GUEST BLOG POST: Been there, done that. Now I have two kids. by Zoe Richmond
May 19th, 2016
The Music and Arts Festival Coachella was recently held. It is a three-day music festival in the Coachella Valley, near Palm Springs, California. Headliners included acts like Guns n’ Roses, LCD Soundsystem and Calvin Harris. Earlier in the year, my friend was trying to convince me to go. “No. And hell ...
GUEST BLOG POST: Are You Choosing Love…or Fear? by Renee Peterson Trudeau
May 11th, 2016
This past Sunday evening on Mother’s Day, I returned home from an amazing retreat feeling euphoric and transformed. My husband and son picked me up from the airport. My teen had just returned from a late-night sleepover so my expectations for the evening were low: a quick bite out at ...
Guest Blog: What It’s Really Like to Have Twins at 50 by Tami Green
October 16th, 2015
My absolutely, positively, adorable, twin girls are feeding me baby carrots. They are seriously cute, and they are my best little friends, but it was hard as hell to have them at my age. They are not my only children. Nor are they the only babies I had “later in life.” ...
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 ...
Guest Blog Post: From Infertility to Hope and Beyond by Michele Talamo (a later mom)
February 9th, 2015
My story begins with the joy and happiness of getting married at 37 year old (my husband was 39). We both wanted a family for so long and now was our chance to start one! Easy right? or so we thought! I was fortunate to get pregnant the second month ...
Summer’s End by Linda Beeson Rosendale
August 1st, 2014
We're gearing up for back to school; supplies bought and separated for each child, new backpacks and lunch boxes, medications and school forms ready and turned in. For once, I can say I'm not excited to see them go back. Maybe it's because of the horrific year we had last year; ...
Unmotivated Fifth Grader by Robin Gorman Newman
March 21st, 2014
What to do when it seems as if your kid does as little as possible to get by in school? We had our parent teacher meeting tonite, and the teachers' main concern was that Seth just wants to get by. At home, one of his favorite words has become "whatever." He's a tween...I ...
Heart Health & Discount Offer by Robin Gorman Newman
February 15th, 2014
I pride myself on doing my best to practice self care....which as a multi-tasking mom is not always the easiest thing to do. I take vitamins and exercise and get my checkups religiously, including seeing a holistic-minded MD. He's one of my primary go-to guys in the health arena, and I ...
Later Mom: Wouldn’t Change It If I Could By Lori Loesch
January 30th, 2014
To watch me in action, especially when my daughter was younger, you would have thought that I had never raised a child in my life. Enter my first born, he will soon turn twenty - one, and he made it through school. With honors, I might brag! I’m very proud ...
PICKS & GIVEAWAYS by Robin Gorman Newman
July 26th, 2013
According to a Kaiser Permanente study, newborns sleeping in a room with a fan have a lower risk of sudden infant death syndrome. A simple house fan can lower the risks of SIDS by nearly 70%. Having a fan in the room helps maintain air flow and keep a steady ...
