Book Reviews
Aldrich, with a given background in health, provides a ten-week Real Moms Love to Eat Plan guide to keep real moms balanced and on the right track while embracing a passion for food. The narrative voice is witty, conversational, and supportive.
-Celebrity Cafe Blog
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Love! Love! Love this book! As a busy mom of a toddler and soon-to-be mom of a newborn, I'm constantly searching for ways to eat healthy and still be able to enjoy the foods that I love without the guilt. Real Moms Love to Eat was such an awesome read-the writing style is funny and realistic. The suggestions are easy to add into a busy day and really are about creating a lifestyle rather than a diet that you'll drop in a few weeks. I, too, have a health/nutrition background, so I really love the way that Aldrich is able to easily add such whole food options into daily meals. I definitely recommend this book, even if you're not a mom. It's a great reminder that food is supposed to be enjoyed!
-Karina Heinrich, Health Counselor and Mother
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Several chapters caught my attention, including Make Over Salt, Fat, and Sugar, and Sugar: Your Dysfunctional Friends. I need something realistic that keeps me on track with goals and it looks like Real Moms Love to Eat will give great encouragement to help me with my love affair with food.
-Writing Canvas
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Thank you so much for a wonderful afternoon at the cooking class! You are such a gracious hostess and have this ability to multitask and make everyone feel at ease and comfortable. From beginning to end it was a lovely way to gather women in the kitchen, connect with other moms and gain inspiration for the coming year. Your positive energy and enthusiasm is contagious! What a domestic goddess!
-Mary R, Chicago, Il Cooking Class Participant
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We had such a great experience with Beth's presentation on Eating for Energy in our Chicago office! She really did an amazing job with not only presenting the wellness information in an exciting and enthusiastic way, but she got our employees motivated about healthy eating and sparked a very interactive discussion. Her passion for what she does really comes through, and our employees were very impressed!
-Baldwin Bump, Benefits Specialist
Google Chicago
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Spark and Hustle Conference-Chicago
“Beth’s enthusiasm for sharing her healthy living expertise is infectious. Her head and heart are bursting with ideas to serve women everywhere.”
-Tory Johnson
Spark & Hustle founder and Good Morning America Correspondent
http://www.sparkandhustle.com/
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Step Up Women's Network-Chicago Holding so many dynamic passions that make the world a better place, Beth Aldrich never fails to inspire an audience. I dare you to not care about whatever her topic of the hour when the mic is in her hand - be it work-life balance, professionalism, healthy eating, taking care of the environment, or taking care of yourself. For Step Up Women’s Network, Beth has addressed several audiences of upwardly-mobile professional women, and they immediately want to be her. I can think of no greater compliment for a speaker than that. We love her energy, generous nature, and sense of humor and will keep asking her back and hope she will keep saying yes.
-Gina Marotta
Managing Director
www.suwn.org
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Energy BBDO Beth epitomizes the meaning of “energizing people.” She came to our Agency to speak as part of our Energy For Life Corporate Wellness program and could not have been more energetic, enthusiastic, or knowledgeable about Eating for Energy and Living Green, the two topics she covered with our Agency. Her zest for life, people and wellbeing makes her such a compelling, interesting and engaging speaker, that we left inspired and rejuvenated with a different perspective on daily living. One of the best things about Beth is that she is realistic, and offers simple, practical and meaningful ways towards becoming a better, healthier, more enjoyable you!
-Mary Boersma
Energy BBDO
www.energybbdo.com/
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Sacred Heart School Parent Education Beth spoke to our parent body about feeding our families in a nourishing and balanced way. The presentation was so practical and easy to implement in our homes because she brought recipes and personal examples of ways to involve children in the food selection and preparation process. Beth also came with products purchased at various grocery stores so that we could read and compare ingredient lists. It was a great tutorial on what to look out for as we shop. The audience left inspired to feed their families with healthy and delicious foods. Beth also spoke to feeding the spirit and not looking to food as the exclusive way to "fill up". Beth's enthusiasm is infectious and her enthusiasm so genuine. It's impossible not to be inspired!
