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Issue 4 | <strong>Jan</strong>uary 2019<br />

M om Warrior<br />

An Empowering PREMIUM Magazine<br />

TIREDNESS FIX<br />

The ?drink? t hat rest ores<br />

100% of lost energy by<br />

ex-naying t he m old in<br />

?healt hy? foods t hat ?s m aking<br />

us sick!<br />

Is Your MAN<br />

St ressing You Out ?...<br />

...Is It Because You<br />

Don't Know THIS<br />

About Him ?<br />

For The Tired, Stressed But Loving Mom<br />

H ello H appy &<br />

Wealthy!<br />

Sabrina spills her SECRETS<br />

to getting through<br />

stressful times!<br />

How t o<br />

Handle<br />

Your Child's<br />

Tant rum s<br />

Wit h One<br />

Sim ple Trick<br />

Try This Easy<br />

Apple Trick To<br />

Feel Tw ice As<br />

Happy And<br />

St op Holiday<br />

St ress!<br />

1


CONTENTS<br />

Our Cover Model Mom Hero...<br />

M om Warrior<br />

8<br />

Sabrina! Not much introduction needed for this fabulous Mom Warrior! A<br />

brave, teenage Mom. A Late 30's mom. Business owner, wife, and<br />

supremely heart-centered and caring... she spills the beans on her secrets<br />

to beating STRESS & having lots of energy!<br />

Your Featured Presentations...<br />

29<br />

Your Weapons To Fight Stress & Tiredness...<br />

TIREDNESS FIX: The ?drink? that restores 100% of lost energy by<br />

ex-naying the mold in ?healthy? foods that?s making us sick!<br />

Coach Spiegel, BTSM<br />

18<br />

PARENTING STRESS FIX: Tantrums! The one simple trick to make<br />

tantrums no more, and your 5 steps on what to do if they do happen!<br />

Coach Spiegel, BTSM<br />

36 23<br />

SPOUSE STRESS FIX: Is Your MAN Stressing You Out?... ...It's<br />

Because You Don't Know THIS About Him!<br />

Coach Spiegel, BTSM<br />

Your Weapon To Fight H oliday Stresss<br />

5<br />

FREEDOM From Holiday Hormone Havoc! With this easy<br />

apple trick!<br />

Coach Spiegel, BTSM<br />

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FOUNDER'S NOTE<br />

Tis The Season, To Be a Mom Warrior!<br />

Here's w hy I<br />

believe in you!<br />

There was this Family<br />

that was going<br />

through the airport. A<br />

Dad, A Mom, and a<br />

little child girl.<br />

As is sometimes the<br />

case, they were<br />

running late.<br />

They were at the<br />

Click Here If You'd<br />

Rat her List en To This...<br />

baggage claim area<br />

and the Little girl was<br />

struggling with one of<br />

the bigger bags that<br />

belonged to one of<br />

the Parents. (we won?t<br />

mention who) ;)<br />

Dad was all stressed<br />

out and walked up to<br />

his daughter and<br />

yelled at her to stop<br />

screwing around,<br />

they?re in a hurry!<br />

Yelling at her about<br />

taking so long. But<br />

she couldn?t help it<br />

due to her small<br />

nature and the size of<br />

the bag.<br />

?BUT I WANT TO<br />

7 What this story does<br />

3<br />

HELP!? Yelled the little<br />

girl!<br />

Dad grabs the bags<br />

and heads the charge<br />

towards their<br />

destination and the<br />

rest of the family<br />

ensues.<br />

Little girl is feeling<br />

down, feeling<br />

defeated. Mom goes<br />

up to the Little girl.<br />

Mom picks her up<br />

and hugs her tight.<br />

?It?s okay, Hun. I know<br />

you want to help.<br />

Don?t mind Dad. We<br />

are just in a hurry and<br />

Dad is stressed.?<br />

Then gives her<br />

another big hug and<br />

off the pair goes their<br />

hurrying way!<br />

is perfectly typify why<br />

I believe in you so<br />

much. Why I believe it<br />

is going to be okay.<br />

Why your children are<br />

going to be okay no<br />

matter what happens.<br />

Because of you.<br />

(true story, too, by the<br />

way! Probably<br />

happens each day!)<br />

I know because I was<br />

felt like that Little Girl<br />

quite a bit growing<br />

up.<br />

Which is yet another<br />

reason why I HATE<br />

stress so much<br />

because not only<br />

does it lead to<br />

tiredness and G.D.D.


