Plan Simple with Mia Moran

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  • Cooking Does Not Have to be Stressful with Stephanie Stiavetti
    On this episode of the Plan Simple Meals Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Stephanie Stiavetti. She’s a trained chef who helps regular people feel fabulous about cooking.
    Steph learned taught herself to cook as a kid, but stopped in her teens and 20s. Some significant health issues led her to learn to cook and feed herself again. She went to cooking school and pastry school and has worked in restaurants. Now her focus is helping other people be amazing home chefs.
    Steph has some amazing cheat sheets that help you in the kitchen. Things like basics about oils and sauces . . . basics that help you make it easily—and amazing.
    We talk about:
    What 5 tools you need in your kitchen
    How to find the right knives (and cut safely)
    The world’s simplest sauce
    What oils to use for cooking
    How to make a salad dressing that will make you love salad
    Salting food (even things that would surprise you)
    BIO
    Stephanie Stiavetti is a classically trained personal chef and cooking teacher. She teaches people how to be a badass cook, even if they consider themselves a total failure in the kitchen.
    LINKS
    Steph’s website: https://fearlessfresh.com/
    Steph’s store and cheat sheets
    Steph’s Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/FearlessFreshNinjas/
    Doable Changes from this episode:
    GET ONE TOOL YOU LOVE. The right tools make cooking easier and more enjoyable. Get a knife that feels right in your hand or the slow cooker you’ve been thinking about or a hand blender … and then use it for one week to see how it feels and how it changes your food experience. 
    ADD A LITTLE SALT. A little salt goes a long way. As Steph says, it can be the difference between hating the salad dressing you make or loving it. She recommends ½ tsp of salt for 2 cups of dressing. I add a pinch to my morning smoothie. Try adding a little salt to something you normally don’t salt and see what changes.
    MAKE COMPOUND BUTTER. Sometimes what gets in our way of eating real food is feeling like it lacks flavor, especially if you are used to more processed food. Steph talks about making compound butter as a super basic sauce. Use her ratio, 1/4 pound of butter plus three tablespoons of fresh herbs plus one teaspoon of spices, to make a compound butter to flavor your food. (She has a cheat sheet for this to give you more ideas about what to use). 
     
    REALLY getting healthy as a family can be a big lifestyle change. But no matter how insurmountable it may feel, focusing on one doable change at a time can help you take small steps toward your big goal.
    A healthy lifestyle is really made of lots of little things that when repeated regularly and added together over time make a huge impact on your life.
    Choose one Doable Change every Sunday night — one thing that you are willing to play with for the week. The key is to keep it doable and fun! Write that thing on a sticky note or your phone so you remember it. Then put 3 things on your calendar that support it.
    Choose from the changes above or download a list of 101 Doable Changes we made for you.
    http://plansimplemeals.com/101-doable-changes/
     
