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Discover your personality type and what careers are best suited for you.
 

Hey Moms, What Do You Really Want this Mother’s Day? How About Getting Your Old Sex Drive Back? A special interview by Amanda Bach with Stacie Cockrell, Cathy O’Neill, and Julia Stone, Co-authors of Babyproofing Your Marriage and You know you wanted it once upon a time. You know you had a good reason for buying that black suspender-corset thingy that’s gathering dust at the back of your closet. But since you became a mom, your enthusiasm for sex has dwindled to folding the laundry levels, right? And who can blame you? You’re tired (to put it mildly). You’re afraid of getting knocked up again too soon. Your may have some uh, issues with your post-baby body. Your days are already filled with vile bodily fluids. And you may be feeling more than a little resentful that romance from your husband has been reduced to a nightly Ten O’Clock Shoulder Tap. But are you not, somewhere within the sleep-deprived haze of your new identity as mother, still a woman who wants and deserves a good sex life?  Hell yes! So this Mother’s Day, give yourself a little present and reclaim your sexuality. Do it for yourself, not for your husband. Haul yourself far enough out of the Mommy vacuum to think about what it would really take to get you in the mood again.

 

I Didn't See it Coming: The Only Book You'll Ever Need to Avoid Being Blindsided in Business by Nancy C. Widmann (Author), Elaine J. Eisenman (Author), Amy Dorn Kopelan (Author) - I Didn't See It Coming provides savvy advice and strategic insights for recognizing and dealing with the situations that can threaten your career. This book will help you develop the skills you need to read the room, correctly assess what is happening around you, and control your career destiny. It shows you why you need an exit strategy, how to navigate the political terrain, how (and why) to differentiate between colleagues, and why it's important to follow the money. Everyone can benefit from understanding how office politics works and what you can do to enhance your position. For anyone in a dicey situation—even if you don't know it yet—this is the ultimate guidebook for office survival. When it comes to your career, don't take chances! Take charge and make sure you see it coming.

Home Environment and Parenting as a Predictor of Achievement - By Kelly Nault MommyMoments.com - Although home environment and parenting definitely influence a child's ability to succeed, the number one predictor of achievement is a child’s own internal belief system. Their beliefs, how they interpret their home environment, and the parenting style they grew up with all help define who they are and who they will become. When it comes down to it, it isn’t so important what happens to a child. How a child interprets and responds to what happens to her or him is a more accurate predictor of their ability to succeed in life.

 Becoming Cinderella - A Single Mother's Journey From Tatters to Triumph - By Cheryl Steinberg - Who is today’s Cinderella? Is she still waiting to be rescued by her Prince Charming, or is she now ready for conscious evolution? Cheryl Steinberg takes us on her passionate journey as a modern-day Cinderella. She shares with us her lifelong dream of becoming a Mother, which is filled with a deep desire to connect with the spirits of her children. Her pregnancies inspire her to question our culture’s conventional approach to everything from pregnancy to childbirth, feminism to motherhood, and health to education. As she embraces her maternal instincts her husband stays staunch in his conservative viewpoints, causing their marriage to completely unravel. As a 42-year-old single Mother, picking up the tattered pieces seems impossible. Like Cinderella, she never stops believing that she can still have it all. She creates a vision in her mind’s eye and through her own spiritual powers she rises above her dire circumstances. Manifesting her Prince Charming is merely confirmation of her own unlimited spiritual power. As Cheryl Steinberg’s intimate story shows, today’s Cinderella does not need Prince Charming to rescue her. From wherever we are, each of us can rescue ourselves by using our creative powers to make our fairy tale dreams come true.

 

10 Tips for Single Mothers Looking for Health Insurance - By: Mike Levy - Chairman and Co-founder of MostChoice.com - Health insurance is a vital part of your full planning picture.  Without it your safety and the safety of your family is jeopardized; most qualified heath care providers will not treat you without health insurance. As we all know, health care is very costly; a prolonged illness or serious injury can easily bankrupt a family without insurance.  Not having it is an endangerment to everything you have.  After you have read the basics on this page, you can go to Choosing a Health Insurance Plan to understand more about all the choices available for your situation. 

