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 Celebrity Moms - Lori Loughlin |
| The beloved "Aunt Becky" of "Full House" is back on weeknight television, and making the most of her time with her two young daughters. |
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By: Lori Loughlin, as told to Irene Chang,
The actress now starring in a spin-off of the show with the infamous zip code, 90210 , shares with Working Mother how she balances a show biz life with baking with her girls, Isabella, 11, and Olivia, 10.
How was your whole experience with Full House and what ...
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| Maggie Gyllenhaal stepped out from brother Jake’s shadow when she starred in the quirky Secretary . Now the Dark Knight actress finds that her love ... |
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| CNN's Kiran Chetry |
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She’s energized, smiling, and delivering news live every morning on your TV. This well-spoken anchor of CNN’s American Morning is none other than Kiran ...
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| Model Mom |
| My friends are surprised to learn that, outgoing as I am today, I was a loner growing up. I was a mixed-race girl with a ... |
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| Picturing Pregnancy | |
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Jennifer Loomis' nude photographs expose what is most beautiful about motherhood as seen in a portrait of mom-to-be Ugly Betty actress Ana Ortiz.
While pregnant women and their ripe forms have long held a cultural fascination–going back to the cave-painting days–many modern moms-to-be remain unconvinced that their own changing bodies are worthy of the kind of photo record reserved for wedding days, or new babies. But to in-demand maternity photographer Jennifer Loomis, this startling transformation is made to be celebrated.
Originally trained as a photojournalist, Loomis cites her early years as an on-the-go shooter in far-flung locales like Japan and Kenya as ...
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| WNBA's New Mom: Candace Parker | |
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New baby, new challenges for L.A. Sparks' super basketball player.
At the top of her game, L.A. Sparks’ Candace Parker has more than just hoop shots to worry about. At 23, she’s a new mom who plans to return to the court after only six weeks of maternity leave.
This ESPY female athlete award nominee may be a young mom, but her career is already on track, to say the least. A former Tennessee Lady Vol, Parker is a two-time NCAA Champion, Rookie of the Year, WNBA Most Valuable ...
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| Jane Kaczmarek | |
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The seven-time Emmy nominee talks about her most prized role - mother of three.
Spending seven years playing acerbic wonder mom Lois on FOX's hit sitcom, Malcolm in the Middle , taught Jane Kaczmarek a lot about juggling her work and family. Now in her second year as Judge Trudy Kessler on TNT's Raising the Bar , the actress talks about her experiences being both a full-time mom and a Hollywood star.
There's a saying that your emotional growth stops at the year you become famous – that’s if you become a celebrity ...
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| Lipstick Jungle's Kim Raver | |
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Two little boys and a high-profile acting career is the right mix for her.
Actress Kim Raver started her career on Sesame Street and has starred in television series including Third Watch , 24 , The Nine and, most recently, Lipstick Jungle . She lives in New York City with her husband, Manu Boyer, and their sons, Luke, 7, and Leo, 1. This 40-year-old TV veteran is most happy when she’s taking care of her two boys and playing the role of Mom.
The way I got started in acting was really random, ...
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| Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress | |
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Working Mom to Working Mom
ABC News family life contributing reporter Lee Woodruff talked with workingmother.com editor Helen Jonsen about her new book. In it she takes us through the ups and downs of her family life with her husband, anchorman Bob Woodruff, their kids, parents, and shares her four steps for keeping it all together.
Life throws lots of stuff at us. The good, the bad and the worst. In the case of Lee Woodruff, it would have seemed all fairytale for a ...
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| Molly Shannon | |
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Funnywoman and mom of two Molly Shannon overcame a childhood loss to follow her dreams.
Despite a tragic loss as a child, Molly Shannon went on to find success and fame on Saturday Night Live . Today she juggles her favorite roles—devoted mom and sitcom star— with her trademark sense of humor.