    Relevant Episodes:
    The Importance of Keeping it Fun with Dai Manuel
    Lead by Example with Christie Kennedy Manuel
    1 hr 7 min
  • ThanksgivingYour Holiday with Mia
    Thanksgiving is fast approaching here in the US (which means we are in the full swing of the holiday season.
    You have your plans. You know who is making what.
    But maybe it doesn’t look quite like a Martha Stewart magazine.
    Maybe it looks great but you feel stressed out, anyway.
    PlanSimple Holidays will help you makeover your holiday season, but today I want to focus on mini changes that can help make an already planned holiday (like the one 2.5 days from now) feel happier and healthier.
    You already know you are going to your aunt’s house with all your extended family and their kids. You know that you all raise kids a bit differently.
    Or maybe you are spending the holiday more alone because your family is not near by, and though it seems like it would be fun to get together with friends, that is not what’s up.
    And of course there are thousands of scenarios between that have little things “wrong” with them.
    So what are some things you can do to make the day happy and healthy?
    Know why the day is important to you. Not the textbook version, your heart version. And communicate that to your spouse and kids. Make sure you include one thing in the day that that maps back to that — a family walk, a gratitude ritual, an hour alone (those could be mine!).
    Understand what could go wrong. Is it that you have a child who is allergic to dairy and you’re not sure if aunt Suzy really heard you? Or maybe you have a really picky eater and you fear a full on tantrum? Or maybe you don’t approve all the parenting styles parents, but you end up saying “yes” to an inappropriate movie out of guilt for being “that mom.” Maybe it is you. Maybe you always over eat on the holidays. Write it out. Get it all out of your head and onto paper.
    Make a plan for each thing that you are worried about. Bring food for the allergic child. Pre-frame the food with the picky child. Decide with your spouse what will go down when the movie comes out. Figure out what food will leave you feeling good and have a strategy for knowing when you are full. Can you pause and check in? What does that look like in a party situation?
    Chose in advance and write it down.
    I did not make up this process.
    Corporations have been using it for years for customer service.
    Have you ever noticed when a barista makes something wrong at Starbucks? The barista (mostly) keeps smiling, and gives the drink to a customer who wants it, and then happily makes you a new one. The customer can get angry and downright mean, but the outcome is always the similar. This is because Starbucks has a process for this, and employees map out what to do with an angry customer before one even shows up.
    This can work for our holidays too!
    Come tell me what’s not going to go wrong for you this holiday season.
    If you want to plan for a stress-free and fabulous holiday season, join me in PlanSimple Holidays (www.plansimpleholidays.com).
    43 min
  • ThanksgivingYour Holiday with Mia
    Thanksgiving is fast approaching here in the US (which means we are in the full swing of the holiday season.
    You have your plans. You know who is making what.
    But maybe it doesn’t look quite like a Martha Stewart magazine.
    Maybe it looks great but you feel stressed out, anyway.
    PlanSimple Holidays will help you makeover your holiday season, but today I want to focus on mini changes that can help make an already planned holiday (like the one 2.5 days from now) feel happier and healthier.
    You already know you are going to your aunt’s house with all your extended family and their kids. You know that you all raise kids a bit differently.
    Or maybe you are spending the holiday more alone because your family is not near by, and though it seems like it would be fun to get together with friends, that is not what’s up.
    And of course there are thousands of scenarios between that have little things “wrong” with them.
    So what are some things you can do to make the day happy and healthy?
    Know why the day is important to you. Not the textbook version, your heart version. And communicate that to your spouse and kids. Make sure you include one thing in the day that that maps back to that — a family walk, a gratitude ritual, an hour alone (those could be mine!).
    Understand what could go wrong. Is it that you have a child who is allergic to dairy and you’re not sure if aunt Suzy really heard you? Or maybe you have a really picky eater and you fear a full on tantrum? Or maybe you don’t approve all the parenting styles parents, but you end up saying “yes” to an inappropriate movie out of guilt for being “that mom.” Maybe it is you. Maybe you always over eat on the holidays. Write it out. Get it all out of your head and onto paper.
    Make a plan for each thing that you are worried about. Bring food for the allergic child. Pre-frame the food with the picky child. Decide with your spouse what will go down when the movie comes out. Figure out what food will leave you feeling good and have a strategy for knowing when you are full. Can you pause and check in? What does that look like in a party situation?
    Chose in advance and write it down.
    I did not make up this process.
    Corporations have been using it for years for customer service.
    Have you ever noticed when a barista makes something wrong at Starbucks? The barista (mostly) keeps smiling, and gives the drink to a customer who wants it, and then happily makes you a new one. The customer can get angry and downright mean, but the outcome is always the similar. This is because Starbucks has a process for this, and employees map out what to do with an angry customer before one even shows up.
    This can work for our holidays too!
    Come tell me what’s not going to go wrong for you this holiday season.
    If you want to plan for a stress-free and fabulous holiday season, join me in PlanSimple Holidays (www.plansimpleholidays.com).
    43 min
  • Navigate Your Year with Kim Marie

    I always tell people declarations are powerful. Make the declarations for yourself and commit to it.

