Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category
Are We HAPPY Yet? Eight Keys to Unlocking a Joyful Life by Lisa Cypers Kamen (Book Excerpt & Giveaway)
March 10th, 2017
Be your own best friend. The trick is learning to embrace “In-Joyment”. Your joy is already inside you. True happiness comes from within. When you treat yourself with the respect you deserve, you will attract the happiness you desire. The only way to cultivate the light that is within you ...
Getting Motivated — with a little help from my friend by Zoe Richmond
March 9th, 2017
When I was a kid, I couldn’t wait to go outside and play with my friends. At my house, punishment was staying indoors. But nowadays, it’s not that easy to get motivated and active. I know staying healthy is important. I can’t be a good mother if I am not healthy. ...
Chatting with Lisa Ebersole, Creator/Star, 37 PROBLEMS: A NEW COMEDY SERIES ABOUT FERTILITY AND GROWING UP by Robin Gorman Newman
March 7th, 2017
What was the motivation for creating your web series? A couple years ago, two of my friends froze their eggs. One had a very successful experience and the other found out she was nearly infertile. I was in grad school at the time and babies were not on my radar, ...
My Son’s 14th Birthday NYC Staycation by Robin Gorman Newman
March 5th, 2017
My son turned 14 on February 24th. Not only is he looking more mature, but I'm witnessing a maturity in behavior and demeanor, and it's impressive. I also see an ignited interest in socializing, which is both heartening and bittersweet. An increased desire to hang with friends, as I always hoped he'd ...
Personal Touch Creations Studio comes to Malibu by Pamela Francis
March 3rd, 2017
Personal Touch Creations, the online creative arts studio I launched in the early 2000's from my home in South Carolina, has been accepted into Pepperdine University's Microenterprise Program in Malibu, California for 2017! This little handmade cards and gifts business has been a light in my life and a source of income in ...
Foster Care Adoptions When You’re (Way) Over 40 by Aliza Sherman
March 3rd, 2017
If you told me a few years ago that I’d be the mother of a teenage boy in middle age, I would have thought you were out of your mind. I was the 38-year-old woman who miscarried four times before I had my daughter at 41. I was the woman who ...
Please Mind The Gap by Andrea Santo Felcone
February 28th, 2017
On a recent trip to New York City, traveling by train, my little one was getting agitated. He doesn’t like to be told what to do. The automated announcer advising “be careful when exiting the train” and “please mind the gap” at every station stop was driving him crazy. Finally, ...
At My Pace: Lessons from Our Mothers (Book Excerpt by Contributor Evelyn Starr)
February 26th, 2017
The Art of Self I often express my love for my two children through berries. Strawberries are their favorite. On school mornings I wash and cut a ramekin’s worth for them as part of their breakfast. I am cutting fewer berries these days. Three weeks ago we dropped my son off for ...
No More Baseball Games by Sharon O’Donnell
February 25th, 2017
Since 2006, one of three boys has played middle or high school basketball and/or baseball -- not to mention recreation teams in city leagues. Throughout those years, my husband and I definitely saw the good, the bad, and yes, sometimes unfortunately, the ugly. The sports took a huge time commitment ...
Teaching Our Kids How Love Trumps Hate in the Trump Era by Wendy Sue Noah
February 20th, 2017
I was planning to write this blog prior to the inauguration, but then allowed myself to be taken away on the chaotic ride of our new president. All of a sudden, I was literally speechless (which is very unusual for verbal me). Tears formed in my eyes on a regular ...
