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Momnificent! Debuts on Television for the First Time Ever!

Momnificent! is on TV tonight, September 15, 2011!

For the first time ever, Lori Radun, founder of Momnificent!, appears on television tonight!  Watch as mom coach Lori Radun shows moms how to create momnificence in all areas of their lives.  Through authenticity, growth, harmony, freedom and inspiration, women can be empowered to live the lives they've always wanted to.

This is a show you will not want to miss!  Airing on BYUtv's Fresh Take, Lori will be doing a Momnificent! makeover for Heather, a beautiful mom of four children.  She will show Heather, who is exhausted from taking care of everyone else, how making her life a priority will not only bring joy to her, but to her family and her entire community.

The 30 minute episode will air at 5:30 PM MST, 6:30 PM CST, 4:30 PM PST, and 7:30 PM EST.

Check your local cable channel guide for BYUtv

The Challenges and Wishes of Moms

 

I am incredibly grateful to all the moms who filled out the survey I requested last week!  Over 100 moms have responded, and more responses continue to come in!  I cannot even begin to share the amazing individual responses I received to the challenges you encounter, and the wishes you have, but I want to say that you are definitely not alone!  I thank you for your vulnerability and your willingness to be so honest with me, and these responses will be used to write very specific blog post articles on my new website that will be launching very soon!  When I say very soon, I would like to say hopefully the first week of September!  I and my team of designers and web developers are working very hard to get the new website ready for you.  I am positive you are going to love it because you have helped make this new site what it is!

So let me share with you the results of the survey that I can share...

I asked moms to please rank the top 5 greatest challenges in raising their children, with #1 being their greatest challenge.  Here are the results, with the most challenging listed first and the least challenging listed last.

#1  Embarrassing behaviors like whining, temper tantrums, won't listen, argues, or talks back

#2  Dealing with your child's anger

#3  Power Struggles

#4  Getting your children to do chores

#5  Sibling Rivalry

#6  Understanding and Managing their different personalities

#7  Homework Battles

#8  Problems with peers

I asked moms to rank the top 5 things they wish they had with they children, with #1 being the most important to them.  Here are the results, with #1 being what they wish for most, and #7 what they wish for least.

#1  I wish I had more patience with my children.

#2  I wish my children would listen to me.

#3  I wish I had more quality time to spend with my children.

#4  I wish my child had a better attitude.

#5  I wish my child had more motivation.

#6  I wish my child was more responsible.

#7  I wish I had a better connection with my child.

I will give you a big hint!  With the launch of our new website, your greatest wish moms is going to come true!  I can't wait to show you how!

Conquering Your Paper Tsunami

Are you overwhelmed by the flood of paper that inundates your home each week?  How do you manage all the mail, phone messages, bills, flyers, school papers, children’s artwork, etc.?  In this teleclass you will learn how to create a system for easily organizing, tracking, and accessing all your important family paperwork.  Blair will show you how to get the paper off your refrigerator and counters and into a functional system that will help you conquer your paper tsunami. 

Guest Speaker:  Blair Massey, The Organizing Coach

Blair Massey is the founder of KeepingUpAtHome.com, a website dedicated to helping Christian women around the world get their home, family and life organized.  Through her online program she provides information, tools and coaching with a spiritual focus that empowers Christian women to restore order to their home, take control of their time and start living the amazing life that God created them to live.  If you're tired of being overworked, overbooked and overwhelmed, Blair can help you get organized so you can start Keeping Up At Home.  Learn more at www.KeepingUpAtHome.com

 

If you could ask The Organizing Coach just one question about getting and keeping all your paperwork organized, what would it be? 

REGISTER FOR THIS FREE TELECLASS

 

WHEN:  Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

TIME:  12:30 PM CST (1:30 PM EST, 10:30 AM PST, 11:30 AM MST)

An MP3 recording is provided for those who register if you can't make the LIVE call.

How a Life Coach Helps Mothers Succeed

Perhaps the best tip for life coaching is to find your target market (moms?) – and love your clients! Here’s how one life coach helps mothers succeed.

This isn’t just an inside look at life coaching for moms – here, you’ll also find career tips for life coaches and the best and worst parts of this type of job.

