Sometimes, feeding my kids reminds me of that old saying, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink." Some days it's a challenge to get your kids to eat a single thing, let alone complain about it. Right?

But the truth is, eating healthy as a family can be easier than you think. As a mom myself, who believes the actual 'witching' hour in every home is between the hours of afterschool until supper, I'm always on the hunt for smart and easy food ideas my kids will love.

But how do you actually get them to eat it? This week on the podcast, I'm interviewing kitchen expert and mom who is on a mission to get kids more hands-on in the kitchen. Kiran Dodeja Smith runs the site Easy Real Food, and she is on a mission to help you find the love of real food for your family, and mealtime will no longer be a daily dread for you.

On today's podcast, I ask her how she transitioned her family to whole foods, complications she encountered, and how we can get kids more interested and active in the health world. Listen to the podcast to get more information on raising healthy eaters - and stick around to get my top favorite kid-friendly recipes. 

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The food fight - you know the one. Where you make a healthy and delicious meal only for all of your children to turn their noses up at it and walk away complaining that you never make anything good. 

Just me? 

I didn't think so - this is the common battle between parents and children, what to eat, how much and when. Trust me, I know the frustration that kids eating patterns can be. One week they like it, the next they don't. One week they eat everything, the next week nothing. 

It's often unpredictable and somewhat uncharted territory. BUT, there are a few things as parents we can do to ensure we raise healthy eaters - and it probably isn't what you think. In fact, I think the best way to raise healthy eaters is to let go of the process in which we think it's going to take to get there. That process of forcing, depriving, and dominating over their food independence. 

Those are harsh words, I know but the food fight is a common and yet dangerous one I think we need to be aware of. Inside today's podcast, I share my ten tips for raising healthy eaters and why I think we should stop forcing our kids to clean their plates. 

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Emotional healing has been taboo in our culture for most of history. Yet, I feel like there is an awakening of sorts, a revival happening that is desperately needed to change the course of history. That is mental health work, work I'm no stranger to. Today, I wanted to share 10 lessons I learned from my therapist that I thought might help you too.

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I feel a lot of things - in fact, I often tell my husband I wish I could feel less. The grip of emotions is strong in my life, but I've learned, it's not necessarily the emotion but the perception and what I do with that feeling. That's why I want to teach you the difference between emotions and feelings and how you can use it for your good.

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Forgiveness is something we all know we should do. We've been taught at a young age to forgive, but we rarely recognize that forgiveness isn't just to other people, but it's for ourselves. In this podcast, I question, have you forgiven yourself? 

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The highs and lows - we've all experienced them, male and female. Although, we'd argue that females have a more significant swing than most. But the challenging aspect of this topic is that our hormones can affect our mood and our emotions can affect our hormones. So what gives and how do you manage it all? 

Before we get into this topic, I think it's fair to state that we all deal with emotional swings. Don't feel like you're alone in this struggle - it happens because that's human nature. 

Today on the podcast, I want to address the hormonal implications of our mood and vice versa. But to fully understand how this happens, we need to be absolutely clear on what our hormones are. 

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