Mommas Pearls Show

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.

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. Charlotte will continue to Work It and inspire her generation. Click for tickets to PortforParkland #PortforParkland is her first in what I'm sure will be many, inspirational and motivational events. We are proud to supPORT #PortforParkland as our Charitable Partner for the upcoming MomTime Movie Event for "A Wrinkle in Time." Indeed, there are times, events and circumstances which wrinkle our plans and set us on a new course of action. Listen to how Charlotte is stringing this wrinkle into a positive.

Hellooooo 2011. This year awaken your truth and seek every opportunity to enrich your life and soul. We peer into our lives and see how the 2011 energy can help us achieve this.

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 coaching methods. Drawing on this knowledge, she helps people create a completely personalized “roadmap to health” that suits their unique body, lifestyle, preferences, and goals. Her practice combines the knowledge of traditional philosophies with modern concepts like the USDA food pyramid, the glycemic index, the Zone and raw foods. Melissa believes in a progressive approach to teaching modern health philosophies and refers to herself as a "nutri-tarian". She is a mother of two, a yogi, snowboarder, singer and loves to travel.