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Past Talks
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Dec.02.2010 1:00pm ESTHoliday Gift Ideas from Treehugger and Cool Mom Picks
We're back for our annual holiday gift giving Talk! Join Treehugger and Cool Mom Picks to hear about their inspiring gift ideas for 2010. Treehugger and CMP have the BEST holiday gift guides anywhere, so be sure to join us to get fantastic ideas for everyone on your holiday gift lists! We'll also talk about creative gift wrapping ideas and stocking stuffers and more.
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Nov.18.2010 1:00pm ESTGoing Beyond Business As Usual This Holiday Season
Attention, entrepreneurs and small business owners! Join us for a live chat on creative ways of showing clients your appreciation this holiday season. Barbara Corcoran, spokesperson for PictureItPostage, real estate contributor for the TODAY Show, and author of "Use What You’ve Got", a bestselling business book, will lead the chat. She has some great tips on creative ways to thank your clients and break through the clutter to reach new customers. Talk with Barbara and a group of incredibly imaginative and successful mom bloggers who are also business owners themselves about their ideas and yours for taking extra special care of your clients this year! We'll have a special offer from PictureItPostage to give you the opportunity to increase your brand exposure and make your mailings pop - so don't miss this awesome, informative Talk!
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Nov.02.2010 12:00pm ESTTop Tips for Caring for Babies with Colic ... And Their Parents!
Join us for a live conversation where we will share our top tips for caring for babies with colic ... and their parents. Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg (known to her patients as Dr. Jen) will lead the conversation. She is a pediatrician, nationally recognized parenting expert, and author of "The Smart Parent’s Guide to Getting Your Kids Through Checkups, Illnesses and Accidents: Expert Answers to the Questions Parents Ask Most." Dr. Jen was paid by Philips AVENT to provide her opinion on topics related to pediatrics and child care, based on her background and personal experience. Her opinions and recommendations are her own. Join us for what is sure to be an important, helpful, insightful conversation!
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Nov.01.2010 1:00pm ESTThe Sleep Lady Shares Her Secrets for Getting Kids to Sleep Through the Night
Kim West, the Sleep Lady, will lead a conversation on getting our kids to sleep through the night. Kim is a licensed clinical social worker and, over the last fifteen years, she has helped thousands of tired parents all over the world learn to listen to their intuition, recognize their child’s important cues and behaviors, and gently create changes that promote and preserve his or her healthy sleep habits. Post your questions here!
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Oct.21.2010 1:00pm ESTKids, School and Food
Let's talk about kids and food and the school year. School lunches, getting dinner on the table during our busy weeks, trying to eat healthily and with variety, etc. We have a fantastic group of mom bloggers hosting and look forward to a great, hands-on, helpful and inspiring conversation!!! Join us! And if you have some favorite recipes, stories, ideas, bring them!!!!!
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Oct.20.2010 1:00pm ESTHow To Unspoil Your Child Fast
Ninety-four percent of parents judge their children to be spoiled. Yikes! Richard Bromfield, Ph.D., a psychologist at Harvard Medical School, will lead a conversation on his new book, "How to Unspoil Your Child Fast". Cookie Magazine described Dr. Bromfield's book this way: "It's a lively, engaging, helpful book that offers a look at our generation of parents and why we're tempted to indulge our children." Bring your stories and questions and get ready for an eye-opening, needed conversation!!
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Oct.12.2010 1:00pm ESTYou Have More Time Than You Think
168 hours - that's how many hours there are in a week and the title of Laura Vanderkam's new book "168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think". Join Laura and a fantastic group of mom bloggers to talk about how we spend our time and how we can look at our schedules differently and free up more time. Here's how Martha Beck describes her reaction to the book, "Within a few pages, Laura Vanderkam's crisp, entertaining book convinced me I had time to read it. Then it convinced me I had time to reread War and Peace. In the original Russian. Thank you, Laura, for freeing up my schedule." -Martha Beck, bestselling author of Steering by Starlight
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Sep.29.2010 1:00pm ESTPostpartum Sadness, Depression and Anxiety
It used to be that no one talked about postpartum depression. Thankfully those days are behind us and we have each other. Join a group mom bloggers who have LIVED this topic, having gone through it themselves and blogged about it extensively. We'll talk about how to get through PPD or help someone else get through it, issues on your mind (there's been a lot of talk about breastfeeding while on medication, for example) and give each other all the love and support we possibly can. Leading the conversation will be Katherine Stone, the author of Postpartum Progress, the most widely read blog on postpartum depression, and a group of really wonderful mom bloggers. Bring your questions, share your experience and find out about the great new resources that exist!