-Cynthia Patti
Parent Education Chair
Academy of the Sacred Heart and Hardy Preparatory
www.shschicago.org
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Downtown Chicago Business and Professional Women Beth gave a presentation at one of the monthly meetings of Downtown Chicago Business and Professional Women (BPW) that focused on ways working women can take small steps towards creating a big change in our impact on the environment. She was engaging, interactive, and very passionate. Our members were most impressed with her personal journey and how frankly she shared her story with us.
-Laura Balson
Downtown Chicago Business and Professional
Women, President
www.bpwusa.org
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William Rainey Harper College Beth came to our college and presented a seminar on Work-Life Balance for our annual Wellness Week. She was very energetic and passionate about her topics. She got the crowd moving with simple and fun exercises that can be done at the office. The information she presented on environmental issues and the importance of nutrition was very eye-opening. She emphasized total wellness; the concept of feeding your whole self, not just through healthy food, but also feeding your spirituality and creativity. Her Circle of Life worksheet was fantastic! The audience had a lot of fun evaluating the “fullness” of their lives, and sharing with each other. I think everyone really loved the concept of “living in the moment”. Beth was a very intelligent, passionate, and funny speaker that really got the crowd hooked. We’d love to hear her speak again!
-Angel Mattes
Wellness Week Coordinator
William Rainey Harper College
www.harpercollege.edu
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Hoffman Estates Park District We had the pleasure of having Beth Aldrich speak at our staff’s quarterly staff training. Beth spoke to a very diverse group of men & women and motivated everyone! Attendees included everyone from business department employees to maintenance workers to recreation directors and she connected with everyone! Beth’s advice on maintaining a healthy, happy and balanced life was empowering and motivating. We were very pleased with her enthusiasm & passion!
-Alisa Kapusinski, CPRP
Program Manager
Hoffman Estates Park District
www.heparks.org
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GOAEYC Accreditation Committee Beth Aldrich spoke to our group of professional educators, (GoAEYC, an affiliate of NAEYC), about one's responsibility to become personally involved in the preservation and sustainability of our beautiful world, not only for ourselves but for the generations to come. Acknowledging that educators have the oportunity to impact not only the children they serve but their families as well, Beth provided informaiton on how each of us can effect change through small but exponentially significant changes in our daily lives. She used humor, personal experiences and pertinent information to impart her timely message. She was an inspiration as she explained how she has chosen to live her life and bring about change in her own family.
-Elaine Quinn
GOAEYC board member, NAEYC Accreditation Committee
www.goaeyc.org
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Heart of the Heartland What a pure pleasure to have Beth speak at the Heart of the Heartland! She is inspiring, speaks straight from the heart, with a bountiful amount of useful and conscious minded information. Not only is Beth an awe inspiring speaker, but her own evolutionary path to awakening , offers others a map home to themselves. She walks her talk with an open, genuine heart!"
-Wini Nimrod
founder of Heart of the Heartland
www.Heartoftheheartland.org
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Mom Corps Beth was the featured speaker at our very first Mom Corps event in Chicago. The audience was 30 professional women exploring ways to find meaningful work while balancing family responsibilities. Beth was informative, funny, engaging and spoke from the heart. She's passionate about her work, and a wonderful role model for women wanting a healthy and balanced life. The audience loved her. We hope to have her come back and speak in 2008. Have a Balanced Day!
-Dianne B Michael
Mom Corps - Regional Vice President
www.momcorps.com
Good for Corporations. Good for Working Moms.
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Michigan City Area Schools Beth was the keynote speaker at our staff Back to School Workshop and, wow!, what an impact she made! Her words were not just inspiring, but truly opened our eyes to new concepts. She brings to new meaning to the phrase "No one can do everything, but every one can do something!"
-Kathleen Kane, SNS
Director of Food Service Operations
Michigan City Area Schools
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eWomenNetwork Beth spoke to my audience of professionals and she was a great hit. She had the crowd chattering and participating – everyone was thoroughly engaged and loved the session. Her fresh prospective and great presence gave the audience a fresh and exciting view of a topic that has been around the block before.