    – Kim Marie

    On this episode of the Plan Simple Meals Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Kim Marie, a transformational life coach and mom of 12 and 15 year old boys. Kim and I met in an online group for people interested in the Waldorf philosophy.


    I have learned so much about how I parent and show up for meals from the Waldorf classroom, so I knew you would love to hear what she has to say about the holidays.


    As the world around us gears up for the busy holiday season, we can choose to breathe, go inward and get quiet within ourselves.


    Kim shares traditions from around the world and talks about what is happening in nature at this time of year and says, “We have a whole lot going on below the surface if we’re willing to tap into it during that time of year.”


    Some ideas we dive into:


    • The power of declarations



    • Honoring holidays as a season, not as a day



    • Using a journal as a guidebook for your life



    • Anything artistic, including writing, to get your deepest desires out of your head



    • Giving yourself permission to say no



    • Her journal coming out in December and how set an intention to make space for journaling



    BIO


    Kim Marie is a Transformational Life Coach supporting her clients to awaken their inner wisdom and transform their lives. Through her powerful programs and courses, including Mother’s Medicine, Wisdom Rising, and her forthcoming online group coaching program, Awakening Wisdom, Kim supports women to remember who they are, reconnect to what matters most, and rebirth themselves into the life of freedom they envision.


    LINKS


    • http://kimmariecoaching.com/SacredNights/



    • www.AwakenYourInnerWisdom.com



    • www.plansimpleholidays.com



     


    Doable Changes from this episode:


     


    • MAP OUT YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON. Put in key dates so you can see the time as a whole (think of a holiday season, not a holiday as a day). Consider what you want to happen before and after key dates. Try mapping out your holiday season on paper by hand.



    • JOURNAL FOR 12 DAYS AROUND THE NEW YEAR. To make time, set an intention to have a little bit of time to journal before you go to bed at night or do the best you can to get up before the children and journal a bit in the morning. When you journal, try connecting one day to each month. Your journal can become a guide to your life. Kim’s journal is designed to help you do this.



    • CONTRIBUTE FOOD THAT SERVES YOU TO HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS. You can have a wonderful healing, nourishing meal that you look forward to it. It means getting creative and breaking away from what you’ve always done, but it pays off to be nourished and leave the holiday meal feeling great.




     


    REALLY getting healthy as a family can be a big lifestyle change. But no matter how insurmountable it may feel, focusing on one doable change at a time can help you take...

    53 min
  • Navigate Your Year with Kim Marie
    I always tell people declarations are powerful. Make the declarations for yourself and commit to it.– Kim Marie
    On this episode of the Plan Simple Meals Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Kim Marie, a transformational life coach and mom of 12 and 15 year old boys. Kim and I met in an online group for people interested in the Waldorf philosophy.
    I have learned so much about how I parent and show up for meals from the Waldorf classroom, so I knew you would love to hear what she has to say about the holidays.
    As the world around us gears up for the busy holiday season, we can choose to breathe, go inward and get quiet within ourselves.
    Kim shares traditions from around the world and talks about what is happening in nature at this time of year and says, “We have a whole lot going on below the surface if we’re willing to tap into it during that time of year.”
    Some ideas we dive into:
    The power of declarations
    Honoring holidays as a season, not as a day
    Using a journal as a guidebook for your life
    Anything artistic, including writing, to get your deepest desires out of your head
    Giving yourself permission to say no
    Her journal coming out in December and how set an intention to make space for journaling
    BIO
    Kim Marie is a Transformational Life Coach supporting her clients to awaken their inner wisdom and transform their lives. Through her powerful programs and courses, including Mother’s Medicine, Wisdom Rising, and her forthcoming online group coaching program, Awakening Wisdom, Kim supports women to remember who they are, reconnect to what matters most, and rebirth themselves into the life of freedom they envision.
    LINKS
    http://kimmariecoaching.com/SacredNights/
    www.AwakenYourInnerWisdom.com
    www.plansimpleholidays.com
     
