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The Brain Behind The Healthy Moms Magazine
Cascia Talbert
Founder, Editor and CEO




Cascia Talbert grew up in Wisconsin as the youngest of five children. She attended Catholic grade school and was inspired by her Catholic education and her mother's close relationship with God and Jesus. As a teenager she played her flute in the school band and wrote for the school newspaper. Music and writing became her passion.

After getting married and starting a family she wanted the best for her children and was concerned about the obesity epidemic in the US. In 2007 she decided she needed to do her part and make a difference by creating an interactive blog and website that teaches moms how to eat right, exercise, provide healthy food choices for their children and be more aware of the health crisis in America.

Cascia Talbert is a busy blogger, publisher, freelance writer, online merchant and mother of five children, living in The Pacific Northwest. With a B.A. in history and law and a passion for writing and staying healthy, she started The Healthy Moms Magazine in 2007. The Healthy Moms Magazine is currently ranked the top health blog for moms and features several health expert writers and mom bloggers. Ms. Talbert believes that if mothers are well educated on health issues and how to stay healthy, they can pass that information down to their children and reverse the childhood obesity statistics in the U.S.

Ms. Talbert is a featured health blogger at Wellsphere.com and her articles can also be found on ezinearticles.com. She also runs the Healthy Moms Social Network on Ning, manages Mom's Natural Health and Wellness Shop, and is on the Social Media Advisory Board for America's Wellness Challenge.



Jennifer Nordin is the owner of At Peace Therapeutic Massage, a wellness studio for women. Jennifer has over 9 years of experience in the natural healing arts as a massage practitioner and an aromatherapy consultant with Young Living Essential Oils. Natural medicine is her passion and she shares practical knowledge for using therapeutic essential oils through private consultations, workshops, and her blog, Oils For Wellness. Jennifer lives in Hudson, Wisconsin with her husband and young son. She also Blogs at Oils for Wellness

Jenn Mitchell . is a proud mom of two wonderful children, ages 6 and 4. She has become a fitness guru of sorts through her personal experiences with weight loss. During her pregnancies, she gained 60 pounds and then 40 pounds. She also battled with post-partum depression and anxiety. Proper exercise and nutrition truly changed her life. Jenn is proud to say that she is now in the best shape of her life. Thrilled by her results, she decided to become a personal fitness coach to help others make their fitness dreams become reality. She has helped hundreds of clients from around the country through online, phone and in-person coaching. Jenn's true passion is helping other moms learn how to make fitness fun and fit into their busy lifestyles. Visit her website Personal Fit Coach to sign up for Jenn's free coaching, or just to read her latest health and fitness articles.
You can also find her blogging at Personal Fit Coach.com.

Dr. Carolyn Goh, is a medically qualified Bowen practitioner. In addition to a Medical Degree, Carolyn also holds a Bachelors in Engineering and Business, a Masters in Bioengineering as well as a PhD in Bioengineering.

Whilst completing her PhD at Imperial College London in the Analysis of Infant's Heart Rate Signals and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, her passion for healing led to her embarking on a medical degree. On this journey, she discovered the Bowen Technique and was struck by the healing potential of this therapy.

Dr. Goh is passionate about Bowen therapy and is an experienced Bowen practitioner having used Bowen on patients in GP practices as well as in hospitals. She currently runs a private practice from Violet Hill Studios in St. Johns Wood, London. She is also author of the book Bowen For Pregnancy and Labour-A Self Help Guide To Relieving Your Aches and Pains In Pregnancy and Labour.


Visit http://www.bowenforhealth.com
http://www.bowenforpregnancyandlabour.com for more information.


Jacqueline Gradish is a busy fitness trainer specializing in pre/post rehab fitness. She graduated from the University of Guelph with a B.Sc.(HK). Jacqueline is a Certified Personal Trainer with 10 years experience, certified Pre/Post Natal Specialist and certified Medical Exercise Specialist. During her first pregnancy she started working on a fitness program and had a great pregnancy. At the delivery there were complications that left her with injuries such as torn psoas and adductor muscles,drop foot syndrome and severe weakness in her right leg. She was diligent with her rehabilitation work and returned to work 2 months after her first baby was born, slightly limping still, but manageable. She is now a proud, fit and strong mother of 2 young children. You can also find Jacqueline blogging at Baby Bump Fitness.