-Marie Hale
Executive Managing Director
eWomenNetwork
www.ewomennetwork.com
-Celebrity Cafe Blog
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Love! Love! Love this book! As a busy mom of a toddler and soon-to-be mom of a newborn, I'm constantly searching for ways to eat healthy and still be able to enjoy the foods that I love without the guilt. Real Moms Love to Eat was such an awesome read-the writing style is funny and realistic. The suggestions are easy to add into a busy day and really are about creating a lifestyle rather than a diet that you'll drop in a few weeks. I, too, have a health/nutrition background, so I really love the way that Aldrich is able to easily add such whole food options into daily meals. I definitely recommend this book, even if you're not a mom. It's a great reminder that food is supposed to be enjoyed!
-Karina Heinrich, Health Counselor and Mother
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Several chapters caught my attention, including Make Over Salt, Fat, and Sugar, and Sugar: Your Dysfunctional Friends. I need something realistic that keeps me on track with goals and it looks like Real Moms Love to Eat will give great encouragement to help me with my love affair with food.
-Writing Canvas
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Thank you so much for a wonderful afternoon at the cooking class! You are such a gracious hostess and have this ability to multitask and make everyone feel at ease and comfortable. From beginning to end it was a lovely way to gather women in the kitchen, connect with other moms and gain inspiration for the coming year. Your positive energy and enthusiasm is contagious! What a domestic goddess!
-Mary R, Chicago, Il Cooking Class Participant
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We had such a great experience with Beth's presentation on Eating for Energy in our Chicago office! She really did an amazing job with not only presenting the wellness information in an exciting and enthusiastic way, but she got our employees motivated about healthy eating and sparked a very interactive discussion. Her passion for what she does really comes through, and our employees were very impressed!
-Baldwin Bump, Benefits Specialist
Google Chicago
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Spark and Hustle Conference-Chicago
“Beth’s enthusiasm for sharing her healthy living expertise is infectious. Her head and heart are bursting with ideas to serve women everywhere.”
-Tory Johnson
Spark & Hustle founder and Good Morning America Correspondent
http://www.sparkandhustle.com/
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Step Up Women's Network-Chicago Holding so many dynamic passions that make the world a better place, Beth Aldrich never fails to inspire an audience. I dare you to not care about whatever her topic of the hour when the mic is in her hand - be it work-life balance, professionalism, healthy eating, taking care of the environment, or taking care of yourself. For Step Up Women’s Network, Beth has addressed several audiences of upwardly-mobile professional women, and they immediately want to be her. I can think of no greater compliment for a speaker than that. We love her energy, generous nature, and sense of humor and will keep asking her back and hope she will keep saying yes.
-Gina Marotta
Managing Director
www.suwn.org
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Energy BBDO Beth epitomizes the meaning of “energizing people.” She came to our Agency to speak as part of our Energy For Life Corporate Wellness program and could not have been more energetic, enthusiastic, or knowledgeable about Eating for Energy and Living Green, the two topics she covered with our Agency. Her zest for life, people and wellbeing makes her such a compelling, interesting and engaging speaker, that we left inspired and rejuvenated with a different perspective on daily living. One of the best things about Beth is that she is realistic, and offers simple, practical and meaningful ways towards becoming a better, healthier, more enjoyable you!
-Mary Boersma
Energy BBDO
www.energybbdo.com/
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Sacred Heart School Parent Education Beth spoke to our parent body about feeding our families in a nourishing and balanced way. The presentation was so practical and easy to implement in our homes because she brought recipes and personal examples of ways to involve children in the food selection and preparation process. Beth also came with products purchased at various grocery stores so that we could read and compare ingredient lists. It was a great tutorial on what to look out for as we shop. The audience left inspired to feed their families with healthy and delicious foods. Beth also spoke to feeding the spirit and not looking to food as the exclusive way to "fill up". Beth's enthusiasm is infectious and her enthusiasm so genuine. It's impossible not to be inspired!
