Healthy Parenting Handbook with Katie Kimball
Truth: Kids don’t come with a handbook! But what if there was a parenting handbook that aligned with your healthy living values?
In each episode of the Healthy Parenting Handbook Podcast, mom of 4 Katie Kimball interviews experts in fields like nutrition, medicine, psychology, parenting, technology, entrepreneurship, and more to give parents tools to raise healthy, independent kids.
Intentional parents, here comes clarity about what you can DO to keep your kids physically and mentally healthy!
Healthy Parenting Handbook with Katie Kimball
025: Tapping into Creativity and Why Woodworking Helps Kids Learn Real Life Skills with Anika Gandhi
I interview a LOT of different people in a myriad of professions, but I’ve never come close to having a woodworker on the show before!
“What would we talk about - how to build things? That won’t go well on a podcast in someone’s ear…” I thought.
Do not worry my friends, because Anika and I are both moms, so we dig into woodworking as an analogy for parenting and life skills, and I know you’ll be inspired to make time for a creative pursuit after this!
We talk about:
- How Anika went from being an engineer and scientist to breaking boundaries as a female woodworker on YouTube
- Why the best way to get started with woodworking is…just to get started :)
- How her engineering background helped Anika be a better woodworker and the MYTH of right-brained/left-brained work
- The incredibly valuable life skills kids (and adults) learn while building projects - problem-solving and patience are biggies but wait until you hear the most important skill!
- The two tools you’ll need to buy to get started - a very low barrier to entry!!
- All about confidence, failure, and great parenting
- Why Anika sees failure as an opportunity
- The importance of carving out time for creative hobbies as parents (and modeling all sorts of skills for our kids)
Let’s grab a power drill and get building!
Resources We Mention for Exploring Creativity
- Why we need to let our kids fail
- Find Anika online here
- Watch her on YouTube
- Follow her on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok
- Free Guide: Power Tools Simplified
Get a peek at Teens Cook Real Food right here!
- Kitchen Stewardship
- Raising Healthy Families
- follow Katie on Instagram or Facebook
- Subscribe to the newsletter to get weekly updates
- YouTube shorts channel for HPH
- Find the Healthy Parenting Handbook at raisinghealthyfamilies.com/podcast
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