A Tad Bit Crunchy
Episodes
81 episodes
Increase your confidence with plant-based cooking
Today on the show, Whitney talks about her family's food journey and how it has led them to create a 10-day plant-based food guide for beginners. Nutrition is a HUGE piece of the health puzzle and Whitney breaks down some of the obstacles many ...
Talking About Feelings with Kids Kickoff
Today on the show, Whitney talks about an exciting resource available for your amazing fam TODAY! "Talking about feelings with kids" is a 6-week lesson plan made for families. Each lesson is 30 minutes and there is 1 lesson per week. There's no...
Tips for How to Show Some Love to Your Kids
Today on the show, Whitney talks about great ways to show your kids some love. With Valentines this week, we're thinking about what types of actions can create peace and love and connection. She talks about the emotional trust fund, behind-the-...
Why Your Kids Have Never Made You Mad
Today on the show, Whitney dissects triggers. She talks about why the trigger was never really caused by the other person and how your triggers can be so incredibly important to your wellbeing. We will be better humans once we start to recogniz...
Unearthing Your Triggers
Today on the show, Whitney talks about why triggers are so useful. She also talks about how we can reduce our triggers and be respectful of others’. Note the link for an FREE upcoming webinar below. Enjoy the show!
Decreasing Triggers by Increasing Skills
Today on the show, Whitney dives into what a trigger looks like internally and why we get stuck with the same result from these triggers. She talks about how triggers are changeable and specially dives into the skills you can gain now that will...
The Power of Showing Up Book Review
Today on the show, Whitney hits on some great insight directly from "The Power of Showing Up" By Dan Siegel. Regardless of past relationships and attachments, you have the power to create secure attachments in your life moving forward and...
What is a Birth Doula? And...Do I Need One?
Today on the show, Whitney talks about the benefits of having a birth doula involved with the birthing experience. Whether you are expecting or planning to get pregnant, or if you're past this stage in life or have never been pregnant, you are ...
The New Year More or Less
Today on the show, Whitney outlines 6 small things we can do more of and 6 small things we can do less of in 2024 that will create huge change in ourselves and in our families. Also note the links below for awesome FREE resources. Enjoy the sho...
Insights of the Year
Today in the show, Whitney highlights some great journal prompts to help gather insights from the last year. It’s short and sweet today and focused on the light of the season.
Holiday Simplicity
Today on the show, Whitney gives some tools, tips, and techniques for creating a better holiday season (not one full of overwhelm, stress, sleep deprivation, frustration, anger, you get the picture). She gives 5 tips for creating a more p...
When the Frustrated Parent Doesn't Yell
Today on the show, Whitney dives into behavior as a parent--yes, as a parent. We too have days and moments when it's hard to keep our cool. Whitney dives into the difference between emotions and actions and how you can use this knowledge to be ...
The Disgusting Refrigerator that is Your Daily Life
Hello! Today on the show, Whitney talks about how packed full our daily life is and how there is little room for the things that really matter most. Whitney likens this to a packed full refrigerator that has no room for fresh nutrition. Also no...
Family Wellness Planning
Today on the show, Whitney talks about the importance of having a family wellness plan for your family (or your expectant family) to create stability, connection, and a cohesive plan. She talks about the myriad of health benefits that stem from...
Reducing Holiday Tantrums and Behavior Issues
Today on the show, Whitney talks about how to create a more JOYFUL and PEACEFUL holiday season by creating better environments for our families and for ourselves. The holidays can be intense when it comes to over-stimulation and busy-ness. Fear...
Dysregulation and Triggers
Today on the show, Whitney talks about dysregulation--what it means, what it looks like, and how we can take intentional actions to mitigate symptoms and avoid it altogether. She'll talk about techniques for how to recognize it in yourself and ...
It's Not Your Kid's Fault: Better Circumstances for Better Success
Today on the show, Whitney stands by your kiddos and defends why a lot of their mis-behavior is not their fault. And, of course she also dives into how we can help create intention in the home to support teaching kids how to be great adults. It...
The Nighttime Huddle
Today on the show, Whitney is BACK! After a wonderful summer and start to fall, Whitney is back to share some of her favorite daily family rituals and specifically outlines the nighttime huddle. Listen in to find out why you should consider add...
Letting Go of Traits That Are Holding You Back
Today on the show, Whitney talks about how many of our identifying traits are simply HABITS. This means that rather than adopting all of them as our given personality, we have the power to change the habit. We can look at traits and decide whet...
Fear, Welcome to the Party!
Today on the show, Whitney talks about how to be aware in the present moment. She talks about stress and overwhelm and how to de-code them to make them more bite-sized and also about how to welcome an unwanted emotion in the present moment. Enj...
The Power of Planning
Today on the show, Whitney talks about WHY we should plan. What can it really help us with? Is it for everyone? How can it keep us closer to our goals and priorities? Also, check below for a simple PDF to help you plan your coming week. Enjoy t...
Dialing-In Self-Care As a Parent
Today on the show, Whitney talks about the power of personal self-care for parents. She gives specific tips for how to plan for effective self-care in your own life and where you'll see the benefits. Stress reduction is key to longevity and a h...
Past, Present, and Future Stress
Today on the show, Whitney makes the looming STRESS a little more bitesized by thinking about stress in 3 different arenas: past, present, and future. She also shares tools that are more helpful in each area than in others. Enjoy the show!!
Emotions vs. Actions
Today on the show, Whitney dives into emotions, their origin and why they're not so bad PLUS how they differ from actions. The more that we recognize the emotions are separate from actions, the more that we can be more mindful and intentional w...
How To Rock the Self-Reflection Game
Today on the show, Whitney tackles the topic of self-reflection. Self-reflection is an amazing tool in the tool box that helps us to check in. The more we do it, the better we get at it. Self-reflect frequently and not just based on times when ...