Carrie Underwood’s new book Find Your Path: Honor Your Body, Fuel Your Soul and Get Strong with the Fit52 Life is hot off the press and I’m sharing my 10 favourite things about the book: 1.She picked a lane. The book is all about diet and fitness, which I have no doubt her fans want […] Read more…
Kids and Learning During School Closures
New to This Mom Loves? Come find me on Instagram! I was on The Morning Show today talking to Carolyn MacKenzie about keeping kids learning during the extended break! We talked about how worried parents should be about this lost time, whether to expect work from teachers, what teachers really think kids should be doing […] Read more…
Ep 47: Marcy D’Alessandro with Fundraising Tips and Tricks
Marcy D’Alessandro, Chair of the PRHC Mombassadors, is here sharing fundraising ups and downs, tips and tricks and a pile of ideas that might help you raise money for your cause! We’re also talking about a couple of fun upcoming events for the Mombasadors, including their Girls Night Out: A Night in Nashville (…in Peterborough!) […] Read more…
Marker Recycling With Crayola ColorCycle
About a year ago our school joined the Crayola ColorCycle program, a sustainability initiative designed to repurpose dried out markers – which are abundant in a school setting. (Especially kindergarten: “Put the lids back on the markers, boys and girls!” is one of those refrains I wish I had prerecorded. Along with “Fingers out of […] Read more…
Ep 46: Raquel Paulo on the Small Business Side Hustle
Raquel Paulo of Hidden Gems By Raquel is sharing all her tips and tricks for running a successful business while working a day job and raising kids! We talk about her highs and lows and everything in between, and of course also discuss our brand new bracelet collaboration, This Mom Loves x Hidden Gems by […] Read more…
Ep 45: Special Needs Parenting with Kate Wells and Jane Fitzgerald
Kate Wells and Jane Fitzgerald, each the mom of a child with special needs, are here sharing everything they want other moms to know, and answering a pile of listener questions: how to interact with a child with special needs, how to include them in activities like birthday parties, how all kids can benefit from […] Read more…
Ep 44: Jessica Lahey on Kids and The Gift of Failure
Jessica Lahey, teacher, mom and bestselling author of The Gift of Failure, is here with tons of advice to help our kids become independent and thrive! We cover homework, bullying, rewards, parent/teacher relationships, the importance of free play and her surprise endorsement from Kristen Bell! Jessica also gives us a sneak peek at the fascinating […] Read more…
Ep 42: Money Talk with Kelley Keehn
Financial educator Kelley Keehn is here answering questions about RESPs, online baking safety, why she won’t ask us to make a budget, shopaholic strategies, how to talk money with partners and kids and more. Kelley Keehn’s website, Instagram, Facebook and Twitter For more information or to purchase Kelley’s book Talk Money To Me: Save Well, […] Read more…
My Top 10 Posts of 2019
It’s time for the annual countdown of my most-read blog posts of the year! Note that these are posts that were actually published in 2019 (not older posts that happened to get high traffic), and I eliminated giveaways, links to my TV segments and podcast episode shownotes (though my interviews with Sophie Gregoire Trudeau and […] Read more…
My Favourite Books of the Year – 2019
Before we get to the list of my (42) favourite books of the year, I want to clarify that a few of these were not published in 2019, but made it to the top of my pile this year. While several books I read were abandoned, or I finished them but would not recommend, this […] Read more…