Mommas Pearls Show

The Parkland tragedy reverberated throughout our nation and hit close to home. Aung San Suu Kyi's pearl "When you are feeling helpless, help someone" inspired a local teen Charlotte Kerpen, to take action. She's organizing #PortforParkland, a benefit concert hosted here in Port Washington to raise funds for the families affected by the tragedy and aslo for Sandy Hook Promise, to do a small but important part in ensuring this does not happen again. She shares with us the mood amongst her High School peers in the aftermath of Parkland and inspires even the most regular person can stand up, take action and do something for good. Indeed, it's the Emma Gonzalez's, Cameron Kasky's, David Hogg's and the Charlotte's of this world that ensures us that the future is in very good capable grounded hands.  About our Guest: Charlotte Kerpen is a 14 year old High School Student who loves theater, acting and drama and her family. She heralds from a family of entrepreneurs and this apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Charl

I’m embarking on a 28 Day Self Love & Care Challenge. My friends, it's really been a challenge. On Insta, you'll notice self love & care is a common theme and I saw my beautiful friend Nitika Chopra's Chronic Self Love Challenge. Self love is a core element of her coaching practice. Nitika doesn’t let her chronic illness stop her from being one of the most vibrant and magnetic women on the wellness scene. We're diving into Self Love with the help of our Show Sponsor Luna by Laurie B. We'll catch up with Laurie Bittan,, from our SUMMER FEAST Episode about how she designs her items for your self care practice.  ABOUT OUR GUEST: Nitika Chopra is a certified life coach, wellness entrepreneur, go-to resource for young women around the globe, and a motivational lifestyle guru. Nitika is on a mission to inspire radical self-love. She began her journey as an entrepreneur by founding the popular online magazine Bella Life in 2010. She also hosts the talk show Naturally Beautiful on Z Living about a holistic

RJ Palacio, a best selling, award winning, inspirational author of the globally beloved book, "WONDER" joins us. In a previously recorded  conversation, we polish the pearls of the book, movie (now available on DVD & On Demand by Lionsgate) and the Choose Kind Movement. It all began at an ice cream shop which is another reasy I'm so fond of this momma. She threaded the story of an abnormal child, Auggie Pullman, age 10, who finds himself facing an unkind world. Auggie's mom, Isabel, brilliantly portrayed by Julia Roberts, mindfully creates a support system for Auggie to be empathathetic and brilliant who carries the most hearts forward.  We explore if kindness can be taught, how communities can support and how there are 2 sides to every story. The best advice RJ's momma gave her is the pearl, "Children Live What They Learn." Indeed. Every story deserves to be heard. She's one remarkable Momma.  Guest Bio: RJ Palacio's family resides in the diverse NY borough of Brooklyn. She's a graphic designer/illust

Farm to table is not just a movement it's a direct way to inspire community. Farmigo is one company planting the seeds. I'm happy to spread them. Janet Mermel joins us as a INN Holistic Health Counselor and my local Farmigo Champion to talk about bringing the best of the NY area farms to our community. Jessica Malcolm from Farmigo will talk about the company's mission and all together we'll recap an amazing dinner party we co-hosted bringing friends and the area's best foods to the table!! Farmigo is generously offering our Mommas Pearls community a special first time ordering coupon, enter "FirstOff" on your first order!! About Farmigo: Farmigo is dedicated to creating a healthy alternative food system that provides fresh, local, affordable and sustainable food for generations to come. We envision a community-oriented food system in which people and farmers in the same geographic region are connected, and everyone has access to fresh-from-harvest food. About Janet:Janet Mermel is certified as a Holisti

Winter is Coming. Feeling like you want to hibernate is natural and our guest Lisa Erickson of Mommy Mystic, will guide us through the energies at play as we approach the Winter Solstice to cure your family of the winter blues and invite you to her Meditate Like A Girl event. ABOUT OUR GUEST: Lisa Erickson is an energy worker, writer, meditation teacher and mom to three. Lisa’s primary modality is chakra-based meditation and guided energy work, although she is also a certified mindfulness meditation instructor. Her specialty is Women’s Energetics – women’s subtle anatomy, and practices and tools that women can employ to heal, empower, and awaken themselves. She especially focuses on helping women during critical life passages such as pregnancy, motherhood, and menopause, as well as on healing from sexual abuse and trauma. She is the author of the popular DailyOm course Fall in Love With Your Feminine Power, and the author of the e-book Women’s Energetics: Healing the Subtle Body Wounds of Sexual Abuse and Tr

