Stay ConnectedTruth: Kids don’t come with a handbook! But what if there was a parenting handbook that aligned with your healthy living values?
In each episode of the Healthy Parenting Handbook Podcast, mom of 4 Katie Kimball interviews experts in fields like nutrition, medicine, psychology, parenting, technology, entrepreneurship, and more to give parents tools to raise healthy, independent kids.
Intentional parents, here comes clarity about what you can DO to keep your kids physically and mentally healthy!
Copyright: © 2024 Healthy Parenting Handbook with Katie Kimball
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 with them. Use the CALM technique so that your kids can truly learn better behavior in a safe environment.
Resources We Mention for CALM Parenting
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I love hearing about homeschoolers who have the space, time, and freedom to really find their passions, and that’s far from the only benefit of homeschooling. My guest today would have told you homeschooling was a crazy option when she first got married, and now she’s a passionate proponent.
What changed?
You’ll find out in the interview, and I have to say that the Swanson family genesis of homeschooling was a big surprise for me!
Resources We Mention
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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, how full your brain is, or whether one of you is angry or just using your “go time” or “business” voice – you need this info.
We’ll dig deep into mental load with topics such as:
Resources We Mention for Balancing the Mental Load
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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 and healthy and HOW we can teach those skills to our kids (while also modeling them ourselves).
In this super practical conversation, you’ll learn:
Truly, parents, this interview is full of golden moments. Take time to listen to it all, and some parts twice!!!
Resources We Mention for Big Emotions
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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 hit and their bodies asked for something different, they did in-depth research and figured it out - for themselves and everyone else!
You will learn SO much!
Y’all. These women are BRILLIANT and also tender, encouraging, and funny. I could hang out with them forever and soak up their wisdom. Get the book Trim Healthy Wisdom, start by reading the bullet summaries, and then dig into the parts you need the most.
Resources We Mention for Women's Metabolism
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When Dr. Michael Goran started researching children’s nutrition almost 40 years ago, he wasn’t looking at obesity, type 2 diabetes, or fatty liver disease. That wasn’t because his head was in the sand - those things didn’t exist in kids but now all 3 are becoming prevalent.
What is going on???
Time and time again, the research pointed to a surprising cause - excess sugar.
In this professorial interview, you’ll learn:
Does Sugarproofing your kids mean withholding all sugar? Find out in this interview!
Resources We Mention About Sugar and Kids
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Imagine with me…your kids can take over a whole dinner meal and cook it themselves while you get something else done!
It’s a dream that has become reality times three for me here at the Kids Cook Real Food™ household.
I realized I’ve shared the process we used to gradually release cooking responsibility and teach our kids to cook a whole dinner by themselves many times on other podcasts when I’m the guest. It’s about time I share it with you as well!
It’s a multi-step process:
This allows them to take on the physical labor of cooking first, then gradually ease into the mental load portion as you help them meal plan side-by-side.
We’ve used this process with three kids so far, and the fourth won’t be far behind!
You can watch Paul and Leah’s “old favorite recipe” for pizza right here. This is a great one to watch with your kids as it has Paul’s early teenage creativity stamped all over it.
Resources We Mention for Kids Cooking Dinner
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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 to your weaknesses!
If we can help our kids BEST develop their executive function, they will be more independent, better at their jobs, find deeper relationships, and be better parents themselves. It’s THAT important!
My guest today, Noel Foy, helps us understand what executive functioning is, how it develops over time, and some really practical ways to build it best in our kids.
Her question, “What is your plan for that?” is pure gold, and I know you’ll love all the little strategies she shares to reduce anxiety in our kids while improving their executive function. As we teach life skills and independence, we are also teaching executive functioning skills! Score! 🙂
Noel just released a new book 1/30/25--15-Minute Focus: Executive Function: Strategies to Build Underdeveloped Skills, Maximize Learning, and Unlock Potential. You can grab it here on Amazon or at Bookshop.org.
Resources We Mention for Executive Function
Check out my new book at raisinghealthyfamilies.com/pickybook!
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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 18-30-year-olds who aren’t quite ready to be real adults, apparently.
In this interview, we talk about WHY we need both this term and parenting strategies to continue our conscious, intentional parenting beyond age 18.
But this podcast isn’t just for parents of emerging adults!
If you want to set your teens up for adulthood – and since you’re here, I’m assuming you do – it starts at least in high school and most likely long before that.
Kim and I dig into the pitfalls of becoming your child or teen’s friend, screen use at various ages, life skills, problem-solving, and soooo much more. Believe me, you’ll need all of it well before your kiddo hits 18.
If you want to prepare yourself for the next phase of parenting, and more importantly, prepare your kids to enter adulthood more smoothly, this interview is for you!
Thank you to our sponsor Paleovalley! Check them out at kidscookrealfood.com/meatsticks.
Resources We Mention for Parenting Adult Children
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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 breathe differently. Breath drives a LOT of functions, from our mental health (think fast breathing when you’re anxious) to our behavior, sleep, cardiovascular and digestive health, and more.
Shirley Gutkowski thought she wanted to be an orthodontist, but a few careers in oral health later, she’s found something she’s really passionate about.
She says people simply don’t talk about breathing enough, and she’s on a mission to change that through education.
I’m so grateful for the time she spent with me on this interview, and my brain is bursting with ramifications in my own family after what I learned!
If you’re breathing…and you have children who breathe…this podcast is for you.
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Resources We Mention for Proper Breathing Technique
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