You're listening to 3 in 30 takeaways for moms episode 181.

How to encourage emotional wellness in kids.

Welcome to 3 in 30, a podcast for moms who want to create more meaning in motherhood.

Each 30-minute episode will feature three doable takeaways for you to try at home with your

family this week. I'm your host Rachel Nielsen. Thank you so much for being here.

Hello friends, May is Mental Health Awareness Month and we have an incredible month of education

in store. For the next four weeks, we're going to address topics having to do with how we can care

for our mental health as mothers, as well as the mental health of our children.

Today's episode is an extra special one to kick things off. Our guest is Lisa Sabie, the founder

and president of Parents to Parents, an organization dedicated to helping parents whose children are

navigating mental health concerns. They've produced several film documentaries that are

blessing families all over the world. Their first film, Anorexia, Parents to Parents, is shown

internationally in eating disorder centers and their second film, Going Sane, won an Impact Award.

Their latest film, American Tragedy, follows the experience of Sue Clebold, the mother of one of

the Columbine High School shooters, and explores what she wishes she would have known then about

mental health. American Tragedy won Best Documentary in the Boston Film Festival and has been screened

at Stanford, NYU, and for National School Administrators and Board Members.

Recently, Lisa Sabie's focus has switched from making documentaries to making educational materials

to support new parents early on to understand how to empower their children with mental wellness skills.

Lisa is a personal friend of my families whom I've known for many years, and I can't wait

for you to learn from her today. She says her greatest education was as a mother of six, especially

when one of her children was suicidal for years. It was then that she committed to help other parents

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