3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Kids & Family
**3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms**

A podcast with 3 actionable takeaways in every 30-minute episode because you are a busy mom with a full schedule and an even fuller brain. Listen in to feel encouraged and inspired, as we learn together how to overcome overwhelm and find more peace and magic in motherhood.
Hosted by Rachel Nielson, a mother, teacher, and writer.

Latest Episodes:

388: What a Spaghetti Dinner Taught Me About Teaching // 3 Reasons the SAM Program REALLY Works Sep 09, 2024

Show notes

What does a spaghetti dinner have to do with my Self-Assured Motherhood program?

Well, in this episode, I tell you! Come listen in!

My Self-Assured Motherhood Program is open for enrollment TODAY, and I want you to join!

SAM is not like any other parenting education you’ve participated in in the past – where you heard the lessons and felt like you understood them, but then you didn’t actually apply them long-term. This program was developed with your long-term success in mind.

And that’s because the SAM program was designed by a teacher - a professionally trained, extremely experienced, and, at the risk of sounding arrogant, very gifted teacher. 🥰

If you've been on the fence about joining SAM, I hope you'll listen in as I explain why this program REALLY works.

For full show notes, including takeaways, click here.

***

Announcements:

3in30podcast.com/freeclass: Sign up for my FREE masterclass all about rerouting your mom rage. Come learn how to identify your triggers and become the calm, emotionally resilient mom you want to be.

Self-Assured Motherhood Program: The doors to SAM are open now through Sept 19! It only opens once per year, so join while you can!

Related Episodes like this one on the Self-Assured Motherhood Program:

315: A Word from our SAM Sisters

316: Considering the SAM Program? You MUST listen to this. [Enrollment ends Thursday!]

375: 3 Ways Voicing Your Values will Help Lighten your Mental Load // Rachel Nielson on the Happy Mom Summit

Sponsor:

Vionic Shoes: Go to vionicshoes.com and use code 3IN30 for 15% off your order.

387: Why Calming Yourself Helps Calm Your Child // Eli Harwood Sep 05, 2024

Show notes

This bonus excerpt is one I pulled from Eli's full episode that dropped earlier this week. (If you haven't had a chance to listen, I highly recommend it. It's one of the most value-packed conversations I've had on 3 in 30!)

Because it was so value-packed, we had to trim it to 30 minutes, and I didn't want you to miss out on this fascinating part of the conversation, so I decided to make it a bonus episode.

These thoughts from Eli on co-regulation for parents blew my mind!

I mean, I had heard of co-regulation before, but the scientific evidence behind it is fascinating! I had no idea there were nerve fibers that are activated when I caress my child, and these nerve fibers calm my child's heart down! It takes the old adage "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy" to a whole new level. 🤯

Eli's explanation of the science behind co-regulation helps me understand why it is so vital that moms proactively do soul-care. It literally helps us build a buffer so that we don't dysregulate when our kids are dysregulated. It's so powerful!

(By the way, I just did a mini episode on soul-care! Click below to check it out!)

Taking care of ourselves helps us avoid losing our tempers and doing and saying things we regret.

If you want to explore managing your anger so it doesn't negatively impact your children's sense of connection to you, be sure to attend my live online masterclasses over these next two weeks on how to "reroute your mom rage." Click below to sign up!

***

Announcements:

Purchase Eli's Book here: Raising Securely Attached Kids by Eli Harwood

Related Episodes:

380: Principle #5 // Sanctify Your Soul-Care [Back-to-School Series]

279: Navigating Parenting Triggers // Nat Vikitsreth

340: How to Be a Safe Place for your Sweetheart// Eli Harwood

Episode sponsors:

MollysSuds: Pick up Molly’s Suds on your next Target run or order through my exclusive URL to get 20% off all Molly Suds products.

***

386: Raising Securely Attached Kids // Eli Harwood Sep 02, 2024

Show notes

We all know how important it is to raise securely attached kids, but how to do it can be the tricky part!

