Shameless Self-Promotion

I contacted the San Diego Women's Business Examiner a few days ago to see if she would critique my weekly newsletter. She had written an article on Marketing with Newsletters that prompted my request.

Her feedback was positive and encouraging.

"Regarding your newsletter, it has a fresh, happy, welcoming feeling.

The articles are very easy to read, not long, but straight to the point and informative. Very interesting that they download as a pdf file so that you can go back and read them again.

The links are very nice. What a great collection.

Great idea to have the calendar link to meetup."

She also asked if I would be available for an interview. I'm honored to have been selected to share and promote my services with her readers.

Newly Published

The first weekly newsletter of 2009 has just been published. Here's what's included:'

• Top Ten Brain Foods for Children
• Parenting Resolutions
• Shopping Organic at Costco
• Free Online Courses
• Nutrition Data at Your Fingerprints
• Chasing Vermeer
• Space to Express Grief
• Get Connected

Please let me know what I can do to help support you in 2009!

Weekly Parenting News

This week's edition of Parenting News You Can Use is now available! This week, find articles and insights on the following:

• Byron Katie on Oprah’s Soul Series
• Backpack Safety
• Getting Boys to Read
• There is More In You than You Know
• Is Reading On line Really Reading?
• A Bug’s Life is Still Hopping 10 Years Later
• Coping with a Spouse’s Negative Attitude
• Green Tip: The Impact of Body Care Products

If you would like to subscribe to the weekly edition of Parenting News You Can Use, please send me your email address so I can be sure to have the newsletter delivered directly to your INBOX. You can also find the latest edition on line.

You Can Use This

This week's edition of Parenting News You Can Use (published by INCAF) is now available! This week's articles include:

• Couples’ Communication
• Talk to the Animals
• Three Grin Salad
• Temperament in Infancy Indicates Later Behavior
• The Way We See It
• Marriage: Connecting Deeply
• Cholesterol Drugs and Children
• Family Meals Provide More than Just Food
• Nine Alternatives to Spanking

Don't forget to send me your questionnaire on sex. I'm seeking more responses so kindly forward this to anyone willing to help me prepare for my upcoming course on teaching sexual health and education to young people. Don't be shy. All responses will be kept confidential.

Parenting News

This week's issue of Parenting News You Can Use is now available. Included in this edition:

Complementary Parenting

Go from Tired to Terrific

Change Doesn’t Have to Be Hard

Can You Wait?

Adoption: Better Preparation Urged

Business Lessons Learned from Dad

Tips for Keeping Your Cool

What Does a Forest Look Like?

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The Morning After

Last night's party was a great success! It was so wonderful to meet the happy, healthy, hip parents who came out to mingle, celebrate family and enjoy a night out.

I want to give a big thank you to Alicia from Java Mama for her support and help during the drawing last night. The upcoming schedule for parenting workshops that Happy Healthy Hip Parenting offers at Java Mama will be announced soon.

Another thank you goes to Stacey from San Diego Bargain Mama for her support and promotion of the event. Stacey took pictures during the event and will be sharing those with our on line commUNITY shortly! Keep your eyes out for your face to appear.

Finally, a thank you is extended to Christine from The Neighbourhood for providing - and selecting - my attire for last night. She owns a fabulous boutique in University Heights which is a great place for men and women to discover wares from the latest designers. Christine hand selects her inventory and works with each customer to provide them with the perfect fit. She's great. Stop by.

The Airport Lounge was a fantastic venue for the event and we were all treated like First Class passengers so I look forward to heading there again to enjoy more great food and fabulous cocktails. The female DJ was a hit so a few of us took advantage of the dance floor and relieved some stress and worked off the drinks we were enjoying.

I was so pleased that everyone who came walked away with some great prizes. There are still several to be given away, so if you'd like the opportunity to win even more, we're creating an additional chance to win. SUBSCRIBE to this blog OR the weekly Parenting News You Can Use newsletter to be entered for this drawing.

Here are the additional prizes that will be given away:

from eBags.com
5 people will receive coupon codes to use on line

from Kaboost:
a Kaboost Portable Chair Booster

from Seal Press:
one copy of Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined,
edited by Andrea J. Buchanan & Amy Hudock

one copy of Andrea J. Buchanan's
Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It

one copy of The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide: Field-Tested Strategies for Staying Smart, Sane, and Connected When You're Raising Kids at Home
by Melissa Stanton

5 people will receive a copy of Rebecca Woolf's
Rockabye: From Wild to Child

The biggest prize that was given away last night was the Enrollment (for 2) to the upcoming Parenting Retreat held at the La Jolla Marriott. You can learn more about this weekend course on the Happy Healthy Hip Parenting website or you can simply call or email me with questions and I will be happy to provide you with more details.

Thanks to everyone who joined the celebration last night. The Happy Healthy Hip Happy Hour is destined to become an annual event here in San Diego, and in other cities around the country.

I'm grateful that you have chosen to become a member of the Happy Healthy Hip Parenting commUNITY. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or ideas for next year.

Parenting News

This week's Parenting News You Can Use newsletter is now available. To subscribe, send me an email and this weekly newsletter will show up directly in your INBOX.

Contest Winner

Congratulations, Monique! You are the winner of the autographed copy of Susan Carrell's new book, Escaping Toxic Guilt. I first announced this giveaway a week ago and have since had several inquiries from people interested in learning more about parenting workshops that cover this same topic.

Unfortunately, I don't have anything that specific, but we do offer great workshops and classes based on the Practical Parenting Program which encourages and produces positive attitudes and beliefs among parents and children, while decreasing the negative (guilt is just one of them). Of course, I also work one-on-one with parents to focus more on their specific parenting challenges. Please contact me for more information.

More contests and giveaways are coming so subscribe today to enter. New prizes will be announced weekly. Weekly newsletters are coming as well featuring News Parents Can Use so be sure to register today for these exclusive tidbits of information brought to you by Happy Healthy Hip Parenting.