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Mommas Pearls Show
by Cynthia Litman
Mommas Pearls strings together the beautiful bits of life through the lens of generational wisdom, popular culture, societal norms and a dose of spirituality. We polish the pearls with the help of insightful, inspirational, creative and entrepreneur guests, muses, authors, filmmakers, spiritual entrepreneurs, environmentalists, friends and family. Your hostess Cynthia Litman, is a multi-passionate Spiritual Mompreneur, Lawyer, Writer, Event Creator and Community Connector. Let's get stringing!
Episodes
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Charlotte's Port for Parkland Benefit Concert Inspires a Town*
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…
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Self Love & Care with Nitika Chopra
I’m embarking on a 28 Day Self Love & Care Challenge. My friends, it's really been a challenge. On Insta, you'll notice self love & care is a common theme and I saw my beautiful friend Nitika Chopra's Chronic Self Love Challenge. Self love is a core element of her coaching practice. Nitika…
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The Wonder of Kindness
RJ Palacio, a best selling, award winning, inspirational author of the globally beloved book, "WONDER" joins us. In a previously recorded conversation, we polish the pearls of the book, movie (now available on DVD & On Demand by Lionsgate) and the Choose Kind Movement. It all began at an ice…
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Farm Fresh Fun
Farm to table is not just a movement it's a direct way to inspire community. Farmigo is one company planting the seeds. I'm happy to spread them. Janet Mermel joins us as a INN Holistic Health Counselor and my local Farmigo Champion to talk about bringing the best of the NY area farms to our...
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Winter Prep
Winter is Coming. Feeling like you want to hibernate is natural and our guest Lisa Erickson of Mommy Mystic, will guide us through the energies at play as we approach the Winter Solstice to cure your family of the winter blues and invite you to her Meditate Like A Girl event. ABOUT OUR GUEST…
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Eat For Life
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…
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TIME and AGAIN
Time is so precious, so fleeting and ultimately what you make of it.
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Lifeline
Continuing our discussion on attachment parenting, breastfeeding and healthy boundaries with Ellen Shell, the director of the Le Leche League (LLL). Ellen has worked for 38 years with the LLL and as a lactation consultant to empower women. LLL's mission is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed...
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MOM UP!!
Fifty Shades, Breastfeeding, Gay Marriage, it's like Moms Gone Wild!! What about all of this is natural and what is extremist? We will be exploring the controversy of the latest TIME MAGAZINE cover about attachment parenting and the pros and cons of breastfeeding.
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Holiday Magic
Tis the season to be filled with love and support. Let's go to that happy place where santa's bag is always filled for you.
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Wake Up Your Inner SuperHero!!
Mommas Pearls new broadcasts begin with waking up your inner SuperHero! You may be dusting off your superhero mask for Halloween but our natural powers overpower capes, just believethat you are already perfect. Children's Book Author Honi Borden, joins us to talk about the miracles and lessons in...
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A Wing and a Prayer
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…
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RAW TALK
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...
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LOVE CHILD
Children are our greatest gifts. How can we expand and celebrate this gift in a healthy way? Our guest today, Laura Duksta, a best selling childrens book author, speaker and visionary, will help us expand our conversation with love within our families. ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST: Laura Duksta…
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The Family Pact
Do you sound like your mother? Are there repetitive patterns and behaviors throughout your family's generational lines? Intuitive energy healer Natalie Berthold, www.SproutingLove.com guides us through some practices to heal your generational wounds with Family Constellation Therapy. I…
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Healing Home
Our first attachments are with our parents and family unit. These chords usually run the deepest and sit at our emotional core. The chords are wrapped around the roles we play within the family unit. Our special guest, Joe Frustaci, will help us sort through coping when those chords get cut and…
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THE CHOP SHOP
Summer is a time to lighten up. I chopped off 10+ inches of my hair to donate to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. What is it about our external self that so affects our internal state? Joining us is Nichelle Pace Founder and Editor in Chief of StyleMom.com to explore how women and self esteem are tied…
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Unity Divided
In one weekend hundreds of millions of people were taken from a journey of LOVE to FEAR. The royal wedding and the death of Osama Bin Laden had us swing in polar opposite directions. How do we remain balanced? Halleh Nematzadeh will help us stay grounded while turning our dial into the higher...
