Saturday, April 14, 2007

Featured Mom- Mathes Jones


Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.
You really have to love yourself to
get anything done in this world.
~Lucille Ball


For anyone that still hasn't heard our interview with Mathes Jones, give yourself a HUGE gift and listen to it here:

http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WkmrbCgQ

Mathes Jones, author of The No Struggle Plan for Weight Loss and Everything Else, is an authority on the “inner body game.” After suffering an eating disorder twice in her life, she realized she needed to consciously heal the problem permanently. Not only did she do that “effortlessly and easily,” but along the way discovered that the subject of body, weight and food was simply a metaphor for any of the issues we humans seem to struggle with. Her claim to fame is that, as a fit, healthy 50-ish woman, she’s still getting hit on by younger men to the amusement, and, at times, bemusement, of her four daughters.

Learning how to let go of struggle has given her the ability to ask more interesting questions of herself and her life. Her current favorite is, “How good can I stand it?” Get Mathes' book @


http://www.nostruggleplan.com


And don't forget to listen to the interview! It's free and it's right here:


http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WkmrbCgQ


Anyway, I just had the pleasure of spending a few days with Mathes in beautiful San Clemente, California (where she lives). I had gone to Cali for a wedding with my family, and we decided to go pay Mathes a visit and check out her town. What a treat! The town is absolutely gorgeous (and very family-oriented!) and Mathes is just such an inspiration. She was an incredible tour guide, and her groundedness and wisdom just poured off of her and rubbed off on all of us. Livvie, my daughter, just fell in love w/ her and my husband learned a lot from her as well.

Mathes' book and the interview I was so privileged to do with her have literally changed my life. I have learned (and am continuing to learn) how to honor my body and love myself on a deeper level than I have ever experienced. I've given up my "no pain, no gain" philosophy and replaced it with self-love. Really good stuff. Please give this gift to yourself! Again, you can listen to the interview (free!) here:

http://www.audioacrobat.com/play/WkmrbCgQ

Or go to her website to get the book @

http://www.nostruggleplan.com


Also, don't forget you can check Mathes out on our Featured Mom page @

http://www.momsempoweringmoms.org/FeaturedMom.html

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Enjoy! And please feel free to pass this along to anyone else who may benefit from listening to the interview w/ Mathes or reading our newsletter.

Expect miracles!

Amy