(G.D.D. = Guilt y Drained Disease ? a<br />

downward cycled condition where tiredness<br />

leads to more stress?<br />

? .which leads to more tiredness, which leads<br />

to more stress... and so on.<br />

? . Before long, poor Mom is turning into an<br />

hulked monster, can barely get through the<br />

day, and missing out on her loved ones? all<br />

leading to feeling guilty.<br />

--> Which leads to MORE Stress! Which leads to<br />

more TIREDNESS? and on and on, you get the<br />

picture. Not a fun disease to have!)<br />

? but stress also takes away the BEST part of<br />

you. The loving, understanding, appreciative<br />

YOU.<br />

Just like it did for m y Fat her. Who is t he<br />

great est Man I know.<br />

Who I owe just as much of my success to as my<br />

Mother. Stress made his life rough raising us<br />

and led me to not see the amazing Father he is.<br />

All he did for his kids he loved more than<br />

anything.<br />

If you read our article from the first issue, The<br />

Misbehavior & Discipline Cure, you might recall<br />

that ?Contribution?is one of the 6 internal tanks<br />

that?s in kids.<br />

Focus on feeding those 6 internal tanks and<br />

generally most of the misbehaviors and<br />

"<br />

acting outs will get taken care of. (there?s<br />

actually 7 now, as I found another in my<br />

quest to becoming the world?s<br />

awesome-est Stress & Tiredness Expert!<br />

I?ll tell you about it some other time, Mom!<br />

"<br />

Quit distracting me, I?ve got a lesson to<br />

pass onto you about how wonderful you<br />

are first!) :)<br />

That Little girl was wanting to feed her<br />

Contribution internal tank in that story. I?ve<br />

had a pretty high need in that internal tank<br />

too. Although not exactly like that story, I<br />

have been through similar situations.<br />

As your child is becoming their own person<br />

and interacting with the world and finding<br />

their place in it? They are learning it<br />

through their parents.<br />

How a parent interacts with their child<br />

either increases the chances of that<br />

behavior happening again,<br />

Or that child looks to avoid doing that<br />

behavior if it led to pain.<br />

There was an action that Little Girl felt<br />

compelled to do. Nobody had to tell her to<br />

do that. She did it on her own because,<br />

well,<br />

4


?I Want To Help!? ? she said.<br />

Without realizing it the Dad punished her<br />

for it. Made her feel bad for wanting to help.<br />

Because that urge within her led to an<br />

action. That action being to grab the<br />

luggage, even though she didn?t know she<br />

wasn?t strong enough.<br />

THAT DIDN'T STOP<br />

"HER FROM TRYING<br />

"<br />

Little Girl that it?s wrong to want to help. That<br />

when those urges were felt to help, to squash<br />

them down and ignore them because it might<br />

lead to her failing.<br />

That didn?t stop her from trying.<br />

Then that action led to giving her Dad some<br />

pain. Added to his Stress. That felt bad<br />

enough on its own. The fact that she FAILED<br />

TO HELP in her Father?s eyes.<br />

Then to top it off, that led to being yelled at<br />

by her Father. Which is yet ANOTHER pain<br />

for that little girl.<br />

It might lead to her getting yelled at again.<br />

Something she didn?t like because she loved<br />

her Father and didn?t wish to hurt him.<br />

If the dad did that here or there it probably<br />

wouldn?t matter anything. But what do you<br />

think would happen to the Little Girl if this was<br />

repeated each day?<br />

That?s why thank Goodness for you, Mom!<br />

Us humans avoid pain as much as possible,<br />

unless it?s the pain towards getting<br />

something we really, really want! (like<br />

MONEY! Hence working a job that we don?t<br />

like!)<br />

In swoops the Mom and gathers up her Little<br />

Girl! Acknowledges her emotions, her feelings,<br />

her wantings to help. Didn?t make her feel bad<br />

for feeling them.<br />

Or avoiding a BIGGER PAIN from happening.<br />

(like you running into a burning building to<br />

save your Little One)<br />

And like a PRO, Mom DOESN?T make Dad the<br />

bad guy?<br />

So in that little exchange in the airport<br />

there, the father unknowingly taught his<br />

7<br />

5<br />

? m akes STRESS t he bad guy!


Merry Christ m as &<br />

Happy New Year<br />

From The Spiegel<br />

Clan, Mom Warrior!<br />

Blames it on the situation. On the fact that<br />

they are in a hurry. I am so fascinated by<br />

your brain that you know how to do this<br />

stuff so naturally!<br />

You do that sort of ?Loving Perfectly? thing<br />

all day and do it perfectly with no idea<br />

how wonderful you are.<br />

are going to be okay!<br />

You?re so wonderful, Mom.<br />

Thank you for doing all that you do<br />

on a daily basis.<br />

You aren?t told how important and<br />

appreciated you are enough.<br />

No idea how much you are helping your<br />

child on a day to day basis!<br />

So thank you for letting me tell you<br />

that now...<br />

It may not be a hurried father that is<br />

making them feel bad for their behaviors.<br />

It may be other stressful situations.<br />

As long as you keep acknowledging that<br />

STRESS and G.D.D. are the bad guys.<br />

(BECAUSE THEY ARE!)<br />

Keep blaming the situations, they and you,<br />

6


Your experiencing t he LIVING PROOF of t hat st at em ent above...<br />

.......as we build up this Mom Warrior brand to change the world<br />

.....have 1% the positive impact that the great Oprah has had,<br />

....and eventually free millions of Moms from the tyranny of St ress & Tiredness<br />

...the enem y that wants to rob your energy, happiness, confidence and joy and<br />

ruin your children's future.<br />

Waging this war in honor of my Mom Warrior-ing Mother, who showed me how. :)<br />

Thank you for doing your best this holiday season to make Christmas and New<br />

Year?s a great memory for your Family. Thank you for fighting off that Holiday<br />

