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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.
60: Time to Stop Managing Your Kids (Why That Actually Works from a CALM Mom of 5 Successful Young Adults!)
Do you have a vision for your child’s life? Do you know what kind of person you want your kids to grow up to be? Through tragedy and personal growth, Michelle Anne, CSME learned to become a CALM parent, and she would tell you to STOP IT. But of course she wouldn’t yell. 😉 This...
59: Raising Successful Kids 101: How to Avoid the Anxiety and Hyper-Achievement Loop and Build Resiliency
Anxiety didn’t used to be so hip and popular when Sarah Janette was diagnosed, and she felt such a stigma and resulting shame that it caused a major health issue. As an eating psychology counselor, her mission is to provide young women with strategies to master stress, enhance productivity, and better navigate a healthy lifestyle...
57: Happy Parents Aren’t a Myth (How You Can Get Closer to the Green Grass that Isn’t on the Other Side)
Do you wish “happy” and “parenting” were used more often in the same sentence? Our guest today is a former NY Times reporter who realized she was hearing way too many parents say that they just weren’t happy, not finding joy in their kids like they thought they would…so she sought to do something about...
56: How to UPgrade Your Parenting and Perform Your Best with Dr Ryan Wohlfert
“Since I became a parent, I’ve gained a lot of weight…” “I don’t sleep enough – parenting, duh!” “What parent has time to take care of themselves?” Ever heard a busy parent say these things (or caught yourself saying them)? Dr. Ryan Wohlfert DC, NSCA, CCSP, EYL is on a mission to flip the script and convince...
47: Can Mindfulness Make You a Better Parent? (+ Bonus Guided Meditations for Kids!)
It seems like there’s always a new health and wellness craze around every corner, and recently we’re hearing a lot about the value of meditation. Athletes are doing it, pro speakers swear by it, actors and actresses can’t believe everyone isn’t doing it yet. But is it too good to be true? Or worse, is...
45: Challenges to Raising an Adult in Today’s Culture
This week’s Healthy Parenting Connector will be my thoughts on the challenges of raising an adult in today’s world… If you didn’t see last week’s interview with author Julie Lythcott-Haims, you are missing out! She’s amazing and had a lot of good things to say as well as some scary predictions about young adults raised...
44: Raising Successful Adult Humans (and Why We Are Currently Failing at Raising Successful Adults!)
Does it sound great to have your grown-up child back in your house so that you can do their laundry, cook meals for them, and pay their bills…because they don’t know how to be an adult? I didn’t think so. We’re in this parenting game to do the best we can for our kids, and...
42: The Role of Fathers in Teaching Kids a Healthy Lifestyle
My husband is back with us again today for Father’s Day week… Let’s talk about the role of fathers in kids’ healthy lifestyles and what you should do if you just hate cucumbers! We chat about: Whether there are still foods he doesn’t like and what he does about that. How he can see our...
36: Matt Gersper on Living a Life of Significance (How to Be Happy!)
“It takes a lifetime to build a great life,” reminds Matt Gersper, founder of Happy Living and author of The Belief Roadmap and Turning Inspiration Into Action. Can that life be filled with video games? You’ll be surprised what we end up teasing out! (I didn’t think I liked where it was going for a while,...
23: 3 Vital Strategies for Families to Raise Successful Children
We all want to raise successful children—not just in the kitchen, but in life! I’ve had over 40 “kid years” of parenting experience and I invite you to learn from our successes and failures along the way. These are simple ideas…but not always a cinch to implement! The three vital strategies I’ll go over in...