“Most people are surprised that I am a Life Coach for moms,” says Lori Radun, an experienced life coach, author, speaker, and owner/CEO of Momnificent!®. ”They’ve never heard of life coaching for mothers before. I hear everything from ‘Boy, I sure wish you were around when my children were young!’ to ‘Is there something like this for Dads?’ What makes my work unique is that I get to assist my clients in finding their own version of success. It may be a happier marriage for one, a healthy body for another, or expanding their at-home business.”

Read More on Quips and Tips from the Working World

 

Spring Cleaning Tip #4 and a Mom Success Story

We are moving into the bathroom today!  I know there is a section of the bathroom that is totally yours. Maybe it is a bathroom cabinet under YOUR sink, or perhaps it is just part of a bathroom cabinet.  Even if it is just a medicine cabinet, I want you to take care of your area of the bathroom. The area where you store your makeup, your blow dryer, and all your other girly stuff.  You deserve to look into that space and feel a sense of calm and satisfaction.

Pull everything that is yours out of that area.  Get a big garbage bag and start going through all your stuff. Old makeup, lotions, fingernail polish that you never use - pitch it!  What else is in there? Expired medicines?  Dirty cottonballs and q-tips?  You might even find some surprises in there you forgot you had! That's always fun!

After you have gotten rid of everything you don't want or need, start organizing everything into piles according to category:  Hair products, makeup, nail products, medicines, sanitary products, oral hygiene, etc.  Next, look at the storage containers you already have and see what fits nicely into what you have. Look at what you might have leftover, and purchase the right size storage containers for those items. Make sure you label all your storage containers so you know where everything goes. Spray down your cabinet with a little Fantastic so it is sparkly clean and put everything back in the cabinet.  Stand back and admire your organization!

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Spring Cleaning Mom Success Story

Hey. I just wanted to thank you.

 

I did clean out my tupperware cupboard. Recycling the odd ones was a great idea. I also went on to a pencil utensil drawer and it looks good.

 

 

The email delete was like what an order I can't go through with it. I had 7556. I used to like the old read and unread. Now my inbox has 5. Basically once I started deleting ten after ten the aol took over and got rid of 7000 more. Feels/ looks great.

 

Then today's positive thought gift was so nice. ( I hope to go to Hawaii and really say I love you. Thank you....)

 

 

Thank you!

Mary near Cleveland, Ohio

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You have two more days to save during the Spring Cleaning Sale.  And only 1 more Spring Cleaning tip, so I hope you can take advantage of something positive I am offering you.  

All printed home study courses and physical product is 25% off and is on a first come first serve basis.  Once it is gone, it is gone.  I will not be ordering new product for this sale.

If you prefer digital or electronic downloads, that is available for some products, and I will still offer that at a sale price of 15% off. 


Discount will be applied at checkout.

Note:  Please email me if you want to take the Goal Setting Course and I will make sure you receive a 15% discount.

This Product will help you Spring Clean Your Whole Life 

 

Spring Cleaning Tip #3 and Personal Development is Investing in YOU

Now I bet you are expecting me to give you another tip today on cleaning out some aspect of your environment, aren't you?  Well today, I am going to switch gears on you.  I want to help you clean up your negative thinking.  First let's identify what qualifies as negative thinking.  Basically, it would be any thought that is based on fear, anger, judgment, jealousy, worry, frustration, guilt, hopelessness, doubt, anxiety, blame, criticism or any other thought that produces an emotion that drags you or others down. Now I know this is a tall order to clean up all our negative thinking, but I want you to imagine what it might feel like if you only had positive thoughts.  Imagine what your energy level would be like. Consider what your mood state might be.  Think about how you might affect all the people around you.  Most important, get in touch with the internal peace you would feel as a result of thinking only positive thoughts. I've been reading a book called "Zero Limits" and there is a Hawaiian method of cleaning or cleansing our minds called Ho'oponopono.  I can't go into great detail here, but the process is rather simple. Every time you think something negative about yourself, or someone else, you are to stop yourself and repeat in your mind "I'm sorry.  Please forgive me.  I love you.  Thank you."  For me, because I am Christian by faith, I speak these words to God over and over until I feel a sense of calm.  Negative thoughts are like toxic poison in your body.  The longer they stay in your mind, the more they eat away at the cells in your body and manifest themselves in disease.  Clean your mind and clean it often. ***************************************************************************** Here we are on Day #3 of the Spring Cleaning Sale.  Now some of you are probably saying "I don't have the money to spend on Personal Development.  My kids need summer clothes. Trust me, I get it.  Yes, this is an investment you have to work at.  Yes, this is an investment in YOU.  But ultimately, it is an investment in your children and their future because you are their role model.   If you take a look at the products and you don't see anything that meets your needs, please tell me. That means I am out of touch and I need to know what you need help on.   Please send me a quick email and tell me what kind of product would really help you, and what type of format (CD, video, online class, teleclass series, etc.) you would like to see.  Or try this.  If you could have a private conversation with me, what two questions would you like for me to answer for you?   Please email me or leave me a comment. VIEW OUR PRODUCTS HERE

