Podcast: Mojo Mom and Pundit Mom

What a week! The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was the first major legislation signed by President Obama. My friend Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner was in the Oval Office representing MomsRising.org during the signing. Way to go! This law is a major victory, even though it's just one step on the road to truly ensuring equal pay for equal work.

My guest Joanne Bamberger, author of the fantastic blog Pundit Mom, and I talked a lot about these issues in today's new Mojo Mom Podcast:

Amy and Sheryl are still empathizing with today's kids and their challenges with technology, as they grow up in a world where they have to "look good" online as well as real life. A recent Facebook experiment got Amy and Sheryl thinking about these issues.

Then one of our favorite bloggers stops by, Joanne Bamberger, aka Pundit Mom. Amy and Joanne have a lot to talk about with President Obama's first week in office, including his first major act, signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law.

By the way, we hope you'll listen to the podcast to find out how you can enter our next iPod Nano giveaway, to happen February 1 and at least once more before the new edition of Mojo Mom comes out on April 7. Enter now and you'll be eligible for all our upcoming giveaways.

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Mojo Mom Podcast--it's a New Year!

Sheryl and I got together to create our first Mojo Mom Podcast episode of 2009. We reflected on Inauguration Day, then talked about developments related to the upcoming release of Mojo Mom and our work within our Mojo Advisory Circle.

I really enjoyed this conversation, and it revealed the breadth and depth of what the connections between the ten women of our Mojo Advisory Circle have meant to us. This spring, I'll be writing a new Mojo Mom Party Kit session as a guide to help you form your own Mojo Circle, which functions as a collaborative roundtable board of directors for each person in the group.

Listen in to find out how this group has enhanced our lives.

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In related news, Mojo Advisory Circle members Kella Hatcher and Maryanne Perrin, the dynamic duo who run Balancing Professionals, are leading a Career On-Ramping Workshop at Meredith College on February 18th. I highly recommend their training. Visit the Balancing Professionals website for event details.

Yes We Did!

It's an amazing day to be an American.  Truly, the beginning of a new era.  In celebration of President Obama's inauguration, I wanted to repost the will.i.am Yes We Can video.  During the election, the electrifying spread of this video was an early sign of good things to come!

Two MLK quotes

Today's Quote-a-Day entry comes from Dr. Martin Luther King.


And I wanted to post another quote from Dr. King, which raises an important issue that we can hope that our new President Barack Obama will address:

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Congratulations President Obama!

Today feels like the first day of the rest of our lives. Even with all the challenges facing our country, it finally feels like a good time to be living in the present.

I hope we'll take a moment to thank Michelle, Malia and Sasha for sharing Barack with the rest of us. This entire journey and victory would not have been possible without their blessing and hard work. Last night, the thing that made me cry the most was seeing the Obama girls on stage, and thinking about the extraordinary experience they'll have as our First Family.

I'll write more later, but Congratulations, President Obama is truly a full thought this morning.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on what this new page of history means for our children.