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Friday’s Guest ~ Darcy Albrecht from Chicks n’ Chickens Discusses Lullaby Exercises

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chick•en \chi-kn\ noun
1. one of your own 2. nickname for someone you adore

chick \chik\ noun
1. groovy lady 2. smart woman 3. creative female

Hey CHICKENS!!!! We’ve got a smart, creative, groovy lady coming on the show this Friday! Darcy Albrecht, Chief Chick of ChicksnChickens, will be here to tell us all about her Lullaby Exercises DVD. This fantastic program provides moms and babies with some of the basic early days’ necessities – toning, soothing, bonding, and sleep!

Babies need to be soothed and mommies need movement. Lullaby Exercises grew out of Darcy’s own experiences with her children. Her involvement with gymnastics, aerobics, and cheerleading helped develop a program that moms find enjoyable and productive. She spent six years as a national instructor, choreographer and judge for the National Cheerleaders Association. As a former advertising professional Darcy had the know how to move forward and market her product to moms all over. We look forward to hearing more about Lullaby Exercises and how this mom of two does it all!

Join us HERE on Friday at 2pm EST/11am PST

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MomActive Welcomes Chalene Johnson!!!!

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I can barely contain my excitement! I’m about to hop up and bust a move because we have Chalene Johnson on MomActive this Friday!


Chalene Johnson is the extraordinarily energetic founder of Turbo Jam. She’s also one amazing motivational speaker. Just check out some of her speeches HERE on YouTube. She has accomplished so many amazing things that I can barely begin to list them all here. These excerpts from her bio on Turbokick.com will give you some idea of who Chalene Johnson is. (Read the full bio HERE)


Chalene Johnson is an entrepreneur, TV fitness personality, clothing designer, author, motivational speaker, choreographer, wife, mother of 2 and relatable girl next door.

Now a world-renowned fitness expert with over 18 years of experience, Chalene is the CEO of Powder Blue Productions, a fitness company she started in a spare bedroom. Chalene has created some of the Nation’s most popular exercise formats includingTurbo Kick®, Turbo Jam™ and PiYo™, to name a few. Chalene is the star of the number one selling infomercial in 2006, Turbo Jam™. Turbo Kick® is one of the highest attended workouts at popular health clubs across the globe, and offered as the “exclusive” kickboxing workout in such global giants as 24 Hour Fitness™. To date, in excess of 35,000 fitness instructors have trained through Chalene’s programs resulting in millions of American’s participating in Turbo Kick® workouts at health clubs across the globe weekly. Chalene has been voted one of the top three Fitness Instructors in the World by IDEA Fitness 2005, 2006 and 2007.

In addition to being a leading force in fitness and business, Chalene champions the cause of helping others to live a fuller life. Through her motivational workshops and camps, personal writings, live internet chats, blogs and weekly video taped messages, Chalene has been able to help thousands change their life from the ground up.


On Friday we’ll be talking to Chalene about everything from her health and exercise philosophies to what it takes to start a business and grow it to be as GI-NORMOUS as she has… all while being a MOM!

Tune in at 2pm EST/12pm PST on Blog Talk Radio ~ HERE!!!!
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Friday’s Show ~ The Healthy Lunch Box

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On Friday we will be talking to Jen from SavorTheThyme about yummy healthy foods for Back-to-School lunch boxes. My hubby and I have recently launched a campaign against incessant snacking in our home. We emptied our pantry of all the pre-packaged snacks and my children are irate! They’ve tried every guilt tactic there is. We are horrible horrible parents. Their friends tell them that their house is a horrible place to live and that it is no longer fun. Their friends will never come over because not only do we not allow them to watch TV or play Wii during playdates, we only eat fruits and vegetables and healthy snacks. THE HORROR!

Yes my friends, I have staged my own Crappy Snack Boycott. My kids would eat one 100 calorie bag of cookies after the other all afternoon if I let them. Their friends’ lunch box may look sweeter, but I’m making an effort to keep the crap out. Now, I should note that my son has informed me that his BFF is incredibly generous and always shares a few of his cookies because he can’t eat ALL SIX of them. Nice. Not much I can do, but I’m sending a message and setting an example and guess what? When they come home STARVING and the only thing available is a healthy wholesome snack… well, you’d never guess it but, they actually eat it! Go Figure!