I was destined to be a mom. In elementary school, all the kids loved to play house during recess—and I was always picked to be the mom. In fact, my classmates would fight over who got to be my children. When I ...
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| Women for Women | |
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Three women whose stories of hope remind us that one person can change the lives of so many.
Women who do groundbreaking work on behalf of other women and their families amaze and inspire us. We’ve honored many of them at our Multicultural Women’s National Conferences and Town Halls with our Legacy Award.
Pictured: Congolese Woman
War Survivor Chmpion
Zainab Salbi
Founder and CEO, Women for Women International, Washington, DC
Five years ago, when Zainab Salbi was working in Africa, a Congolese woman named Nebitu told her that during the war she and her two ...
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| First Goodbye | |
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The morning I dropped my infant son at child care for the first time, I was filled with fear and dread. Who knew the day would turn out so well.
It was a sultry summer morning when I made my maiden voyage to the child-care center where I would part ways with my son, Cooper, for the first time in his 9-week-old life. It was an event I’d been dreading since the moment the pregnancy stick turned pink. Prior to Coop’s arrival, my husband, Chris, and I struggled with infertility for three years before a round of an ovulation-inducing drug started us on the path to parenthood. As a working ...
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| Jada Pinkett Smith | |
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The actress dishes on movies, mommyhood, Will--and doing it all her way.
She got her big break on the TV sitcom A Different World and made headlines when she married movie star Will Smith. But no experience has been more enlightening for Jada Pinkett Smith than being a mom to her three kids.
I’ve learned so many things since I became a mother, but one of the most important is that there’s no formula for how to raise a child and have a career. Anyone can give you ideas about how ...
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| Split-Shift Parenting | |
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My husband and I are like two ships that pass in the night? he returns from work just as I leave to anchor the news.
I realized the difficult dance my husband, Patrick, and I were trying to master with our split-shift parenting when our then 2-year-old daughter, Riley, started crying out in the night for “Mommydaddy!” She never knew who would be there to comfort her when she woke up from a bad dream. From 8:00 p.m. until 3:30 a.m., Mommy would be the one to dry her tears. Between 3:30 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., Daddy would scoop her up with a loving hug ...
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| Pattie Petty | |
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Losing a son helped NASCAR mom Pattie Petty find her strength.
The Petty name is synonymous with NASCAR, but Pattie Petty has given even more meaning to her famous last name—charity. We see her as inspiration.
To call Pattie gracious is an understatement. She possesses great strength with humility, and is a role model in giving back to those in need. If you dream it; it can happen—this we know from Petty’s own quest. But the dream of Victory Junction Gang Camp wasn’t just her own—it was a crusade that ...
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| Get Glamorous With Lisa Rinna | |
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Whether it's date night with your hubby or an evening out with the girls, Lisa Rinna tells moms how to look red-carpet-ready.
Having perfectly-polished fingernails is the last thing on most working moms’ minds. But soap opera diva Lisa Rinna, who’s returning with Joey Fatone for her second year as pre-show host for the 60th Primetime Emmy awards this month, says that moms should go ahead and splurge on themselves every once in awhile.
Mother to Amelia Gray and Delilah Belle, Lisa knows all about the struggle to balance motherhood with career—throwing glamour in the mix often isn’t even a thought. ...
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| A Working Mother Turns 50 | |
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A reflection on past and a look ahead.
This working mom has something in common with Madonna and Michael Jackson.
What is it about milestone birthdays? One year shouldn’t make such a difference, yet somehow the process of turning 50 seems to require reflection, contemplation, and lots of chocolate.
Our generation was the first to attempt juggling a full time career with full time parenting. We were the pioneers, and the guinea pigs. There was no road map, no instruction manual, no guidebook for us that described ...
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| Niki Taylor | |
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With teenage twin boys and a new husband, supermodel Niki Taylor has put her painful experiences behind her and moved on to the newest phase of her career: TV host.
