom of a former picky eater. She uses her SLP expertise to help parents introduce new foods to kids, form healthy eating...
Episode 38: The Health of the Future & Preventing Nervous System Wounds for Your Children with Ann Odom
If your child has ever thrown a tantrum… If you’ve ever reacted, let’s say, “imperfectly” to that tantrum… If you’ve ever wondered why your toddler or teen is having a meltdown over something seemingly inconsequential… My friends, then this interview is a MUST LISTEN. Ann is an incredible teacher – let’s learn about: The impact...
23 Highest Paying Jobs for Teens They Can Start This Week
This post was written by Marjolein Dilven of Radical FIRE. Jobs for teens and high school students aren’t the easiest to find — the job can’t require a ton of experience, be part-time (because, school), offer enough pay to make a dent in your college fund, and most importantly, be solid enough that you can...
Episode 36: Unlocking Your Health Potential: The Role of Epigenetics in Personalized Wellness with Brenda Wollenberg
Bet you a million bucks you’ve heard people say (or said yourself): It’s too complicated to get healthy – everyone says something different! Such and such diet/strategy/exercise worked for so-and-so, why isn’t it working for me? I feel like I’ve tried everything and it’s so hard to figure out what works! Maybe, just maybe… everyone...
Episode 035: Combating Anxiety and Boosting Focus in Kids with Dr. Wiggy Saunders
We know that anxiety is affecting both kids and adults at alarming rates. We’ve discussed anxiety busters before on the Healthy Parenting Handbook, and today we’re completing the trifecta of experts with an MD who practices integrative medicine (we’ve already hosted a family therapist and a pediatric psychologist). Dr. Wiggy Saunders joins me to dive...
Episode 34: What Middle Schoolers Need to Thrive with Counselor Phyllis Fagell
I learned today that I still have a lot of internal tendencies from middle school. 😮 Middle school can be a foreign land and a tumultuous time, and figuring out how to parent middle schoolers is hard on parents. We want our kids to be happy, resilient, and thriving, not wilting, crying, and worrying. As...
Episode 33: How to Raise THRIVERS – Mentally Strong Kids with a “WE GOT THIS!” Attitude
Not kidding, I referenced this interview FOUR times the same week we recorded—it’s THAT pertinent to our jobs as parents! I’m already planning to ask Michele back because she’s such a wealth of knowledge, but today we’re focusing on the MOST important quality our kids need today – resilience. Her new book THRIVERS is about...
Episode 32: Olympic Gold Medalist Shannon Miller on “The Gold Medal Mindset”
Shannon Miller is a 7-time Olympic medalist and has over 100 national competition medals in gymnastics as well, more than half the gold kind. People in our generation certainly remember her name from the “Magnificent Seven” team gold winners in the 1996 Olympic games, where she captured the first balance beam gold an American had...
Episode 031: Seek Shade or Embrace the Sun? What to Look for in a Safe Sunscreen
Did you start to question the products you put on your kids’ skin once you were a mom? Meet Tatyana Cerullo, attorney, and formulator of Kokua Suncare, who came to that realization as she saw the legal system behind the marketing. We get so much conflicting information these days about whether the sun is something...