So what do I put in their lunch boxes? Ok, it takes a bit more effort than just heading to the pantry and throwing an individually wrapped bag of crap in, but this morning I smiled to myself because I really truly feel good about this boycott! I cut up veggies ahead of time and put them into individual snack bags. I did the same with popcorn, nuts, and fruits, dried cereal, and whole wheat crackers (which they love) – I could use a few ideas so I’m glad that Jen will be on the show Friday to help us out there!

Be sure to join us HERE on MomActive with Leah and Fiona Friday at 2pm EST and call in and let us know what your ideas for healthy lunch box are!

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Get Up and Get Moving ~ Our Friday Guest Jill Knapp

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Jill Knapp’s life changed when she was diagnosed three years ago with Type II diabetes, also familiarly known as adult onset diabetes. She has not only lost over 100 pounds, she has gone on to become an advocate for the American Diabetes Association and is a passionate public speaker sharing her story with and inspiring others. On Friday we will talk to Jill, who blogs at Get Up & Get Moving all about how she was able to lose 100 pounds and control her diabetes without any artificial medical means. If you or someone you know struggles with weight and/or diabetes you will not want to miss our motivating show with Jill!

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Friday’s Guest Momprenuer Lisa Druxman

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I’m really excited to talk to our guest this week, Lisa Druxman. Lisa is a Mompreneur who turned her passion for motherhood and fitness into an amazing business. She is the founder of Stroller Strides, and a nationally recognized speaker and author with focus on pre/postnatal fitness.

All across America new mommies are working out with Stroller Strides. Having witnessed groups of women working out with Stroller Strides in my local park, I have to tell you it looks like a kick bootie workout!


Lisa has worked as a group exercise instructor, personal trainer and has been published in numerous print and online publications. Her book, LEAN Mommy outlines her weight management program (Learn Eating Awareness and Nutrition). I also just read on her blog that she was filming a series of fitness videos! I have to say, that as a mom who tries to balance raising a family, working from home, and staying fit, I’ll be interested not only in Lisa’s views on fitness, but how she does it all!!

You can find out more about Stroller Strides on their website and also visit some of the articles that Lisa has written at ModernMom.com

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MomActive Friday Guest ~ Master Pilates Instructor Lisa Johnson

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This week we will have Master Pilates Instructor LIsa Johnson as our guest! Lisa is the founder and owner of Modern Pilates Boston. She has been a personal trainer since 1997 and became a certified Pilates instructor in 1998. She is always expanding her knowledge base and has trained in Toronto, London, Sydney, Chicago, Phoenix, and extensively in California. Lisa is the first Pilates instructor to be accepted as an educational affiliate of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, and is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. She is the originator of the “Pro Zone” column in Pilates Style magazine. Lisa is a social media addict and is working on the Modern Pilates blog, ModernPilates.blogspot.com, as well as developing EcoHappyChic.com, a web site geared for the fashion aware with a green streak. (“Where Christian Dior meets Al Gore.”)

Be sure to tune in Friday at 2pm EST for MomActive with Leah and Fiona!

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Friday’s Guest: Sadie Nardini ~ Yoga

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I am really excited about this week at MomActive! Our guest this Friday is Sadie Nardini a master yogi from New York City. She is the co-owner of The Fierce Club in New York City, the author of the Road Trip Guide to Your Soul, and creator of the bestselling DVDs The Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga: Power Hour and Core Strength Vinyasa Yoga:Total Body Transformation and Weight Loss. If you take a look at her website and her YouTube site you’ll instantly feel like Sadie is just like all of your best friends! What I’m loving about all of her YouTube videos is that they are all short in length and TOTALLY accessible to anyone. Take a peak at the different videos and spend 10 minutes with Sadie, you won’t regret it. You can also see the MomActive featured video this week on the right side bar of this blog.


I’m so excited to bring Yoga to MomActive this week because it is YOGA that has transformed my body the most! My experience with yoga as a physical exercise has been varied over the years but overall it is the one activity that I credit with my strength. When “HOT” yoga or “Bikram” yoga became the trend several years ago, I jumped on the bandwagon with everyone else sweating their asses off. I enjoyed it but it became a bit routine and I lost interest in yoga until about three years ago when I injured my back.

