Archive for the ‘Blog’ Category
FEEL GOOD GIFTS & A GIVEAWAY by Robin Gorman Newman
June 16th, 2015
Sometimes a bracelet isn’t just a bracelet, it is a message, a spiritual token, a healing agent. Red Water Designs combines the beauty and ethereal quality of natural gemstones with their deeper meaning in The Elements Collection -- jewelry that focuses on the 4 Elements: Earth, Fire, Water, and Air.Each ...
THE BERENSTAIN BEARS LIVE! in Family Matters the Musical: KIDS SHOW REVIEW by Jaime Sumersille
June 15th, 2015
The one hour musical, Berenstain Bears Live in Family Matters entertained an audience that spanned generations on Saturday, June 13.A “beary” good time starts for families as they walk through the doors and are given foam bear crowns. Everyone – parents included – immediately become part of the Berenstain family.Set ...
Giving the Dog a Bath by Sharon O’Donnell
June 13th, 2015
One night recently, I decided to give our long-haired dachshund, Fenway, a bath. I always give Fenway baths in our own bathtub, regulating and testing the water temperature like I did with my sons when I used to give them baths many years ago. I'm the one who usually ...
Guest Blog Post: Define Your Life Purpose by Artie McFerrin, author, The Executioner
June 10th, 2015
As parents, our overarching goals for our children are to have them grow up to be happy, successful, productive members of society. We provide the building blocks they will need, such as positive thinking and self-confidence. But do you practice what you preach? Do your children see your positive mental ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: PERMISSION: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
June 9th, 2015
Playwright Robert Askins has two shows in NYC right now, and while it's hard to top the impact of HAND TO GOD, Permission holds its comedic own with an appealing cast and a quirky twist on couplehood, the pursuit of marital intimacy and Catholicism.Askins is adept at pushing the religious ...
GUEST BLOG POST: BOOK EXCERPT: 10 MINDFUL MINUTES: A Journal by Goldie Hawn
June 8th, 2015
Excerpted from 10 MINDFUL MINUTES: A Journal by Goldie Hawn, with the permission of Perigee/Penguin, a division of Penguin Random House. Copyright © 2015.Honoring ConnectionsEvery day, life presents us with opportunities to be compassionate, feel someone else’s sadness or pain, and see things from another person’s point of view. —10 ...
The Happiest Job in America by Dana Spincola
June 4th, 2015
On days that my 13 month old slept past the start of Good Morning America, I would try to get highlights of the news, weather, and overall headlines before the day became filled with…well, all the things that fill a 13 month old’s day. ...
Mom Theatre Blogger: The Spoils: Show Review by Robin Gorman Newman
June 3rd, 2015
The Spoils, written by actor Jesse Eisenberg (the Social Network, etc.) gets a resounding A++ for the most graphically gross (not a spoiler alert...consider it a warning) -- luckily not reenacted -- description of an unsanitary, nightmarish dream -- though for Ben -- the main character -- it was a ...
Guest Blog Post: Three Keys for Success with Highly Sensitive Kids by Maureen Healy
June 1st, 2015
Our sensitive children are intense. It is this intensity that can go quickly in the “right direction” by immersing into a creative project or in the “wrong direction” by crying their eyes out. Our highly sensitive and aware children need us --- parents, teachers and healers, to help them understand ...
To Sleep or Not to Sleep: Finding the Best Choice for Your Infant
May 28th, 2015
The number one topic for parents of infants is sleep. Most of the questions you are asked revolve around it. "Is he letting you get any sleep?" "Is she sleeping through the night yet?" There's endless discussion of different kinds of sleep, sleeping positions, ways of putting infants to sleep, ...