If we are what we eat then why do we not take better care of what's on our plates, in our refrigerators and in our children's lunch boxes? We'll snack on bits of wisdom from my friend, fellow momma and Institute For Integrative Nutrition certified Health Counselor Melissa Halpern. About Our Guest: Melissa Halpern is the CEO & President of Melissa Halpern LLC which provides corporate wellness programs in health and nutritional counseling for businesses and individuals seeking consultation for detoxification, low energy, weight loss and overall optimum health. Melissa also consults with schools on their food and nutrition planning.  She helps educate children about food sensitivities and has had success improving the wellness of developmentally delayed children through proper nutrition. Melissa received her training to practice Health Counseling from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where she was trained in more than one hundred dietary theories and studied a variety of practical lifestyle coachin

Time is so precious, so fleeting and ultimately what you make of it.

Continuing our discussion on attachment parenting, breastfeeding and healthy boundaries with Ellen Shell, the director of the Le Leche League (LLL). Ellen has worked for 38 years with the LLL and as a lactation consultant to empower women. LLL's mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information, and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and mother. http://www.llli.org

Fifty Shades, Breastfeeding, Gay Marriage, it's like Moms Gone Wild!! What about all of this is natural and what is extremist? We will be exploring the controversy of the latest TIME MAGAZINE cover about attachment parenting and the pros and cons of breastfeeding.

Tis the season to be filled with love and support. Let's go to that happy place where santa's bag is always filled for you.

Mommas Pearls new broadcasts begin with waking up your inner SuperHero! You may be dusting off your superhero mask for Halloween but our natural powers overpower capes, just believethat you are already perfect. Children's Book Author Honi Borden, joins us to talk about the miracles and lessons in her new inspirational children's memoir book, "The Day I Became a Superhero" (published by Balboa Press, a division of Hay House Publishing). In The Day I Became a Superhero, seven-year-old Ommeh faces the toughest day in her life during a fatal car crash with her parents. She is alone and frightened at first, but something miraculous happens when she gets in touch with her inner superhero and her life is changed forever. Honi Borden has an advanced studies in Clinical Counseling from Johns Hopkins University, an entrepreneurial spirit, and loving heart. Honi is an intuitive healer and facilitator of Reconnective® Healing and The Reconnection®,  providing healing from a broader perspective of energy, light and infor

We send our children out into this world on a wing and a prayer. Sometimes it takes a tragedy, like the 8 year old Brooklyn boy, Leiby Kletzky, for us to delve deeper into the mind of our children, how we see our neighbors and into prayer. Independence is something our children crave and must earn in small stints. We are constantly balancing the parenting tightrope and today we'll explore, grieve and ascend.

Life with children aint all peaches and cream, which is why author Adam Mansbach of Go The F*CK To SLEEP is joining us to blow off some steam. Adam so daringly and brilliantly says what every parent is thinking, feeling and wanting to blurt. Profane, affectionate and radically honest, California Book Award - winning author Adam Mansbach verses perfectly capture the familiar and unspoken - tribulations of putting your little angle down for the night. WARNING: There may be some adult language.

Children are our greatest gifts. How can we expand and celebrate this gift in a healthy way? Our guest today, Laura Duksta, a best selling childrens book author, speaker and visionary, will help us expand our conversation with love within our families. ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST: Laura Duksta believes that when people know they are loved, anything is possible. Laura lost all of her hair to Alopecia Areata at the age of 11, a "gift" that showed her that our greatest challenges can become our biggest blessings. Laura knew from a young age that she was meant to travel the world, meet her brothers and sisters and spread the message of love. She is now fulfilling this mission through her books, school programs and inspirational talks. She's the author of the New York Times bestseller, I Love You More and the recently released,You Are a Gift to the World. Laura resides in Fort Lauderdale, FL.  

