Lorraine Pursell - Parenting Evolution

Allison Gilbert, LMFT, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, is a psychotherapist in Santa Cruz who has been a stay-at-home mom for 13 years.  She believes there's no more important work than the job of nurturing children.   Allison helps to support mothers through her workshops and counseling sessions. 

Summary:  Mothers benefit from self-care. Mother's work is a fundamental cornerstone to the healthy functioning of any society.  When a mother gets her needs met too, she can revitalize her daily workload.

Barbara Carey is an Inventor/Entrepreneur/Author and Founder of  Akasha Group, LLC

Summary:  Learning to balance family life and work life. Being an inventor/entrepreneur and a mother requires you to be a skilled balancer - of time, energy, money, emotional capital, and a whole host of other things.

 Richard Woodbury, MS is a Math Coach on the Central Coast of California. 

Intro: The first thing that we get taught is to add, especially numbers that are 5 or less because we can use our fingers. Then we face subtraction, or take away, which is the opposite of addition and makes our brains work harder. If we keep it simple by using examples that we understand such as rocks, or money, it becomes clearer...

President & CEO, Financial Resource Associates, Inc., Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA), Certified Divorce Specialist (CDS), Certified Senior Advisor (CSA)

Summary: This article helps women understand what they should be aware of in their financial lives... especially if they are considering divorce.

Sharon Slayton is the Founder of ADD Solutions, located in Central California. Her organization helps find solutions to the challenges of ADD. She is a vendor for the CA Department of Rehabilitation specializing in job placement, coaching and business development for people with learning and physical disabilities.

Summary: This month, "Authoritative" is the magic word! Find out how parenting played a significant part in helping researchers understand kids with AD/HD!

Leman Uyuklu is owner of AmericaEd in San Jose, California with her husband Omar. Leman is an educator who is passionate about her work of bringing quality care and teaching to children ages 2-13! She and her husband have owned 2 schools, AmericaEd being the second, Leman taught in a Silicon Valley Community College in the late 1990s.

Summary: This is a wonderful recipe from my family kitchen from my homeland, Turkey, that everyone in the house loves to have.  My 7 year old son drinks this soup with excitement every time I make it. This is one of the many ways I use to get those healthy veggies in my child's growing body.

Amy Cooper holds a Doctorate in Human Sexuality from the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality. She consults professionally with teens, adults, and couples on issues of sexuality, intimacy, and relationships.

Tim Hartnett, Ph.D. is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice. He specializes in Individual Counseling, Couples Therapy, and Divorce Mediation.

Intro: "When should a person become sexually active?" a fellow counselor asked an audience of parents and middle school students. The question was meant to be rhetorical, a springboard from which to lecture on the subject, but a sixth grader spontaneously blurted out his answer. "Not until you are thirty."...

Melissa is a Marriage and Family Therapy Intern and Sex Therapy Intern at Process Therapy Institute and lectures on sexuality.

Past Experience as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Sports Massage Therapist, and anatomy instructor

Summary: This article outlines fun ways to make your home and family body positive in the face of so many challenging social messages.