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The Healthy Family Podcast

The Healthy Family Podcast

Maryann Jacobsen: Registered Dietitian, Family Nutrition & Health Expert, Independent Author

Take a ride with family nutrition expert Maryann Jacobsen as she deconstructs what it really means to be healthy and happy at all ages and stages. Whether it’s an expert she’s interviewing for her latest book, a health-related topic families need to know about, or the latest nutrition news, you’ll be glad you tuned in. Each episode arms you with credible information, expert advice, and modern-day strategies for creating a healthy family in the 21st century.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Healthy Family Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Healthy Family Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Healthy Family Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Over 50% of families reporting picky eating problems at home. Not knowing what to do, parents may bribe, force and pressure their child to eat. The connection between parent and child can go south, eating often gets worse, and tension at the table grows. And it’s not just children but older teens and adults who struggle with picky eating.

One thing is for sure, we all need to know how to respond to picky eating and remove the shame associated with it. Only then can we see real progress.

To dig into this topic we have two featured experts: Katja Rowell, MD, and Jenny McGlothlin, MS, SLP. Katja is a medical doctor with expertise in relational and responsive feeding, and Jenny is a Speech Language Pathologist whose responsive feeding program at the UT Dallas Callier Center combines oral-motor and sensory treatments with parent education. Together they wrote Helping Your Child with Extreme Picky Eating and their recently released book, Conquer Picky Eating for Teens and Adults.

The show starts from the very beginning (infancy) and touches on every stage including adulthood. You will discover the best way to respond and support the picky eater in your life, even if the picky eater is you!

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The Healthy Family Podcast - Tiny Habits with BJ Fogg

Tiny Habits with BJ Fogg

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07/27/17 • 29 min

Does this sound familiar? You try to add a new habit and for a while, it goes well....until life gets in the way. The new exercise routine gets pushed aside when work gets busy. Your vow to keep the house clean slowly goes down the (messy) toilet. Having your child read/do chores/cook/ over the summer goes nowhere because he is so darn resistant.

On today's show, we have a leading expert who shows us that building new habits doesn’t need to be hard. No, it can actually be easy, rewarding, and even fun (his words). We’re just going about it the wrong way.

BJ Fogg is director of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University, focusing on methods for creating habits and behavior change. He spends half his time in industry and the other half teaching at Stanford. He got his start focusing on how to change behavior utilizing mobile phones and over the years, improving health has become a theme. In December of 2011, Fogg created the Tiny Habits method. His Tiny Habits program has helped over 40,000 people create sustainable and lasting habits. He shares his wisdom and after listening to this episode you'll never look at behavior change the same way again.

Highlights from the Show:

  • The three components of behavior that must occur for that behavior to become a habit.
  • The best way to stop a bad behavior and add a positive one, and why adding new behaviors is a better approach.
  • How to add new behaviors using the Tiny Habits Method, and why it is incredibly useful for helping children form positive habits.
  • Top misconceptions about behavior change that hold people back (and why it’s easier to create habits than people think).
  • Why it’s so hard to create a habit abound something you don’t want or see as painful.
  • The most important question to ask: “where does this new behavior fit naturally in my day?”
  • How our culture misleads us into believing transformational change is better than incremental change when clearly it’s the other way around.
  • Why effective behavior change is like growing a plant and has nothing to do with willpower.
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The Healthy Family Podcast - Intuitive Eating with Elyse Resch

Intuitive Eating with Elyse Resch

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03/03/17 • 42 min

With over 60 studies to support it, intuitive eating is emerging as a positive approach to eating, getting the right amount of food for your body type, and enhancing health and well being. It’s also an excellent way to raise kids in terms of food, body appreciation and decreasing eating-disorder risk.

In today’s show we have Intuitive Eating expert Elyse Resch. Elyse has been in private practice in Beverly Hills as a Nutrition Therapist for 34 years, specializing in eating disorders, Intuitive Eating, and preventative nutrition. She is the co-author of Intuitive Eating and the soon-to-be published Intuitive Eating Workbook. She has published journal articles and is nationally known for her work in helping patients break free from the diet mentality through the "Intuitive Eating" process.

In this episode, Elyse Resch shares her wisdom and the history of Intuitive Eating. She explains why it is so important to question your long-held assumptions about food, eating and weight. She details how we are all born intuitive eaters, and how easy it is to get off track. A firm believer of the Health at Every Size (HAES) movement, she shares how society’s weight and diet focus compromises health rather than heals it, and how Intuitive Eating can be the antidote.

