Healthy Parenting Handbook with Katie Kimball
Truth: 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!
Episodes
119 episodes
113: The Two Stories of Every Cluttered Space with Ingrid Jansen of the Declutter Hub
If you’ve ever stood in the middle of your house and thought, “Where do I even start?”… you are absolutely not alone.But what if the problem isn’t your lack of discipline… it’s your approach?In this conversation, I sat down with I...
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Episode 113
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44:13
112: Financial Literacy for the Whole Family with Amanda Teixeira
Money fights are rarely about the money.They usually start somewhere small. A decision. An assumption. A moment that feels harmless at the time.And then suddenly you are on a honeymoon, of all places, realizing you are n...
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Episode 112
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43:26
111: Troubleshoot Your Child's Poor Digestion with Tara Hunkin, NTP
What if I told you you might have to throw away half of the healthy food you worked so hard to put on the dinner table?What if I told you that can basically happen AFTER your kids eat everything on their plate?!?!Healthy fo...
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Episode 111
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43:53
110: Ask Me Anything: Picky Eating, Screen Time, and Intentional Choices
Ever wonder how to handle picky eating at parties without creating food battles? Or how to set healthy screen time boundaries when screens feel like the only babysitter?In this Ask Me Anything episode of the Healthy ...
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Episode 110
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30:34
109: Quick Change Tastebuds, Slow Biology, & Why Gut Health May Impact Picky Eating with Elissa Arnheim
Did you know that picky eating can sometimes be caused by the messages the bacteria in your gut are sending to your brain?So the CHILD isn’t being a sugar monster…or making stubborn choices just to drive you crazy…their gut bug...
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Episode 109
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45:14
108: Why You're Stuck in a Clutter Loop (and a System Won't Save You) with Katy Wells
Have you ever looked at a box in your house and felt like it was… talking to you?Not literally. But emotionally.Because in this second half of my conversation with decluttering expert Katy Wells, we go deeper than surface clutt...
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Episode 108
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18:55
107: Helping Kids Take Ownership of Their Space and How Decluttering Can Solve Your Anxiety with Katy Wells
What if the stress you feel at home is not just about your schedule… but about your stuff?I know. That sounds almost too simple.But when Katy Wells came back on the Healthy Parenting Handbook podcast, we did not just tal...
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Episode 107
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25:54
106: No Such Thing as Bad Weather: Practical Ways to Get Kids Outside with Pooja Tandon and Danette Glassy
Our hearts tell us we want to be outside, that we were created for nature…when it’s warm and beautiful and sunny!I don’t know about you, but I do find that when it’s cold, rainy, snowing, or blowing, I tend to be grateful for my 4 walls,...
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Episode 106
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42:18
105: How Danish Families Build Connection, Responsibility, and Contentment with Jessica Joelle Alexander
I couldn’t stop thinking about this interview with Jessica Joelle Alexander – and honestly, I haven’t stopped since! As a mom and as someone who teaches kids to cook and helps families connect around the table, I was deeply struck by how pea...
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Episode 105
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28:41
104: The Danish Way of Parenting with Jessica Joelle Alexander
In America, we tend to raise kids with a constant sense of striving. We measure success early, track milestones closely, and quietly worry about whether our children are doing enough, fast enough, and well enough.The Danish approach offe...
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Episode 104
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Teen Tidbits, Day 5: The Teenager’s World Is No Longer Black & White: How to Use That to Your Advantage as a Parent
Today’s teen tidbit is number five, and it gets right to the heart of what’s actually happening in your teen’s brain right now!Somewhere around ages 11 or 12, kids move from a black and white way of thinking into a world full of gray, nu...
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Teen Tidbits, Day 4: Passing on Family Values Through Teen Involvement in the Kitchen
In this Teen Tidbit, I share how the kitchen is one of the most powerful places to pass on family values through working side by side toward a common goal. Cooking together naturally opens up conversation and creates opportunities to model what...