Stress to keep your eye on the Mission. I'll never st op believing in you.<br />

Allow this month?s magazine be another of your weapons to win that battle!<br />

7<br />

7


Freedom From Holiday Horm one Havoc!<br />

By Coach Spiegel<br />

Did you know t hat<br />

seasonal st ress<br />

TRIPLES your risk of<br />

horm one hassles,<br />

Mom ?<br />

TRIPLES!<br />

Click To Play Here If You'd<br />

Rat her Have This Art icle Read To<br />

You Like You Do For Your<br />

Adorable Kiddos :)<br />

Sometimes it?s fun to<br />

have 3x as much as<br />

something: money,<br />

Netflix watching time,<br />

ice cream (but with<br />

none of the calories)<br />

fun time with loved<br />

ones.<br />

But NOT Hormone<br />

malfunction!<br />

So if you?re tired, tense,<br />

cranky, sleepless,<br />

insomnia-ess (that?s a<br />

word now),<br />

scatter-brained, and<br />

brain foggy?<br />

...then these easy fixes<br />

with help you have<br />

relief!<br />

1.) Your Body<br />

Tem p Is All Over<br />

The Place<br />

Hot flashes to cold.<br />

Cold to hot. Yikes! You<br />

poor thing!<br />

This is something my<br />

8<br />

beautiful wife has<br />

struggled with for quite<br />

awhile, although it<br />

hasn?t been that big a<br />

deal the last couple of<br />

years. We have<br />

unknowingly<br />

implemented what<br />

you?re about to discover<br />

here, so maybe that has<br />

something to do with it!<br />

Breathing in the aroma<br />

of LAVENDER for 20<br />

minutes twice daily can


cut the number and intensity of<br />

your hot flashes by 53%, reports<br />

research out of the Journal of<br />

the Chinese Medical<br />

Association.<br />

The scent reduces stress<br />

hormones (YAY!) And stimulates<br />

your brain?s internal<br />

thermometer to work better,<br />

your hypothalamus. So it keeps<br />

you cool when you?re supposed<br />

to be cool, (you?re always cool<br />

though) ;)<br />

And not overheated when you?re<br />

NOT supposed to be.<br />

You can simply light a candle or<br />

go with my favorite option, use a<br />

couple drops of essential oil into<br />

your lotion and massage your<br />

neck and wrists to enjoy the<br />

scent all day.<br />

We actually use a couple of<br />

drops in our humidifier at night<br />

and we both (and the dogs!) get<br />

WAAAY excellent, deep sleep!<br />

2.) Do You Feel Like<br />

SCROOGE All Day?<br />

--> Munch on a few apples!<br />

Fruit seems to be getting its<br />

shots these days as the latest<br />

health fad food to avoid. I don?t<br />

look at it like it?s the biggest deal.<br />

There?s a few fruits that I typically<br />

always go to and recommend:<br />

grapefruit, oranges, kiwi,<br />

blueberries, strawberries, pears,<br />

and of course APPLES!<br />

7<br />

9<br />

Turns out that 2 a day can help<br />

keep the crankiness away as well<br />

as the doctor! That?s the latest<br />

from research out of New<br />

Zealand. 2 a day can help you<br />

feel 50% happier and more<br />

energenic within 24 hours,<br />

...thanks to nutrients that boost<br />

production of mood-enhancing<br />

hormones!<br />

3.) Brain Fog and Mem ory<br />

Lapses?<br />

Those feelings of forgetfulness<br />

and ?oh-no, am I getting old?? ?<br />

yeah, those aren?t fun!<br />

With all the holiday stress going<br />

on, it wreaks havoc on your<br />

estrogen levels causing memory<br />

lapses and fog. Care for a fast<br />

fix?<br />

=> List en t o som et hing BRAND<br />

NEW!<br />

Michigan State scientists say a<br />

few minutes of listening to<br />

UNFAMILIAR music increases<br />

focus and concentration better<br />

than caffeine!<br />

The brain is made up of grooves<br />

and neural pathways. When


outines are set and habits in<br />

place, your brain goes on<br />

auto-pilot.<br />

So not only with NEW MUSIC,<br />

but stimulation of anything<br />

?off the beaten path? will<br />

stimulate new pathways and<br />

new connections between<br />

your brain and bodily<br />

hormones.<br />

Things like:<br />

-taking a different way driving<br />

- parking in different spots<br />

-watching new shows<br />

- meeting new people<br />

- learning a new skill, like<br />

playing an instrument<br />

There?s a reason there?s so<br />

much excitement and brain<br />

light-up in our brains when we buy<br />

something new, like a car or outfit.<br />

Or get a new hairstyle. So have at<br />

?er, Mom Warrior!<br />

4.) Tiredness get t ing in t he<br />

w ay of part ying?<br />

That?s not cool! You need all the<br />

fun you can get with all that you<br />

do, Momma-dearest! You need to<br />

be able to kick back and enjoy<br />

yourself for a spell!<br />

Your brain operates in ?waves?.<br />

Almost like a frequency it gives off.<br />

This is why meditation is so<br />

awesome and energizing, because<br />

it puts your mind and body into a<br />

healing wave.<br />

Beta waves are the waves that we<br />

most care about you getting into<br />

because those are your<br />

10<br />

ENERGIZING waves!<br />

And Holiday stress wreck all<br />

sorts of your estrogen and<br />

progesterone hormone levels,<br />

which are key to getting into<br />

those waves.<br />

So to kick-start beta-wave<br />

energy release, simply enjoy 4<br />

-oz of protein rich chicken, beef,<br />

fish, or legumes.<br />

UCLA research says this will<br />

chase away tiredness for 6<br />

hours! Especially if you combine<br />

it with a little 2 minute<br />

mini-meditation after you eat it.<br />

Because that also gets you into<br />

those energizing beta-waves!<br />

There, that should help you<br />

keep rocking this second<br />

wave of holiday fun!<br />

You're awesome, Mom! Keep<br />

it up!


