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Join Erin Prather Stafford and her guest, Rebecca Rueth, for their chat about Rueth's career as a Surface Designer, how she helps coach and mentor other creatives and raising a daughter on the Autism Spectrum. Rueth's formal education in illustration from RISD and Surface Design from FIDM prepared her for her diverse career. Today, Rueth develops sophisticated yet easy-to-use designs for wallcover...

Join Dori DeCarlo on The Mompreneur Model as she brings  Alyson Caffrey to Word of Mom Radio. Alyson is the founder of Master Maternity Leave, a course and series of resources for mompreneurs and small businesses with expecting employees. Her mission is to help small businesses and mompreneurs realize maternity leave as an opportunity, not a setback. Alyson now runs her first business, Operations...

Moe Hachem is an entrepreneur whose family has been in the textile industry for over 40 years. Sneaker Impact was founded based on years of my own experience in the textile recycling industry. 87% of Americans don’t recycle, let alone their sneakers. Our mission is to help spread awareness and encourage more Americans to recycle. 300 million pairs of footwear end up in landfills every year. Sneake...

Kris Perry is the Executive Director of Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development. Perry most recently served as Senior Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California and Deputy Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency where she led the development of the California Master Plan for Early Learning and Care and the expansion of access to high-quality...

Ayana Rodriguez is the founder of The itavi™ Method, the award-winning child care program that has gained undivided popularity across Florida and the country. For families that are traveling, it provides the best in trained and equipped professionals in the child care space, consisting of play, exercise, learning, reading and arts and crafts for all ages, while highlighting the local and unique cu...

Asbasia Mikhail is the founder of The Stīl (pronounced Style) Trust, a personalized styling platform that connects real people with real-life expert stylists. We offer the world’s only wardrobe consultant team that delivers a patented style match service customized to fit you. We virtually connect busy, style-minded individuals to expert stylists who will curate outfits for them based on their tas...

Erin Prather Stafford and guest, Julie Flanders, a talk about poetry, songwriting, and creativity. An award-winning songwriter/producer and a best-selling poet, her animated poem Doubts has appeared in 29 film festivals. Co-founder of the internationally acclaimed creative collaborative October Project, Flanders's prize-winning choral pieces and commissions have been performed across the country,...

Back when her baby was at the age where he was learning how to crawl, Tanya Lewis realized any dirt on the floor would cling to his little hands, then his hands would unfailingly go straight into his mouth. Wanting to keep the floors clean, Tanya bought the mop with reusable pads. After the first week of owning her new spray mop system, she quickly went through the first and ONLY box of disposable...

Smita Das Jain is a writer by passion and writes every day. Samples of her writings are visible in her home office, her sunny terrace garden and the kitchen napkins. Her award-winning short story has found prominence in several anthologies and literary platforms around the globe, and she was the only Asian to be featured in the list of Top 20 flash fiction winners in the Spring 2022 contest on the...

Join Erin Prather Stafford and her guest, Jessica Lahey, for a talk about Lahey's book "The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence" and how parents and caregivers can prevent substance abuse in children. For over 20 years, Lahey has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools, spent five years teaching in a drug and alcohol rehab for...

After battling dead grass in her front yard for two summers- and refusing to waste water in the process- Jaina Shaw turned her front yard into a dinosaur-themed rock garden full of native plants. She found so much joy upcycling materials and creating random DIY projects along the way that she found it difficult to sit at a desk again this fall. Jania found ways to incorporate that joy of making an...

Casey McMinn Photography is a full-service studio specializing in maternity and newborn portraiture. We are a high end, luxury studio providing you with an amazing experience from beginning to end. During this beautiful but hectic time, you deserve to be pampered too! Casey's top priority is to provide you with amazing service, and a high-end, luxury experience from initial inquiry to timeless hei...

Chyna Robinson is an award-winning filmmaker. Her director work includes the historical drama Greenwood: 13 Hours, the thriller Lola Lisa, and No Ordinary Love. No Ordinary Love centers on two women experiencing betrayal and manipulation by their husbands. Eventually, they begin plotting to find a way out. Chyna has been recognized during SXSW as a "Female Filmmaker to Watch" and featured at the A...