 

Spring Cleaning Tip #2 and The Sale Continues

How often do you clean out your email inbox?  I used to be so good about staying on top of all the hundreds of emails that hit my inbox everyday, but then life happened, and I fell behind.  Isn't that normally what happens?  Before you realize it, you have hundreds, maybe even thousands of emails backed up in your inbox.  You can't even remember the last time you went through them, or what you might find lurking in there.

Even though you think you've read most of them, and you're probably on top of the important ones, all those emails hanging around still drag you down.  It is electronic clutter.  You look at it everyday, or at least every time you check email.  So it is time to clean up.  I have found one of the fastest ways to get rid of old emails is to sort by name.  For some reason, it is easier to delete emails when they are all grouped together by name.  It's puts all the junk email together.  It helps you see if you were having an ongoing conversation with someone that ended and can now be deleted.

Start some new folders if you don't already have them called "To Handle", "Saved Business Emails", "Saved Personal Emails" and whatever else you think you might need.  The idea is to completely empty the inbox and move emails to other folders depending on what action needs to take place with them.  After you have cleaned up your emails, train yourself to handle your emails once.  Respond right away and delete.  Read and delete.  Read and save in a different folder.  File in the "To Handle later" folder.  But don't leave them in the inbox to get lost and dealt with later because chances are, they will get buried.

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Okay, this is Day #2 of our Spring Cleaning Sale.  You have until Friday, April 8th to take advantage of our sale prices on everything in our store

All printed home study courses and physical product is 25% off and is on a first come first serve basis.  Once it is gone, it is gone.  I will not be ordering new product for this sale.

If you prefer digital or electronic downloads, that is available for some products, and I will still offer that at a sale price of 15% off. 

VISIT OUR STORE

Win SARK's New Book or 2 Tickets to her Practical Gladness Workshop in Chicago

WIN 2 TICKETS TO SARK'S WORKSHOP OR A SIGNED COPY OF HER NEW BOOK "GLAD NO MATTER WHAT"

Contest Details:

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Contest Ends:  Thursday, April 7th at 1:00 PM CST

 

Practical Gladness Workshop with SARK~ Sunday April 10th 2 – 5 pm

April 10, 2011

2pm - 5pm

Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL 

Ticket Cost: $40 with discount code CHICAGO

Register at: www.positivefocusproductions.com

 

In nature, spring is a time of rebirth and growth, but in our society, and in this economy it’s a time to start worrying about many things:  getting your body in shape for the beach, growing your savings account, eating right to slim down, getting that new job or new boyfriend or new house. If that sounds stressful, you’re not alone. There’s always something to worry about, and it can be exhausting and defeating. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could find a way to turn uncertainty, fear and stress into gifts and opportunities? You’re in luck with this workshop: Experience a day of worry-free inspiration at “Practical Gladness — GLAD No Matter What: Has Happened, Will Happen, Might Happen,” a trade show and workshop with bestselling author SARK

SARK (short for Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) calls herself a perfectionist but also admits to being a procrastinator. She calls this “splendid imperfection,” a concept that pervades her work. She started writing when she was 10, and all her books, even those she’s written in adulthood, belie her childlike wonder at the world around her: She “measures time by mugs of tea” and still happily remembers her role as “wake-up fairy” in kindergarten. She’s all about napping. She recently threw a huge pajama party to raise money for a favorite charity. Doesn’t that sound like a lady you could learn a little something from?

