Mommy Community #49

This week’s podcast episode is about Smarter Time Management and my special guest is Cara Mirabella. She is the owner of TheHouseholdhelper.com, a site providing tips and resources for cleaning, organizing, meal planning and more.

A former “domestically challenged” wife and mom, Cara now coaches other moms to help them save their time, money and sanity when managing their home and family.

Cara is also the host of The Household Helper Talk Show. She answer some questions like:

• In the simplest words – what is time management?
• Who can benefit from Time Management?
• What are the benefits of Time Management?
• What are some of your best time management tips that you can share?

Mommy Community #48

New Year’s resolutions are a recipe for family success. We use them to make individual changes that will benefit the entire group.

In this week’s podcast I will touch on:
- How to create and use resolution forms
- How to make resolutions for Mom
- How to make resolutions for Dad
- How to make resolutions for Kids
- How to make resolutions for Couples
- How to create family goals/resolutions
- How to stick to family resolutions

Mommy Community #47

This week’s podcast episode is a re-broadcast of an interview I did with Melissa Good from DinnerPlanner.com during The Holiday Season Kickoff that I hosted last year. We talked about the basics of roasting/cooking turkey for the holiday season. This is an awesome audio especially for those who are newbies in roasting turkey – lots of great info here so make sure to download the audio and listen to it in its entirety. In this audio we will cover:
- How to defrost turkey
- How much turkey to prepare for your family
- How to prepare the actual turkey
- How to make gravy
- What to do with leftovers
You will get lots of useful “Turkey Tips” in this episode. Make sure also to pick up your free “How to Create a Thanksgiving Holiday” eBook.

Mommy Community #46

My guest for this week’s podcast episode is JoJo Tabares of ArtofEloquence.com. In this episode we discuss how women can be effective communicators. Jojo is such a fun person to chat with. She is filled with easy to understand tips that can help anyone understand the importance and values of good communication. In our conversation, we talk about how women communicate with our husbands, children and customers (when we are in business).

Mommy Community #45

My guest for this week’s podcast episode is Kelly McCausey of WAHMTalkRadio.com. We chatted about Brain Dumping as it relates to business. She answers some questions like …

- What is your definition of Brain Dumping?
- Who can brain dump?
- Why would one do this? What are some of the benefits of brain dumping?
- What process do you go through when you do your own brain dumping?
- After brain dumping, how do you organize your thoughts/ideas/info into actionable steps and achievable goals?
- How often do you brain dump?
- How do you know when you need to brain dump?
- How does brain dumping help you with your business?

Mommy Community #44

My special guest for this audio is Barbara Winters and we chatted about the “Joys of Adoption“. She shares her story on what she went through to get her beautiful baby. Her story is remarkable and so beautiful. She also answers the following questions:

- What are some reasons couples/parents would decide to go with adoption?
- Are there any benefits to adopting versus other means of having kids?
- How do you go through adoption – what steps do you need to take?
- How long does the adoption process take?
- Any recommendation on agency to go with?
- What kind of costs are involved when going through adoption?
- Any tips you can share to make adoption process smoother?
- How does an adoptive parent prepare for adoption? How do they know if they are ready to adopt?
- Any resources you can suggest for new adaptive parents?

Mommy Community #43

My special guest speaker for this audio is Carrie Lauth of SexyNursingBra.com. In our interview, Carrie answers the following questions:

What are the benefits of breast feeding?

How often are you supposed to breastfeed a new born?

How can you tell if you are providing enough milk for you baby?

What kind of foods should you eat when you are nursing?

Is there anything you need to avoid eating/drinking when you are nursing?

How can you produce more milk for your baby?

For first time breast feeders, how do you get baby to nurse properly?

If it hurts mom to breastfeed, are there options she can take to continue to give baby breast milk?

What to do when your breast is engorged?

Is it safe to freeze breastmilk? How do you freeze breastmilk? Does breastmilk expire?

For those who need to go back to work or those who need to leave baby with a sitter, what steps do they need to take to ensure baby has enough milk and how do you keep a good supply of milk?

What are some tips you can share on weaning baby from breast milk?

Carrie Lauth has a great resource (a digital book) called – The Happy Breastfeeder. It’s an information packed 89 page ebook for only $1. To download The Happy Breastfeeder, click here.

Mommy Community #42

Our Blog trip kicks off today. Start your blogging engines and get on the Virtual Road Trip – go to our Mr. Linky to start your journey. ***Warning – there are LOTS of mom bloggers participating so get ready for a fun and interesting drive. As I post this – there are 58 blogs to visit and it is only 9:00am PST on Monday, 9-1-08 so I am sure there will be more later in the day/week.***

My special guest for this audio is Vera Raposo of SmallBusinessBranding.com. We spoke about “Bringing Your Small Business to the Net“. I asked her the following questions in this interview:
- How does bringing an existing business to the net benefit the business owner?
- Is it a lot of work to bring an existing business to the net?
- What are some easy/simple ways a business owner can make their business visible online?
- Will it cost a business owner a lot of money to bring their business on the net?
- what in your opinion is the minimum amount they might need to spend to start marketing their business online?
- What are some of the most effective ways you have used to help you promote your business online?
- What are your top tips you can share a new business owner on keeping their business visible online?
- What are some things Business Owners “Should Not do” when putting their business on the net?
- What resources can you suggest to business owners who are looking to learn more about making their small business stand out online?

Mommy Community #41

In this week’s episode. my special guest is Aurelia Williams. We are talking about “How to Talk to Your Kids So that They Will Listen“. She answered the following questions:

- How can you get your little one to listen when you say “No”?
- Any suggestions on “Time Out” or introducing “time Out” to your child. How long per age?
- How can you get your kids to do chores?
- What are your thought on “grounding” kids?
- What are some tips you can share in keeping your cool when your child starts to be difficult?
- Can parents really have an open communication with their children? How?
- Do you ever negotiate with your kids when it comes to chores/school work? Does it work for you? Do you have any suggestions on this?

I also give an update on our upcoming Blog Trip on Sept. 1-5, 2008. I hope you can come and join us in our version of a “Virtual” Road Trip. Learn more about this event by Clicking Here.

Mommy Community #40

In this week’s podcast episode, I interview Melitsa Avila of Play-Activities.com about fun activities adults can do with little children. In this interview she acswers the following questions like:

What are some of your favorite activities you do with your kids?

How often do you do activities with your kids?

Are there any low cost/free activities moms can do with their kids?

Do moms have to wait for their kids to be a certain age before doing activities with them?

Do moms have to worry about the length of time they spend on an activity so as not to get their child bored?

What if your child does not want to do any activity but rather just watch TV, what suggestions can you offer for moms to motivate their child to do activities as “mom and child”?

Does mom need to be creative to do activities with her kids? What if they are not – what suggestions can you offer?

What resources online and/or offline can you suggest for moms to check out to give them ideas they can do with their kids?

If you know of other moms who might be interested in this episode, I encourage you to forward this episode to them.

As I mentioned in this week’s show, I am planning a fun celebration this next couple of weeks to celebrate MommyCommunity.com’s 5th Birthday! It’ll be a “Blog Trip“. it will be on Sept. 1-5, 2008 so mark your calendars. Details will be posted on the blog shortly so stay tuned!

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