You may recognize Brooke Burke from on the tv show Dancing With The Stars. A mom of four, she is also a co-CEO and a popular blogger at the interactive online community ModernMom.com. She's also a “Mommy Correspondent” on the nationally syndicated daytime talk show The Doctors and a go-to celebrity mom expert on Twitter, where she has more than 1.8 million followers!
I really started to look at Mrs. Burke as a blogger just like one of us and not just a celebrity when she recounted the story of ModernMom.com co founder Lisa and her daughter Chloe losing her beloved toy. We all know what happens when the favorite toy goes missing - toddler hysteria! Just like you and me, she took the blog for helping in finding a replacement. Two readers saved the day and mailed a replacement toy that they just happened to have. Chloe was ecstatic, and you know what? It's a wonderful reminder that the blogging world ROCKS.
In The Naked Mom, Brooke shares with us personal stories - the beginning is about her time on Dancing With The Stars - as well as reminders that Moms are more than just Moms. She explores three major personas that characterize moms everywhere: "The Woman" - where we should take time to focus on ourselves, "The Mother" - where we should empower ourselves and instead strive to be self-aware, and "The Lover" - where we need to remember that sexuality and motherhood are not mutually exclusive. Moms need to learn how to set the mood, play out a fantasy, and reconnect with their mate.
She also reminds us that there is no simple step-by-step path to the Perfect Body, the Perfect Relationship, or the Perfect Career. Life is filled with chaos, and we can either embrace that chaos, or go live alone on a very tall mountain in our sweats. (Well... LOL)
For me personally, I've already learned to embrace the chaos that comes with having a family and houseful of pets. What I'm completely guilty of is not taking enough time for myself. If I put myself first more, I probably wouldn't be dealing with health problems and would not have had to spend those days in the hospital. (Hindsight is always 20/20... sigh!)
A lot of celebrity books can make you roll your eyes and say of course it's easy! Such and such has a personal trainer, a nanny, and a housekeeper! I don't! but I really didn't get that feeling from Brooke Burke. When I say she felt like a blogger like many of us, she really did. Sure, her life is a little different from mine (and yours), but look at the blogging world - no two of us are alike. We live in different places, with different amounts of family members, different jobs, different lifestyles - but when it comes down to it, we're all moms. If you're looking for an interesting read right now that doesn't just scream self-help (even though it is, when it comes down to it), then you'll want to read this book.
The Naked Mom: A Modern Mom's Fearless Revelations, Savvy Advice, and Soulful Reflections by Brooke Burke is a paperback book published by New American Library. It is 320 pages long. The suggested cover price is $15.00, but Amazon has it available for $10.98 as of this posting. It is also available as a hardcover and an e-book for the Kindle and other e-readers.
I received a copy of this book in order to read it and share my thoughts on it. All opinions are my own, and not that of the author(s) or publisher.
1 comment:
Sounds like this one is a winner! I agree with you that too often, the self help books do not apply to our lifestyle but this one is worth checking out. Thanks for sharing,
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