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Creation Space
As Mothers Day draws near, we take a moment to honor our creators. Expectant mothers are swimming in the creation space. Our guest today, Latham Thomas, founder of Tender Shoots Wellness swims in the creation space and coaches her clients on how to holistically transition into Motherhood. Keeping...
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The Kids Room
When you look at your home, the space that you share with your family, how do you see it? Is it designed to support your family's individual needs, tastes and preferences or just the parents tastes? How do you work your home space to support your children? This week on mommas pearls we'll be...
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Mirror of Time
If you could pierce through the veil of time who would you hope to see? Sometimes messages are transcribed through time and space to help us in our lives and to side step events in our future. Such is why when facing 2012 and today's world events plagued by earthquakes, tornadoes, floods…
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LIVE LIFE NOW
If you can create the world of your dreams, what would it look like? Now, why wait, begin painting your life in your favorite colors now. Sophie Chiche, founder of LifeByMe, joins us this week to explore how we can live our best life, now!! ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST: Sophie Chiche's website...
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Tea for Two
I attended a Chari-tea party at NYC's Plaza Hotel with my daughter to raise awareness for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. Kelly Ripa asked us to imagine a world where our young daughters never have to know the words Ovarian Cancer. Joining us this week is an honored guest, Audra Moran, CEO of…
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Divine Intertwined
We continue our time with the divine this week and how to bring it home. When we get overwhelmed and our mind overworked, it’s time to take out the trash. The ultimate spring cleaning sweeps your mind, body and spirit. Utilizing spiritual practices help us with this process and we’ll be chatting...
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Chime In
There is healing power in music along with a divine inspiration. We are happy to welcome the Mommas Pearls theme song creator and composer David B. Goldberg to discuss his latest modern/classical CD "Absolute Music" and his experiential connection with music. ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST: David B....
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Music Notes (cont)
In our present lives, sometimes you hit all the right notes and other times you miss the beat entirely. Today is part two of Music Notes where we continue our conversation with Marlene Cooper-Williams of www.IPlayMusicLive.com about the importance of music in our children's lives. ABOUT OUR…
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Music Notes
Music is a great way to heal. In light of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan we will be holding a light and reminding ourselves how important it is to live in the present. My mom, Gail Litman, joins us to hold a space of healing. In our present lives, sometimes you hit all the right...
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Music Rocks
Music touches the soul. Even before we are born we can groove to music. Joining us this week is popular family recording artist Bari Koral. Together we'll explore the wonderful space of music in children's lives. ABOUT OUR SPECIAL GUEST: The award-winning Bari Koral Family Rock Band, a popular...
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Film Noir 2
We continue our conversation of the love of indie film making with producer Lorie Marsh and writer/director Jentri Chancey of LOST IN SUNSHINE.
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FILM NOIR
The celebration of the heart continues on Mommas Pearls. Film making is a labor of love and indie film making is a test of wits. Joining us today is Lorie Marsh, producer of the Indie film "LOST IN SUNSHINE". Yet when you have material that you love you want to shepherd it to its highest place....
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The Main Attraction
As the February fills the air with romance, we'll be celebrating love and music this month. First up we'll summon our soulmates, whether in love or in life. The Law of Attraction is not a Secret, in fact, it's been a universal spiritual law for centuries. Yet we forget how to work with this...
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Adventure Awaits!
Every child seeks out adventure, in fact that's what childhood is all about, one big adventure. This week, author Eric Delabarre whose new book, geared towards tweens, "SALTWATER TAFFY" will join us on an adventure! www.whatagreatbook.com
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Mission Is Possible - KIDS!
Last week we chatted with the inspiring moms who took their tween age children on a UJA mission to the Gulf Coast Region, this week we are hosting a special show to hear firsthand impressions from their kids! This is a show not to be missed!
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Mission Is Possible
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday and exploring how we can best serve others, we will be hearing from some moms who took their tween kids with them on a UJA mission to the gulf coast region to participate in the ongoing restoration efforts left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
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Star Check
What does the 2011 astrology chart look like? How are the stars aligning for you and your journey this year? Jungian Astrologer and returning guest, Cathy Pagano joins us to unveil what's in the stars for us this year.
