2009 April - ChatterMom

Posted by admin in family secrets, under $20 on 04 28th, 2009 | Comments

Secret #22: Secret Uses for Household Items

When your children have leg cramps or some type of muscle ache, frozen 16oz plastic cola bottles can be good to roll down the muscle. This works especially well for sore, aching feet. A bag of frozen peas or corn can also be used on sprains or strains and bruises to help reduce swelling. Alternate...

Posted by admin in travel secrets on 04 28th, 2009 | Comments

Secret #21: Get the Best Seat on the Plane!

Do you ever walk down the aisle of an airplane and look longfully, or jealously, at the passenger sitting comfortably in the exit row? Next time you fly, check in at seatguru.com before you leave. Detailed maps of the most commonly flown airplanes provide the lowdown on the best and worst seats on board-...

Posted by admin in featured secrets, zen secrets on 04 28th, 2009 | Comments

Secret #20: Rest Your Body and Sole

Fatigue? Insomnia? Sluggishness? Welcome to the human condition of motherhood! If you’ve downgraded your definition of a good night’s sleep to four hours, then I may have a beautiful solution that is non-addictive and actually good for you. Stick Visage de Layla’s Healing Soul packs...

Posted by admin in zen secrets on 04 28th, 2009 | Comments

Secret #19: Expand Your Mind and Heart at The Esalen Institute

Esalen is a non-profit institution situation on the Big Sur cliffs over the Pacific Ocean. The institute offers 500 public workshops and seminars a year accenting personal growth and social change, ranging from massage to meditation, yoga, art, music, dance, spirituality, and much more. The institute...

Posted by admin in family secrets, featured secrets on 04 21st, 2009 | Comments

Secret #18: Create a Family Tradition

Creating traditions with your family is a way to stay close and enjoy time together. My family has a few little traditions of our own that I’d love to share. HEAT TOWELS for one another- it only takes an extra moment. My sons both hated getting out of the bath when they were babies, so I thought...

Posted by admin in family secrets, featured secrets, romance secrets on 04 21st, 2009 | Comments

Secret #17: Keeping Your Marriage Alive

It’s rare these days for children to see their parents holding hands, cuddling with one another, or kissing. My husband and I have been happily married for 15 years and have learned to make our relationship a priority. After our first son was born, we allocated one day a week to our marriage. ...

Posted by admin in featured secrets, fitness secrets, time savers on 04 16th, 2009 | Comments

Secret #16: Working in a Workout

I did not consider myself to be an exercise person, but I knew I had to find a way to squeeze a workout into my busy day. I have my weight back down to where I want it, but I need to tone! How can I do this without disrupting too much of my already hectic day? Enter the 30 Day Shred DVD by Jillian...

Posted by admin in glam secrets on 04 16th, 2009 | Comments

Secret #15: Try a Treatment at MDS Medical Spa

MDS medical spa is located just off busy Ventura Blvd. in Woodland Hills, but serenity, beauty and value are what you get when you step inside. Medical spas are a dime a dozen these days and one must be so very careful when choosing to take beauty to the next level. MDS is safe, effective, and affordable....

Posted by admin in family secrets on 04 16th, 2009 | Comments

Secret #14: The Power of Positive Reinforcement

My 8 year old wrote a song today and as I listened, it warmed my heart to hear the words. He wrote of helping others and how he knows of struggles, he wrote of having a a good heart and of knowing his purpose. Pretty deep and sensitive for an 8 year old. In our home, we constantly reinforce the positive...

Posted by admin in zen secrets on 04 6th, 2009 | Comments

Secret #13: Renew, Rejuvenate and Restore (all in an hour!)

Perched in the mountains overlooking the vast pacific, lays a jewel of a place. It is called The Self Realization Fellowship. The fellowship was founded by Paramahansa Yogananda and it is a spiritual center that is non-denominational, yet encompasses all faiths. The surroundings could not be more...

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