amotherworld is an online lifestyle and parenting magazine for moms, Supermoms and everyone in between. It’s another world when you’re a mom – but you’re still a woman!
Our goal is to reach out to all moms and remind them not to lose who they are after having kids. We share fun, interesting and practical information on parenting and lifestyle. Our articles cover the latest in health, home, relationships, entertainment, style, books, food and recipes. We also offer interactive articles, vlogs, our Hottest Moms contest and amazing giveaways.
Maria is a Broadcast Journalism graduate and has written for several websites and print publications. She is also a proud mum of two rambunctious boys ~ please send coffee and cocktails.
She founded amotherworld in 2007.
Contributors to amotherworld are fabulous women, mothers and talented writers and bloggers, including:
Ask Dr. G: Dr. Deborah Gilboa is a Board Certified family physician, mother of four, and a professional parenting writer and speaker (for parents, community & business). Her signature individualized workshop, “How to Get the Behavior You Want, Without Being the Parent You Hate” captivates parents through her humorous straight talk, which lifts the guilt out of parenting. Her mission is to help parents raise children they can respect and admire. Visit her website.
Parenting Expert: Sara Dimerman is registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario and provides counselling to individuals, couples and families. She is the author of two parenting books, ‘Am I A Normal Parent?’ and ‘Character Is the Key’ and is one of North America’s leading parenting experts. Listen to advice from Sara and her colleagues by searching “helpmesara” on iTunes. Find out more at Helpmesara.com.
Humour and Cocktails: Dee Brun aka CocktailDeeva is the author of the stirring book Libations of Life, A Girls Guide to Life One Cocktail at a Time. She has combined imaginative cocktails with witty accounts of dating, carousing, dieting and simply put, the ups and downs of Life.
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Relationships: Carin Goldstein, MFT is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Los Angeles and the creator/host of the popular video blog, BeTheSmartWife. Visit her blog to watch Carin give free video tips on how to improve your marriage and sign up for her monthly E-zine. You can also connect with Carin on Facebook at or on Twitter.
Food: Amanda Goetz is a WAHM to 3 kids under the age of 5. Her love of cooking was fostered when she was a preschooler helping her grandma in the kitchen. After a year long stint as a sous chef, she left the industry to continue cooking as a hobby before the stress and politics of a professional kitchen killed her love of cooking. Now she creates delicious dinners and delectable desserts for her family and friends and blogs about it at The Best Mom on the Block.
Motherhood: Christine LaRocque is a full-time communications professional, wife, and mother to two under 5. While trying to manage a hectic lifestyle filled with long commutes and two unruly boys, she discovered that sometimes when you are trying to do everything, you are really doing nothing at all. She writes about managing life as a full-time working mother at Coffees & Commutes.
Finding Your Bliss: Christy Laverty is a broadcast journalist and news editor for 680 news All News Radio. She’s also a freelance writer. When she isn’t writing for the news or magazines, Christy is dreaming of penning the next great novel, or hanging with her family… two busy little girls and talented artist of a husband. Read Christy’s blog or find her on Twitter.
Film/Television: Shannon Lintott works in event planning and theatre production. She likes spending her free time exploring the internet, taking photographs, reading or discovering new music. The majority of her time away from work is spent watching movies and reviewing them on her movie review blog I Like (good) Movies. Follow Shannon on Twitter.
Books: Maria Stanley is a book obsessed, stay at home mom of two little book lovers. Nothing makes her happier than hanging out in a bookstore, to discover the next addition to her ever expanding must- read list. You can find her at her personal blog, BORED Mommy and on Twitter.
Teen Talk: Dawn Lyons is a mother to three boys and a professional freelance writer. She is passionate about empowering teens to create their own success and also helps adults who influence youth development to have a greater understanding of teen culture. Follow her on Twitter and visit her at www.linesbylyons.com.
A Different Perspective: Lianne Bergeron is an author and entrepreneur who lives and works near Amsterdam with her Dutch husband and four kids. She’ll share her life abroad without family support, kids that speak Denglish and traditions that aren’t hers. Life with four kids and 10 bikes and her on-going quest to balance it all on her bicycle built for six.
Life After Divorce: Stacey Farrant is the single mother of three teenagers, a career woman by day and a self-proclaimed DIVA whenever fighting grime, cooking dinner and running the car pool allows…. all while wearing a 6″ pair of stilettos. Follow her on Twitter.
Health/Body Image: Marci Warhaft-Nadler is the mother of two very active tween boys and has spent the last few years bringing her Fit vs Fiction workshop to schools in an effort to change the way kids treat and feel about themselves.
Fitness: Samantha Montpetit-Huynh is the mother of two beautiful girls and the founder of Core Expectations, Toronto’s only full services wellness team that delivers personal training, abdominal rehabilitation and other support services to the homes and offices of pregnant women and new moms across the greater Toronto area.
Living Well: Lucy Miller Robinson is a mother, stepmother, writer, and health entrepreneur. She founded Herbal Philosophy Teas upon the belief that Mother Nature is mankind’s greatest chemist. Lucy is currently writing her second novel and editing her first novel. She blogs about living for your highest self (or at least trying to) at Lucille in the Sky, and about herbal medicine at the Herbal Philosophy site. Follow her on Twitter and please introduce yourself. She likes making new friends.
Reviews: Sharlene Henry is a busy mum of four kids: 11, 10, 3 and 9 months.
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Green Thumb Mama: Monika Meulman is a certified aromatherapist and healer and has worked in complementary health for over 15 years. At Healing Muse, she does aromatherapy massage, foot treatments, body readings, intuitive healing treatments and reiki sessions. Monika is also the president of The Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists (cfacanada.com) and Founder of the Lakeshore Environmental Gardening Society. Follow her on Twitter.
My Two Cents: Alex Durrell digs her humour like she likes her wine…dry. With a bite. She knows the lyrics to pretty much every song ever written, has a weakness for plaid and for all her complaining, she always finds the silver lining. Her two kids and one husband (for now…she’s evaluating the benefits of Brother Husbands) are the things that make her happiest and most frustrated in life, and there’s not a thing she’d change about that. Despite the name, she blogs here and here but is usually found in her pajamas on Twitter.
a note from the editor
I always thought that some moms always looked like they had it together, like they were a complete natural at being a mom. Until after opening up to me, I realized that they were struggling to cope with all the challenges of motherhood, just like I was. Yet in the beginning, we were too afraid to talk about it.
When amotherworld was born, the goal was to reach out to other moms by sharing some of my own experiences and stories, whether serious or humorous, to help make other moms feel like they are not alone. When I discovered how many moms from all over the world were reading us, I was excited and curious. What would a woman from Malaysia or France, Spain or the Philippines have in common with me? Maybe not much in terms of language or lifestyle, but we share one commonality – we are mothers.
This online magazine was created for the global community of motherhood. For women who share the love for their children but who in the process of raising them, maintain their true self. For all mothers who attempt to reach a happy balance between family and career, time for their children and time for themselves. I hope women of many countries will see, through this site, that they share the same hopes and challenges not only as the mom living next door, but also a woman half-way around the world.