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Teen Tidbits, Day 3: Why Cooking Helps Teens Let Go of Perfectionism
As a continually recovering perfectionist myself, I share why that drive to do everything just right can actually hold kids back from starting, trying, and growing. We’ve all heard “progress over perfection,” but I wanted to explore what that r...
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Teen Tidbits, Day 2: How Agency in Cooking Teaches Teens to Make Smart Choices
In this Teen Tidbit, I dive into why agency is such a powerful (and often overlooked) developmental need for teenagers. Agency is really the combination of having choices and having the skills to act on those choices, which together give teens ...
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Teen Tidbits, Day 1: Passing Along Ownership to Our Kids
Get in on the free parenting series on parenting teens here: https://raisinghealthyfamilies.com/teenvidsIn this Teen Tidbit episode, I share why passing on ownership of health, ti...
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103: Steps to Meal Planning on a Budget for Teens and Young Adults (Part 2)
In the last episode, we made it through step 3 of the 5 steps to meal planning on a budget! Now let's dive into steps 4-5. I am collaborating with two of my most frugal friends who are GREAT cooks to compile 5 steps to mea...
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Episode 103
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14:05
102: Meal Planning on a Budget for Teens and Young Adults (Part 1)
We just celebrated 10 years of teaching kids to cook online, which honestly feels surreal. It still feels like yesterday that we were filming the very first lessons, crossing our fingers, and wondering if anyone would even want this....
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Episode 102
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15:36
101: Raising Work-Ready Teens Through Leadership and Life Skills with Arthur C. Woods
Somewhere between “I can do hard things” and “Can you order for me?” is a whole lot of teen growth waiting to happen.Arthur C. Woods has spent decades working with teens, and he brings a refreshingly practical take on leadership that sta...
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Episode 101
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38:01
100: Why Are You So Tired? (Chronic Fatigue and Long Haulers with Dr. Evan Hirsch)
Way back when my husband and I were new-ish parents, he read a headline that talked about parents being "bone tired" at the end of the day.For years, we referred to that phrase: "We're BONE TIRED. Parents are all BONE TIRED." (Put...
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Episode 100
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56:02
099: Child Melts Down, Parent Blows Up — No More! Scripts for Calm Connection with Author and Therapist Bryana Kappadakunnel
Have you ever blown up at your kid because they’re melting down?Just wanted their bad behavior to STOP because you feel like a bad parent if it doesn’t?Committed that you would parent differently than...
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Episode 99
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45:15
098: Having Clear Intentions About Things, Memories, Relationships with Diane Boden
When your podcast guest says, “Our goal as parents is to raise up these self-sufficient, independent people someday,” you know she’s in the right place!Diane Boden and I talk all about her journey to minimalism and the intentional mindse...
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Episode 98
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36:00
097: Teens Want to Be in Control. Here's Why They're NOT (& What They Can Do About it) Direct from a Teen Author of The Teen Health Revolution
My guest today is 17-year-old Abdullah Ansari, and listening to him talk about teen health, food, stress, tech, and purpose made my jaw drop more than once. Not because he sounded rehearsed or polished. But because he sounded awake
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Episode 97
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43:44
096: Coughs, Colds and Bees: How Honey and Other BEE Products Can Keep our Kids Healthy! with Carly of Beekeeper’s Naturals
Coughs, Flu and School Germs, oh my!If cold-and-flu season causes tremors in your heart but you hate the idea of using over-the-counter drugs on your kids just to get through the night, I have great news: The bees got your back...
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Episode 96
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32:37
095: How Can We Allow Other People to Partner with Us in Parenting? with Author of Don't Mom Alone Heather MacFadyen
We’re lonely!It’s hurting us!And we’re not very good at connecting with other humans.Heather MacFadyen is here to help. Author and podcaster of Don’t Mom Alone, she’s all about building connection to help moms do the...
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Episode 95
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43:05
094: Homeschool Routines That Build Connection with Pam Barnhill
If you’ve ever felt that homeschooling can slip into a checklist of math pages and grammar drills, you’ll love this conversation. Pam Barnhill, a veteran homeschooling mom of over 15 years, reminds us what education can truly be: a chanc...
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Episode 94
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