3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms

Even as s a mother of two, a social media marketer, and a graduate student, Mary Jenkins fits of personal development into her busy life. In this week's episode, she teaches us how. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/3ps/ ***

A speech language pathologist and mother of four teaches us how to effectively and powerfully advocate for our children. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/advocate/ ***

Taffy Micheli, mother of five and fellow podcaster, shares three truly life-changing mantras that she has relied on to get her through difficult experiences. Don't miss this one! For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/marathon/ ***

Three moms give us three takeaways about HOW to "find the fun in the dysfunctional of family life." For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/humor/ ***

Jessica Dahlquist shares how to feel more "at home" where you live and how to reach out to others to make meaningful friendships. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/moving/ ***

Marilyn Faulkner is back on the podcast to teach us how to move from "control-parenting" to "influence-parenting." For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/control/ ***

In this episode, I share one of the most sacred and life-changing experiences I've ever had. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/open-adoption/ ***

I saw my son's birthmom for the last time one year ago. Today I re-air this episode in honor of Noah's birthday, which I always shared with Katie. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/encore02/ ***

Part 2 with a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, who is also a mother of two children, as she teaches us how to Look Up and Look With our children--to build mutual relationships of love and acknowledgement in our homes. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/look-with/ ***

A mother of five teaches us how to make "adventuring" part of our family culture. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/family-adventure/ ***

Within this episode, you will hear me sing five different songs that remind me of my mother and the moments we shared in the final years of her life. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/musical-tribute/ ***

A licensed family therapist and father of four teaches us how to talk to our children in a way that will help them to trust us into their teen years and beyond. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/teenagers/ ***

A mother of six young children shares her secrets for teaching kids how to work without turning into a crazy, frustrated, mean mom. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/work/ ***

A mom of five and former magazine editor teaches us to apply "best practices" in business leadership to our leadership within our homes. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/momming-like-a-boss/ ***

A father of nine who has battled Multiple Sclerosis for over 30 years joins his daughter, Ralphie Jacobs, in discussing how this trial has strengthened, softened, and refined them. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/endure-with-hope/ ***

Rachel shares 3 tools she learned in counseling for an eating disorder to foster positive self-talk and better mental and emotional health. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/how-to-stop-being-mean-to-yourself-encore/ ***

Dr. Leah Weiss redefines "mindfulness" and "meditation," making it doable for even the busiest of mothers. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/meditation/ ***

Instituting a daily Quiet Time is one of the BEST things I've done for my kids (and for me!). But I know it's not always easy to do it, especially with strong willed kiddos. I hope my three tips will help you to start this routine in your family! For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/quiet_time/ ***

As a mom of four, Jamie Cook has a LOT of experience helping summer run smoothly with children--and in this episode, she shares her best strategies with us! For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/summer/ ***

Today's guests have truly unique backgrounds: one of them was the press secretary for two US Senators, the other worked in the White House in the office of presidential speech writing; now they are moms who teach how to help kids understand politics, government, civility, and American history. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/patriotic-holidays/ ***

As a seasoned parent educator--but more importantly as a mother, step-mother, and grandmother herself--Georgia Anderson teaches us a three step process for connecting with our kids during their big emotions. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/emotion-coaching/ ***

April Perry shares three takeaways from her the book, which teach us how to connect with our children in everyday moments. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/everyday-moments/ ***

As a mother of five and a grandmother of nine, Marilyn Faulkner has great insight into raising confident children, which she shares in this episode with her signature wisdom and hilarious commentary on parenting. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/confidence/ ***

A mother of four whose mission is to help moms thrive talks about 3 power struggles we can opt out of with our children. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/battles/ ***

Professional counselor and father of four, Tony Overbay, shares four ways that we can effectively praise our children in order to energize the positive in our homes. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/praise/ ***

A busy mom of four, who is also a small business owner and a podcaster, teaches us how she finds the motivation and the time to exercise. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/exercise/ ***

One phone conversation with my friend changed my perspective on "mom-guilt" forever. Listen in to hear that story, as well as 3 strategies for fighting useless guilt in your own life. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/mom-guilt/ ***

Learn the brain research behind why we need to look up from our phones and engage with our children--as well as HOW to do it in a practical way within our modern world. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/phones/ ***

