Not kidding, I referenced this interview FOUR times the same week we recorded — it’s THAT pertinent to our jobs as parents!

Today we’re focusing on the MOST important quality our kids need today – resilience. Michele Borba's book THRIVERS is about 7 teachable skills that set happy, healthy, and high-performing kids apart — and I believe those are listed in an intentional order.

If you find yourself wondering why some kids struggle and others shine, spoiler alert: It’s not about GPA.

This is a must-listen! Find out:

• Why Michele has never been more worried about this current generation – even before the pandemic (and it’s worse now)
• A toxic recipe for resilience that too many of us are using to raise kids
• What makes a child a “THRIVER” – having the skills and abilities to do well in the real world
• The power of observing your kids to focus on their current strengths
• How the 7 traits show up in kids (and how many your kids need to thrive)
• The 2 things all kids need to thrive and whether all kids are capable of becoming a thriver
• One question to ask yourself that will ensure you raise confident kids (this is powerful!!)

We both talk fast, folks, so buckle up for a WEALTH of valuable information that will change the way you think about your kids and the choices you make as a parent!!! The world needs this!

Resources We Mention for Raising Resilient Kids

• Michele's book, Thrivers
• Michele's survey to figure out your kids' strengths
• This PDF has 10 super practical ways to start raising resilient kids who are thrivers!
• The benefits of family dinner
• Jeannine Jannot on disintegrating students
• Raising successful adults
• Letting kids fail to build resilience
• Reducing stress in kids
• Connect with Michele online
• Follow her on social media: Facebook, Instagram, X

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• Register now for #LifeSkillsNow Season 3 mini-camp, Aug 4-6
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• YouTube shorts channel for HPH
• Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at kidscookrealfood.com/podcast

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Shannon Miller is a 7-time Olympic medalist and has over 100 national competition medals in gymnastics as well, more than half the gold kind. People in our generation certainly remember her name from the “Magnificent Seven” team gold winners in the 1996 Olympic games, where she captured the first balance beam gold an American had ever achieved.

She’s no stranger to hard work and success, obviously, and she went on after gymnastics to study marketing and entrepreneurship and even earned her law degree from Boston College.

Then life got a little crazier – she had her first baby in 2009, launched her company “The Shannon Miller Lifestyle: Health and Fitness for Women” in 2010, and in 2011 was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Now that’s a full plate and plenty of challenges, but Shannon used her Olympic grit to triumph in all areas, had another child in 2013, and wrote a book to inspire others to overcome their own personal challenges.

Today we get to talk about healthy mindset and goal setting and how parents can encourage a gold medal mindset in their children, even if they’re not into athletics.

Healthy Mindset Resources We Mentioned

• You can find out more about Shannon on her website.
• Buy her book, It's Not About Perfect, here on Amazon or here on Bookshop.org.
• Shannon's 10 min fitness videos

• Kitchen Stewardship
• Kids Cook Real Food
• Register now for #LifeSkillsNow Season 3 mini-camp, Aug 4-6
• follow Katie on Instagram
• follow Kids Cook Real Food on Facebook
• Subscribe to the newsletter to get weekly updates
• YouTube shorts channel for HPH
• Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at kidscookrealfood.com/podcast

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Did you start to question the products you put on your kids’ skin once you were a mom? Meet Tatyana Cerullo, attorney, and formulator of Kōkua Suncare, who came to that realization as she saw the legal system behind the marketing.

We get so much conflicting information these days about whether the sun is something to hide from or embrace, what’s safe to apply on our skin, and how to manage it all. Now as a mom of 2, Tatyana brings a nice balance to the conversation.

Sunscreen is easy to buy, excruciatingly simple to spray on, but deadly hard to understand. Our family has personally tested over 120 kinds of mineral sunscreen, and Kōkua is far and away one of the best! We’ll share our quick 2-minute “what to remember” for parents who want the best, healthy experience of life for their kids AND be able to run to the beach!

Resources We Mention About Natural Sunscreen

• Find all the Kitchen Stewardship sunscreen reviews.
• Get some Kōkua suncare to try for yourself!
• Also read our sun-protective clothing reviews.
• I talked to Tatyana about recent sunscreen legislation in this video.

• Kitchen Stewardship
• Kids Cook Real Food
• Register now for #LifeSkillsNow Season 3 mini-camp, Aug 4-6
• follow Katie on Instagram
• follow Kids Cook Real Food on Facebook
• Subscribe to the newsletter to get weekly updates
• YouTube shorts channel for HPH
• Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at kidscookrealfood.com/podcast

Affiliate links used here. Thanks for supporting the Healthy Parenting Handbook!