It's true what they say about parenting: The days are long but the years are short. I feel like the years are flying by with my two kids, who are both now in double digits, and I often find myself wondering how I can parent them in a way that will keep our bonds strong through their teen years and into adulthood - and in a way that they will thrive in their adult relationships after they leave my care.

This is why I've been drawn to the work of therapist and author Eli Harwood, who has dedicated her career to studying research on attachment theory and making it applicable to everyday humans trying to build secure relationships, whether that's the clients in her private practice, the hundreds of thousands who follow her on social media, or the people across the world who read her books.

Eli's newest book, Raising Securely Attached Kids, will be released on September 3, 2024, and it was a thrill to have her back on the podcast to discuss this important topic.

For full show notes, including takeaways, click here.

***

Announcements:

Purchase Eli's Book here: Raising Securely Attached Kids by Eli Harwood

Related Episodes:

367: 3 Ways to Create Lasting Bonds with Your Kids // Mike Westover (Rachel’s Dad!)

279: Navigating Parenting Triggers // Nat Vikitsreth

340: How to Be a Safe Place for your Sweetheart// Eli Harwood

Episode sponsors:

KiwiCo: Use code 3in30 for 50% off your first month on any crate line!

***

385: A Final Recap // Why Do These Nine Principles Even Matter? [The SAM Framework] Aug 30, 2024

Show notes

Here we are! It's the final day of our two-week-long series on how to become more peaceful, confident, and happy in motherhood.

I have loved this series, and it's also been a ton of work--more work than I had anticipated!

(Though I don't know why I didn't anticipate that airing a podcast episode every weekday for two weeks 🫨 would be a huge challenge. Sometimes things sound easy before you do them, and that was definitely the case with this series!)

But, despite the hard work, I'm so glad I persevered to give you a little deep dive into each one of my nine principles of Self-Assured Motherhood.

My goal for every woman who listens to my podcast or participates in my SAM program is this: I want you to feel more fully yourself as a result of the work that we do together - more deeply accepting of who you are and more able to nurture the best that's already within you, instead of wishing you could be different or "better."

Friends, if you want to do this work with me, I hope you will join my Self-Assured Motherhood program, which opens for enrollment on Monday, September 9th.

***

Announcements:

Self-Assessment for Moms: Click here to download my FREE self-assessment to go along with each of the 9 principles we'll be discussing through the mini-series. **Everyone who downloads this assessment will receive a special discount for SAM! AND, one lucky mama will get SAM for FREE!**

Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!

Related Episodes like this one on Self-Assured Motherhood:

262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout

314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean

030: How to Coach Your Children Through Their Big Emotions // Georgia Anderson

384: Principle #9 // Support Their Struggles [The SAM Framework] Aug 29, 2024

Show notes

My kids are headed back to school soon, and they will be doing all sorts of assessments to see how they're doing in math and reading and writing. And this got me thinking: I need to do a series of mini-podcast episodes during this back-to-school season for moms to assess how they are doing, not with balancing equations or diagramming sentences (because I have a feeling most of us would fail those assessments 🥴), but to assess something way more important: our own levels of emotional wellbeing.

Just like last week, this week, Monday-Friday, I will be publishing a mini-episode to introduce you to each of the principles I teach in my Self-Assured Motherhood course, a framework I created for overwhelmed moms. Each principle is an important part of emotional well-being and can help you in your personal assessment of how you're doing.

Today's principle is: Support Their Struggles.

As you go along with this mini-series, you can use this self-assessment I've created to visually assess how you're doing in each of the principles we discuss.

I hope you find this mini-series helpful as you take time to consider your own emotional well-being. I'm rooting for you!

***

Announcements:

Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!

Sponsor:

Paleovalley: Go to paleovalley.com/3in30 for 15% off your first order.