Many people assume that a supermodel who has spent most of her life posing for pretty pictures would have, well, a model life. But the truth is that I’ve stared into the face of death more than once. [Her sister passed away
suddenly at age 17 from a rare heart disease—arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia—and six years later, in 2001, Niki was in a near fatal car accident.] What got me through these tough times was my faith—and my twin boys, ...
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| Alisyn Camerota | |
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Three kids under the age of four! That's no problem for FOX & Friends' Alisyn Camerota...well, sort of.
On-air Alisyn always looks pulled together and perfect. But her family balancing act is admittedly not without its faults. “I don’t sleep much,” she tells us. Though no one could tell from her 6am composure.
Her day starts at 3:15am and like many of us can relate, her alarm surprises her every morning. “I drag myself into the shower and dash to work by 4am. I spend the next hour being transformed by our hair stylists and makeup artists. ...
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| Nancy Travis | |
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Nancy Travis' role as a mom on TV is spirited by being a mom to two boys in real life.
Leading the often-nomadic life of an actor might not the best career choice for a mom who wants to be a part of her kids’ life, but Nancy Travis chooses her roles wisely. “My family means more than anything to me, and it is important to me to be around while I raise my boys. I am very selective about the work I choose; not wanting to leave town and not wanting to work long hours,” she says. Her current ...
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| Jenny McCarthy | |
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When doctors told actress Jenny McCarthy there was little hope her autistic son's condition would ever improve, she set out to find ways to help him.
Many of you may know me best as the former Playboy Playmate turned comedic actress of the big and small screen (Scream 3 , John Tucker Must Die , Baywatch , Home Improvement , Dirty Love ). So it might come as a surprise to learn that one of my main priorities in life has always been to be a mom.
That dream came true in May 2002 when my son, Evan, was born. From the moment he arrived, ...
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| Holly Robinson Peete | |
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Holly Robinson Peete teams with Life Cereal for a most inspiring book.
“Being a mom, I am in constant search for inspiration,” says actress and radio personality Holly Robinson Peete, mother of four. “And I was inspired by the women in this book—there are famous moms and heroic moms…really inspiring people.” The book she speaks of is Book Of Life: Making Your Best Days Happen , a one-of-a-kind hardcover for which she wrote the forward and introduction. Book Of Life celebrates the journey of motherhood and how making life’s best days happen ...
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| Marcia Gay Harden | |
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Lessons on love and loss from the award-winning actress mom
For actress Marcia Gay Harden, the joy of having twins and being nominated for an Academy Award was tinged with sadness. How she coped with a family tragedy and got back to work. It's never easy to lose someone you're close to; it's even more devastating when it happens suddenly. On December 14, 2003, my brother lost his children, Audrey Gay and Sander, along with his former wife, when they died in a house fire in Astoria, NY. The ...
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| Erin Brockovich-Ellis | |
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To this mom of three (and inspiration for the Julia Robert's film) environmentalism is no hobby?it?s a crusade.
I grew up in Lawrence, KS, blessed with two loving parents who taught me I was worth something. They also taught me the power of being persistent and determined. My mother always said to me, "You've gotta have stick-to-it-iveness." My father taught me to respect our water, land and air. My dad used to tell me all the time that water would someday be a commodity. As a kid, I'd roll my eyes whenever he said that, but it turns ...
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| Glenn Close | |
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Here, up close with Close.
We know her best from movies like Fatal Attraction , The Natural and The Big Chill ,
but her role as mom to Annie may be her most riveting. It's informed all of her life choices.
When a woman becomes a mother, it's like she's cut in half. From that
moment on, you're constantly choosing between your child and your
career. It's not like you can just walk away from what you do, and you
also have this little being for ...