    Doable Changes from this episode:
     
    MAP OUT YOUR HOLIDAY SEASON. Put in key dates so you can see the time as a whole (think of a holiday season, not a holiday as a day). Consider what you want to happen before and after key dates. Try mapping out your holiday season on paper by hand.
    JOURNAL FOR 12 DAYS AROUND THE NEW YEAR. To make time, set an intention to have a little bit of time to journal before you go to bed at night or do the best you can to get up before the children and journal a bit in the morning. When you journal, try connecting one day to each month. Your journal can become a guide to your life. Kim’s journal is designed to help you do this.
    CONTRIBUTE FOOD THAT SERVES YOU TO HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS. You can have a wonderful healing, nourishing meal that you look forward to it. It means getting creative and breaking away from what you’ve always done, but it pays off to be nourished and leave the holiday meal feeling great.
     
    REALLY getting healthy as a family can be a big lifestyle change. But no matter how insurmountable it may feel, focusing on one doable change at a time can help you take small steps toward your big goal.
    A healthy lifestyle is really made of lots of little things that when repeated regularly and added together over time make a huge impact on your life.
    Choose one Doable Change every Sunday night — one thing that you are willing to play with for the week. The key is to keep it doable and fun! Write that thing on a sticky note or your phone so you remember it. Then put 3 things on your calendar that support it.
    Choose from the changes above or download a list of 101 Doable Changes we made for you.
    http://plansimplemeals.com/101-doable-changes/
    53 min
  • Holidays with Mia
    Including yourself and creating a rhythm based on how your soul really wants the holiday time to be will create more joy.
    – Mia Moran
    On this episode of the Plan Simple Meals Podcast, let’s talk about the holidays. I haven’t always loved the time between Halloween and New Years, but that’s changed.
    It’s supposed to be such a wonderful time, but for most moms I know the holidays are overwhelming. We do too much. We eat foods that don’t work for us. Kids get sick. Schedules are off. And we feel compelled to do so much. Six years ago, I asked myself, “Whose traditions are these anyway?” I totally revamped our holidays—and I really love this season now.
    Today I want to share five really simple tweaks or tips that can really help during this time of year to just make everything feel more manageable:
    Write down what’s for dinner every morning
    Know what you want your holidays to be like—and why that’s important to you
    Have a sugar plan
    Create a rhythm for the time kids are out of school
    Schedule your mama moments (yes, you need time for you!)
    Listen in to get more ideas on how to use these 5 tips to help you out this holiday season, plus another tool I have to help you out.
    LINKS
    Healthy Snacks
    Plan Simple Holidays
    Share ahas, questions or comments on the Plan Simple Meals Facebook Page
    Email Mia with comments, questions or for an accountability buddy
    Think of each of the five tips as a Doable Changes from this episode. Try one each day this week.
    Then join me for Plan Simple Holidays for more doable changes, presented in doable steps to help you make this a holiday season you truly enjoy and feel good about.
    REALLY getting healthy as a family can be a big lifestyle change. But no matter how insurmountable it may feel, focusing on one doable change at a time can help you take small steps toward your big goal.
    A healthy lifestyle is really made of lots of little things that when repeated regularly and added together over time make a huge impact on your life.
    Choose one Doable Change every Sunday night — one thing that you are willing to play with for the week. The key is to keep it doable and fun! Write that thing on a sticky note or your phone so you remember it. Then put 3 things on your calendar that support it.
    Choose from the changes above or download a list of 101 Doable Changes we made for you.
    http://plansimplemeals.com/101-doable-changes/
    37 min
  • Holidays with Mia
    Including yourself and creating a rhythm based on how your soul really wants the holiday time to be will create more joy.  – Mia Moran
    On this episode of the Plan Simple Meals Podcast, let’s talk about the holidays. I haven’t always loved the time between Halloween and New Years, but that’s changed.
    It’s supposed to be such a wonderful time, but for most moms I know the holidays are overwhelming. We do too much. We eat foods that don’t work for us. Kids get sick. Schedules are off. And we feel compelled to do so much. Six years ago, I asked myself, “Whose traditions are these anyway?” I totally revamped our holidays—and I really love this season now.
    Today I want to share five really simple tweaks or tips that can really help during this time of year to just make everything feel more manageable:
    Write down what’s for dinner every morning
    Know what you want your holidays to be like—and why that’s important to you
    Have a sugar plan
    Create a rhythm for the time kids are out of school
    Schedule your mama moments (yes, you need time for you!)
    Listen in to get more ideas on how to use these 5 tips to help you out this holiday season, plus another tool I have to help you out.
    LINKS
    Healthy Snacks
    Plan Simple Holidays
    Share ahas, questions or comments on the Plan Simple Meals Facebook Page
    Email Mia with comments, questions or for an accountability buddy
    Think of each of the five tips as a Doable Changes from this episode. Try one each day this week.
    Then join me for Plan Simple Holidays for more doable changes, presented in doable steps to help you make this a holiday season you truly enjoy and feel good about.
     