Related Episodes like this one on Support Their Struggles:

262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout

314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean

030: How to Coach Your Children Through Their Big Emotions // Georgia Anderson

***

383: Principle #8 // Communicate for Connection [The SAM Framework] Aug 28, 2024

Show notes

Today's principle is Communicate for Connection.

As you go along with this mini-series, you can use this self-assessment I've created to visually assess how you're doing in each of the principles we discuss.

I hope you find this mini-series helpful as you take time to consider your own emotional well-being. I'm rooting for you!

***

Announcements:

Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!

Sponsors:

BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to betterhelp.com/3in30 to get 10% off your first month of online therapy.

Related Episodes like this one on Commuincate for Connection:

262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout

314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean

030: How to Coach Your Children Through Their Big Emotions // Georgia Anderson

***

382: Principle #7 // Gather the Good [The SAM Framework] Aug 27, 2024

Show notes

Today's principle is Gather the Good.

As you go along with this mini-series, you can use this self-assessment I've created to visually assess how you're doing in each of the principles we discuss.

I hope you find this mini-series helpful as you take time to consider your own emotional well-being. I'm rooting for you!

***

Announcements:

Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!

Related Episodes like this one on Gather the Good:

262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout

314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean

349: Overcoming Decision Fatigue through Reflection // Emily P. Freeman

***

381: Principle #6 // Pursue Your Purpose [The SAM Framework] Aug 26, 2024

Show notes

Today's principle is Pursue Your Purpose.

As you go along with this mini-series, you can use this self-assessment I've created to visually assess how you're doing in each of the principles we discuss.

I hope you find this mini-series helpful as you take time to consider your own emotional well-being. I'm rooting for you!

***

Announcements:

Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!

Related Episodes like this one on Pursue Your Purpose:

262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout

314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean

349: Overcoming Decision Fatigue through Reflection // Emily P. Freeman

Sponsor:

Vionic Shoes: Go to vionicshoes.com and use code 3IN30 for 15% off your order.

***

380: Principle #5 // Sanctify Your Soul-Care [The SAM Framework] Aug 23, 2024

Show notes

For the next two weeks, Monday-Friday, I will be publishing a mini-episode to introduce you to each of the principles I teach in my Self-Assured Motherhood course, a framework I created for overwhelmed moms. Each principle is an important part of emotional well-being and can help you in your personal assessment of how you're doing.

Today's principle is Santify Your Soul-Care. This is probably the only one of the nine principles that I'm still not solidly green in - even after years and years of work! But I share my commitment to getting better in the episode.

(If the idea of "solidly green" doesn't make sense to you, don't worry, I explain the episode!)

As you go along with this mini-series, you can use this self-assessment I've created to visually assess how you're doing in each of the principles we discuss.

I hope you find this mini-series helpful as you take time to consider your own emotional well-being. I'm rooting for you!

***

Announcements:

Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!

Related Episodes like this one on Sanctify Your Soul-Care:

262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout

314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean

349: Overcoming Decision Fatigue through Reflection // Emily P. Freeman

***

379: Principle #4 // Bolster Your Boundaries [The SAM Framework] Aug 22, 2024

Show notes

Today's principle is Bolster Your Boundaries. This is one that I'm still really working on with some relationships in my life - and I share a personal example of this in the episode!

As you go along with this mini-series, you can use this self-assessment I've created to visually assess how you're doing in each of the principles we discuss.

I hope you find this mini-series helpful as you take time to consider your own emotional well-being. I'm rooting for you!

***

Announcements:

Self-Assessment for Moms: Click here to download my FREE self-assessment to go along with each of the 9 principles we'll be discussing through the mini-series. You will also be added to the list for more information about SAM and you'll get a special discount if you sign up for SAM!

Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!

Related Episodes like this one on Bolster Your Boundaries:

262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout

314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean

349: Overcoming Decision Fatigue through Reflection // Emily P. Freeman

***