3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms

From picky eaters to diagnosed biological eating challenges, feeding your family can be harder than anticipated. This episode will teach you about managing and overcoming feeding difficulties with kids. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/120-how-to-teach-your-children-to-eat-holly-young. ***

3 simple strategies for refocusing when motherhood feels daunting. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/119-motherhood-is-hard. ***

Marilyn Faulkner raised five rockstar children, helped her husband start multiple companies, got a Masters degree when she was 45, and published three books (with her next book due for publication in July). She spreads wisdom and laughter everywhere she goes, and she shares some of both on this week’s episode. Listen in as she teaches us how to raise confident children. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/118-how-to-raise-confident-children-marilyn-faulkner. ***

3 “opportunities” we have to practice patience (and get better at it!) every day in our parenting. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/117-patience-in-parenting-becky-higgins-becky-proudfit. ***

3 ways to understand your anxious feelings and how to manage them. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/116-accepting-reframing-anxiety-becky-higgins-becky-proudfit. ***

3 ways to thrive in your parenting and your partnership, even if you don't do everything the same way. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please click here. ***

Do you ever felt guilty for being on your phone too much? Do you find your phone to be a distraction in your life? Do you have a desire to learn how to stop looking at your phone so much? Dr. Katie Penry, a licensed clinical psychologist and mother of two young children, is on the podcast today teaching us the brain research behind why we need to look up from our phones. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/114-how-to-stop-looking-at-your-phone-so-much-dr-katie-penry. ***

3 conversations to have with your children to start discussions about racism. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/113-teach-kids-about-racism. ***

3 strategies for building a more intentional schedule. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/112-declutter-schedule. ***

3 ways to build more daily rest and self-care into your mom-life. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/111-3-simple-strategies-to-avoid-mom-burnout. ***

A social worker who has worked with people experiencing homelessness for over 10 years shares 3 takeaways for what we as mothers can do to help. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/110-how-to-compassionately-respond-to-homelessness-meg-martin/ ***

A mother of five shares 3 life-changing mantras that get her through long runs and long days. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/109-how-to-find-gratitude-in-the-marathon-of-motherhood/ ***

A mother who struggles with bipolar disorder and depression gives three takeaways for finding help. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/108-how-to-get-help-for-mental-illness-sarah-mckenna/ ***

Today's episode aims to build awareness for moms who have wondered if they may be struggling with mental illness and a few basic coping skills for what to do when you are in the midst of it. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/depression-in-motherhood. ***

I know this is not news to anyone, but…caring for our marriages is SO IMPORTANT (and not always easy)! Which is why I’m so excited to share three ways to improve your marriage today. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/gottmans/ ***

If you’re anything like me, you sometimes realize with surprise that you’ve entered a different (and easier) phase of motherhood. When we take a moment to reflect on it, sometimes it feels like a miracle that we made it to where we are, doesn’t it? For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/power-of-moms/ ***

“The quickest way for anyone to reach the sun and the light of day is not to run west chasing after the sun, but to head east, plunging into the darkness until one comes to the sunrise.” -Jerry L. Sittser National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day was October 15th, and I wanted to honor this sacred day by dedicating an episode to mothers who walk through life with a piece of their heart and soul missing. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/how-to-move-through-grief/ ***

This week marks the SECOND BIRTHDAY of 3 in 30! For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/3-in-30-second-birthday/

As moms, we often wrestle with the desire to find a better balance for work and motherhood. Crystalee Beck, co-founder of The Mama Ladder, is here to shift our perspectives by teaching us that both work and motherhood are valuable parts of living our purpose. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/the-mama-ladder/ ***

Three takeaways from an anti-racism educator and mother of three. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/talking-about-skin-tone-with-brownicity/ ***

Today is the second in our series of episodes titled “You Are Your Child’s Most Important Teacher.” Dina Alexander is a mother of three teenagers and the founder of Educate and Empower Kids. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/educate-and-empower-your-kids/ ***

Today is the first in a series of episodes that I’m calling “You Are Your Child’s Most Important Teacher.” And to start us off, here are Kristin’s three takeaways for becoming the sex expert of your home. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-sex/ ***

Separate from your work status and the things that keep you busy as a parent, here are three things to help you hold space for your creativity as a parent. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/elizabeth-bergeland/ ***