-Cynthia Patti
Parent Education Chair
Academy of the Sacred Heart and Hardy Preparatory
www.shschicago.org
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Downtown Chicago Business and Professional Women Beth gave a presentation at one of the monthly meetings of Downtown Chicago Business and Professional Women (BPW) that focused on ways working women can take small steps towards creating a big change in our impact on the environment. She was engaging, interactive, and very passionate. Our members were most impressed with her personal journey and how frankly she shared her story with us.
-Laura Balson
Downtown Chicago Business and Professional
Women, President
www.bpwusa.org
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William Rainey Harper College Beth came to our college and presented a seminar on Work-Life Balance for our annual Wellness Week. She was very energetic and passionate about her topics. She got the crowd moving with simple and fun exercises that can be done at the office. The information she presented on environmental issues and the importance of nutrition was very eye-opening. She emphasized total wellness; the concept of feeding your whole self, not just through healthy food, but also feeding your spirituality and creativity. Her Circle of Life worksheet was fantastic! The audience had a lot of fun evaluating the “fullness” of their lives, and sharing with each other. I think everyone really loved the concept of “living in the moment”. Beth was a very intelligent, passionate, and funny speaker that really got the crowd hooked. We’d love to hear her speak again!
-Angel Mattes
Wellness Week Coordinator
William Rainey Harper College
www.harpercollege.edu
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Hoffman Estates Park District We had the pleasure of having Beth Aldrich speak at our staff’s quarterly staff training. Beth spoke to a very diverse group of men & women and motivated everyone! Attendees included everyone from business department employees to maintenance workers to recreation directors and she connected with everyone! Beth’s advice on maintaining a healthy, happy and balanced life was empowering and motivating. We were very pleased with her enthusiasm & passion!
-Alisa Kapusinski, CPRP
Program Manager
Hoffman Estates Park District
www.heparks.org
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GOAEYC Accreditation Committee Beth Aldrich spoke to our group of professional educators, (GoAEYC, an affiliate of NAEYC), about one's responsibility to become personally involved in the preservation and sustainability of our beautiful world, not only for ourselves but for the generations to come. Acknowledging that educators have the oportunity to impact not only the children they serve but their families as well, Beth provided informaiton on how each of us can effect change through small but exponentially significant changes in our daily lives. She used humor, personal experiences and pertinent information to impart her timely message. She was an inspiration as she explained how she has chosen to live her life and bring about change in her own family.
-Elaine Quinn
GOAEYC board member, NAEYC Accreditation Committee
www.goaeyc.org
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Heart of the Heartland What a pure pleasure to have Beth speak at the Heart of the Heartland! She is inspiring, speaks straight from the heart, with a bountiful amount of useful and conscious minded information. Not only is Beth an awe inspiring speaker, but her own evolutionary path to awakening , offers others a map home to themselves. She walks her talk with an open, genuine heart!"
-Wini Nimrod
founder of Heart of the Heartland
www.Heartoftheheartland.org
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Mom Corps Beth was the featured speaker at our very first Mom Corps event in Chicago. The audience was 30 professional women exploring ways to find meaningful work while balancing family responsibilities. Beth was informative, funny, engaging and spoke from the heart. She's passionate about her work, and a wonderful role model for women wanting a healthy and balanced life. The audience loved her. We hope to have her come back and speak in 2008. Have a Balanced Day!
-Dianne B Michael
Mom Corps - Regional Vice President
www.momcorps.com
Good for Corporations. Good for Working Moms.
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Michigan City Area Schools Beth was the keynote speaker at our staff Back to School Workshop and, wow!, what an impact she made! Her words were not just inspiring, but truly opened our eyes to new concepts. She brings to new meaning to the phrase "No one can do everything, but every one can do something!"
-Kathleen Kane, SNS
Director of Food Service Operations
Michigan City Area Schools
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eWomenNetwork Beth spoke to my audience of professionals and she was a great hit. She had the crowd chattering and participating – everyone was thoroughly engaged and loved the session. Her fresh prospective and great presence gave the audience a fresh and exciting view of a topic that has been around the block before.
-Marie Hale
Executive Managing Director
eWomenNetwork
www.ewomennetwork.com