I’m a runner by nature and a few summers ago while training for a half marathon (my favorite distance to race by the way), I did something really unpleasant to my back. It took me by surprise because I’d never had an injury before. I ran through the pain for a bit but ultimately had to face the fact that something wasn’t right and rest was in order.

If you know me at all, you know that without exercise I go nuts and become unbearably grumpy! I went with a friend to a Core Power Yoga class and quickly realized that this was something I could totally get into. I’ve since been practicing with several yogis at my current club and it is now a part of my weekly routine. On days that I can’t get to a class I pull out my mat and spend a few minutes with my favorite poses. Nothing more invigorating!

My body loves me for the time I spend practicing Yoga. All of my running and the fact that I’ve born three big babies has my hips in a crazy state. The combination of hip openers and working to keep my hamstrings loose protects my back from re-injury, this I am sure of. Need to strength train but hate weights? There is no better weight to train with than your own body weight! Even my trainer is in awe of the results I get from yoga three times a week.
So, my goal for Friday’s show? To introduce you to Sadie, to have a conversation in which we dispel the myths about Yoga and talk about ways you can incorporate Yoga into your life!

Namaste Chickies!
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Friday’s Guest: Jennifer Leal on Nutrition and Smart Eating

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MomActive is excited to introduce Jennifer Leal of Savor The Thyme blog as our guest on this Friday’s radio program. We will discuss smart nutrition and the challenges we all face when trying to incorporate healthy foods into our childrens’ diets.


Jennifer is a stay-at-home mom with two children ages 3 and 5. She obtained a Master’s of Science in Immunology and worked for a large pharmaceutical company prior to becoming the creator of Savor The Thyme blog, which focuses on family-friendly healthy food and lifestyle. By coincidence, she happens to be my roommate for Blogher this year and I’m hoping she’ll turn a blind eye to the high calorie margarita that I plan to imbibe the first day we are there! There has to be some goodness in a margarita… I shall find it and expose it!

From the time she was a young girl, Jennifer witnessed the deaths of family members due to cancer, heart attacks, strokes and obesity related illness. Although, she cannot prove or say that many of the diseases/deaths in her family were caused by what they ate, it made her determined to raise herself and her children to respect their bodies through exercise and food.

You can find Jennifer on Twitter @savorthethyme. We are excited to welcome this active mom who enjoys Pilates and lifting weights, to help us figure out the real deal with our kiddos and nutrition!

Jennifer has been kind enough to share several links to family recipes that will help us all get started in the right direction.

Sweet Potato ‘Fries’
Strawberry Muffins
Sweet Potato Muffins
Turkey Meatballs
Alphabet Soup
Even Oatmeal cookies can be enjoyed but I sneak in a nutritional boost!

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Friday’s Guest: International Fitness and Lifestyle Expert, Tracey Mallett

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Our special guest on the MomActive radio show this week will be international fitness and lifestyle expert, Tracey Mallett! We were so grateful to Tracy for being the guest at our twitter launch party last week and we can’t wait to chat with her on Friday.

Tracey is a mom just like us, and realizes the importance of teaching healthy habits early on. In fact, she leads the Jam School Program that provides lifestyle programs to over 1 millions school children across the country. I hadn’t been aware of this program before but check out the website because it may be something you’d like to bring to the attention of your school district.
Tracey’s resume is mind boggling! She contributes to a bazillion of the top health and fitness related magazines, including Prevention, Pilates Style, Shape, Fitness Magazine, Women’s Health, Fit Pregnancy, SELF, Fit Yoga … just to name a few! She is the author of Sexy in 6, and has created over 17 exercise DVD’s. I am sure we’ll also be talking on Friday about her new book coming out soon, Super Fit Mama covering pre and post natal exercise, and nutrition.
Just like you and I, Tracey experienced weight gain with her first pregnancy. 55 pounds to be exact! She lost the weight and made it her mission to inspire and motivate women to succeed in losing weight with quick (6 minutes, people!), simple, and realistic healthy solutions, along with smart nutrition.
I’m inspired! Six minutes inspires me and I can’t wait to “meet” Tracey live on the radio show. Especially because she has that adorable British accent! Please comment on this post with the questions you’d like us to ask Tracey.
Be sure to favorite our show on Blog Talk Radio HERE and sign up for a reminder email so you don’t miss our chat with Tracey Mallet!

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