Mojo Mom Podcast with The Op-Ed Project

We're back on track with podcast production. This week Sheryl and I have a spirited discussion about overwhelmed Moms and the crucial need for mindful living after watching the Oprah episode with the remorseful Mom who had accidentally left her two-year old in a hot car, leading to her daughter's tragic death.


Then I talk to Katie Ornestein, the founder of The Op-Ed Project a highly successful training program that teaches women how to join the public dialogue through Op-Ed writing and other platforms.

We are faced with unsettled times and it's more important than ever that you make your voice heard. Katie can help you get started.

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This week's show notes:

Amy and Sheryl have a lot to talk about after viewing the Oprah episode from October 1 about overwhelmed Moms. It was a wake-up call to remind us that living mindfully is a worthy priority.

Then Amy talks to Catherine Orenstein, founder of The Op-Ed Project. She wants to change the fact that op-ed pages and airwaves are overwhelmingly dominated by men. Through her workshops, Katie teaches women the skills and strategies needed to join the public conversation. A timely topic in a month full of fast-moving news and an impending election

Follow up #1 to "Stretch Marks on Sisterhood"

I started writing this as a comment on my last post, but I decided that it merited a new blog entry.

First of all, thanks for your comments! I have received three so far here on my blog, as well as a handful through Women's eNews. There are some thoughtfully probing questions that have come up, and I plan to write a follow up post if I can eke out the time this weekend. It was really challenging cutting Obama v. Clinton Puts Stretch Marks on Sisterhood down to meet the 1000 word limit. The good news is that we can keep the conversation going here on the MojoMom blog.

And to commenter Renee, Deborah Siegel's Mom, welcome to my blog, and wanted you to know that I really enjoy and closely follow Deborah's writing. So I encourage everyone to check out her book Sisterhood Interrupted, Girl With Pen blog, and the Washington Post op-ed that Deborah wrote with Courtney Martin, Come Together? Yes, We Can.

I also want to give a shout-out to Katie Orenstein of The Op-Ed Project who taught me the value of publishing widely disseminated op-eds in addition to blog posts. I've already had a great response to this one, including a call to be interviewed for an upcoming story in the Raleigh News & Observer.

It's an election year--everyone has an opinion about something bubbling in the collective psyche, so why not try it yourself by submitting an Op-Ed to your local paper?