SARK’s workshop, put on by Positive Focus Productions, isn’t about acting happy when you’re so not feeling it; it’s about “finding the glad parts in all your feelings, and feeling glad more often, and living in the messy, marvelous middle.” The event will take place at the historic Portage Theater on Chicago’s northwest side. The doors open at noon with a trade show, and a workshop follows from 2 to 5 p.m. SARK will sign books to wrap up the event. And the Portage Theater is a perfect place to get inspired: It features a 1920s beaux-arts design, great acoustics and plenty of space to spend the day mentoring, being mentored, giving and receiving support, and practicing self-love and self-care. The theater makes for a wonderful spot to learn to see the world through SARK-colored glasses and make spring your time for rebirth and growth.

In this 3-Hour Workshop...You will learn and experience:

• Specific and real concrete solutions to challenges
• Practicing self-love and exquisite self-care
• Mentoring and being mentored by other wise souls
• Learning to receive and give uncommon support

Discount Code for Momnificent! Readers

Positive Focus is offering a $5 discount code for Momnificent! readers. You can enter the discount code CHICAGO to receive a $5 discount on SARK’s 3-hour workshop.

Spring Cleaning Sale - 25% Off plus Spring Cleaning Tip #1

Three weeks ago, in 30 degree weather, I went shopping at JC Penney to find some new pants for my growing boy.  I couldn't believe it when I walked into the boys section of the store and the entire inventory was summer clothing, with the exception of some blue jeans.  They had already done their Spring Cleaning, even though here in Chicago, we had at least two more months before we experience any consistent warm weather.

Fortunately for you, I am just now starting my Spring Cleaning, and all this week, April 4th through April 8th, I am having a Spring Cleaning sale on all my products, plus I am going to give you a Spring Cleaning Tip every day this week to get you started on some spring cleaning around your house.

The reason I am having a sale (which I don't do often) is because I want to make room for three new products that will be coming out soon.  So this is how the sale is going to work:

All printed home study courses and physical product is 25% off and is on a first come first serve basis.  Once it is gone, it is gone.  I will not be ordering new product for this sale.

If you prefer digital or electronic downloads, that is available for some products, and I will still offer that at a sale price of 15% off. 

Here is the inventory on the physical product so you know how fast you need to act:

The Five Essential R's for Families Home Study Course:   1
The Five Essential R's for Families CD Only:  26
The Energy Equation Home Study Course:  2
Express Yourself Home Study Course:  2
Guilt-free Parenting DVD:  5
The Momnificent! Life Book Autographed:  16
The Self Esteem Series Home Study Course:  7

Discount will be applied at checkout.

Note:  Please email me if you want to take the Goal Setting Course and I will make sure you receive a 15% discount.

View All Products Here

 

SALE ENDS FRIDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2011

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Spring Cleaning Tip #1

It's time to clean out the cabinet that holds all your plastic containers.  If your plastic container cabinet was anything like mine before I cleaned it, it's both an eyesore and an avalanche just waiting to rain plastic containers down on someone's head.  But the great thing about this cabinet is your kids love to help with this project.  Pull absolutely every container and lid out of the cabinet and put it on the counter top.  Start playing the matching game.  If a lid or a container doesn't have a match, it goes in the recycling bin (at least in our city).  Once everything is matched up, take a good look at what you have.  Do you really need every plastic container that you have?  Sometimes we get in the habit of saving butter containers or cottage cheese containers and before you know it, we have so many different types of plastic containers, they are coming out of our eyeballs.

Get rid of the junky plastic containers and save only your best pieces.  With your best pieces left, do you have enough plastic containers to serve your needs?  If so, great!  Put them back in the cabinet with their lids on so you don't have to search for the lid when you pull out the container to use it.  If you find yourself short of plastic containers, you can purchase a box of plastic containers very inexpensively at Wal-mart.  And guess what?  All the lids will be there.

The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner!

Cooking dinner five nights a week.  Why it is so important – I have the perfect application for you to be able to do this.  My plan never failed me, and it won’t fail you.  My recipes are easy, delicious and budget friendly.  The hardest part about dinner is trying to decide what to cook! 

Guest Speaker:  Liz Edmunds, The Food Nanny

Liz Edmunds, The Food Nanny, is the author of “The Food Nanny Rescues Dinner”and the host of the TV show “The Food Nanny”.  She has been married for 40 years and is the mother of 7 children.  Liz has been living her meal plan, using her grocery list and cooking her recipes for over 30 years.

Register for this FREE TELECLASS and join us live on Wednesday, April 6th at 12:30 PM CST, and you could win a copy of The Food Nanny's book:

 

GET THE DETAILS AND REGISTER NOW