Tonia Torrellas is an advocate for giving back to others and a serial problem-solver, and she steps up to the roles of nurse, mompreneur, creator and inventor every day. On a mission to eliminate plastic waste - Tonia, developed It’s My Bag.  When she’s not working on It’s My Bag reusables; you can find her creating her very special Aunt Toni’s Yummy Crummy Crumb Cakes, a family staple that is clo...

Holly Frances is the author of Life Support, the true story of how she turned her medical horror after the birth of her daughter into a crusade of helping others. Weeks after giving birth, Holly went from being a healthy 26-year-old new mom to paralyzed and on life support—in less than 72 hours. Diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome, she was trapped in her own bo...

Girls That Create with Erin Prather Stafford and guest Dr. Michele Borba: Raising Girls Who Thrive. Join Erin Prather Stafford and her guest, Dr. Michele Borba, as they discuss ways to help girls thrive in today’s world. Michele Borba, Ed. D., is the author of "Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine and an internationally renowned educational psychologist and an e...

Join host Dori DeCarlo as she welcomes Erin Prather Stafford to the Word of Mon Radio family of fabulous show hosts. Erin launched her website, GirlsThatCreate.com in 2019 and supports the parents and caregivers of creative girls while encouraging greater female representation across the arts. On her Girls That Create podcast Erin will be sharing amazing women and parenting resources for raising c...

Jennifer Bright is founding CEO of Bright Communications LLC, awoman veteran-owned independent publisher in Hellertown, PA.  A publisher, editor, and writer with more than 25 years of publishing experience, Erin and Bright Communications publishes over 35 books annually and is the industry’s first book publishing franchise. Jennifer’s passion is helping authors bring their books to life, to in tur...

Join Chris and Gene McMurray for their final episode of We're An Open Book. They discuss Scott's time with Hospice and the adventures that he still had. They discuss the selfless and important decision of organ donation. They openly speak of the difficult last days with Scott and describe the morning of April 27 2011. They speak with awe and gratitude about some of the signs that they have receive...

B-Our Planets Solution with Tonia Torrellas and her guest Ted Oberg owner of All American Auctions. All American Auctions has been the leading Auction & Appraisal Company on Long Island for the past 30 years. Having worked on some of the largest estates and historic houses on Long Island and the entire Eastern Seaboard. All American is known for their honesty, integrity, and professionalism in...

Tabitha Crocker is a Membership Coach and founder of Present Profitable Mom. She’s passionate about empowering mom entrepreneurs to earn consistent, sustainable, scalable revenue doing work they love in 10 hours a week (or less!) with littles by your side! She’s obsessed with the power of membership models and community!   As a Mom you shouldn’t have to choose- you can chase your little kids and B...

Kati Hudson is an NASM-certified nutrition coach, youth exercise specialist, and author. She established For Your Nutrition, LLC in 2022. Her coaching style focuses on the whole self, partnering with clients to reestablish a positive relationship with food to create sustainable healthy habits without rigid restrictions. She is a single mom of two and works full-time in higher ed administration. Ka...

Angela Lamb is the founder of Healthy Life Nation. Angela is the creator of the award-winning healthy documentary “Un-Inflame Me: Reversing the American Diet & Lifestyle'' and health docuseries, “The Art of Natural Healing.” She has authored two books, “Superhero Healthy Henry Discovers Planet Earth” and her most recent book “Bonding with My Bunnies: Yoga Lesson Plans for Families & Childr...

Betsy Wurzel is a mom of an adult son with a cognitive disability, a retired LPN and Preschool Teacher 's Aide, Host of Chatting with Betsy on Passionate World Talk Radio, and the Creator and Founder of #Kick Alzheimer's Ass Movement Group on Facebook.  Betsy took care of her mother in law for 5 years who had Alzheimer's, having never heard of Alzheimer's before, and educated herself about Alzheim...

Leeann Rybakov is a board certified functional medicine health coach, and a mom of two. She works with overwhelmed busy moms to help them heal their digestive health issues, regain their energy, and feel more confident when it comes to health and wellness. Through her personalized approach, she coaches moms one on one covering all aspects of their life from nutrition, movement, sleep and stress. A...