Highlights from the Show:

  • How Elyse got into Intuitive Eating, which led to its first publication in 1995
  • Elyse’s definition of Intuitive Eating -- what it is and why it’s beneficial
  • The false assumptions people make about food and eating that hold them back, and keep them stuck in the “diet mentality”
  • The role dichotomous thinking (food is all good or all bad) plays in food choices, and makes eating well more difficult
  • The vital role autonomy plays in food choices and well being, and why individuals rebel when being told what to eat
  • The surprising reason people emotionally eat, and the easy way to stop
  • Why unconditional permission to eat and a no-judgment attitude are vital components of Intuitive Eating
  • The importance of divorcing weight and body shape from eating choices and other healthy habits
  • How to raise intuitive eaters starting with responsive feeding in infancy

Intuitive Eating Mindset Quote

"When you challenge those assumptions and really look at the truth, look at the science, look at people’s history, you are able to sit back and go Whoa, wait a minute, I’ve been working off this assumption and it’s not working for me!”

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The Healthy Family Podcast - Helping Your Child Overcome Anxiety with Dawn Huebner
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10/01/19 • 48 min

Over the last two decades anxiety in children has been on the rise. According to the CDC, 7.1% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 4.4 million) have been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. In many ways, the modern world is the perfect storm for anxiety, so it’s important parents understand how best to respond to anxious kids.

In episode 27 of The Healthy Family Podcast, we have Dawn Huebner, Ph.D., a Clinical Psychologist, and Parent Coach specializing in anxiety. She is the author of 9 books for children including the perennial bestseller, What to Do When You Worry Too Much and more recent, Outsmarting Worry. Dr. Huebner’s newest book, Something Bad Happened provides support for children learning about ‘bad things’ happening in the world.

In this episode, Dr. Huebner explains why anxiety is on the rise, what is really going on inside an anxious child’s brain, and how parents can help support their child in overcoming anxiety.

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The Healthy Family Podcast - The Menstrual Cycle and Health with Dr. Jerilynn Prior
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08/22/19 • 63 min

When a woman considers her health, she doesn't automatically think about her menstrual cycle. Yet a woman's menstrual cycle can tell a great deal about her health, well being, and what stage of reproduction she in. Understanding one's menstrual cycle helps during puberty, the reproductive years, and perimenopause.

As I experienced cycle changes in my forties, I looked around and found the work by Jerilynn Prior. Jerilynn C. Prior BA, MD, FRCPC (former ABIM, ABEM) is a Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC. She has spent her career studying menstrual cycles and the effects of the cycle’s changing estrogen and progesterone hormone levels on women’s health. She is the founder (2002) and Scientific Director of the Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research (CeMCOR). She is coauthor of The Estrogen Errors and author of Estrogen's Storm Season. CeMCOR acknowledges -- and defines -- “very early perimenopause,” symptoms that occur when cycles are regular but hormones begin to shift.

As part of my midlife ongoing series, I wanted to ask Dr. Prior some questions. So in this podcast interview, we talk about the menstrual cycle and health starting at puberty through menopause.

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The Healthy Family Podcast - Getting REAL About Feeding Kids with Sally Kuzemchak
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01/31/19 • 50 min

Feeding advice is everywhere. Eat together. Check. Expose children to nutritious foods. Check. Live happily ever after.

No way!

Here’s what no one talks about. Feeding kids is not always fun or easy. And not all kids respond the same way to the same strategies. There is a need to get real about expectations and what it really feels like to feed a family. Not a make-believe family but a real one.

On episode 25 of the Healthy Family Podcast, we have on Sally Kuzemchak. She is a registered dietitian and creator of the popular blog Real Mom Nutrition, named Best Blog for Parents by Health magazine in 2015. Sally is the author of the new book 101 of the Healthiest Food for Kids. She is also an award-winning reporter and writer specializing in nutrition who currently blogs for Parents magazine and WebMD. Sally shares with us her stories, advice, challenges, and triumphs in the feeding realm. She also outlines best practices for introducing nutritious foods kids which is what her new book is all about.

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The Healthy Family Podcast - The Science of Parenting with Jen Lumanlan
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11/27/18 • 58 min

When a couple is expecting their first child, they’re inundated with information. But then that baby turns into a toddler that has tantrums and doesn’t like the word “no.” And all of a sudden, the well of information dries up.