 

 

Basic Legal Recommendations for Women - by Michele Howe - According to Toledo attorney, Stephen Pennington, there are some fundamental legal concerns that every woman should understand, plan, and prepare for in order to best protect her financial assets in lieu of a possible divorce, death of a spouse, or for simple common sense financial survival. It is noteworthy that each of the potentially troubling monetary difficulties cited below arrives at a time when a woman is simultaneously coping with personal loss and pain, thus underscoring the need to take preparatory measures well in advance such major life events (upsets). For every woman who does prepare, there are countless more who do not and who pay the price both financially and emotionally.


Eligibility, After the application, the award letter, work study & When a loan is need - You need to understand everything before, during & after this process of applying for financial aid.

 

 Single Parents Need Support - By Bernie Siegel, MD - Author of Love, Magic and Mudpies: Raising Your Kids to Feel Loved, Be Kind, and Make a Difference - During his many years working with thousands of patients and their families, Dr. Bernie Siegel became an expert on how to turn sometimes trying situations into opportunities for personal growth. In his newest book, this husband of more than 50 years, father of five children, and grandparent of eight, shares the gems garnered from his practice and his own family life to show readers what he's learned about raising kids with love, wisdom, and humor. Love, Magic and Mudpies is an insightful and supportive guide on every aspect of parenting. Single parents are not all teenage mothers without jobs or child support, despite the common stereotypes presented in the media. There are many reasons for becoming a single parent -- from divorce, desertion, or death of a spouse to an informed choice to go it alone. All single parents face difficulties, one way or another. They alone are responsible for the lives of their children.

 

The 10 Mistakes to Avoid in a Real Estate Deal - By David Finkel - He is one of the nation's most respected wealth masters. A former Olympic-level athlete, he is a self-made multimillionaire and the co-creator of Maui Master-mind, the world's most exclusive wealth retreat. He is also the bestselling author of five financial books, including The Real Estate Fast Track, from Wiley, and his how-to financial articles have appeared in periodicals across the United States.

 


 

For Parents and Guardians - What you need to know about the Internet - Amanda Bach - Whatever your age, the Internet is a great place to hang out. There are lots of great educational sites as well as places to keep up with your favorite hobbies, music, sports, and much more. Teenagers are actually more likely to get into trouble online than younger children. Teens are more likely to explore; they’re more likely to reach out to others besides their peers; and, sadly, they’re more often preyed upon as victims by child molesters and other exploiters.


MEN-O-PAUSE, I Truly Would Prefer The Pause - By Delores Thomas - Menopause, such a lovely topic to write about, but with ALL honesty its mind-boggling. Remembering how jovial my physician was when he informed me, and I quote, “You are entering a new chapter of your life, enjoy…What the good Doc, did not mention, were the hot flashes, the without appointment necessary mood swings, the crying jags, etc., etc., and etc.…Now, I used to be an even-tempered individual, not these days.  Standing in a short line at the grocery store will set me off, and please must I mention traffic?  Just seeing a light suddenly change to red might jump off a killing spree.  But in all honesty, I am willing to give this Menopause thing a try, I mean do I really have a choice in the matter?

 

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The Spiderwick Chronicles -From the best-selling series of books comes an extraordinary fantasy adventure, revealing the unseen world that exists all around us.   From the moment the Grace family moves into a secluded old house peculiar things start to happen.  Unable to explain the accidents and strange disappearances, the Grace children, Jared, Simon and Mallory start to investigate and find the unbelievable truth of the Spiderwick Estate and the amazing creatures that inhabit it.  2 Disk Special Edition

Transformers: Animated - The historic struggle of Good vs Evil is brought to life again in this all NEW animated series.  In the 22nd century, Detroit is the hot spot for all manner of techno-geeks, industrialists and all things robotic.  It's where the future is, and where the money is being made thanks to the City's thriving Robotics Industry.  Our story begins when Optimus Prime and his young team are awakened from stasis, just in time to help the new "Organic Life Forms (humans)" fight the evil villains in Detroit, but in order to save the humans and fight off the criminals they have to convert into their robot forms!  In doing so, they save the day and become heroes, destined to fight all evil on the planet earth and beyond!
 