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TRUTH SERUM
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.
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Holiday Spirit
As the Hanukkah lights dwindle and the Christmas lights light up the nighttime sky, we honor the true spirit of the holiday season. Every year is a new chance to create new family traditions and remember those of holiday past. How can we bring the holiday magic into our daily lives? Joining us to...
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The Local Polar Express
As the temperature drops, the holiday season speeds up and we begin to dole our attention onto family, friends, teachers and others and celebrate their role in our lives over the past year. We also tend to slow down as we ready for hibernation and make our New Years resolutions. Joining us this...
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Power of One, TAKE TWO!!
When I was thinking about whether I can live without a man/husband and trying to host the radio show, the power went out and answered my ?. So, this is the second redo of our Power of One, Plus one show with special guest Stacey MacGlashan. The typical Modern Family is morphing into, well, just...
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The Power of One, Plus One
Wonder what life would be like as a single parent? That is the theme we are exploring this week. Even via some technical difficulties on the broadcast (Cynthia lost power!) Melissa shares some gems about her life growing up as a child raised by a single mother. We will continue with this topic…
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Gee, Thanks
Saying thank you can be a scary yet totally easy and liberating thing. Thanksgiving is upon us and it's time to not just say grace at the table but feel grace in each moment of our lives.
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Is Forgiveness A Myth?
We’ll explore the many layers of forgiveness and how it appears as a very common theme in all the major religions. Can you forgive and forget? Can you forgive yourself? Are there any exceptions to the ultimate forgiveness rules? Joining us will be Mommas Pearls resident self love guru, Macha...
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Family Legacies
When you are born into your family, it comes with certain coding and we all seem to start to follow in the pathway of your parents. What happens when your parents are Hollywood Royalty and their BFF’s are Red Skelton and Ronald Reagan and your un-official godfather is Frank Sinatra? Well, we will...
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Birthday Girls
As we begin Melissa and I’s birthday month we’re going to get some astrological guidance from Mommas Pearls Jungian astrologer Cathy Pagano http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com. She’ll give us the cosmic scoop on America’s chart particularly during this election period, as well as our charts for…
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Masquerade Ball
In honor of Halloween we are hosting our first annual on air Masquerade Ball!! As Colette says "nothing gives more assurances than a mask." The trick to this Halloween treat is that everyone on the show must be disguised as a famous parent - whether living or dead, current or historic, real or...
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Party Plans
We are just getting our Octoberfest party started! This week we are planning to dive deep into fun with two hot mommas, Elizabeth Mascali and Dawn Sandomeno, whose turned their successful blog www.partybluprints.com into a book 'Plan To Party'. Whats the worse part of any party - the planning...
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Sweet Treats
The last few weeks have been super intense on the show and we are in major need a of a super sized brownie sundae! Before we go gluttoness we want to do it in a conscious, healthful way and take these lessons into the Halloween season. So this week we take a pause to celebrate the sweeter…
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Bulls Eye
Facing bullies in the playground is nothing new and we have all had our fair share of being picked on and perhaps calling someone else a bad name. However, there is a rising concern among parents as children, teenagers and even college students like Tyler Clemente, are taking extreme measures as…
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SHORT BUS
To wrap up our Back To School month, we'll be exploring the many heartbreaks and triumphs of having a special needs child. Overcoming the initial shock, then empowering yourself in order to get the services your child needs. Joining us this week is Kera McCloughlin, a representative from AUTISM...
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Old School? No, Homeschool
Education. Ever wonder why there are so many subjects and so many schools? Each child's road map for education is unique, regardless of whether the curriculum is the same. To continue our BACK TO SCHOOL month, this week we'll be exploring the road map via Homeschooling. It's a very personal…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Mommas Pearls strings together the beautiful bits of life through the lens of generational wisdom, popular culture, societal norms and a dose of spirituality. We polish the pearls with the help of insightful, inspirational, creative and entrepreneur guests, muses, authors, filmmakers, spiritual entrepreneurs, environmentalists, friends and family.
Your hostess Cynthia Litman, is a multi-passionate Spiritual Mompreneur, Lawyer, Writer, Event Creator and Community Connector. Let's get stringing!
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