What if I told you that there’s a simple ritual you can do with your family every day that will:
* help them eat better
* encourage them to have a better connection with you
* build their vocabulary
* help them get better grades
* develop fewer eating disorders
* engage in fewer risky behaviors as they get older

I just had to share a personal triumph of how I went to the library with my almost six year old and my energetic 2.5 year old today without a hitch.  If you have been following my Mom Moments Newsletters and listening in to my parenting workshop calls (especially the one “No More Punishment: What To Do Instead), then you know that I recommend Lynne Reeves Griffin’s book, Negotiation Generation. 

I hope you will join us for our first Personal Renewal Group coaching webinar!

“Motherhood and Identity:
Reconnecting with Who You Are”

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 9-10pm EST
I can’t think of any other time in my life when I had to face my whole self - my strengths, my flaws, my moods, my passions-or lack thereof, my own psychology, my beliefs, and my dreams - than when I became a mom. 

Parents rarely hear that they’re doing a great job. We’re doing the toughest job we have ever had with no official training or certification. We gave birth and someone handed that precious bundle to us and sent us home with a smile and a wink! On a coaching call the other morning my client mentioned that she frequently lets her best friend know what a great mom she thinks she is. I love that! What a wonderful way to support one another. Do you …

The Law of Attraction (LOA) isn’t new. We’ve all heard of The Secret by now. Growing up, my parents often used the LOA without calling it that. When I was 9 years old my father became legally blind. My mother was a stay-at-home mom of five children. I am the baby of the family. My dad is a store designer, specifically for shoe stores. He relies on his eyesight.