So where do parents turn to for advice? And how do we know what to believe? After all, expert advice is constantly changing and everyone seems to have an opinion.

Today’s guest, Jen Lumanlan, had these same questions when she started a family. This led her to get a master’s in psychology with a focus on child development and another master's in education. She shares what she’s learned (and keeps learning) through Your Parenting Mojo Podcast. It's a reference guide for parents of toddlers and preschoolers based on scientific research and the principles of respectful parenting.

In episode 24 of The Healthy Family Podcast, we tackle how to go about finding credible parenting information. Jen shares what she has learned on her science-based parenting journey.

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I think most parents understand the importance of teaching their kids to cook. I believe what gets in the way are “invisible” barriers. And in order to get kids cooking, we need to tackle these barriers head-on.

That’s why on episode 23 of The Healthy Family Podcast we’re spelling out what really gets in the way of getting kids in the kitchen. Our guest Katie Kimball runs the online cooking class Kids Cook Real Food. She is the author of several cookbooks including Better Than a Box and Healthy Snacks to Go and is founding editor of Kitchen Stewardship. This mom of four and prior teacher provides insight on how to overcome common obstacles and quickly see a return on investment.

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The Healthy Family Podcast - Mothers, Daughters, Food, and Body Image with Karen Diaz
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09/20/18 • 69 min

If there’s one theme I’ve heard repeatedly regarding moms, daughters, food, and body image, it’s this:

Mom has poor body image and food issues (to varying degrees). Despite this struggle, mom wants to keep her issues from infecting her daughter. She hides this part of herself, hoping her daughter never finds out the truth. She doesn’t share her unhappiness with her body, doesn’t restrict food at home, and never brings up the subject of weight.

Yet despite this cover-up, mom often watches her daughter walk the same painful path. What gives?

Today’s’ show we get right into why this happens. It’s not about helping only girls or only moms, it’s about healing both at the same time. The goal is to end the legacy of body dissatisfaction and food struggle that gets handed down from generation to generation.

Dietitian Karen Diaz shares insight from her experience working at an eating disorder clinic and helping moms and daughters over the last six years. Karen is certified in intuitive eating and uses her Signature Program Break Free to guide women in overcoming dysregulated eating and body image struggles. Her soon-to-be-published book Within is aimed at helping moms and daughters come to peace with their bodies and food so they can build a healthy and happy home.

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The Healthy Family Podcast - Breaking the Rules of Behavior Change for Success with Michelle Segar
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04/04/22 • 55 min

Does it really take 66 days to build a healthy habit? Will there be a time we gain enough self-control or willpower to always eat nutritiously and exercise?

My podcast guest turns everything we thought we knew about healthy behavior change on its head. Not only that, but she also has the research to support it. And a new book.

Michelle Segar, PhD, is an award-winning, NIH-funded researcher at the University of Michigan with almost thirty years studying how to help people adopt healthy behaviors in ways that can survive the complexity and unpredictability of the real world.

Her new book, The Joy Choice: How to Finally Achieve Lasting Changes in Eating and Exercise, helps people make the mindset change they need to build and maintain healthy behaviors.

“The way we’ve been taught to approach dietary change and exercise is you do it right or you don’t do it at all,” she said during our interview. And this sets us up for failure because life always has other plans.

Her process is based on the emerging research on executive function along with decades of research showing what really motivates us to engage in healthy behaviors.

It’s about all those “choice points” and learning to make the perfect, imperfect decision that allows you do something instead of nothing. And most importantly, keep you moving forward instead of feeling defeated.

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FAQ

How many episodes does The Healthy Family Podcast have?

The Healthy Family Podcast currently has 40 episodes available.

What topics does The Healthy Family Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Parenting, Kids & Family, Midlife, Family, Podcasts and Health.

What is the most popular episode on The Healthy Family Podcast?

The episode title 'The Menstrual Cycle and Health with Dr. Jerilynn Prior' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Healthy Family Podcast?

The average episode length on The Healthy Family Podcast is 50 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Healthy Family Podcast released?

Episodes of The Healthy Family Podcast are typically released every 36 days.

When was the first episode of The Healthy Family Podcast?

The first episode of The Healthy Family Podcast was released on Mar 3, 2017.

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