Not all women are natural-born mothers some are deeply imperfect and that’s OK. I love people like Janelle Hachett who have the courage to speak to imperfection. Janelle started a very popular blog called “Renegade Mothering” in 2011 because she needed to know if the rest of the mothering world was crazy or she was. Pregnant at twenty-one by a man she’d known for only three months, she felt trapped and unfulfilled trying to be a “good” mom and turned to alcohol and drugs for relief and meaning. For ten years, she grappled with addiction, rehab, rock bottom, therapy and finally, sobriety, in a way she never expected. Sober and still married to that man she’d only known for three months, Janelle is now the mother of four and just happy to be here. Her book, “I’M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE: A Memoir of Renegade Mothering” is Janelles unapologetic, raw, darkly funny, and inspiring memoir, chronicling her never-before-told journey from young motherhood to abysmal addiction and, eventually, a recovery she never imagined possible. I welcome her with open arms today on the show at 10:20am eastern.
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You Know How I Always Got A Guy? (lol Or A Girl?) Today you’ll meet ‘A Dancing With The Stars Star’ in honor of the hit TV show season kick off last night. Christian Perry has been on DWTS since the very first season as well as the traveling tour. He is a film and television dancer and choreographer and a master ballroom dance coach who now enjoys teaching as a hobby in the Greenwich, CT area. He’s dancing over to the studio this morning at 10:40am eastern to share his ballroom breakdown of not only the athletes on this seasons’ show, but the inside scoop on the pros as well! In the photo here Christian is dancing with his professional partner the lovely and talented Annette Perry. (Who his wife might be a little jealous about if she wasn’t already his wife which she is!)
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