A Supermom reader and friend with whom I stayed while on my book tour in Portola Valley California (soooo beautiful there) emailed me this:

“I wasn’t kidding how nuts I am w/ driving…I now have to make MY MOM take a cab from airport b/c of kids schedules.. I have NEVER had to make her take cab….hard w/ out usual help from sitter….”

To which I responded:

“Oh Girl I totalllly get it bc  I am living the dream too ha. I spend a lot of time as a taxi service to my five kids –nd no one gives a shout out to moms for doing this, do they? I’m going to write a blog about it and give you a shout out.”

So here I am with a big SHOUT OUT to all those Supermoms and Superdads out there who feel at times like a taxi service. You’re not alone, and what you do matters.

And remember to practice Deliberate Creation while you’re shuttling. Ignore what you don’t like/want (traffic, red lights, and teenagers coppin’ a ‘tude) and focus on what you DO like/want (priceless conversations with your kids, gratitude that you HAVE a car and therefore the freedom to get around, and the fact that your child is a developmentally appropriate teen and doing his or her job as such–talk to someone whose child has had a concussion or fallen out of a second story window or lost oxygen at birth to tune into this gratitude).

Have the best day ever!

Namaste!

Taylor plus 5

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A student at Prana Power Yoga (Pranapoweryoga.com) is an elementary grade school teacher. She teaches 3rd grade. She started a yoga program with the kids where she simply does one Sun Salutation A and one minute of mediation with her students every day. She chooses a time when they “need” it and she’s taught them so well that she just calls it out and they break into an A. Just the visual of this makes me smile.

She’s been doing research and guess what?  Just doing this small thing, which takes all of about a minute, makes a difference. There’s been a demonstrable difference in her students’ focus, attitude, and sense of well being and calm.

One minute!

Do you have one minute today to invest in your children?  In yourself?

Have the best day ever!

Namaste!

Taylor plus 5

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While recovering from shingles I’ve been layin’ low and going through the last 10 years of my (tens of thousands of) iPhotos and categorizing them for our family and for my writing. Been meaning to do this for, uh, about a decade, and it’s super fun and feels GOOOOOD.

I found this hysterical series of photos of Phoenix as a toddler noticing then picking up then knawing on a huge piece of raw broccoli. It was about as big as his head. It made me laugh out loud so I sent it to a few friends and family with the subject line, “ONLY a raw vegan toddler would do THIS.”  (We were raw vegan at the time. We are no longer a label).

My BFF wrote back the wisest email in which she described an amazing Super-mom moment she had about feeding her brood vegetables, and I just can’t say it any better than she:

“The veggie thing has been SUCH a life lesson for me. I made sure the boys always had veggies at every meal, once they could eat. Jake was awesome about it from the start, so I thought, who’s a better Mom than me?

Fast forward to Steve and Peter–literally gagging for months, maybe even a year, when fed broccoli.

Then, their cousin Tom moved back here from France. They idolize him. He’s 10. His Favorite Foods are broccoli and asparagus. I’m not kidding when I say, my boys – all 3 – now CHEER when I feed them broccoli. So it’s both more simple, and more complex, than we make it out to be.

They inhale veggies now, and it has nothing to do with my parenting!  Both scary, and a bit of a relief, at the same time.”

Have the best day ever!

Namaste!

Taylor plus 5

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I believe in Karma.

I believe in love.

I believe in the light.

I believe in the Law if Attraction.

I believe in Deliberate Creation.

I believe in yoga.

I believe in the power of dreams.

I believe in beginning again.

I believe in transformation.

So many examples of all.  All day every day.  Here’s one.

When Sagey, now 9, was 1 we flew to Florida. Philippe sat in a seat rows away from Sagey and Madison (age 7) and slept.  I was pissed. Yeah, he was tired, but so was I. And I had nursed all night. Grrrrrrrr.

But I walk my talk Sisters and Brothers, so I turned the other cheek and focused on something I loved about my husband. There are so many!  And I let it go.

Last June we flew to Europe with our five kids, ages 2, 2, 5, 8 and 14. They messed up our reservation and so our seats were scattered. Two together, four together, and one alone. Philippe smiled with a twinkle in his eye and said, “Madison and Sagey (7 and 14) can sit together, I’ll take the boys (2, 2 and 5) and you sleep.

Yeah, I believe in Karma, love, light, the Law Of Attraction, Deliberate Creation, yoga, the power of dreams,  beginning again and transformation.

Have the best day ever!

Namaste!

Taylor plus 5

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Day in and day out as a Super-parent or caretaker, you may wonder, “Do my kids appreciate me?  Do they care?  Will they even remember my patience and dedication and love?  Does what I do matter?”

The answer is a resounding YES.

So hang in there Super-parents and caretakers.  What you do matters.  More than I could ever describe in mere words.

I’m rootin’ for ya!

Have the best day ever!

Namaste!

Taylor plus 5

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Funniest Quotes so far from The 5 Wells Kids:

June 27, 2011:  Sagey says to Papa (after Supermom comes back from a bachelorette party in the Catskills at the New Age Health Spa), “I know why you’re happy that Mommy is back.”  “Why?”  “So you don’t have to do art projects with us anymore.”

June 18, 2011:  Sage, squealing:  “My mom is the coolest mom ever!  She is making pancakes for dinner!”

June 8, 2011:  It’s a 90-degree day in June.  Phoenix steps outside and says,  “The sun is too hot for my eyes!”