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Sep.28.2010 1:00pm ESTGetting Back to the Table With Libby's and Hannah Keeley
Let's talk about how we get our families back to the table! Hannah Keeley, host of the TV show Hannah Help Me!, will lead a chat on the importance of family dinners, recipe ideas, conversation starters and ways we can use time with our families to give back locally, such as donating to the Libby's Virtual Canned Food Drive. Share your tips for getting the family back to dinner to win a wonderful Libby's gift basket. The fantastic mom blogger co-hosts for the Talk all recently joined Hannah for lunch in three cities, sponsored by Libby's - in Houston, Kansas City and Pittsburgh - where together they created family activity kits for families in need. We're looking forward to hearing great new ideas for getting our families back to the table!
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Sep.23.2010 1:00pm ESTBabies and Children: How Smart Are They, Really?
Alison Gopnik, author of "The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love and The Meaning of Life" and professor of psychology at University of California at Berkeley, is leading a conversation about how and how much babies and children learn. Co-hosting the conversation is a wonderful group of mom bloggers. Join us! Share your questions, insights and stories.
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Sep.22.2010 1:00pm ESTLiving the Life of Your Dreams on a Budget
Join Kelly Whalen, author of the blog Centsible Life, and a stellar group of bloggers to talk about family, finances and living the life your dreams on a budget. We'll share great ideas, tips and support as we talk about taking charge of our finances and making money work for us. Tell your story, share your insights and feelings on the topic and let's all learn something new and inspiring about family, money and living.
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Sep.20.2010 12:00pm ESTThe Gift of Motherly Advice for Expecting and New Moms
As a new or expecting mom, you probably have or will receive tons of presents for your new baby. But, the best gift of all might be the gift of advice from experienced moms who have been through it all. Pediatrician, nationally recognized parenting expert, and author of "The Smart Parent’s Guide to Getting Your Kids Through Checkups, Illnesses and Accidents: Expert Answers to the Questions Parents Ask Most," Dr. Jennifer Trachtenberg (known to her patients as Dr. Jen), will lead a "group share" of great tips and advice for pregnant women and new moms. Join us for a great, informative conversation with Dr. Jen, sponsored by Philips AVENT.
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May.03.2010 11:00am ESTEllen Galinsky and the Life Skills Every Child Needs
We're talking with Ellen Galinsky about her brand new, already bestselling book "Mind in the Making" (it's #1 on Amazon's parenting list) about the seven most important "life skills" for children growing up today. Ellen wants our kids to learn for grades and learn for life. To communicate effectively, work well with diverse groups of people, think outside the box, and be ongoing learners. And to have all that, they need these seven skill: Focus and Self Control; Perspective Taking; Communicating; Making Connections; Critical Thinking; Taking On Challenges; Self-Directed, Engaged Learning. "It may well be the next iconic parenting manual, up there with Spock and Leach and Brazelton, one that parents turn to for reassurance that all is more or less okay, reminders of how to make it better and glimpses of what’s to come." - Lisa Belkin, The New York Times, April 29, 2010 Join the conversation!
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Jul.13.2009 1:00pm ESTLIVE CHAT: Natural Home Remedies for Summer and Back-To-School Health
Jennifer Crain is a holistic pediatrics specialist, a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, and founder of Mommy’s ER: a resource for parents for safe, easy, at-home tips to naturally improve their children’s health. Jennifer is all about incorporating grandma's-chicken-soup-wisdom into our children's lives with confidence.