Do you sound like your mother? Are there repetitive patterns and behaviors throughout your family's generational lines? Intuitive energy healer Natalie Berthold, www.SproutingLove.com guides us through some practices to heal your generational wounds with Family Constellation Therapy. I participated in a group with her a few weeks ago and saw the energy shift before my eyes. Natalie guides participants enter into a "knowing field" and bring light to a needed situation, making entanglements apparent between yourself, your family and ancestry that are holding you back. The orders of love are re-established, to enable you to live a more free, balanced and productive life.   About Our Special Guest: Natalie Berthold is an intuitive healer and Reik Master who uses many healing modalities such as Family Constellation Therapy, Reiki, Mantra Work, EFT, IFT, and many more to help clients get in touch with the root causes. Healing is then facilitated on a cellular level, working to accept and then replace the "issues f

Our first attachments are with our parents and family unit. These chords usually run the deepest and sit at our emotional core. The chords are wrapped around the roles we play within the family unit. Our special guest, Joe Frustaci, will help us sort through coping when those chords get cut and the family roles change and how we can heal.

Summer is a time to lighten up. I chopped off 10+ inches of my hair to donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. What is it about our external self that so affects our internal state? Joining us is Nichelle Pace Founder and Editor in Chief of StyleMom.com to explore how women and self esteem are tied to beauty and how we can lighten up for summer. ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST: Nichelle has worked in the advertising/marketing and entertainment industry for 15 years working with major brands from Proctor & Gamble, Microsoft/Dell, to Estee Lauder and Nine West. As a mother of two boys, advertising account director, and a proclaimed “fashion junkie”, Nichelle decided to combine her creativity, advertising and marketing background, role as a mom, passion for fashion, and digital media expertise to launch STYLEMOM.  Having heard chatter in the fashion industry, that some feel “moms have given up on fashion”, Nichelle has made it her mission to prove otherwise, and become a voice and evangelist for “fashionista” moms and

In one weekend hundreds of millions of people were taken from a journey of LOVE to FEAR. The royal wedding and the death of Osama Bin Laden had us swing in polar opposite directions. How do we remain balanced? Halleh Nematzadeh will help us stay grounded while turning our dial into the higher frequencies. ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST: Haleh Nematzadeh is a mover and a shaker. She has a successful conceptual line and style site that has catapulted her success in many fields and now, usage energy healing is just one of them. Upon an intensive two year training and trial and error of working with crystal to start her meditation practice, the unlikely pairing of Haleh Nematzadeh and energy healing began.  Since then Haleh has made it her mission to spread her varied healing techniques. Her readings are quickly becoming a trend among fashion editors, socialites and spiritualists. As for her consistent reinvention, clients enjoy sessions fusing her signature form of ritual, energy balancing and healing techniques, soun

As Mothers Day draws near, we take a moment to honor our creators. Expectant mothers are swimming in the creation space. Our guest today, Latham Thomas, founder of Tender Shoots Wellness swims in the creation space and coaches her clients on how to holistically transition into Motherhood. Keeping the creation energy pure and harnessing it throughout your pregnancy and into your life as a mother takes effort. ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST: Born and raised in California, Latham Thomas is a graduate of both Columbia University, where she earned a degree in Visual arts and Environmental science, as well as the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is a certified holistic health counselor, who mixes her passions of plant physiology, botany, holistic nutrition, fitness, yoga, and green cuisine into a lifestyle program that supports the various needs of her clients. Specializing in maternal and child wellness, Latham served as Program coordinator for the Healthy Moms-Healthy Babies project for the B-Healthy organizati

When you look at your home, the space that you share with your family, how do you see it? Is it designed to support your family's individual needs, tastes and preferences or just the parents tastes? How do you work your home space to support your children? This week on mommas pearls we'll be talking to Jeanette Simpson of Kids Space Interiors about how to re-see our homes through the eyes of our children. ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST: Jeanette Simpson, ASID is the owner of KidSpace Interiors, an interior design firm specializing in commercial and residential design of spaces specifically for children. She has eleven years commercial and five years residential design experience plus 25 years project management in areas that include healthcare, hospitality, corporate, retail design, and residential design. Extensive experience with children comes from being a mother of six and grandmother of 15, as well as life-long coach and teacher in the community. Jeanette’s expertise in children’s design is evident in her proj