The Mummy Whisperer's Six Steps To A Sparkling You And Enjoying Being a Mum ........................................
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The perfect 'pick me up' in a book for overwhelmed and stressed Mums.
Do you find yourself exhausted, and sometimes so tired you can't even look at a problem, let alone do anything about it? Do you sometimes take your frustration out on the kids and end up shouting at them? Are you terrified of disappearing into the grey mundaneness of suburban motherhood?
This book is simple, practical, easy to fit into your life, and packed with a massive punch to turn your world around. It will give you more Contentment, more Time, more Energy, more Space, more Money and most importantly more Sparkle.
Plus as a special gift she has included for free at the end of her book, her common sense, no diet, easy, guaranteed way of getting healthier, fitter and slimmer. So if you would love to lose weight as well, this book has everything you need.
Even better, you can do all this without changing your children, partner, life, house or financial situation.
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Nickie O'Hara: it’s just the thing I could have done with when my kids were a lot younger.
Muddling Along Mummy: incredibly I’ve flipped myself out of a bad patch and into a good patch ... Simple but effective.
Helen Redding: Easy to do and instills a sense of perspective.
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Sparkling You
July 15, 2011
The perfect 'pick me up' in a book for overwhelmed and stressed Mums
It went straight into the Amazon Best Sellers Top 10 List for Parenting And Motherhood in it's first month!
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Available to read on the Kindle (plus computer, phone, iPad, or other mobile devices). Paperback in 2012.
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Do you find yourself exhausted, and sometimes so tired you can't even look at a problem, let alone do anything about it?
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I'm so infuriated with the rubbish, fads, fear mongering and lack of information in the media at the moment, that I've decided to write a full book on how to get Healthy, Fit and Slim **Coming by Spring 2012*** (initially I wrote a free chapter in my 'Sparkling You' Book).
You don't need Diets
You don't need Fads
You don't need Boring, Harsh Exercise
You don't have to aim to look like a Celebrity
All you need is a bit of Knowledge and your Heart and Mind Set on your goal
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These are the blog posts that initially birthed the free chapter on how to lose weight in my sparkling book, which due to it's popularity I realised should be a book in it's own right. Feel free to check them out. They will be more polished in the book and there will be extra bits, but I’ll also be adding new tips or clever products in my blog that help when I find them.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: 1st November 2011:
See my post on 'Getting Healthier, Fitter and Slimmer for 2012'.
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Today I'm launching my healthy eating for rubbish cooks series of blog posts.
I don't know if you guys really want it? Are there a pile of rubbish cooks like me hiding out there wanting some tips?
People keep telling me that they do, so lets see ....
What is a rubbish cook? In my case it's someone who ....
1) Can't follow a recipe that involves more than three ingredients
2) Panics when there are too many steps
3) Add to that children who are not willing to politely wait...
This is a new fortnightly feature where a reader can email me and ask me a question about something that is going on in their lives, especially if it is related to a recent blog that might need some more information. Anything goes, you can't shock me, I bet I've seen or heard worse, or funnier!
You can keep it totally anonymous, that's absolutely fine by me.
But remember, in one blog post I unfortunately can't resolve a whole lifetimes of problems, in fact I could only talk about one ...
I was in total geeks heaven; my first radio interview with Nick Coffer on BBC 3 Counties. There were dials, buttons, screens, computers, flashing things, headphones; it was amazing. I’d been on blogtalk radio before and interviewed by phone for local independent radio, but here I was being interviewed on BBC Radio, and I realised that I’d made a big decision – I love radio studios!
The great My Daddy Cooks who normally has a show on the weekend on BBC Three Counties, had taken on one of the Bank Holiday Christmas shows and really kindly asked me along. I admit to being scared sh**less, and desperately writing notes in the waiting room as his introduction talked me up more and more and I panicked about not being able to remember how to talk, let alone anything else. But he was a star. How someone can talk so fast, press so many buttons, and keep guiding me to talk more/less, louder/quieter, quicker/slower, I don’t know, but he must be a natural at it.
So here it is…..
Want to know how many kisses I do?
Or the first time I’ve really talked honestly about how badly 2011 started for me?
What about my 6 tips for being a contented parent?
Or how I lost 2 stone in weight without diets or going to the gym?
Here is the link, incase you aren’t able to listen to it straight from this blog.
Big thank you’s to BBC3CR, Nick and the big hairy northern one who had to look after a couple of sick kids while I did the interview. How do you think I did? Be kind, remember it was my first ‘proper’ radio show!
I’m trying to work out whether I’m a fan of discussion or not. I like a good old chinwag, and brainstorm. But discussion? There is a strong tendency in me to want ‘efficiency’; So a part of me kicks in with ‘seriously, isn’t it obvious?’, but clearly it really often isn’t!
A ‘healthy’ discussion to me is where both sides learn things; either to understand other perspectives, or to shift theirs a little. It’s where all parties are confident enough in themselves to be open to new ideas, and to not need to convince other people of their . . . → Read More: When Is Discussion Healthy or Unhealthy?
What are the rules I try to follow that make my cooking healthy?
Eat 5 pieces of fruit and vegetables a day (a portion of fruit is probably a handful, otherwise it’s obvious with apples/ bananas/oranges) Eat different colours of fruit and vegetables a day Limit the wheat intake per day so not cereal, plus a sandwich, plus pasta for dinner Eat the brown version: bread, sugar, rice, pasta Assume any ready meal or . . . → Read More: Top Tips For Healthy Eating In A Family
Energy Saving: the problem is how to go about it without appearing like a nag! Plus my brain isn’t what it was, and although I remember that I was taught how to work out what having a light on would cost, I can’t for the life of me remember how to do it. With the big hairy northern one home having been made redundant, I’m both wanting to save money and also encourage more light turning off now there are more people in the house!
Yesterday I pulled something in my back, it hurts and the last couple of days I’ve fancied a jolly good cry, which means it’s time to listen to a bit of my own advice. So I’m sharing this, not so that you worry about me, but just so that you know that I too am not always so tough or sorted.
I’ve got a plan for a revolution. First starting with mummy bloggers, and then spreading out into the world. It’s your revolution too, so I’d like to know what you’d prefer to call it.
So what’s the idea?
To strengthen the position of Mums in society. To encourage Mums to feel strong and confident in our differences To help them to appreciate that given different circumstances and different shoes, they might be different too
Mind you I don’t reckon I get it right all the time.
But I do think I know what I did when I don’t get it right.
Ironically, I was approached for that Channel 4 program with Sharon Horgan on ‘How to be a good mother’. I was hesitant initially, and then they decided that I didn’t match the bill. I can see why I didn’t match it as none of my ideas would be extreme enough for them, which is what I expected initially. But it’s irritating too as . . . → Read More: How To Be A Good Mother: I have the answer
With Christmas credit card bills enroute, Little Dimples birthday one month away, and hubby still looking for a job having been made redundant, my money saving tips are definitely relevant for me, so I thought this one might help you too.
For years I have taken the attitude that the Big Hairy Northern Hubby knew something I didn’t when buying me presents, and that given time if they didn’t quite hit the spot immediately, their purpose would become clear. Not sure that quite worked with the model of the Star Ship Enterprise, but with most things it did. He has always been very generous and ‘its the thought that counts’ right?