Susan Leigh is a long established Counsellor and Hypnotherapist, with over twenty years experience. She is a member of several professional organisations and is committed to a programme of Continuous Professional Development.

She started the practice in 1988 with her husband Frederick, and after being widowed at the age of 39, took over the practice full time.
Prior to working as a Counsellor, Susan worked for many years with a blue chip company and has experienced the stresses of balancing a corporate and personal life. Now she balances writing regularly for many organisations, is a regular contributor to BBC radio and has a thriving Counselling and Hypnotherapy practice. She works with individuals, helping them cope better with the pressures of daily life, works with couples to provide relationship counselling and improve communications, and in business to provide support to staff members and teams. She has had a lot of success working with clients with unexplained infertility in women and also with managing pain in childbirth. Many of her clients have successfully gone on to become pregnant and have a positive experience of giving birth. For more information see www.lifestyletherapy.net


Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. is a Pediatrician, Child Obesity Expert, and Author of Red Light, Green Light, Eat Right (Rodale, 2009). Dr. Dolgoff’s child and adolescent weight loss program (http://www.DrDolgoff.com) has been featured on WABC News, WNBC News, Fox 5 Morning Show, My9 News, and WPIX News. She has also filmed pieces with The Today Show and Extra, is an official blogger for the Huffington Post, and is the official doctor for Camp Shane, the nation’s largest weight loss camp. Children from 45 different states are losing weight with Dr. Dolgoff’s online weight loss program (http://www.DrDolgoff.com).
Dr. Dolgoff attended Princeton University and the NYU School of Medicine and completed her Pediatric Residency at the Columbia Presbyterian Children’s Hospital of New York. She is a Board-Certified Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a former certified fitness instructor. Dr. Dolgoff resides in Roslyn, NY with her husband and two children, ages 4 and 7.

Amy Edmiston is frugal mom of a feisty 3 year old who keeps her on her toes. She currently lives in Nashville, TN. Growing up knowing the value of a dollar, she's blossomed into a coupon queen that has fun saving money. She launched her blog Saving with Amy to share her passion of saving money with other moms through coupons, fabulous deals and steals, freebies and more. Amy is a fitness advocate who believes exercise is key to a healthy life. She is also strong in her faith and volunteers at her church with the preschool children. You'll often find her in the grocery store gabbing about what's on sale and how to get it free. Being frugal has always been a way of life for Amy and she hopes to help others learn to stretch every dollar they have.


Sarah Valente is a laid-back, thirty-something mom with an over-achieving uterus. Her two sets of twins and one singleton keep her and her former USMC hubby busy, but not busy enough to keep them from [possibly] wanting more. Sarah homeschools her four kindergarten and preschool aged children while bouncing the baby on her knee. She spends most of her day in the kitchen; and, in what little spare time she can muster, she blogs about her life. Although she now throws around words like "chiffonade" and "béchamel," her ever increasing knowledge of cooking was seeded in her first year of motherhood when she spent most of her time nursing her twins, watching The Food Network, and playing personal chef to friends and family. Having never attended a formal cooking school, she caters her recipes to real world moms seeking health and creativity on a budget. Kingdom Twindom chronicles their daily lives, their redeemed family, their homeschooling journey, and, quite often, their food!


Lynn Stone is a thirty-something Christian wife and a mommy seeking simplicity and natural living while juggling daily family life.

She started smilinggreenmom.com as a gathering place for moms, women and anyone interested in simplifying, helping their family to live a pure and healthy life without chemicals and additives. She also shares information (tried and true) on how to create a healthy home. As a mom, Lynn knows how crazy and busy life can feel sometimes, so she enjoys sharing easy ideas that will help you simplify your life, while living green.

Jodi McKenna (aka Granola Mom) is a born-again granola hippie mom of three boys (and a little girl in October 2010), with the help of her high school sweetheart. After living a brief stint in both Colorado and India, they returned to the Midwest and were blessed with three miracle boys, a surprise and growing baby girl, and one furry lion hunter (a Rhodesian Ridgeback). A retired Kindergarten teacher, she now homeschools. In her spare time, Jodi likes to learn about God, date her husband, read, square foot garden, make baby slings for others, teach about holistic living, and blog. You can find her blogging about life, faith, products, books, and cooking over at http://www.granolamom4god.com.