Candi Kidd teaches moms who are naturally messy (or moms who just live with crazy children..eh hem, all of us) three simple strategies for keeping our homes more orderly. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/cleaning-strategies/ ***

Rachel shares 3 lessons she's learned about friendship, from a high school student, a tradition of sending out mix CDs, and a kidney stent. This episode is a follow-up and "deep dive" into some of the topics discussed last week. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/relationships/ ***

Brooke Romney, a mother of four and a professional writer, teaches us how to be a good friend, even if we are busy, shy, or maxed out on life. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/friendship/ ***

Chrissy Austin, SLP, shares a three-step process for helping children get unstuck when they are trapped in negative neurological "loops" and behaviors. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/rewire/ ***

Celeste Davis, the founder of Marriage Laboratory, describes three of her "experiments" with the Love Languages and how they impacted her marriage. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/love-language. ***

Life coach Jody Moore teaches three principles to help us shift our mindsets and find more joy in our marriages and our relationships with others. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/marriage. ***

Julie Bastedo, a veteran high school English teacher and mother of two, teaches us how to celebrate our own unique gifts as mothers. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/mom-you-are/ ***

Craft blogger Sarah McKenna (who is also my older sister!) and I discuss three easy and super fun Valentines' traditions to build love in your family. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/valentines-traditions/ ***

April Perry, the co-founder of the website Power of Moms, shares a step-by-step process for getting out of overwhelm and learning to say "no" when opportunities don't fit with our current projects. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/overwhelm/

Rachel Gainer, a mindset coach and mother of four plus an angel baby, talks about the experience of losing her two-month-old daughter and gives us ideas for how we can reach out to those who are grieving. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/grief/ ***

While in counseling for an eating disorder, Rachel learned many tools for reversing negative self-talk. She shares 3 of her favorite tools in this episode. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/012-how-to-stop-being-mean-to-yourself-3-of-the-best-tools-i-learned-in-counseling. ***

As a recovering perfectionist, Monica Packer chooses to focus on "progress, not perfection." In this episode, she teaches us how to do it too. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/goals/ ***

“How are you today, Grampy?” “Oh the same: old and ugly, but contented.” This is the opening line of this week’s interview with my 88-year-old grandpa. You are going to love his personality and spunk, as he shares memories from his childhood Christmases. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/holiday-traditions/ ***

Though you may never have defined it as “soul fever” before, all parents have witnessed this malady taking over their children from time to time…when kids have had too much excitement, too little sleep, too much sugar, and too little downtime–and their behavior shows it! On today’s episode, Carrie Thomas Scott–a licensed professional counselor and a mother herself–uses the four pillars of Simplicity Parenting to teach us how to protect our kids from catching a “soul fever” this holiday season. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/soul-fever/ ***

I invited Tana Parke, a mother of five children and a semi-professional organizer, to share three strategies for keeping our kids’ clutter at bay. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/clutter/ ***

"At any given point, you can say, 'This is not how the story is going to end.'" Cate Johnson shares three small but significant changes that transformed their home environment. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/peaceful-home/ ***

This week, my family has been through a terrible loss: the death of my son’s birthmother, Katie. We’ve had an open adoption with her and she became part of our family over the last seven years. Listen in as I share three scriptural phrases that gave me strength during my long battle with infertility and the ups and downs of the adoption process. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/hope/ ***

Is your child’s life at school a bit of a mystery to you? Amanda Hamilton Roos' mission is to help families bridge the divide between home and school and build strong, effective partnerships. In today’s podcast, she shares three easy steps for forming a “working relationship” with your child’s teacher. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/school/ ***

Ralpie Jacobs, a parenting expert, teaches us three principles to help us control our anger and increase patience and love in our homes. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/yelling. ***

Jennifer Brimhall, a mother of five and the founder of the website Raise the Good, teaches us how to surround our children with good role models whom they will want to emulate. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/unexpected-heros/ ***

This week my little sister Laura Webb, a mother of two young children and a Chemistry and Math teacher--"not a writer!" she is quick to point out--will share her ideas for easy ways that we can fit record-keeping into our busy lives as moms. For full show notes, along with the three takeaways, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/journaling.

For full show notes, including the 3 takeaways, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/unmotivated-kids-to-help/