Parenting

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.

Just like a car needs fuel, our bodies need fuel, and that goes for moms and kids as well. -Chandis, RDN

Episode 65: Eating Close to Nature and Balancing Blood Sugar on a Budget With Chandis RDN

Moms take care of everyone…but sometimes we forget ourselves. If you’ve had those moments when you blow up at a kid or spouse and then realize, “Oh, I haven’t eaten in 4 hours,” you know what it’s like to feel ‘hangry.’ My guest today draws upon personal and professional experience with nutrition and balancing blood...

Whenever you parent from a place of fear, it doesn’t work well. -Jennifer Kolari

Episode 64: How Connecting with Our Kids & Brain Science Makes Us Better Parents with Jennifer Kolari

When you yell at your kids, it always works to improve their behavior and your relationship, right? Ha. But what’s a parent at the end of their rope to do? My guest today, Jennifer Kolari, has worked with some of the toughest, most challenging kids out there, and she has the answer: love them. Connect...

We become like the company we keep. I want to be really intentional about the people around my kids. - Monica Swanson

Episode 63: Is Homeschooling Right for You? Tips, Myths, and Encouragement for Moms

I’m losing count of the time I’ve said this phrase: “Gosh, I really hope I don’t look back on my parenting years and regret not homeschooling.” I’m not a fan of regrets SO I will simply chose not to have regrets, but some days, I have some feelings. I love hearing about homeschoolers who have...

I want to help women master their relationships with themselves, their partner, and their kids because I think they're all connected. -Dr. Morgan Cutlip

Episode 62: What Is Mental Load? | How Moms Can Find Balance with Dr. Morgan Cutlip

Humans are designed for relationships. Then why are they so difficult??? My guest today, Dr Morgan Cutlip, is a sought-after relationship expert, but she doesn’t talk down to moms – she’s right in it with us. If you’ve ever had a disagreement with your spouse about who’s doing more than the other in the home,...

Connection is where coping with difficult emotions starts. -Janine Halloran

Episode 61: How Kids Can Learn to Deal with Big Challenges and Big Emotions with Counselor and Coping Skills Expert Janine Halloran

We will ALL encounter tough situations and hard times in our lives. We will ALL cope with them in some way. But sometimes coping looks like throwing a chair or eat a whole box of cookies. Licensed Mental Health Counselor Janine Halloran joins us today to talk about the kind of coping that is safe...

When you're a woman going through hormonal changes, everything changes because hormones rule everything. -Pearl Barrett

Episode 60: Women Metabolize and Build Strength Differently Than Men (Especially Over 30) with Pearl & Serene, authors of Trim Healthy Wisdom

I call myself a science geek, but my reading and research don’t hold a candle to Pearl and Serene of Trim Healthy Mama, authors of the new book Trim Healthy Wisdom. What I love most about them is that they KEEP learning and aren’t afraid to add to and update their life’s work. When peri-menopause...

Ask kids, “What’s your plan for that?” to help develop executive function. -Noel Foy

Episode 57: Higher Level Thinking for Kids and How That Improves Independence and Life Skills with Author Noel Foy

Did you know the pre-frontal cortex where executive functioning lives doesn’t fully develop until our early 30s??? I still struggle with some executive functioning skills like time management and following a plan, but if I learned anything from this interview, it’s that we ALL can continue to grow, change, and improve. You are not married...

There is a huge lack of confidence in parenting today because parents are constantly looking outside for the right answer. -Kim Muench

Episode 56: Do You Think Parenting Ends at 18? Think Again

I’ve always said that parenting is “an 18-year-long game,” fully expecting that parenting would markedly diminish after my kids turned 18. Now that I’m parenting a 19-year-old…it turns out parenting DOES change and it ought to diminish, but it’s still a thing! Kim Muench coaches parents of “emerging adults,” a new term needed to describe...

We need to be giving our kids raw, crunchy vegetables, and real meats, not just "something to eat." They need to eat actual food. - Shirley Gutkowski

Episode 55: Are You Breathing? You’re Probably Doing It Wrong | Proper Breathing Technique with Shirley Gutkowski

I’ve known about proper breathing technique and oral posture for over five years now and I’m STILL doing it wrong if I don’t focus on it! Seriously. Breathing. If you’ve ever thought about your breathing – and most of us don’t because it’s so automatic – you might notice that you feel differently when you...

Prioritize connection, healthy attachment, and loving teamwork between child and parent. That's what's going to last long term. - Ralphie Jacobs

Episode 54: Redefining Parenting: Look for the Good

How about some stats to make you sad? Kids are on screens an average of 7 hours a day…and we spend 85% of our parenting energy on what our kids are doing wrong. Aw, man! It stinks to start with the negative. In fact, that will train our brains to see more negative things, which...

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