The author tour for Run Like a Mother wouldn’t be complete without an accompanying race, which means if these writers are coming to your neighborhood, you’d better start training so you can try to keep up! Dimity McDowell and Sarah Bowen Shea, co-authors of Run Like A Mother: How To Get Moving – And Not [...]
Archive for March, 2010
29 Mar
Saying, “I’m Sorry,” Just Doesn’t Cut It
When I moved to my new place a few months ago, I was excited that there was a Vons (grocery store) less than a mile away. Even thought it’s just my son and I in our small apartment, I pick up groceries a few days a week. One of the things we replace often is [...]
24 Mar
Dining Details Challenges You to Start a Food Revolution in your Kitchen
Change is good. Change is necessary. Change is not easy. Last week, several San Diego bloggers whom I call friends, gathered around Theresa‘s kitchen table and watched as Chef Mom Julie Frans of Dining Details cooked five amazing meals for us and explained how certain ingredients should be cut from our diets in order to [...]
23 Mar
Spring Sweepstakes from Everything Mom
Everything Mom is a website that offers exactly what you would think, a little bit of everything for today’s mom. Their Spring Sweepstakes is going on now and will appeal to anyone who dreams BIG (that’s you, right?). With two top prize packages worth a total of over $6,500, you’ll definitely want to head over [...]
21 Mar
Why Taking Care of Your Relationship is Just as Important as Taking Care of Your Car
A lot of things in life turn into bigger problems because we choose to ignore the smaller ones. I see this all the time with clients, many of whom come to me when a situation at home (either with their kids or with their partner) is out of control and they’re on the verge of [...]
20 Mar
Will You Marry Me?
Is there a record somewhere of how many times this question has been asked? And how does one translate this in other languages? I am curious to learn more about formal proposals in other cultures. I need to do some research… If you’re married or engaged, how did he propose? Do you know any females [...]
19 Mar
You Deserve a Treat
I share a lot of personal stories with my clients when they have me all to themselves. This one usually gets a strong response from parents. A few years ago, when I was working full-time, my son and I would go to the grocery store on Saturday mornings. It was the first thing I’d want [...]
18 Mar
Dear Mom and Dad, I Forgive You
Today is National Forgive Your Parents Day. I admit, it’s one that I had not heard of until this year but it struck me as being a rather important event in many people’s lives. Becoming a parent and seeing my son develop and go through different stages in our process of forming our parent & [...]
14 Mar
Beautiful Blogger Award
Jennifer Kolari, child & family therapist and author of Connected Parenting passed on the Beautiful Blogger Award to me earlier today. It seems to be a month of fame & recognition for me but this award is different, in that I also get to pass it on to 7 bloggers who I feel deserve the [...]
11 Mar
No One Wins in a Custody Battle
Just when I think things are going smoothly and issues with my ex-husband are a thing of the past, he has to remind me why we’re no longer together by doing something as selfish as planning his vacation with our son over a weekend that my son was to be with me. Not only that, [...]
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