Sabrina!<br />

The Business Owning,<br />

Hair Styling,<br />

Bodybuilding Mom<br />

Her o!<br />

How She Rock s Life and Has<br />

Energy Despite Stress Coming A t<br />

Her From A bout 17 Different<br />

Directions...<br />

...Running Her Famous Business<br />

Being One Of Them!<br />

7<br />

11


L isten To The<br />

I nterview H ere!<br />

of these everyday hereos that most people never<br />

realize.<br />

This interview with my sister is yet another, shining<br />

example of that.<br />

In fact, it turned out greater than I possibly could<br />

have ever imagined.<br />

I need to let you know something here, dear<br />

Reader, I don?t know where it started, but for as<br />

long as I can remember, I have just been<br />

fascinated with people.<br />

Fascinated about their stories, curious about<br />

them.<br />

Fascinated, and a bit mad, that more people<br />

didn?t know about the amazingness of just<br />

?regular? everyday people.<br />

It is my dream with this Mom Warrior brand<br />

here is to give recognition, understanding,<br />

appreciation, and put into the spotlight the<br />

awesomeness and amazingness of seemingly<br />

everyday, ?normal? people.<br />

With an amazing person sharing life-changing<br />

wisdoms, advice, avoided mistakes? all the while<br />

with a baby feeding on her breast. (yup! Classic<br />

Mom moment!) :)<br />

? a toddler in the background piping in here and<br />

there, and a barking Cavalier King Charles wanting<br />

to get in on the mix.<br />

Without further adieu, here is the summarized<br />

great quotes, lessons learned, and show notes of<br />

an amazing Mom Warrior, mother of 4, business<br />

owner, and?<br />

? stress & tiredness fighting extra-ordinaire? ..<br />

Sabrina!<br />

First quest ion she is asked!...<br />

I started listening to podcasts around 3 years<br />

ago, and it was always ?celebrities? that were<br />

getting interviewed and highlighted. Meanwhile,<br />

I was surrounded by amazing people with<br />

amazing stories, and amazing lessons to share<br />

not only with their listener, but with their loved<br />

ones.<br />

This interview, is no exception to that. I wanted<br />

recognition , appreciation, and their stories told<br />

12


"<br />

Time<br />

"<br />

In your professional<br />

opinion, Sabrina,<br />

One D ay A t A<br />

w hat m akes a great ,<br />

Mom !<br />

?Hands on!? she says!<br />

Then the great one<br />

goes in depth from<br />

there.<br />

She first became a<br />

Mom at aged 16, 5 days<br />

before her 17th<br />

birthday? and she had<br />

no idea what to do!<br />

?Looking back, I had no<br />

idea about my<br />

emotions,? she says<br />

Bragging up her<br />

kiddos!:<br />

"Today Blake, 24, is an<br />

adult, at the start of his<br />

dream career job.<br />

Gage is right at the<br />

beginning of his<br />

adultship, 18.<br />

Then we spend the next<br />

few minutes talking<br />

about having her first 2<br />

boys right away and<br />

what they were like.<br />

Pretty much she knew<br />

she wanted a second<br />

child.<br />

?I don?t want my kids to<br />

be 10 years apart!? she<br />

says.<br />

GREAT QUOTE TIME!<br />

?Whether planned or<br />

unplanned, doesn?t<br />

matter!?<br />

At 4:19 - Here we<br />

talked about my earliest<br />

memory of my big sis!<br />

Her mothering, caring<br />

nature was evident<br />

7<br />

13<br />

even at that young of<br />

"<br />

an age!<br />

Our Mom and Dad were<br />

always having Sabrina<br />

in charge of me! And<br />

she was up to the<br />

responsibility!<br />

At 5:22 - Sabrina?s big<br />

sis protective nature<br />

helped me out in my<br />

early middle and high<br />

school in protecting me<br />

from public school<br />

bullies when I started<br />

going to the Catholic<br />

School.<br />

At 7:09 - ?I remember<br />

tickling you a lot? tickle<br />

torture,? she says<br />

I ask, ?What does Stress<br />

mean to you??<br />

Her answer is probably<br />

one of the best<br />

definitions about Stress<br />

I?ve ever heard!<br />

At 8:51 -- I ask her,<br />

?What is your lowest<br />

"<br />

stress-est point??<br />

Her answer is very<br />

surprising and<br />

surprised me even a bit!<br />

At 9:05 -- Her go-to<br />

strategy for getting<br />

through Stress?<br />

?One day at a time,? is<br />

where her answer<br />

begins!... and her<br />

answer gets better from<br />

there! This alone is<br />

worth GOLD!<br />

