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Ask Rene: Why Won’t My Mom Support Me?

By   /  May 21, 2013  /  Ask Rene, Family & Home, The Latest  /  5 Comments

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Ask Rene: Why Won’t My Mom Support Me?   My mom gets angry very easily. When I get bad grades and do other bad things, all I know is that she is ready to get angry. I’ve tried steering around this by lying, and it works, but I don’t feel this is a healthy relationship. [...]

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Kids, Check Out Mommy’s New Ride.. Chevy Urban Style

By   /  May 20, 2013  /  Family & Home, The Latest  /  3 Comments

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Kids, Check Out Mommy’s New Ride.. Chevy Urban Style Well, that’s what I would say to them if they were talking to me (oh, you missed that story?). Well, that and the fact that it’s not really my new ride, but man, it sure would be sweet if it was. A few days ago, I [...]

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Monday Morning Motivation: Cell Phones, Careers And Short-Circuiting The Blame Game

By   /  May 20, 2013  /  Career, Family & Home, The Latest  /  6 Comments

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Monday Morning Motivation: Cell Phones, Careers And Short-Circuiting The Blame Game   Hola! Here’s hoping Monday is off to a rip-roarin’ start for you. I’ll tell you someone who’s probably having a less than stellar one.. My darling daughter. Why, you ask? Because she’s headed off to school without her electronic tether, aka cell phone, [...]

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PLAY NICE! And 9 More Life Lessons From Disney

By   /  May 16, 2013  /  Career, Family & Home, Life Lessons, The Latest  /  23 Comments

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  PLAY NICE!  And 9 More Life Lessons From Disney  I’m just back from speaking/emceeing the 2013 Disney Social Media Moms Celebration that was held at Walt Disney World and it was a BLAST (quick note: if you’d like me to come speak to your group, click here)! You may recall, I was one of the [...]

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“… I Decided To Be Proactive.” Why Angelina Jolie (And I) Chose To Remove Our Own Breasts

By   /  May 14, 2013  /  Family & Home, Health, Survivor Stories, The Latest  /  43 Comments

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Photo credit: Creative Commons ThisParticularGreg “… I Decided To Be Proactive.” Why Angelina Jolie (And I) Chose To Remove Our Own Breasts   I’m waking up this morning to headline making news.. Actress Angelina Jolie revealed in a New York Times Op-Ed piece that she quietly had a preventive mastectomy a few weeks ago. While the [...]

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Monday Morning Motivation: 5 Songs On The Playlist Of Success (VIDEO)

By   /  May 13, 2013  /  Career, Family & Home, The Latest, Video  /  4 Comments

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Monday Morning Motivation: 5 Songs On The Playlist Of Success(VIDEO)   Hey all, happy Monday! I’m just swooping in for a bit, returning from one gig and headed out on another. I was so fortunate to be able to emcee the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration at Walt Disney World this past weekend but now [...]

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Ask Rene: I HATE Volunteering At My Kids’ School!

By   /  May 8, 2013  /  Ask Rene, Family & Home, The Latest  /  3 Comments

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Ask Rene: I HATE Volunteering At My Kids’ School!   Dear Rene, Congratulations on all your hard work!  I wish I could be a little more like you which is why I’m writing for help.  I’ve just moved to a new town with my 11-year-old son.

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Monday Morning Motivation: 3 BIG Career Lessons From Erica Kane

By   /  May 6, 2013  /  Career, The Latest, Video  /  4 Comments

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  Monday Morning Motivation:  3 BIG Career Lessons From Erica Kane Okay, okay, not Erica Kane, these are really from the actress who became synonymous with her, Susan Lucci. I’m thinking about her today because of a conversation I had last night with the director on this Sweet Retreats shoot I’m on.  

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Life Lessons: Kelly Carpenter

By   /  May 3, 2013  /  Family & Home, Life Lessons, The Latest  /  4 Comments

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 Life Lessons: Kelly Carpenter Hi, Everyone!  With Rene hosting the 2013 Disney Social Media Moms Celebration in Orlando, we wanted to try something a little different.  We asked the moms and dads heading down to the conference May 9-12 to answer our Life Lessons questions with a Disney twist, of course. Like the GEMS they are, they took [...]

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Monday Morning Motivation: If You Build It (WELL), They Will Come

By   /  April 29, 2013  /  Career, Family & Home, The Latest  /  3 Comments

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Monday Morning Motivation: If You Build It (WELL), They Will Come Happy Monday all.. checking in from the west coast where I’m out here shooting another show. Now I can tell you as the announcement has gone out; I have been tapped as one of the hosts for an original, new series called Exhale, which [...]

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