Communicating With Clarity - March 10, 2009

Julie Freedman Smith shared some great information on how to "Communicate with Clarity" at a momcafé evening seminar at Play Grounds Coffee Playhouse in Calgary.

Here are some notes from the seminar:

Act – don’t yak!  Stop nagging and ordering your child, instead respect your child and talk to your child like you would to a friend or family member.
Ask instead of tell, and when appropriate use one word to communicate to young children.
When there’s a problem, describe the problem, ask what’s happening instead of who caused it.

Dr. Trina Read who was one of our distinguished speakers at the February 6th, 2009 momcafe Event entitled "Unconventional Careers had these tips to share:
-say something nice to your partner everyday
-touch your partner everyday
-kiss your partner for 10 seconds every day (you never know what will happen!!)

Read more tips in her book "Till Sex Do Us Part"

On Friday, November 7, Maxine Wilson, Mayor of Coquitlam and Cybele Negris, Founding partner and COO, Webnames.ca shared their inspirational stories on how they chose their family and career paths whilst providing sage advice to other moms being proactive to make things happen in the home and outside the home.

On Friday, October 24, Sandra Wilson, Founder of Robeez and Cathy Priestner Allinger, Olympian Executive VP, VANOC shared their inspirational stories on how they built and realized their dreams and provided sage advice to other moms looking to do the same.

Sarah from Baby Steps Life Coaching and Rowena from Getting it Together shared their tips and strategies, and gave us practical, useable advice that can be put into action and make a positive difference to our lives immediately.

Kalpna from BOBOBABY and Callie from Fit 4 Two provided great tips on how to keep your family fit and healthy this school year.

Cindy Ball and Alix Cameron were both disenchanted with going back to corporate world after having children. They wanted to build on their marketing skills and launch a business that gave them the flexibility they needed with five children between them.

On Friday, May 2nd, a dynamic mother-daughter team were featured – Virginia and Justine Greene. Each told her own story about how to succeed with both the benefits – and challenges – that family life presents.

On Friday, March 14, a full house of moms received great tips on “Getting Organized” from Rowena List of Getting It Together and Sarah Dakin of Baby Steps Life Coaching. They shared tips and strategies on how to de-clutter our lives and provided tools ranging from how to sort the piles of paper to the importance of scheduling in the important stuff first.

On Friday, April 11th, a great group of women were inspired by the personal stories of Cybele Negris, Webnames.ca and Teara Fraser, commercial pilot and President of Women in Aviation Sea to Sky Chapter.