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| Claire McCaskill | |
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New Mom on the Hill
This fourth-generation Missourian and freshman U.S. senator (she's in the seat once held by Harry Truman) is driven by tough convictions and a fierce love of family. In my senior year of high school, I thought the world was over. After spending years as a cheerleader, I didn't make the squad. But my parents saw my disappointment as an opportunity to convince me that I had a chance to excel on another school team: the debate team. It was ...
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| Chandra Wilson | |
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This mom of three has plenty in common with TV alter-ego Dr. Miranda Bailey. She's forging her own path to success and motherhood--and still squeezes in time for her soaps.
The audition in March 2004 was nothing out of the ordinary. I certainly had no idea that Grey's Anatomy was going to be "my big break." In fact, I was doing Caroline, or Change off-Broadway at the time, and it was moving up to Broadway. I thought, This is the one. This play is going to be my big break. The
part of Dr. Bailey was originally written for a blond white woman, but
luckily the show's creator and executive producer, ...
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| Marlee Matlin | |
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Hear My Voice
This mom of four, who happens to be deaf, does whatever she sets her mind to—from working in Hollywood to lobbying in Congress. Every day, working mothers defy labels and push ahead despite what society tells them they can and cannot do. I feel that I've lived such a life—one marked by the determination to conquer obstacles no matter what others think possible. Life wasn't much different for me than it was for anyone else growing up in the ...
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| Dorothy Height | |
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She was steps away from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when he delivered his
"I Have a Dream" speech. Now, this grande dame of civil rights shares how our kids can change the world.
I am 94 years old, and I have had many honors in my life: mentor to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, advisor to presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Bill Clinton, chair and president emerita of the National Council of Negro Women. But none of this could have happened without my mother. When I was in high school I entered a contest that involved giving a speech on the Constitution of the United States. I won ...
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| Lisa Belkin | |
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Almost Famous
New York Times writer Lisa
Belkin talks about the pros and cons of near-fame, as an "expert" on
work/life balance—and how her kids know better.
Being a writer allows an anonymous version of fame. You rarely need to
put on makeup, because when you write, you do so alone in your
sweatpants, and when you stop writing and leave your house, only your
friends recognize you (and they're used to the fact that you usually
look like you've just woken up).
My writing ...
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| Carol Lin | |
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Yes, You Can!
CNN's weekend anchor Carol Lin was hit hard by life. Here's how she kept going and growing.
Breaking news! This just in! Two-year-old Chloe slept in her big-girl
bed all night long! This after eating a good dinner, including her
vegetables." It's not progress in the Middle East or a Supreme Court
nomination, but it's about as big as the news gets in my house.
As I write this, I see there's oatmeal smeared on the hip of my dress.
I bought ...
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| Meredith Viera | |
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Just Be Yourself!
Today 's newest anchor says she
doesn't love change, but she's ready for the challenge, thanks to her
family—and a home office of her own
The idea of working from home may seem like reading on a roller
coaster. How can a person focus and think? Yet for me, my home office
is a little bit of a haven. It's where I feel most creative—and I
always do my best work where I feel most comfortable and am surrounded
by the people and things ...
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| Arianna Huffington | |
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What a Good Life!
Did you know that blogging can be a lucrative small business? And it
can save you time on commuting and dressing for the office, says this
media-star mom.
Alhough I came to mothering late, giving birth to my older daughter,
Christina, at age 38, I was drawn to the power of blogging very early
on. In fact, I remember reading my first blog just as the new century
was beginning.
In case you're unfamiliar with the term "blog," it's short for weblog,
a ...
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| Soledad O'Brien | |
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Be Happy, Not Guilty!
Struggling to find time for yourself, in between tending your kids
and doing your job? This CNN coanchor describes her hectic but happy
scramble for balance.
I can't imagine my mother, Estela O'Brien, who was herself a working
mom, ever struggling with the guilt thing. She's the woman, I'm
certain, who coined the phrases "Because I said so" and "You and I are
not the same person, Missy." I can't remember my mom ever flinching at
anything when I was growing up. She expected ...
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