Navigating the ups and downs of parenting a child with ADHD can be quite the adventure. Learn essential strategies to foster understanding and emotional regulation in your child. Discover the importance of asynchronous development and how it shapes behavior. Get practical tips on empowering your child through the use of declarative language and journaling 'golden moments' for gratitude. This insightful discussion encourages parents to cherish the positive amidst the challenges, creating deeper connections with their spirited kids.

Living with grief can feel heavy, dark, and confusing. It's a time when it's easy to lose ourselves. Grief looks different for everyone, and if you are in the middle of grieving, my heart aches for you. I have experienced loss, and I know the deep ache of grief. It's a tender topic that's close to my heart. That's why I'm honored to share Shelby Quinlan's story with you. Shelby is a former teacher and SAM alumni. She's mom to three girls, and she and her family have been navigating their grief this past year through the loss of a beloved grandparent and also Shelby's sister.I am so impressed with Shelby's courage to share how she's navigating living with grief while being still in the middle of it. I hope you find her story as inspiring and healing as I have. For full show notes, including takeaways, click here. ***Announcements: Self-Assured Motherhood Program: The doors to SAM are open until this Thursday, Sept 19! It only opens once per year, so join while you can! Related Episodes Like This One:013: How to Support Those Who Are Grieving // Rachel Gainer104: How to Move Through Grief Towards Healing // Dr. Anna Packard155: Talking about Suicide: Insights from a Daughter Left Behind // Sara GrotenhuisSponsor: BetterHelp: 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to betterhelp.com/3in30 to get 10% off your first month of online therapy.***

I always get asked who my Self-Assured Motherhood program is designed for - young moms? moms with young kids? stay-at-home moms? My answer is always emphatically: it’s designed for all moms! SAM is for all mothers - all ages, all stages, all walks of life. In fact, I often have the women in my program tell me it should be called Self-Assured Womanhood or Self-Assured Personhood because the principles apply so universally. (However, the acronym SAW and SAP don’t have quite the same ring as SAM. Don’t you agree? 😆) If you’ve been asking yourself if SAM is a good fit for you, you will love my interview with SAM alumni Wanda Opitz. For full show notes, including takeaways, click here. ***Announcements:3in30podcast.com/freeclass: Sign up for my FREE masterclass all about rerouting your mom rage. Come learn how to identify your triggers and become the calm, emotionally resilient mom you want to be. Self-Assured Motherhood Program: The doors to SAM are open now through Sept 19! It only opens once per year, so join while you can!  Sponsor:BetterHelp: 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to betterhelp.com/3in30 to get 10% off your first month of online therapy.***

What does a spaghetti dinner have to do with my Self-Assured Motherhood program? Well, in this episode, I tell you! Come listen in! My Self-Assured Motherhood Program is open for enrollment TODAY, and I want you to join! SAM is not like any other parenting education you’ve participated in in the past – where you heard the lessons and felt like you understood them, but then you didn’t actually apply them long-term. This program was developed with your long-term success in mind.  And that’s because the SAM program was designed by a teacher - a professionally trained, extremely experienced, and, at the risk of sounding arrogant, very gifted teacher. 🥰If you've been on the fence about joining SAM, I hope you'll listen in as I explain why this program REALLY works. For full show notes, including takeaways, click here. ***Announcements: 3in30podcast.com/freeclass:  Sign up for my FREE masterclass all about rerouting your mom rage. Come learn how to identify your triggers and become the calm, emotionally resilient mom you want to be. Self-Assured Motherhood Program: The doors to SAM are open now through Sept 19! It only opens once per year, so join while you can!Related Episodes like this one on the Self-Assured Motherhood Program:315: A Word from our SAM Sisters316: Considering the SAM Program? You MUST listen to this. [Enrollment ends Thursday!]375: 3 Ways Voicing Your Values will Help Lighten your Mental Load // Rachel Nielson on the Happy Mom SummitSponsor: Vionic Shoes: Go to vionicshoes.com and use code 3IN30 for 15% off your order.

Eli Harwood, an expert in co-regulation for parents, dives into the fascinating science behind how a parent's emotional state affects their child. He reveals how simple gestures, like touch, activate calming nerve fibers that help regulate children's emotions. The conversation emphasizes the importance of self-care for parents, noting that when moms prioritize their well-being, it fosters a more harmonious atmosphere for kids. Eli also shares practical strategies for modeling calmness and nurturing connection, especially during challenging moments.

We all know how important it is to raise securely attached kids, but how to do it can be the tricky part! It's true what they say about parenting: The days are long but the years are short. I feel like the years are flying by with my two kids, who are both now in double digits, and I often find myself wondering how I can parent them in a way that will keep our bonds strong through their teen years and into adulthood - and in a way that they will thrive in their adult relationships after they leave my care.This is why I've been drawn to the work of therapist and author Eli Harwood, who has dedicated her career to studying research on attachment theory and making it applicable to everyday humans trying to build secure relationships, whether that's the clients in her private practice, the hundreds of thousands who follow her on social media, or the people across the world who read her books.  Eli's newest book, Raising Securely Attached Kids, will be released on September 3, 2024, and it was a thrill to have her back on the podcast to discuss this important topic. For full show notes, including takeaways, click here. ***Announcements: Sign up for my FREE masterclass to learn all about rerouting your mom rage!Purchase Eli's Book here: Raising Securely Attached Kids by Eli HarwoodRelated Episodes: 367: 3 Ways to Create Lasting Bonds with Your Kids // Mike Westover (Rachel’s Dad!)279: Navigating Parenting Triggers // Nat Vikitsreth340: How to Be a Safe Place for your Sweetheart// Eli HarwoodEpisode sponsors:KiwiCo: Use code 3in30 for 50% off your first month on any crate line!***