Money is one of her top<br />

stressors! As it is for<br />

many good folks.<br />

Not to worry, Mom<br />

Warrior, I am putting<br />

together resources to<br />

help take this off your<br />

plate as a stressor! :)<br />

Starting right now in<br />

this interview for the<br />

next 5 minutes, Sabrina


"<br />

Whether Planned<br />

or Unplanned,<br />

D oesn' t M atter! "<br />

shares some serious<br />

wisdoms and<br />

awesomes about<br />

dealing with money<br />

stress!<br />

HUGE insight into my<br />

sister here at 14:39 ---<br />

all about her ?feeling<br />

the flow?.<br />

* At 15:23 - the mistake<br />

people make with her...<br />

speaking and sales<br />

classes where that<br />

confidence in herself<br />

started growing!<br />

Here?s that book again<br />

showing up?<br />

they see it and I don?t,<br />

"<br />

then I should probably<br />

go get it,?<br />

At 18:50 -- She says, ?My<br />

husband Keith was my<br />

biggest supporter<br />

building up the<br />

business.?<br />

At 19:15 -- here?s where<br />

she starts talking about<br />

having her sister<br />

around! And what it?s<br />

like having a sister!<br />

Here?s where we start<br />

talking about Zayah,<br />

too! Her 3 year old, and<br />

her first daughter!<br />

This part is so funny,<br />

Sabrina basically<br />

?winged? it with her first<br />

2 born. Doing the best<br />

"<br />

she could with what she<br />

had and knew in her<br />

teens and early 20?s?<br />

? then she sort of<br />

wised up having Zayah<br />

at 36-ish and then<br />

Tavin, her youngest, at<br />

39, she says to herself?<br />

?I?m going to read some<br />

books this time!?<br />

This category of<br />

?Parenting? and even<br />

.."that I have the world<br />

and has everything so<br />

awesome for me!... but<br />

it?s not! Things are a<br />

little stressful right<br />

now!? -she laughedly<br />

explains!<br />

Sabrina reveals that for<br />

YEARS, she never<br />

believed in herself! It<br />

wasn?t until she started<br />

taking classes for it...<br />

Dale Carnegie public<br />

Her other favorite book<br />

is called ?Super Baby?<br />

How to Win Friends &<br />

Influence People by<br />

Dale Carnegie<br />

8 years ago, she put in<br />

there as one her goals:<br />

?To one day own a<br />

well-known business?<br />

At 17:24 -- GREAT<br />

QUOTE ALERT!-- ?People<br />

believed in me, and if<br />

14<br />

your Coach here as a<br />

sort of Parenting Expert<br />

(I?m more in the


Parenting Stress Expert realm and inventor of this ?Micro-Nation Parenting style)...<br />

"<br />

? this realm of ?Parenting? is all so NEW! For decades and decades, poor Parents just didn?t know that it<br />

was possible to ?be good at it?.<br />

That there were smart ways and not so smart ways to do Parenting.<br />

DID I DO GOOD<br />

WITH THE POWERS<br />

& GIFTS OUR<br />

MAKER ENTRUSTED<br />

ME WITH?<br />

This category of ?Parenting? is less than 50 years old, and really our kids' generation is the first one to<br />

"<br />

actually have the chance to experience it.<br />

That?s why this interview with Sabrina is so fascinating, because she really has almost 2 generations<br />

apart of children with having kids so young, and then again in her later 30?s.<br />

What a fabulous woman she is, isn?t she?<br />

Here?s the big tip from that book, Super Baby, she says,<br />

?It says we have from birth from 3 to make a good human. That?s it. Lots of Love.?<br />

From this minute, 21:00, and for the next 5 minutes, she get's super insightful into this topic!<br />

At 23:30 -- ?I see everyone doing things for their children and I think ?they can do it!?. Zayah is eating<br />

with a fork at age 1 and she?s doing great.?<br />

At 24:00 -- here she talks about Zayah! What she?s into. What she is like. What her Mom predicts she?ll<br />

be like when she?s older! We?ll keep this special part marked in this interview to come back to in a few<br />

years to see if Sabrina was right or not!<br />

At 25:38 -- quote: ?Children are really different to a Mom and a Dad?<br />

Remember this quote, won?t you, Mom Warrior? And let me pull it out and unpack it a little bit?<br />

Children come hardwired to WANT the attention and love of typically one parent over the other.<br />

They both are important but it?s one that they want more. Be paying attention to things they respond<br />

to and don?t respond to when in the presence of in 7mentioning the other one.<br />