June 4, 2011:  Phoenix points to sidewalk, “It’s magical.  Look at how shiny it is!  It’s sparkly and glittery!” (Supermom says this all the time)

May 26, 2011:  Sage explains how Webkins forces you to do your math right:  “Because you can maybe steal in real life, but you can’t steal in Webkins.”

May 16, 2011:  Supermom asks Phoenix to bring a rag to wipe the babies faces.  He comes back with a green steel wool pot scrubber.

May 7 2011:  Phoenix said while we were in NYC, “Mama, if you’re tired you can sleep in your chair.”  (Totally random…Supermom wasn’t tired at all nor had talked about fatigue).

Have the best day ever!

Namaste!

Taylor plus 5

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Last week I wrote about our amazing Spring Break in 2012 in Turks and Caicos and the not best ever experience in the airport on the way home(the barricaded Captain Crunch debacle).

Well it’s a good thing I have practiced letting go because the fun continued….

I had just had abdominal surgery and couldn’t pick up a gallon of milk let alone my twin toddlers–Doctors orders. And this Supermom don’t mess wit’ doctor’s orders.

So as we waited in Newark on a layover (note to self:  only nonstops from now on), people glared at me everywhere as my twins laid down on the dirty airport floor (Philippe was in the bathroom) and ran around like wild monkeys lol.

Lol now but at the time I was mortified–wanted to stop them all (including a woman cop who said to me, “Ma’am, pick up your child!  The floor is dirty!”) and explain that I was fresh outta surgery and couldn’t lift a thing.

But back to the practice. Practice, practice, practice–and not just on your yoga mat.  Sister walks her talk. I inhaled and exhaled, sent them light, smiled, and ignored it all.  Even the security guard at security who yelled at me to carry my twins through the scanner.

Ahhhh, the fine art of letting go.

Have the best day ever!

Namaste!

Taylor plus 5

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Last Spring Break we went to Beaches in Turks and Caicos.

Wow.

That was the best vacation I’ve ever been on, by far. It was the first time we’d ever gone on an all inclusive vacation, since we’d been raw vegan for seven years. Talk about heaven. No meals or snacks to make or plan or think about. That rocks when you got a family of 7. Loved it!

Flying home on the other hand was not the best ever.

My Swiss husband insisted we arrive at the airport 2 hours early and the airport was tiny with nothing for kids to do.

So mine were understandably bored.

They were running around everywhere so Philippe barricaded them into a little area where we all sat.  I’m laughing thinking about it now, but at the time it wasn’t funny. Or fun.

Dakota and Montana, bored toddlers barricaded by suitcases into a small area of an airport, insisted that I open these little boxes of Captain Crunch I’d grabbed at breakfast for the plane. They’d just eaten in the airport restaurant (that’s one way to spend time) so I knew they weren’t hungry, but Super-mom was desperate.

I opened the little boxes with the Colonel on ‘em and my twins threw all those golden nuggets up into the air like confetti as travelers glared at me and Philippe.

A Super-mom moment.

I had a choice. I could be embarrassed, get pissed, feel overwhelmed, yell, cry…or just let go.

I’ve practiced Deliberate Creation a lot and I practice yoga every day, so sheerly because of practice, I was able to just let go.

To let it ALL go.

It’s just practice. Not unlike hitting hundreds of backhands to improve your stroke.

And if you’re outta practice?  Or if you just lose it for whatever reason?   Take a big inhale and a big exhale, be gentle with yourself–you did the best you could in the moment–and begin again.

That’s what being a Super-mom is all about.

And I’m rootin’ for ya.

Have the best day ever!

Namaste!

Taylor plus 5

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Ever notice that when you’re  on vacation, no one cares what you do?  They don’t even go there. Don’t ask. They just wanna talk about the resort and the weather and the food and the kids and where you’re from. All else fades away.

How ’bout living today like you’re on vacation?  Who cares what he does for a living?  Don’t ask where she works. Just be in the NOW.  And watch what happens.

Have the best day ever!

Namaste!

Taylor plus 5

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One of my BFFs from Brown had an awesome book party for me in Portola Valley, CA on February 12th. A lot of people came, maybe because she sent out the Evite many months before to “save the date.”  I loved everyone there, as I do everyone I meet at my book events, because I set the clear intention before starting my book tour to attract only those who are magnetized to and open to the information.

One of my BFFs’ friends bought my book when she got the Evite and loved it so much she bought 20 copies for her friends. Yeah, you heard me right. 20.

Now this says a few things about my new friend, Jen. It says that she’s wicked generous. (Wow.) It says that she knows what she wants. It says that she makes a decision and goes for it. It says that she has very good taste (JK–LOL).

Jen and I became fast friends via email and she invited me to stay with her while I was in town on my tour. I happily accepted and then Jen decided she too would throw me a book party. Best ever!

She also sent me beautiful pieces of jewelry from her amazing company Showthelove.com, just “because.”  Because, she said, she loved the work I am doing spreading the light.  She didn’t want me to sell them at my five yoga studios. In fact, she didn’t even know I had five yoga studios. I have also written about her and her sparkling spirit and generosity on my Herald blog.

I loved staying with Jen and meeting her mom and family and friends, and we’ve stayed in touch.

After I’d flown to LA to teach and speak at David Wolfe’s Women’s Wellness Conference, she sent me her “Look Book,” with the following quote, “Notice models have healthy bodies and not too skinny and not too much skin showing! No objectifying of women on my watch!”

So check out her Look Book and buy some amazing jewelry from this Super-mom of 3:

http://showthelove.uberflip.com/i/109598

Have the best day ever!

Namaste!

Taylor plus 5

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