Teaching your children values and How to be Happy for Others

How many of us are forever reminding our children to say "please" and "thank you", to remember others, and to be polite, well mannered and well behaved. But it goes deeper than that. You want to teach your children to be happy for other people's success, and to wish other people well, to judge people to the good. Sadly, there are people out there who do the opposite. They don't wish you well and they forever undermine your happiness and success. There is no greater gift you can give your children that to teach them generosity of spirit, wishing others well, judging "to the good" and even thinking good thoughts about others. For some people, one person's achievement is an illumination of their own failure, one person's success is a reminder of where they fall short. Ironically, I always feel that when someone does well, there is hope for the rest of us, and that we are all in this together anyway. By spreading love not hate, good words not bad, kindness not judgment, good wishes, not bad, we are in fact helping our own life and the life of others.
Tell your children that you love them and write to them, give them that confidence, so that no matter what obstacles they face, they can circumvent them with the inner strength, glow and love they have with them all the time.
Check out my book Love Mommy: Writing Love Letters to Your Baby, available in all major bookstores.

Pearls, Pashminas, Pumps and some Pretty Gloss

What do you do when you're pregnant and you want to look and feel great? Most of your clothes aren't fitting anymore, and your favourite jeans are long gone. Even post baby, when you are still nursing and not exactly your pre-pregnancy weight, (it's been almost 10 years and I'm still not at that weight!)-I have a great tip which works every time. Throw a pashmina over anything, add some pearls, a great pair of shoes and a trace of gloss and you will feel better and you will look absolutely great. Just a little Love Mommy tip! Don't forget to check out Love Mommy: Writing Love Letters to your Baby, available in all major bookstores and on Amazon Books.com and Amazon Books.ca.
Have a great day!
"Love Mommy"

Mommies who Meditate, yummy mummies and yoga and de-stressing for moms

I am a yoga girl. I love all types of yoga. I started out with this great yoga teacher whom I studied with for years and used to practice Hatha Yoga with him and I always said that after class I felt like I'd drank a bottle of wine without the wine. Then 15 years later, I moved to Bikram and Moksha Yoga, which I love. But lately, I have begun studying Ashtanga yoga, and this is truly a love affair. Yoga is good stuff, and living your yoga is even better. Yoga is great for moms because it is de-stressing and a chance to really re-charge and meditate on all the joys and blessings in your life and take a step off the treadmill into a little bit of heaven. I would love to hear your yoga stories and tips on yoga and meditation. Check out my book Love Mommy: Writing Love Letters To Your Baby-it's a bit of yoga in motion too!
Have a blissful day!
"Love Mommy"