15


At 26:48 -- Here?s where Sabrina lets us in on<br />

one of her BEST stress releases?<br />

? and stress preventers.<br />

? .. And where she gets her energy! (Hint: it?s<br />

IT WAS THE<br />

COMPETITIVE SIDE " OF ME<br />

"<br />

when she works out!)<br />

Another cool quote (Sabrina is full of them!) at<br />

27:20 --<br />

?I was just sick and tired of my body hurting?<br />

Then for the next few minutes, our Mom Hero<br />

Sabrina talks about her workout routine and her<br />

nutrition surrounding her workouts?<br />

? basically she shows up to a circuit training,<br />

exercise class. Takes the thinking and planning<br />

and motivation OUT, and all she worries about<br />

is SHOWING UP!<br />

Sabrina was my first personal training client<br />

back in 2010! And I helped get her ready for a<br />

Body Building show! It was so much fun!<br />

28:35 -- ?It was the competitive side of me,? she<br />

said.<br />

Right at this point in our interview, your Coach<br />

here had a revelation, an a-ha, based on what<br />

Sabrina just said? Here it is:<br />

? We get pretty crazy with our stress &<br />

tiredness fighting stuff and how to win those<br />

battles: from supplements, to routines, to<br />

interactions with your loved ones?<br />

? .. And sometimes it?s something as simple as<br />

what Sabrina just nailed right on the head:<br />

?Channeling your competition nature?<br />

- Whether it is against other people<br />

- Against your past self<br />

- Or even against those that brought you<br />

down in the past. Hurt you. Rejected you.<br />

Told you that you weren?t good enough.<br />

Weren?t pretty enough.<br />

It?s channeling that Mom Warrior within, bringing<br />

her out, and PROVE THEM WRONG!<br />

I didn?t know what I was doing at first with this<br />

Mom Warrior brand, but I believe that it was<br />

experiences like this and with Sabrina being my<br />

first personal training client over 8 years ago ?<br />

? and seeing what channeling her competitive<br />

nature, then LOTS of amazing brave Moms to<br />

follow... what that did for their confidence, stress<br />

relief, and having energy that won?t quit!<br />

The seeds for this Mom Warrior brand were<br />

planted long ago thanks to Mom Heroes like this<br />

Sabrina!<br />

?I?ve found the love of hot yoga so nice,? she said.<br />

16


That is also a fabulous stress<br />

reliever and shield that your<br />

Coach here highly endorses!<br />

?Sweating is awesome sauce,?<br />

our Mom Hero adds.<br />

-- we talk about her COFFEE<br />

some more! Especially about<br />

her cycling off of coffee when<br />

her brain starts screaming at<br />

her with headaches when she<br />

doesn?t get it! Totally smart to<br />

do to let your body know who<br />

is in charge!<br />

At 32:04 -- How Mom Hero<br />

Sabrina likes her coffee: With<br />

almond milk, honey, and<br />

cinnamon!<br />

Here she talked about eating<br />

?After you eat that, you just don?t<br />

feel like doing anything.?<br />

How true is that! It makes battled<br />

stress and tiredness that much<br />

harder when your body not only<br />

doesn?t have the fuel to go, but at<br />

the same time, takes away<br />

ENERGY and ADDS stress in<br />

dealing with all that needless<br />

calories, toxins, and poisons.<br />

So next time you?re tempted by it<br />

(because it is tempting) take a look<br />

at your children and ask yourself...<br />

is it worth it?<br />

34:03 -- Sabrina shares one of my<br />

favorite go-to quotes:<br />

?FOOD IS FUEL. In order to fuel<br />

your mind, you must first fuel your<br />

It?s okay to have it be for fun<br />

here and there, but just know<br />

that that is your choice and you<br />

are choosing to live with the<br />

consequences.<br />

Look at it like it is FUEL for your<br />

Mom Warrior Machine to give<br />

your children the love and<br />

happiness that you know they<br />

deserve!<br />

So proud of Sabrina here! At age<br />

3, Sabrina has taught Zayah all<br />

about one of the bigger bad<br />

guys out there, SUGAR, and<br />

Zayah already has more control<br />

and more power over SUGAR,<br />

than 90% of adults.<br />

(you?re probably in that top 10%<br />

because you?re cool like that!) :)<br />

Brilliant Zayah quote: ?I have<br />

enough candy? -- how often do<br />

you hear a 3 year old saying<br />

that!?<br />

junk, crappy foods and drinks:<br />

body.?<br />

7<br />

17


"<br />

"<br />

IF YOU WANT TO BE<br />

SOMETHING, YOU<br />

HAVE TO GO GET IT.<br />

NOBODY DOES IT<br />

FOR YOU<br />

"<br />

"<br />

At 33:57 -- ?I tell her<br />

Sabrina that says<br />

I couldn?t agree more<br />

your kids just want you<br />

?sugar tricks her brain.<br />

And it tells her that she<br />

wants more.?And she<br />

gets it?<br />

=> That there is a great<br />

way to teach this to<br />

your kiddos if you<br />

would rather not have<br />

sugar ruin their life.<br />

At 36:31 -- she shares<br />

how emotional eating<br />

gets started! Not your<br />

fault, but you can still<br />

do something about it if<br />

you?ve made this<br />

mistake!<br />

At 38:38 -- this is what<br />

your Coach here will<br />

have to get a shirt for<br />

with Mom Hero here.<br />

?I?m allergic to average?<br />

Anybody that ever<br />