Here we are! It's the final day of our two-week-long series on how to become more peaceful, confident, and happy in motherhood. I have loved this series, and it's also been a ton of work--more work than I had anticipated! (Though I don't know why I didn't anticipate that airing a podcast episode every weekday for two weeks 🫨 would be a huge challenge. Sometimes things sound easy before you do them, and that was definitely the case with this series!) But, despite the hard work, I'm so glad I persevered to give you a little deep dive into each one of my nine principles of Self-Assured Motherhood.My goal for every woman who listens to my podcast or participates in my SAM program is this: I want you to feel more fully yourself as a result of the work that we do together - more deeply accepting of who you are and more able to nurture the best that's already within you, instead of wishing you could be different or "better." Friends, if you want to do this work with me, I hope you will join my Self-Assured Motherhood program, which opens for enrollment on Monday, September 9th.***Announcements:Self-Assessment for Moms: Click here to download my FREE self-assessment to go along with each of the 9 principles we'll be discussing through the mini-series. **Everyone who downloads this assessment will receive a special discount for SAM! AND, one lucky mama will get SAM for FREE!**Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!Related Episodes like this one on Self-Assured Motherhood: 262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean030: How to Coach Your Children Through Their Big Emotions // Georgia Anderson

My kids are headed back to school soon, and they will be doing all sorts of assessments to see how they're doing in math and reading and writing. And this got me thinking: I need to do a series of mini-podcast episodes during this back-to-school season for moms to assess how they are doing, not with balancing equations or diagramming sentences (because I have a feeling most of us would fail those assessments 🥴), but to assess something way more important: our own levels of emotional wellbeing.Just like last week, this week, Monday-Friday, I will be publishing a mini-episode to introduce you to each of the principles I teach in my Self-Assured Motherhood course, a framework I created for overwhelmed moms. Each principle is an important part of emotional well-being and can help you in your personal assessment of how you're doing. Today's principle is: Support Their Struggles.As you go along with this mini-series, you can use this self-assessment I've created to visually assess how you're doing in each of the principles we discuss. I hope you find this mini-series helpful as you take time to consider your own emotional well-being. I'm rooting for you! ***Announcements:Self-Assessment for Moms: Click here to download my FREE self-assessment to go along with each of the 9 principles we'll be discussing through the mini-series. **Everyone who downloads this assessment will receive a special discount for SAM! AND, one lucky mama will get SAM for FREE!**Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!Sponsor: Paleovalley: Go to paleovalley.com/3in30 for 15% off your first order.Related Episodes like this one on Support Their Struggles: 262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean030: How to Coach Your Children Through Their Big Emotions // Georgia Anderson***

My kids are headed back to school soon, and they will be doing all sorts of assessments to see how they're doing in math and reading and writing. And this got me thinking: I need to do a series of mini-podcast episodes during this back-to-school season for moms to assess how they are doing, not with balancing equations or diagramming sentences (because I have a feeling most of us would fail those assessments 🥴), but to assess something way more important: our own levels of emotional wellbeing.Just like last week, this week, Monday-Friday, I will be publishing a mini-episode to introduce you to each of the principles I teach in my Self-Assured Motherhood course, a framework I created for overwhelmed moms. Each principle is an important part of emotional well-being and can help you in your personal assessment of how you're doing. Today's principle is Communicate for Connection.As you go along with this mini-series, you can use this self-assessment I've created to visually assess how you're doing in each of the principles we discuss. I hope you find this mini-series helpful as you take time to consider your own emotional well-being. I'm rooting for you! ***Announcements:Self-Assessment for Moms: Click here to download my FREE self-assessment to go along with each of the 9 principles we'll be discussing through the mini-series. **Everyone who downloads this assessment will receive a special discount for SAM! AND, one lucky mama will get SAM for FREE!**Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!Sponsors: BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to betterhelp.com/3in30 to get 10% off your first month of online therapy.Related Episodes like this one on Commuincate for Connection: 262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean030: How to Coach Your Children Through Their Big Emotions // Georgia Anderson***

My kids are headed back to school soon, and they will be doing all sorts of assessments to see how they're doing in math and reading and writing. And this got me thinking: I need to do a series of mini-podcast episodes during this back-to-school season for moms to assess how they are doing, not with balancing equations or diagramming sentences (because I have a feeling most of us would fail those assessments 🥴), but to assess something way more important: our own levels of emotional wellbeing.Just like last week, this week, Monday-Friday, I will be publishing a mini-episode to introduce you to each of the principles I teach in my Self-Assured Motherhood course, a framework I created for overwhelmed moms. Each principle is an important part of emotional well-being and can help you in your personal assessment of how you're doing. Today's principle is Gather the Good. As you go along with this mini-series, you can use this self-assessment I've created to visually assess how you're doing in each of the principles we discuss. I hope you find this mini-series helpful as you take time to consider your own emotional well-being. I'm rooting for you! ***Announcements:Self-Assessment for Moms: Click here to download my FREE self-assessment to go along with each of the 9 principles we'll be discussing through the mini-series. **Everyone who downloads this assessment will receive a special discount for SAM! AND, one lucky mama will get SAM for FREE!**Self-Assured Motherhood Program: Doors to SAM will be opening soon! Join the waitlist!Related Episodes like this one on Gather the Good:262: 3 Ways to Recover from Mom Burnout314: How to Feel like Yourself in Motherhood // Aleisha McKean349: Overcoming Decision Fatigue through Reflection // Emily P. Freeman***