Jennifer Self is a disciple of Jesus Christ who loves following His plan for her life as a wife to the most wonderful man in the world and mama to four little blessings. Her days are filled with spending time with her man, homeschooling, preparing reasonably healthy meals and keeping the dust bunnies and the clutter monster at bay with a little blogging mixed in. After her family has been taken care of, she dabbles in her other passions of reading, health and music. She blogs about her life, her Heavenly Father, marriage, parenting and home at www.joyeverafter.blogspot.com and real food for real families from the perspective of real faith at www.growingreal.net.


Marguerite Wright is the owner of a natural health and wellness business that she promotes to her community in the Chicago area and online with her award winning blog and website that offers top quality herbal supplements, essential oils and beauty products. She loves sharing knowledge in natural alternatives in health to reverse diseases and disorders. She writes health articles on various online sites. She is also about to graduate from school for Clinical Massage Therapy so she can become a licensed Massage Therapy and add the gift of touch to her clients. Marguerite is also a wife, mom and grandmom. Visit her site at: www.motherknowsbest.net

Katie Mullen is the busy Mom to two toddlers, ages 3 and 1. She works full-time doing sales to support her husband through medical school and beyond. Katie’s husband is a surgeon in training, which means he is often gone and works grueling hours, leaving Katie to be a single Mom for much of the week. Despite this, Katie is a big believer in always looking for the positive in life and writes about how she does this in her blog, Mommy with Selective Memory Katie is a former athlete and is still active in running and training. Her husband is an orthopedic surgery resident and has a special interest in triathalons and is even doing clinical research on barefoot running. The happy but very busy family resides in the Mid-west where they enjoy being outdoors.



Lisa Leslie-Williams, Pharm D is a wife and the devoted mother of one active toddler. She quickly realized after the birth of her daughter that she was not only destined to be a mom but that her true passion lies in empowering women to live life at home with finesse and style. In addition to being a licensed healthcare professional, Lisa has spent the last 10 years living and fine tuning her “domestic life style lessons” about budgeting, beauty, family health, entertaining and all things in the kitchen. She shares these lessons and other home management tips throughout her community, writing articles and on her blog:

http://thedomesticlifestylist.blogspot.com

To read more articles written by Lisa go to: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Lisa_Leslie-Williams

Lisa is also the author of the ebook “21 Smart Ways to Save Money Now”.

“Empowering women to live life at home with finesse and style”.

Renee Abramovitz is a a former preschool and kindergarten teacher who retired in 2008 to become a "full-time grandma" to her four beautiful grandsons. She is passionate about the idea that all parents are their child's first and most important teacher and strives to give parents the tools and confidence they need to successfully work with their children at home. Renee shares tips for working with young children at www.schoolsparks.com where she offers a free kindergarten readiness test parents can take to assess their child's readiness to start school plus hundreds upon hundreds of free kindergarten worksheets for parents to use at home with their children.


Nichi Hirsch Kuechle supports moms during pregnancy, birth, postpartum and beyond as a Parent Coach, Craniosacral Therapist and Birth/Postpartum Doula in Minneapolis. She publishes a weekly e-zine called Natural Family, which offers tips, ideas and resources for growing healthy babies. She also teaches a variety of live and virtual workshops. You can get Nichi's New Parent Tool Kit, for free, by going to: http://www.MyHealthyBeginning.com.


Penelope Guzman is a freelance writer and pharmacist who strongly believes in living a healthy lifestyle. As a mom and wife, she also takes care of her family's health by eating well and being active together. Penelope is the owner and editor of Penelope's Oasis, a site dedicated to helping women living great lives by building happy marriages, strong families, living a healthy lifestyle, and more. She enjoys traveling, reading, cooking and hosting home parties.




Melissa Davis is chief in editor at http://facetwister.com, young but fearsome lady with painfully good sense of fashion and fashion streams. Melissa previously worked for number of print magazines as leading stylist and fashion adviser. Her idea is to introduce her audience to the latest fashion trends and to offer advice that will help every woman to fell as beautiful and glamorous as she possibly can.Also loves to write about beauty and health topics.