3 concrete tools to overcome challenges from your childhood. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/how-to-let-go-of-hard-stuff/ ***

Mika sheds light on three areas of organization to create more freedom in your life. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/back-to-school-organization-mika-perry/ ***

Keep your marriage strong with simple, connective rituals supported by the research of Dr. John Gottman, the "Einstein of love." For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/rituals-of-connection-nate-bagley/ ***

3 strategies to invite your teen to see themselves as the hero in a truly great story. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/how-to-help-your-teen/ ***

When you think about the small but impactful acts of kindness others have shown you, do you also reflect on the kindness *you* have shown others? It might be humbling to admit, but ways YOU have reached out have made a big difference to others as well. I claim that with confidence because today on the podcast, I\'m sharing a story of a simple handshake and what it did for one person in my life. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/how-to-change-someones-life/ ***

Tawni Beardall and Erica Peterson are the co-hosts of a podcast for teens called Becoming. I absolutely love these ladies, and am so grateful for the work they are doing. They are here to teach us how to overcome our inner teen. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/your-inner-teen/ ***

Family therapist and father of four, Tony Overbay, teaches us how to maintain empathetic, trust-filled communication with our teenagers. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/teens-trust/ ***

3 strategies for elevating your conversation with your teens. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please click here. ***

Andrea Davis teaches three strategies for deciding when your teen is ready for a smartphone. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/teens-and-phones/ ***

It's TEEN MONTH at 3 in 30! All month, we will feature episodes about the highs and lows of parenting teens! For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/loneliness-of-parenting-teens/ ***

Three amazing mothers, all with unique life experience, who are going to share some of their stories with us today and to help us feel excited and encouraged to have fun with our children this summer! For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/my3in30summer/ ***

People are often amazed by just how close my sisters and I are to my dad. Our mom passed away when we were teenagers, so Dad planned our weddings, comes to help us after we have babies, and talks to us frequently about our lives. I truly believe that the small but meaningful ways my dad bonded with us when we were young made all the difference. Here are three easy ways that I learned from my dad. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/life-long-bonds/ ***

A speech language pathologist who specializes in teaching children social & emotional skills teaches her three-step process. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/rewire-behavior/ ***

Katherine Reynolds Lewis spent over five years researching parenting and discipline techniques, and she found that there are many effective discipline methods in practice today that teach children how to take ownership of their choices and their emotions and gain the emotional skills they need to self regulate. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/transformative-discipline/ ***

There’s no question that parenting has been difficult for every generation– but has it always been this difficult? Katherine Reynolds Lewis, an award-winning journalist and certified parent educator, had the same questions as she raised her own strong-willed children. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/katherine-reynolds-lewis/ ***

Several months ago, in the midst of kidney stone pain, I reached out to Becky Farley and Candace Little, the founders of Mindful Art Company, and asked for their best tips on using mindfulness to cope with illness. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/mindfulness-in-motherhood/ ***

3 takeaways for moms who are breaking negative generational parenting cycles in their own homes. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/become-a-loving-mother/ ***

It's the week before Mother's Day, so it only seemed appropriate that I air an encore episode about the woman who has impacted me the most: my own amazing mother. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/musical-tribute-mama/ ***

In this week’s episode, Brooke Romney, a mother of four and a professional writer, shares totally doable ways that we can be good friends to other women, 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-in-motherhood/ ***

This week my little sister Laura Webb shares her ideas for easy ways that we can fit record-keeping into our busy lives as moms. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/journaling-made-easy/ ***

3 steps for walking your child through a hard emotion. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/kids-emotions/ ***

Three steps I am taking in order to give myself a month-long break. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/pause/ ***

12 mothers share their 3 takeaways in honor of the half birthday of the podcast. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/halfbirthday/ ***

Julie Bastedo walks mothers through some strategies to help us embrace who we truly are, instead of always pining after whom we think we “should” be. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/be-the-mom-you-are/ ***

For my three takeaways for today's episode, I am going to share three essays I wrote while I was in therapy for an eating disorder. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/eating-disorder/ ***

Today I'm honored to have Taryn Palmer, a registered dietician and nutritionalist, on the show to talk about intuitive eating. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/intuitive-eating/ ***

Today's guest, Amanda Louder shares some of her story and experience as a step-mother. For full show notes, including the 3 Takeaways and sponsors, please visit https://3in30podcast.com/stepparenting/ ***