Isn?t that an awesome<br />

accomplished<br />

quote!?<br />

something great, that<br />

@39:28 -- I ask her,<br />

they really wanted,<br />

what wisdom would<br />

NEVER do we here, ?Oh,<br />

you like to pass on? Her<br />

I wish i didn?t work so<br />

response:<br />

much for this.?<br />

?If you want to be<br />

Sadly, it?s a habit and a<br />

something, you have to<br />

mindset, that is dying a<br />

go get it. Nobody does<br />

death here in America.<br />

it for you. If you want to<br />

Don?t let it be your kids,<br />

be rich. If you want all<br />

these great things, you<br />

need to get an<br />

education, a skill, and<br />

work your butt off, and<br />

not spend the money<br />

you make. You have to<br />

work, work, work. ?<br />

Mom Warrior!<br />

?Work before play? --<br />

another of Sabrina's<br />

?maxims?<br />

We get close to the<br />

heart at 42:01 -- A lot of<br />

times, Mom Warrior,<br />

18<br />

close so they can talk to<br />

you about their<br />

emotions.<br />

To have a safe place to<br />

express how they feel<br />

about certain things.<br />

This is something I<br />

struggled with for the<br />

longest time too. And it<br />

sucks for Parents back<br />

then, like me and<br />

Sabrina, because<br />

parents then didn?t<br />

know what we know<br />

now.<br />

And talking about kids<br />

about their emotions,<br />

just getting stuff out<br />

there, is a HUGE one. To


"<br />

AS SILLY AS IT IS, I<br />

JUST LOVE MY SISTER. I<br />

LOVE TALKINGTOHER. I<br />

LOVE LISTENINGTOHER<br />

"<br />

have someone to talk<br />

to, to listen, to confide<br />

happy, sad, angry, mad.<br />

And then helping and<br />

we go DEEP and<br />

EMOTIONAL!<br />

in, feel safe around, to<br />

understand, to<br />

encourage, to be on<br />

their side.<br />

You?re so good about<br />

that already, so keep at<br />

it!<br />

WOW! At 43:15, Sista<br />

here drops a huge<br />

WISDOM BOMB!<br />

Attaching simple words<br />

to a child?s emotions:<br />

guiding your child<br />

Got your Coach here<br />

through it when they<br />

tearing up a bit, so get<br />

are feeling that<br />

your tissues ready!<br />

emotion.<br />

1. Most<br />

What kids need most of<br />

recommended<br />

Mom, on top of love<br />

book --<br />

and safety and stuff, is<br />

Superbaby and Tidying<br />

a GUIDE through<br />

up<br />

helping them out with<br />

their emotions.<br />

? off w e go int o t he<br />

Mom Warrior 7 round!<br />

And for Sabrina here<br />

7<br />

19<br />

1. This movie<br />

comes on, and<br />

you?re all like ?I<br />

HAVE TO WATCH<br />

THIS!? What is<br />

that movie?<br />

?I?m not a big movie<br />

person,? she says. And<br />

that is true! Interesting


fact about Sabrina, she hates watching movies<br />

she?s already seen!<br />

2.5) t his song com es on, and it t akes you t o a<br />

special place. You LOVE t his song so m uch!<br />

What is t hat song?<br />

?I only have fun, dancing, remixes for my<br />

running?<br />

3.) you?re sit t ing dow n on a bench<br />

overlooking t he ocean. One person, living or<br />

dead, is sit t ing next t o t hat you can t alk t o<br />

and ask anyt hing t o. Who is t hat one person<br />

and w hat w ould you t alk t o t hem about ?<br />

?As silly as it is. I just love my Sister. I love talking to<br />

her. I love listening to her.?<br />

4.) you can go back in t im e, give your<br />

younger self som e advice. What w ould you<br />

say t o her?<br />

?Go back to when I was a teenager and tell her<br />

to concentrate on me. Not be so boy-infatuated.<br />

Worry about you. Do you. Figure out you. Be<br />

confident in you.<br />

But doing that would change having 4 children,<br />

and I wouldn?t want to take them from my life at<br />

all.?<br />

At 47:30 -- here?s where your Coach tears up.<br />

Just have a listen to it and feel the love in her<br />

voice, won?t you?<br />

5.) Tim e capsule quest ion!<br />

"<br />

I DON'T STOP<br />

MOVING. KEEP<br />

GOING! DON'T STOP<br />

MOVING<br />

"<br />

?I did my best for what I had at the time. This life is<br />

yours. It will give you everything that you need if<br />

you just keep in mind your hopes and dreams.<br />

Be a positive, good person that takes it one day at<br />

a time.<br />

6.) Great people can have their life summed up in<br />

1 sentence. What would your 1 sentence be?<br />

?I don?t stop moving. Keep GOING! Don?t stop<br />

moving? -or-<br />

"Don?t be ordinary."<br />

That?s her other one sentence! ;)<br />

This is Coach Spiegel here, signing off. Thank you<br />

for being that amazing woman and Mom you are.<br />

For loving your kiddos like you do.<br />

May you continue to be blessed and see just how<br />

important you are. May you keep passing on your<br />

greatness to your Littles, my Brave one!<br />

And be sure to send some special thanks and good<br />

vibes to that Sabrina for sharing her greatness<br />

with us.<br />

And remember, you're not alone in this fight for<br />

your children's future!<br />

-Coach Spiegel<br />

20


HOW TO HANDLE YOUR CHILD'S<br />

TANTRUMS SO THAT THEY AREN'T<br />

SCREWED UP FOR LIFE :)<br />

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Tantrums? YIKES! Talk about a<br />

