We had an amazing show last week when Kim Walls from Episencial talked to us about personal care products and how we can make sure to keep toxins out of our personal care routine! If you missed the show or want to watch it again, you can find the YouTube video and more information about Kim and Episencials on our Toxins in Personal Care post. When we had Cara Bondi from Seventh Generation on the show or our Household Cleaner Detoxification class, she talked about how indoor air quality is so much worse than outdoor air, and this week we are going to further explore that topic. At Mamavation, we have a serious love going on for Naturepedic – they’re one of the sponsors for our Mamavation Bootcamp, but even more than that they are an amazing company in Ohio that makes organic, chemical-free mattress for the whole family and because of their expertise, we were delighted when they suggested an expert for our Indoor Air Quality theme! This week we will be joined by Dr. Arthur Lavin, a nationally renowned pediatrician and neuroscience expert.
Special Guest: Dr. Arthur Lavin, MD, FAAP from Advanced Pediatrics
Dr. Lavin is a married father of 3 who is also a private practice pediatrician in Beachwood, Ohio and an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Case Medical School in Cleveland, Ohio. He is definitely someone that we want to be teaching the next generation of pediatricians – he both trained and taught at Harvard and MIT and is board-certified in the sub-speciality of newborn medicine. He has served on 3 national committees for the American Academy of Pediatrics, is the State Director of Doctors of America for Ohio, was the first professional in the US to introduce work completed in Sweden’s Karolinska Brain Institute, has been recognized as one of the nation’s top neuroscience experts by SharpBrain, and has been a speaker at both a national and international conference on Autism. But wait, there’s more! Dr. Lavin is also a board member of the St. Luke’s Foundation that disburses around $10 million per year to health related initiatives local to the urban Cleveland community, accepted an invitation from the US government to participate in an overseas health partner mission, and was also a medical officer on a surgical team repairing cleft palates and lips in Columbia, South America. He’s not only an expert – he’s written to book! Dr. Lavin is the leading author of “Baby and Toddler Sleep Solutions for Dummies” and the co-author of “Who’s the Boss: Moving Families from Conflict to Collaboration”. Talk about amazing!
We are delighted and honored to have Dr. Lavin as a guest on Mamavation TV, and we invite you to join us on Monday, August 12, 2013 at 7pm PST/10pm EST to watch the LIVE Mamavation TV show in the YouTube box above where Dr. Lavin will teach us about detoxifying our indoor air and how improved indoor air quality can help our health and the health of our children. If you miss the show, you can watch the YouTube recording above after the broadcast. As part of our healthy detox and weight loss bootcamp, Dr. Lavin is also our expert in a private coaching call for our three Mamavation Moms. Watch for their posts this week as they share what they learned and their reactions to the information they’re learning from our experts! You can also connect and interact with Dr. Lavin and Advanced Pediatrics on the American Pediatrics Twitter account, Dr. Lavin on Google+, and the Advanced Pediatrics page on Facebook.
SISTAHOOD:
New Members
We would love to invite you to join the Mamavation Sistahood! Because we’re an online sorority, we call it pledging when you sign up to join our community. If you are interested in pledging to the Mamavation Sistahood, please go here for instructions.
Mamavation Blogging Carnival
Each week, we hold a blogging carnival on our Mamavation forum where we invite our community members to add links to their health related posts that they’d like to have others read. The carnival goes from Tuesday night to the following Monday, and participating also enters you to win the prize that is given away on the Mamavation TV show on Monday night. If you add your post to the carnival, we do ask that you visit at least 5 other posts within the week, but the more you visit, the more chances you have to win the giveaway! Here’s the link for this week’s blogging carnival.
Mamavation Sistahood LOVE Blogging Carnival
Each week, we also host a love blogging carnival for our Sistahood members on our Mamavation Facebook group. Sistas can add up to 2 of their own posts per week to the link up, but we ask that they visit at least 5 additional posts for each post they add to the carnival. This carnival also starts on Tuesday and is pinned to the top of the Facebook group. When you sign up to join the Mamavation Sistahood, you will be added to the Mamavation Facebook group. Not added yet? You can request to join the Facebook group here.
#GMODairy Conventional vs. Organic Dairy Twitter Party
Please join us on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 from 9:00-10:30pm EST/6:00-7:30pm PST for our #GMODairy Twitter party in which we’ll be discussing the differences between conventional and organic dairy. For more information, check out our post about the party and register to win the giveaways!
Mamavation TV Giveaway
This week on Mamavation TV, we will be giving away 4 CritterZone Air Naturalizers to help you at home improve your indoor air quality. Here’s what the company says about the product:
The CritterZone Air Naturalizer is a powerful, compact unit that re-energizes indoor air, giving it the power to clean itself. It’s mimicking what the sun does for outdoor air. It’s a safe and effective way for families to tackle indoor smells from pets, cooking and dirty laundry without the use of harsh chemical sprays or air “fresheners.” It’s also great at removing allergens that trigger coughing and sneezing.
Sounds like a great giveaway for our Detoxifying Indoor Air theme, right? 4 lucky winners will be announced LIVE Mamavation TV (you can also watch the YouTube recording here after the broadcast to see if you’ve won!). And the great news is that the giveaway is super easy to enter using the Rafflecopter form below. You can find out more about CritterZone products on the CritterZone Twitter account, CritterZone Facebook page, CritterZone Pinterest boards, and CritterZone YouTube channel.
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