    REALLY getting healthy as a family can be a big lifestyle change. But no matter how insurmountable it may feel, focusing on one doable change at a time can help you take small steps toward your big goal.
    A healthy lifestyle is really made of lots of little things that when repeated regularly and added together over time make a huge impact on your life.
    Choose one Doable Change every Sunday night — one thing that you are willing to play with for the week. The key is to keep it doable and fun! Write that thing on a sticky note or your phone so you remember it. Then put 3 things on your calendar that support it.
    Choose from the changes above or download a list of 101 Doable Changes we made for you.
    http://plansimplemeals.com/101-doable-changes/
    37 min
  • Gluten Talks with Anne Sarkisian

    Almost anything seems to get better if you gluten out of your life.  

    – Anne Sarkisian

    On this episode of the Plan Simple Meals Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Anne Sarkisian, a author, an artist, mom and grandmother. We met at a gluten-free expo and she has so much to share about gluten and dairy intolerance—and if you think this doesn’t affect you, listen in, because she talks about how she realized how much these things were affecting her family.


    Anne’s grandson was pale and thin. He lacked energy and was irritable. He got tested and they changed his diet, and everything changed. Anne and her family made major changes too, and Anne talks about how cutting out gluten, and then dairy, has improved her own health.


    Anne encourages people to get tested, because you can be affected for 10 years before you develop an obvious problem. And if you have a child who is hungry all the time or really irritable, you may want to get them tested.


    We talk about:


    • Surprising symptoms that you may have a gluten intolerance



    • Why you need to advocate for yourself as many doctors don’t know enough about gluten intolerance



    • Why dairy issues are related to gluten-intolerance



    • The long-term serious health issues related to gluten



    • The surprising places we find gluten



    • Family gatherings made gluten free



    BIO


    Anne Sarkisian is the author of Toxic Staple and an advocate for gluten intolerance. Anne and much of her family were diagnosed with a gluten-intolerance, and since then she has been learning extensively about the problem with gluten. She is a mother and grandmother, and her experience with one of her grandsons got her started on this journey. In addition to her work on gluten intolerance, Anne is an artist and gardener.


    LINKS


    • http://toxicstaple.com/




    Doable Changes from this episode:


    • GET TESTED. The idea of changing your lifestyle might feel daunting, but as Anne and I discussed, it’s not that hard to eat gluten-free, especially these days. The first step, before you start playing with your diet is to get tested. Anne recommends particularly the stool test. You may need to push for testing, but it’s worth knowing.



    • PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR KIDS. Anne knew something was off with her grandson even before they got tested. Things to watch out for: complaining of hunger frequently (even after eating), not wanting to eat, irritability, inability to focus, skin issues, frequent illnesses . . . the list goes on. Keep track of what’s happening and ask about gluten testing.



    • SLOW DOWN. Anne talks about getting caught up in the holiday rush and not taking care of herself. You need to slow down. Eat the things you know serve your body, drink enough water, move your body, sleep. If you have a really busy day or stretch of time, make a plan to work these basics into your day before you crash.




    REALLY getting healthy as a family can be a big lifestyle change. But no matter how insurmountable it may feel, focusing on one doable change at a time can help you take small steps toward your big goal.


    A healthy lifestyle is really made of lots of little things that when repeated regularly and added together over time make a huge impact on your life.


    Choose one Doable Change

    57 min
  • Gluten Talks with Anne Sarkisian
    Almost anything seems to get better if you gluten out of your life.  – Anne Sarkisian
    On this episode of the Plan Simple Meals Podcast, I’m really excited to talk with Anne Sarkisian, a author, an artist, mom and grandmother. We met at a gluten-free expo and she has so much to share about gluten and dairy intolerance—and if you think this doesn’t affect you, listen in, because she talks about how she realized how much these things were affecting her family.
    Anne’s grandson was pale and thin. He lacked energy and was irritable. He got tested and they changed his diet, and everything changed. Anne and her family made major changes too, and Anne talks about how cutting out gluten, and then dairy, has improved her own health.
    Anne encourages people to get tested, because you can be affected for 10 years before you develop an obvious problem. And if you have a child who is hungry all the time or really irritable, you may want to get them tested.
    We talk about:
    Surprising symptoms that you may have a gluten intolerance
    Why you need to advocate for yourself as many doctors don’t know enough about gluten intolerance
    Why dairy issues are related to gluten-intolerance
    The long-term serious health issues related to gluten
    The surprising places we find gluten
    Family gatherings made gluten free
    BIO
    Anne Sarkisian is the author of Toxic Staple and an advocate for gluten intolerance. Anne and much of her family were diagnosed with a gluten-intolerance, and since then she has been learning extensively about the problem with gluten. She is a mother and grandmother, and her experience with one of her grandsons got her started on this journey. In addition to her work on gluten intolerance, Anne is an artist and gardener.
    LINKS
    http://toxicstaple.com/
    Doable Changes from this episode:
    GET TESTED. The idea of changing your lifestyle might feel daunting, but as Anne and I discussed, it’s not that hard to eat gluten-free, especially these days. The first step, before you start playing with your diet is to get tested. Anne recommends particularly the stool test. You may need to push for testing, but it’s worth knowing.
    PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR KIDS. Anne knew something was off with her grandson even before they got tested. Things to watch out for: complaining of hunger frequently (even after eating), not wanting to eat, irritability, inability to focus, skin issues, frequent illnesses . . . the list goes on. Keep track of what’s happening and ask about gluten testing.
    SLOW DOWN. Anne talks about getting caught up in the holiday rush and not taking care of herself. You need to slow down. Eat the things you know serve your body, drink enough water, move your body, sleep. If you have a really busy day or stretch of time, make a plan to work these basics into your day before you crash.
    REALLY getting healthy as a family can be a big lifestyle change. But no matter how insurmountable it may feel, focusing on one doable change at a time can help you take small steps toward your big goal.
    A healthy lifestyle is really made of lots of little things that when repeated regularly and added together over time make a huge impact on your life.
    Choose one Doable Change every Sunday night — one thing that you are willing to play with for the week. The key is to keep it doable and fun! Write that thing on a sticky note or your phone so you remember it. Then put 3 things on your calendar that support it.
    Choose from the changes above or download a list of 101 Doable Changes we made for you.
    http://plansimplemeals.com/101-doable-changes/
    57 min
  • Creating a Vision

    Mia talks about creating a vision to being a better parent amongst being bombarded by crazy happening surrounding her life and the community at large.

    16 min

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