FINANCE
 

The Everything Guide To Personal Finance For Single Mothers Book: A Step-by-step Plan for Achieving Financial Independence (Everything: Business and Personal Finance) - Are you a single mother who worries about your family's financial future? The Everything Guide to Personal  Finance for Single Mothers has the savvy financial advice you really need. Packed with helpful tips and sound financial practices, this practical yet inspirational guide leads you on a step-by-step journey to financial independence and security.

This guide features tools to help you:

  • Assess current financial health

  • Set goals near and far

  • Narrow the wage gap

  • Conquer debt

From how to get out of debt, establish good credit, and qualify for a mortgage to opening a college fund, planning for retirement, and even starting your own business, The Everything Guide to Personal Finance for Single Mothers is the financial advisor you need to secure your future--and that of your children.
 

About the Authors
Susan Reynolds is a journalist, author, businesswoman, and single mother who handles her own financial affairs, including managing her retirement fund. She most recently wrote Change Your Shoes, Change Your Life: Strut Your Way to a Fabulous New You! She lives in Pembroke, MA.


Robert A. Bexton
, CFA, has been an investment analyst since 1999. Currently, he manages $70 million of clients' assets for Moirai Capital Management. He holds the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst designation and earned a B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley. Mr. Bexton lives in San Francisco, CA.

 

 

CAREER - COLLEGE & WORKING MOM

The Girls Guide to Absolutely Everything - by Melissa Kirsch 

Finally, The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything!


And I do mean EVERYTHING. Okay, here it is in simple language- everything you've always wanted to know - from unclogging a toilet to health and body image. This being the new year, we're all trying to make changes in our lives, to improve ourselves, to learn new things, and we need a little boost of inspiration and encouragement along the way. The Girls Guide to Everything can be your bible to making that life transition. Got a question about almost anything? The book provides quick and easy answers at your finger tips.

The author Melissa Kirsch gleaned her information from interviews with women ranging in age from 20's to 40's and from all walks of life and ethnicity...asking the question: "What do you know now that you wish you'd known after college and in your 20's that would have made your life a lot less difficult, spared you heartache, generally made the transition to life on your own a heck of a lot easier?" Their responses are compiled in this big book that's full of much needed information, and it's entertaining as well as practical.

What I like about this book is that although there are lots of self-help books out there on this and that, this one has everything a woman needs to know in one compilation. It's a big and beefy book for all the questions you need answered, whether it be about sex and dating, spirituality or your money and finances. It's for every woman - from the just out-of-college young woman looking to make a transition into the real world or for women in their 30's and beyond who want information about the things that pop up in our daily lives. It's also interesting reading about the things you've never even considered.

With well over 150 headings like: Oops, I was inauthentic again, Forget The Nike Tracksuit, Bankruptcy - The Land of the Lost, Tipping Crib Sheets, Considering Therapy, House of The spirit, Kirsch touches all things that are bound to crop up in a woman's life and doesn't bore or weigh you down with long-winded answers. It's like 101 things you've ever wanted to know and then some. This book logs in at well over 450 pages, and it belongs on your book shelf next to the other books labeled self-help, but I can bet that you will be reaching for this one time and time again. It's that useful.

 

Getting Back on the Career Track - by Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin - Authors of Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay at Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work - Would you like to return to the work world but are concerned about how to find an opportunity that will allow you to fulfill your family or other non-work obligations, nervous about how to “market yourself” to potential employers, or unsure about what type of work you want to do? They took time out to be home with their children, and then re-launched their careers years later. Based upon our experience, and that of the 100+ women they interviewed for this book, as well as the career counselors, recruiters and employers whose advice they sought, they’ve developed a detailed process to help you negotiate this major transition. Returning to the workforce can be a daunting job for full-time moms. Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin understand, because they've been there. And as women who have successfully re-launched their careers, they know it can be done with careful planning, strategizing, and creativity. Now, in Back on the Career Track, they offer a prescriptive, seven-step program that covers such topics as building confidence, assessing career options, updating job skills, preparing for interviews, getting the family on board, networking, and much more.

