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31 How She Takes the Fight Out of Food, Part 1
How She Moms
05/19/20 • 39 min
Most of us haven’t been in a sitcom-style, hurl-mashed-potatoes-across-the-room kind of food fight, but I’ll bet most of us have been in fights about food with our kids. There are so many potential conflicts here, from picky eating to table manners. The goal of this two part series is to help make eating with your kids a positive experience—with a lot of great ideas from moms on the front lines. In this first episode, we’ll talk about two potential battles: picky eating and house rules about what types of food you eat. In part two, we’ll talk about battles over when kids eat—especially snacks—and how kids eat—how they act at the table.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Podcasts:
Your Picky Eater, What Fresh Hell Podcast
Baby Food, Our Parents Did What? Podcast
The Beast Hiding in Your Pantry, Didn’t I Just Feed You? Podcast
Books:
Bringing Up Bebe, by Pamela Druckerman
French Kids Eat Everything, by Karen Le Billon
Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss
Bread and Jam for Frances, by Russell and Lillian Hoban
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, by Lauren Child
Video Clip:
There’s a Party In My Tummy, Yo Gabba Gabba
Workshop:
7 How She Strategizes
How She Moms
05/07/19 • 32 min
Every mom is a career mom. Some moms have another career on top of their mom gig, but it doesn’t diminish the fact that this is a long-term, strategic career. It’s a challenging career, but the perks put health plans and 401Ks to shame—the first smiles and giggles, that indescribable feeling of having your baby fall asleep in your arms. And that newborn smell.... Then there’s the first joke they tell that is actually funny, that adorable dance recital, the late-night heart-to-hearts. It’s the most rewarding career.
In this post, we’re going to talk about several different moms, and how they strategize in their own motherhood careers. Specifically, we’ll talk about how they create deliberate family cultures, often complete with a family mission statement, how they set goals, and how they include their families in their big-picture planning.
Here are links to more in-depth articles about the moms featured in this episode, as well as podcast episodes and books I mention.
Profiles
How Josie Strategizes: The Lauducci family lives a life of simplicity, togetherness, and global awareness—on a 40-foot sailboat. Family blog: afamilyafloat.com; Instagram: @afamilyafloat.com
How Kelli Cultivates Curiosity: Kelli’s kids ask a lot of questions—which is precisely what she was hoping for. Instagram: @raisingcuriousminds
How Andrea Strategizes: Andrea loves to think big and make ambitious goals for her future. Her husband—not so much. Here’s how they’ve built a family culture that works for the whole family. Website:betterscreentime.com
How Leisle Strategizes: Leisle and her husband Vinh dedicate a weekend each year to plan out their life and family goals. By sticking to their vision, they have created a value-driven, generous family culture.
How Jessica Strategizes: This year, Jessica decided to schedule monthly family fun days, each with a different purpose. Instagram: @flyingwithfour
How Sarah Strategizes: Sarah Nielsen chooses one word as her personal theme each year, and then paints the word into a beautiful piece of art to hang on her wall as a reminder. Website: sarahnielsonart.com
How Jen Plans Meals: (This post is not what I talked to Jen about on this podcast, but if you liked her ideas here, you'll also like what she had to say about family meal planning.)
Jodi Chaffee: Our Modern Heritage Podcast
Jillian Johnsrud: montanamoneyadventures.com
Podcasts
Family Looking Up Podcast
Episode 47: Doing Less to Have More, with Jillian Johnsrud
Books
29 The Great Reset
How She Moms
04/14/20 • 32 min
We’ve all experienced resets in our lives, both bad and good—things like job loss, illnesses, divorce, deaths, trauma, and tragic events like 9-11, and also positive things like marriage, moves, babies, graduations, new jobs. This time, Corona keeps pushing a giant reset button over and over—sometimes several times a day. No gatherings over 150, wait, make that 10. School’s going online for two weeks. Make that a month. Make that the rest of the school year.
Uncertainty is one of the trademarks of this reset. The uncertainty of how long it will last, how many people we love will get this evil virus, if and when we will get it ourselves, and how our bodies will react. We’re all constantly monitoring ourselves for signs of sickness, trying not to become a hypochondriac every time our throat tickles.
Sure, we could panic, and hunker down in fear. But we’re moms—and we don’t have time for that. We have mouths to feed, budgets to tighten, bottoms to wipe, toddlers to entertain—plus we’re trying to channel our inner Little House on the Prairie as we manage our own one-room school houses and make cheese using the lining of a calf’s stomach. OK, not that last part, but we are having to dig deep into our pantries and use stuff we didn’t even remember we had. Hello SPAM.
In this episode I talk about several of the specific ways Covid-19 is resetting motherhood both temporarily and long-term.
Here are some of the resources I mention in this episode:
Articles:
“This Togetherness is Temporary” by Mary Laura Philpott
“Staying at Home With My Kids for Six Weeks: A Story About Boundaries.” By Celeste Davis
“Coronavirus Is Not a Motherhood Competition.” By Brooke Romney
Awesome video by the Heller family:
https://vimeo.com/404483016?fbclid=IwAR1C8ZodQJZbLoFfvp7sQa-nZA8B0InhK_h8gmtjE8AkRmFNoszSR_uuPS8
Podcast episodes:
“How To Be The Mom You Are (Instead of the Mom You Think You Should Be)” Episode 16 of the 3 in 30 Podcast
“Homeschool Moms: “You’ve Got this. Here’s What’s Most Important,” The Mom Hour Podcast
14 Routine Experimentation
How She Moms
08/19/19 • 22 min
I like to think of my house as my laboratory, And one of one of my favorite places to experiment is with daily routines—in the morning, after school, and bedtime. They're self-contained periods of time in which specific things have to happen, but there are endless variations of how those things can happen.
