Are You A ‘Brand’ New Mommy? Take the Test
Happy Friday!! It’s always important to remember what motivated the fire and measure how ya doing? Who Is The ‘Brand’ New MommyTM She is every hue of the rainbow and represents the quintessential woman, age ranging from 30-50, and learning each day to find balance as she ‘re-define’ mommy-hood on her terms and ‘re-new’ her [...]
This Is What Family Looks Like! The Good, Empowering & Historical
This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending the BET Honors 2012 celebrating: Maya Angelou, Coach Beverly Kearney, Spike Lee, Tuskegee Airmen, Mariah Carey and Stevie Wonder. The event was absolutely amazing and felt like family. BET Honors 2012 was empowering, celebratory, inspiring and loving. The room was packed with power and grace, from [...]
Tips to Celebrating your BEST Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa
Recently, I had the pleasure to appear on WPIX11 morning show in New York to talk about all things Interfaith and Santa. Celebrate and embrace is always the best way to teach and empower our kids. Click link to see interview – http://www.wpix.com/news/morningnews/wpix-mom-word-holiday-traditions,0,4268475.story Let me know how you will spend your holiday celebration?
Carol’s Daughter Product Review: Mommy Tested, Family Approved
I love free stuff to sample like the next person, however, not all freebies are worth talking about — feel me? Recently, I received some goodies from Carol’s Daughter and like a big kid I put it to the skin test immediately; glad to report to TBNM readers Carol’s Daughter is still rocking with classic [...]
Kids Back To School, It’s Time for Mommy-time: 5 Mom Friendly Ways to De-Stress:
Thank you so much for responding on Twitter and Facebook on how you plan to take back or jumpstart your ‘brand’ once school is in session. For many it was as simple as watching a movie alone and eating a cinnabon (without having to share), scheduling a much needed spa day, getting back to a [...]
Grandma’s Branding Tips
As I reflect on my relationship with my Grandmother, I realized she taught me a lot about branding. Branding is simply a consistent feeling, image, and experience desired from a product conveyed to the general public. Basically, you – the person/entrepreneur – are the brand. The minute someone interfaces with you, they are deciding if [...]
For Colored Girls – BNM Movie Review By Cynthia Levy Mendoza
Tyler Perry’s adaptation of For Colored Girls made $20 million (that’s how much it cost to make, all profit from here) and held the respective #3 position at the box-office. Continue to support our Colored Girls. Running Away from US, My Interpretation of Tyler Perry’s For Colored Girls The question “What does it mean to [...]
I Love Me Some Kindred the Family Soul …
BNM, Nothing like a family that truly tells it like it is. Check out Season 2, Episode 1 of “Six Is It,” the refreshing and ground breaking show from the first family of soulful music — Kindred The Family Soul. Take 10 minutes and watch them on their family trip, Aja giving birth, and Fatin [...]