The Salary Gap Between Women and Men - Sources by Amanda Bach - Back in 1974, few Americans would have been surprised to learn that women earned less money than men. Women who did work outside the home often worked part-time or in lower-paying jobs. Few women entered professions such as law, medicine and accounting. Although women have made significant gains in education, the pay gap between college-educated men and women persists, experts say. While some may label as myth the assertion that 30 years later, in 2006, women still earn less than men, statistical data confirm the reality that a gap continues to exist between salaries earned by men and women. In fact, a 2003 survey by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) shows that women who work full-time, year-round, earn 76% of what men earn. According to NAFE, the gap between men's and women's pay narrowed by only 2 percent between 1991 and 2001.

HEALTHY MOM

Boosting Metabolism - By Joy Bauer, MS, RD, CDN with Carol Svec - Authors of Joy Bauer's Food Cures - The ultimate guide to using food as medicine from Today show regular Joy Bauer—whom New York magazine calls "the best nutritionist in New York City." Nutritional healing has gone mainstream and researchers at top universities are publishing studies that show how the right foods can help prevent, manage, and sometimes entirely reverse the defining symptoms of a wide range of health issues. Whether it’s unwanted pounds or high blood sugar, mood swings or digestive trouble, the cure can be what you eat every day. Now Joy Bauer, a nutrition consultant to celebrities from actors to gold-medal winning athletes, explains exactly what to eat to lower high cholesterol and blood pressure, improve skin tone, sharpen memory, sleep better, and take charge of PMS, arthritis, and more. Each chapter focuses on one of the many conditions that drive people to seek Joy’s professional help and simulates a personal consultation. Readers walk away with up-to-the-minute, scientifically researched recommendations on particular foods to seek out and which ones to avoid, plus grocery lists, meal plans, recipes, and supplement recommendations presented in easy-to-follow 4-step prescriptive plans. Metabolism is simply the total of all body processes that burn calories -- your basal metabolic rate plus your activity factor. When it comes to improving your metabolism, there's good news and bad news.


Mothering Through Mid-Life: When Disengagement Entices - by Michele Howe - I had just gotten up and admittedly wasn't quite fully awake when my husband soberly informed me that our eighteen-year-old daughter's car had been vandalized during the night. I stood there in the chilly kitchen trying to take in the specific details of the minor crime...worst was the insulting graffiti written on her windows. A myriad of conflicting thoughts and emotions ran like a freight train through my brain, some of which I am ashamed to confess were of the reprisal sort.


Spice Up Your Treadmill Workout - By Minna Lessig - Author of Tank Top Arms, Bikini Belly, Boy Shorts Bottom - Fitness supermodel and personal trainer Minna Lessig presents a 4-week sculpting program to help women tone their trouble spots—with results in as little as 10 days! An emerging superstar in the fitness field—with credits that include a weekly spot on CBS’s The Early Show, three best-selling fitness DVDs, and more, Minna Lessig has a personal training client list that ranges from busy moms like her to world-class athletes like Yankee baseball star Alex Rodriguez, who attributed a record-breaking season while he was with the Seattle Mariners to Lessig’s off-season strength and conditioning program. In her first book, Tank Top Arms, Bikini Belly, Boy Shorts Bottom, Minna Lessig assembles the most effective time-saving exercises designed to target the arms, abs, and buttocks. This is cutting-edge fitness—a 4-week program that will not only make women look better but also feel healthier, stronger, and more energetic as they go about their everyday activities.


DAY-TO-DAY

Holding Her Head High - by Janine Turner
Actress Janine Turner Inspires Single Mothers
N
ew Book Uncovers Moving Stories of Single Mothers Throughout History

Nashville, TN – History yields to all types of mothers. Helena Augusta, abandoned single mother of Constantine, helped forever change Christianity. Widowed single mother Belva Lockwood would become the first female presidential candidate in 1884. And Harriet Jacobs, a slave, chose to live in a small airless attic for 7 years so her children could have freedom while diligently fighting for her own freedom and her children's safety.