If one part of our day is particularly dysfunctional (and there's always something), I analyze it, identify the major pain points, and try different solutions until I find one that works for my five little lab rats. Then, I find myself actually looking forward to those tricky situations, so I can try my latest experiment.
This year I have more potential solutions than ever, thanks to the great ideas shared by my fabulous contributors. I have so many new experiments to try!
In this episode, I’m going to talk about some of the routine experiments we’ve tried. Some worked for a while and then stopped being relevant, some failed quickly, others are still going strong.
Links to resources mentioned in this episode:
Transcript of this episode, including photos of sock dispensers
Beyond Good Intentions, Episode 75, "Simplifying Your Family Schedule"
13 How She Teaches Kids to Be Tidy
How She Moms
08/05/19 • 53 min
In episode 11, we talked about how to teach kids to clean. But knowing how to clean is a very different skill from knowing how to keep a house tidy. My kids can scrub a toilet, but they have no idea where they put their shoes and socks.
In this episode, we’re going to talk about how to teach our kids to be tidy. In the first half we’ll unpack the concept of tidiness a bit. Tidiness, and its counterpart, messiness, is about more than stuff. It’s a surprisingly emotional topic. Teaching our kids to be tidy requires us to confront our own skills and habits. In the second half of the episode we’ll talk about all sorts of different techniques that moms use to teach their kids (and often themselves too) to be tidier.
Here is a list of links to books, podcasts, and blogs mentioned in this episode:
Blogs/Websites
How Emily Teaches Kids to Clean
How Lisa Teaches Kids to Clean
Learn Do Become: Command Central
Books
The House that Cleans Itself by Mary Starns Clark
How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind by Dana K. White
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford
Strengths-Based Parenting by Mary Reckmeyer
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
Podcasts
3 in 30 Podcast, episode 22: Cleaning Strategies for the Naturally Messy Mom
3 in 30 Podcast, episode Getting Unmotivated Kids to Help
The Lazy Genius, episode 78: The Lazy Genius House Purge
The Lazy Genius, episode 103: The Lazy Genius Keeps the Car Clean
Just Add Sprinkles, episode 31: The Art of Decluttering with Tidy Moose
3 How She Connects With Her Kids
How She Moms
03/04/19 • 36 min
Connecting with our kids is the big “why” of motherhood—the payoff for all the hard work and sacrifice. Sometimes it comes naturally and easy, sometimes it’s more complicated, and sometimes it’s unspeakably hard. But even then, we keep trying, because that’s what moms do.
In this episode, I share ideas about how moms connect with their kids, organized into eight main ideas:
1. Plan Connection Opportunities into Your Routine
2. Make Time to Talk
3. Show Interest in their Interests
4. Play Together
5. Work Together
6. Carve Out One-on-One Time
7. Tell Them You Love Them
8. Identify Pain Points and Find a Workaround
Related Articles on Howshemoms.comYou can find articles about many of the moms I talked to on the podcast at howshemoms.com, by clicking on the links below:
How Nichole Builds Relationships
Recommended Podcasts:Here are the podcast episode I mentioned, plus a few other great ones for more ideas about how to connect with your kids:
Family Looking Up:
Episode 69 Loving Kids When They Act Unloveable
What Fresh Hell:
Episode 51: Getting Your Kids to Talk to You
3 in 30 Podcast:
Episode 26: How to Praise When It Seems Like There’s Nothing to Praise
Episode 50: How to Actually Listen to Your Children
Episode 41: How to Really See Your Children and Help Them See You
Episode 38: Get Teenagers to Talk to You
Episode29: Making the Most of Everyday Moments to Connect with Your Child
2 Raising Seabiscuit
How She Moms
03/04/19 • 18 min
To my surprise, Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand, turned out to be one of the best parenting books I’ve ever read.
47 How Chantel Allen Manages Anxiety
How She Moms
01/26/21 • 25 min
Today, I’m delighted to share some of the highlights from a conversation I had with Chantel Allen, a mom of four and a life coach. She’ll talk about some of the different stages of motherhood, and her career path from preschool teacher to life coach. We also talk about how she has learned to live with anxiety and help her children through some of the same challenges.
03/01/21 • 18 min
Kathleen Stout was visiting friends in Scotland when she found out she would become a foster mom. A couple weeks later, she was suddenly a single working mom raising a teenager and a three year old. And almost a year after that, she was able to adopt the kids and make them her permanent family. She shares her beautiful story about transitioning to motherhood.
(Encore) How She Serves Her Community and Beyond
How She Moms
12/15/20 • 31 min
Inspiring stories of women who love and serve their communities and the world and teach their children to do the same.
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How many episodes does How She Moms have?
How She Moms currently has 127 episodes available.
What topics does How She Moms cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture, Parenting, Kids & Family and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on How She Moms?
The episode title '33 How She Evolves' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on How She Moms?
The average episode length on How She Moms is 32 minutes.
How often are episodes of How She Moms released?
Episodes of How She Moms are typically released every 7 days, 10 hours.
When was the first episode of How She Moms?
The first episode of How She Moms was released on Mar 4, 2019.
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