Since launching This Mom Loves: The Podcast in October 2018, I’ve saved my best book recommendations to share on the show. Right now, though, the podcast is on hiatus and I’ve been devouring books…and I just think it’s a real disservice to all of you if I keep all of my favourite titles to myself! […] Read more…
PK Beans founder Traci Costa is here today talking about her kids’ clothing business, their fun and educational new subscription box and working at home with her husband and daughters during COVID-19, plus we have a big conversation about kids and the importance of play. What does free play really mean? What is the role […] Read more…
Whether you’re working from home and doing a lot of video calls, you’re a teacher who has started recording lessons, or both (like me!) you might have recently begun thinking about how to improve your appearance on video. And by “improve”, I mean look less sickly (me again!) I decided to take the route of […] Read more…
Psychotherapist Kelly Bos is here with help for our COVID-19 stressors: working from home, physical distancing, parenting/schooling, health-related anxieties. and more. Also two book recommendations, and on the lighter side of things, how celebrities are handling the “learning at home concept” – HELLO! Canada magazine even asked me for my expert input! Kelly Bos can […] Read more…
While I know some people are still extremely busy providing essential services, working from home, or providing care to children or other family members, I’ve also seen many people talking on social media about the free pockets (or days) of time that they now find themselves with. If you fall into that category, it may […] Read more…
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…
Actress Jenn Robertson (she plays the mayor’s wife Jocelyn Schitt on the hit show Schitt’s Creek) is answering all our questions about the 6th and final season, as well as talking about her family, favourite things and what’s next in her career! Also in this episode: Woman on the Edge by Canadian author Samantha M. […] Read more…
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…
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…
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…