Turner, also a single mother, examines the lives of these women and explores how they advocated for their children to make a difference. During her research, Turner scoured thousands of historical documents to unearth proof of the impact these single mothers had.

 “These women didn’t just raise their children,” Turner emphatically declares. “They raised their nations.” She goes on to add, “I find their voices to be amazingly modern, no matter the era”. And cross many eras they do. Stories span from the Roman Empire, travel through medieval times, and even recount the stories of pioneers in 18th century America. Turner details the behind-the-scenes lives of some of most influential Americans in history.

Holding Her Head High skillfully documents how these twelve women demonstrated strength, dedication, and commitment, with a robust vision of moving ahead. These stories will be inspirational to all generations who enjoy uplifting messages from a historical perspective. 


I HEART MY IN-LAWS: Falling in Love with His Family--One Passive-Aggressive, Over-Indulgent, Grandkid-Craving, Streisand-Loving, Bible-Thumping In-Law at a Time - I Heart My In-LawsGirlfriends, fiancés, and wives rejoice! Here, at last, is a book you can turn to in times of stress, panic, and family vacations to the smallest cottage ever built on the island of Nantucket. Mirroring the natural progression of a relationship and incorporating interviews from women just like you, this hilarious, savvy guide will help you survive your first meeting with future in-laws, from the holidays, weddings, and new babies, to the day they retire to the house next door because its a great real estate investment. Discover a wide array of sanity-retention techniques and tips on scoring major points with each and every in-law. Learn how to sweet-talk his sister, mollify his mother, and defuse potentially explosive situations like when your pumpkin pie gives Nana a bad case of hives. Stories range from the tragic my father-in-law just pinched my ass and not in that sportsmanship kind of way, to the triumphant I'm now CEO of my grandfather-in-laws cement company Thanks Pup up! Offering handy translation charts with curse words in Persian and compliments in Cantonese, a list of gifts and how to interpret their hidden meaning, tips for reclaiming the holidays one Bastille Day at a time, and your very own set of Mother-in-Law MadLibs, I Heart My In-laws embodies the old saying, Its funny because its true.


More Single Moms Caving in to be the "Cool Mom" - Bestselling author offers first-hand advice for beating solo-parent guilt. Sources by Amanda Bach -  In Knoxville, Tennessee - A recent study by the University of Maryland says today's single mothers, who head 14 million single-parent homes in America, spend less time with their children than mothers did 40 years ago. Bestselling author, nationally acclaimed speaker and single mother, Angela Thomas says a result, women raising families as a single parent are often guilt-ridden. Ask any single mom and she'll say no matter how much she does for her kids, it is never enough. Thomas, whose new book, My Single Mom Life: True Stories & Practical Lessons for Your Journey (Thomas Nelson Inc., May

2007), chronicles her life as a single mom, says these guilty moms often feel pressure to become "cool moms" rather than grounded, string parents. While embracing the "cool moms" image, women are letting parenting roles take the backseat as they also juggle other roles from Tired Mom to Dating Mom, even Financial Mom. The day Angela Thomas sold the only thing she had, the diamond from her engagement ring, to take care of her kids was the day she began to believe they were going to make it. In that decision, the faith she had always talked about became the faith she was going to learn how to live.


An Immeasurable Power -By Radenko Fanuka - 21st Century’s Woman - Author of Reflections: Personalizing Life, Nature, Man and God - In this, 21st century, I believe that a woman will make great, giant contributions, or steps. Our powerful, wounded nature, our freedom, and our health, have for too long been asking us, as well as telling us, some unanswered questions, “Why, and why not? A power, which can make a successful step against MOTHER NATURE’S power, earth’s soil, women and sun, doesn’t exist, and it hasn’t been born yet. This power, earth’s soil, women and sun, is embodied into one body, and it is an inseparable piece, and no matter how it is positioned, or turned, physically or mathematically, it is a piece which holds together all life. It is this power which cannot be separated, or torn apart, unless life on earth is destroyed. This is nothing more, or less, than nature’s power and truth.
True Stories of False Memories - By Carol Tavris and

Elliot Aronson - authors of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) - False memories allow us to forgive ourselves and justify our mistakes, but sometimes at a high price: an inability to take responsibility for our lives. An appreciation of the distortions of memory, a realization that even deeply felt memories might be wrong, might encourage people to hold their memories more lightly, to drop the certainty that their memories are always accurate, and to let go of the appealing impulse to use the past to justify problems of the present. If we are to be careful about what we wish for because it might come true, we must also be careful which memories we select to justify our lives, because then we will have to live by them.
YOUR CHILDREN'S HEALTH

 How to Avoid Kids’ Blood Sugar “Spike and Crash” -By Missy Chase Lapine - Author of  The Sneaky Chef - Kids loveroller coasters. Moms don’t -- well, at least not the ones that take place inside our homes! I’m talking about the “spike and crash” syndrome that describes the rapid ups and downs of children’s blood sugar levels when they eat too much sugar and overly processed carbs, especially on an empty stomach. Foods that are especially high in sugar -- even natural sugar and honey -- are known to cause a very quick rise in blood-sugar levels. They are rated high on the “glycemic index” (GI) -- a measurement of the effect a food has on one’s blood sugar level. The higher the rating on the index, the more rapid the increase in blood sugar level. The spike doesn’t last very long and is followed by a corresponding fast drop in blood-sugar level. (often it drops even lower than it was before we ate). This is commonly referred to as the “spike and crash syndrome.”


 You Can Be Smarter Than a 5th Grader! - By Nonna Joann Bruso - Author of Baby Bites: Transforming a Picky Eater into a Healthy Eater - Denver, Colo.— Forty-nine percent of moms say they have a picky eater. Not willing to “cope” with a picky eater or “hope” a picky eater will someday change, Nonna Joann tackles this ever increasing dilemma. Baby Bites is her breakthrough method incorporating multi-sensory learning. Motivated by her two-and-half-year-old grandson, Joshy, who had been winning every food battle, Nonna Joann found a way to circumvent his extreme resistance to eating healthy foods. She condenses forty years of parenting and grand-parenting, as well as her thirty-year passion and independent study of nutrition, into yummy bite-size pieces. Parents are often out-maneuvered by their preschoolers, and end up giving them the foods they willing eat: junk foods. To their detriment, these foods are directly related to the epidemic of childhood disease and obesity we’re experiencing today. Baby Bites offers practical advice, while providing parents the tools needed to transform their picky eater into a healthy eater. Your child’s health is in your hands. You’re the one who controls the food purchased and stored in your pantry. You’re the one who plans the menu. You’re the one who decides when snacking is permitted.

YOUR CHILDREN

Never Leave Your Child Alone - Sources by Amanda Bach - How Does A Hot Car Affect Kids? From 1996 through 2000, more than 120 children – most of them three and younger – died from heat stroke after being trapped in a vehicle’s passenger compartment. Research conducted by General Motors revealed that these children were left behind in a closed, parked car by parents or caregivers, or that they gained access to the car on their own and could not get out.  This is a serious public health issue, and one that is entirely preventable. General Motors and the National SAFE KIDS Campaign want to end these needless deaths by reminding parents and caregivers about the dangers of leaving children in, or allowing them to play around cars.

Car Seat - 'How To’ Knowledge Retained by Parents - Sources by Amanda Bach - New Study Shows Car Seat Clinics Are Effective, according to Safe Kids Worldwide. Based on data from car seat checkup events conducted in 29 states in February 2005, Safe Kids found that parents successfully changed their behavior and retained their child passenger safety knowledge six weeks after receiving hands-on instruction. At a second child safety seat checkup, 45% more seats were properly installed by the parents than at the first instructional event. Families with older children were also significantly underrepresented in the research. Children who attended checkup events tended to be young—ages 4 and under—even though Safe Kids Worldwide recommends that kids who have outgrown car seats ride on booster seats until they are about 4 feet, 9 inches tall and 80 to 100 pounds. Most children reach this height and weight between the ages of 8 and 12.