horror show on steroids.<br />

Let?s talks about them for a<br />

second since they are one of the<br />

most stressful times in a parent?s<br />

life and here I am one of the<br />

leading experts on Mom?s Stress<br />

& Tiredness, especially with<br />

STRESS as it comes from those<br />

kiddos!<br />

2 t hings before w e<br />

bust int o your 5-st ep<br />

handling process:<br />

normally and not a sign that you<br />

are failing as a Mom, as a loving<br />

Parent.<br />

There are ways to minimize<br />

tantrums and get them to not<br />

happen.<br />

Such as practicing Micro-Nation<br />

Parenting...<br />

You can click the link here to<br />

download your free pdf<br />

download of the book that<br />

explains how you would do that.<br />

Tantrums shouldn?t be a source<br />

of contention between you two,<br />

though. It should just be one<br />

more thing taken in stride with<br />

this beautiful messy<br />

responsibility that is raising<br />

unexperienced little beings.<br />

The second thing:<br />

2.) Tantrums are not in control by<br />

your child. He/she doesn?t do<br />

them by choice.<br />

There is no ?logical?, rational way<br />

for him to work through it.<br />

She doesn?t ?decide? to have a<br />

meltdown. A tantrum. They don?t<br />

do them to spite you.<br />

1. First things first, Mom, they are<br />

not something to be avoided like<br />

the plague. They are perfected<br />

7<br />

21<br />

Now there are a few kiddos out<br />

there that start using them as a<br />

tool to get what they want. It


does depend on your<br />

history of them.<br />

When they are<br />

happening she doesn?t<br />

have the ability to<br />

?think? her way out of<br />

them.<br />

Let me give you an<br />

example?<br />

I was at a McDonalds<br />

Playplace the other day<br />

(don?t worry, I didn?t eat<br />

any of their food! I just<br />

camp out there<br />

sometimes to do some<br />

writing and laptop<br />

work)<br />

There I witnessed a<br />

tantrum go down when<br />

it was time to go and<br />

the child was<br />

understandably not<br />

wanting to. He wanted<br />

to keep playing and<br />

having fun.<br />

When he had himself a<br />

good fit over it, his<br />

Mom grabs him up and<br />

sits him down and<br />

starts asking all sorts of<br />

QUESTIONS:<br />

QUESTIONS she was<br />

expecting answers to.<br />

Do you remember we<br />

talked about this before<br />

we came here?<br />

· Aren?t you excited to<br />

go to Bible school? (I<br />

take it that?s where they<br />

were headed next)<br />

· You?re making Mom<br />

mad, you don?t want to<br />

make Mom mad, do all other functions. It?s a<br />

you?<br />

runaway freight train<br />

that can?t be derailed.<br />

I?ve seen Parents<br />

We can only wait until<br />

handle tantrums<br />

it?s done.<br />

HORRIBLY and this was<br />

nothing close to the When a child gets like<br />

worst I?ve seen.<br />

that, the only way<br />

What I wish she would through is to ride it out<br />

have known, and what I<br />

and help your child ride<br />

am passing onto you<br />

now about tantrums, is in out NOT alone.<br />

that they are out of the<br />

child?s control.<br />

Before we get to the 5,<br />

the ONE RULE THAT<br />

We have 3 brains..<br />

RULES THEM all,<br />

The first one is our though, Mom, is you.<br />

reptilian ?croc? brain..<br />

You control your<br />

We won?t get too much<br />

emotions. You take care<br />

into it now.<br />

of you first.<br />

One is responsible for<br />

Put plans in place for<br />

feelings emotions.<br />

you to cool down. Not<br />

The other is all about take things personally.<br />

logical, analyze and To not say or do<br />

thinking.<br />

something out of anger<br />

that you?ll regret.<br />

When the emotional<br />

side is lit up, it shuts off<br />

22<br />

You feel the hurt within<br />

you boiling up.<br />

You?re stressed. You?re<br />

overworked. You?re<br />

tired. Identify the weak<br />

points in your day.<br />

Worse comes to worse,<br />

and you feel the anger<br />

and your defense<br />

mechanisms start to<br />

overwhelm you?<br />

? you simply say: ?I<br />

don?t know how to<br />

RESPOND to this right<br />

now. So Mommy is<br />

going to leave the<br />

situation and collect<br />

her thoughts.?<br />

You?re capable of<br />

thinking. You?re capable<br />

of separating emotion<br />

from the behavior that<br />

typically arises from<br />

that emotion.


Parenting a child tends<br />

to bring up issues we<br />

had lay dormant within<br />

ourselves from our own<br />

childhood.<br />

We tend to lash out and<br />

respond as we were<br />

parented.<br />

You?re doing a<br />

magnificent job of<br />

choosing a new path for<br />

you and your Little. The<br />

times today don?t make<br />

it easy. We seem to<br />

have everything<br />

working against us.<br />

That?s why you?re the<br />

Mom Warrior and your<br />

Love will see you<br />

through. All you need is<br />

a little bit of help.<br />

So here?s 5 very<br />

practical things you can<br />

do when that tantrum<br />

hits to handle it<br />

awesomely and have it<br />

turn into a bonding<br />

moment instead of a<br />

relationship killer.<br />

Just take a look at<br />

where those tantrums<br />

typically hit and let it be<br />

your little reminder<br />

about what to do.<br />

(P.S. this also works<br />

great for ADULTS that<br />

are having TANTRUMS,<br />

like a husband) ;)<br />

St ep 1. Em pat hize<br />

While Nam ing The<br />

Em ot ion (if you know<br />

it ? if you don?t know For example...<br />

it , just em pat hize.)<br />

?Yup, you?re angry right<br />

When your beautiful now. I understand<br />

baby was born into this you?re angry because<br />

world and they were you wanted to keep<br />

crying because they playing but it?s time to<br />

were hungry, what did go.?<br />

you do?<br />

St ep 2: St at e t he next<br />

Did you name-call her st eps w hile<br />

and be mean to her. em pat hizing som e<br />

Did you use your words m ore (t he biggest<br />

to try to convince her t hing t hey need t o<br />

NOT to be hungry? know is t hat t hey<br />

aren?t alone.)<br />

No! You didn?t blame<br />

the crying on HER. You say:<br />

You blamed it on the "I can see that you?re<br />

hunger. (then of course angry now. I won?t let<br />

you probably fed her you be alone with that<br />

and soothed her feeling.<br />

because you?re an<br />

amazing Mom!)<br />

Mommy is here for you.<br />

When you cool down<br />

Same lesson here. you won?t be angry<br />

Don?t blame the kiddo.<br />

anymore and we?ll talk<br />

Blame the emotion! 7<br />

23<br />

about how you will<br />

handle this better next<br />

time instead of<br />

dumping your cheerios<br />

on the floor."<br />

St ep 3: Mirror your<br />

child so t hat she has a<br />

fram e of reference for<br />

t hat em ot ion.<br />

?Your face looks like this.<br />

Your arms are doing this.<br />

You want to hit stuff and<br />

take out your anger on<br />

the dog. I understand ya,<br />

kid! When Mommy gets<br />

angry, she wants to (x)<br />

There?s much better ways<br />

to release that anger<br />

than that though and I?m<br />

going to show you!


If you feel up to it, feel free<br />

to turn this into a laughing<br />

matter for you two.<br />

Over-Exaggerate their facial<br />

and bodily manners. If they<br />

are whining, you go ahead<br />

and whine but whine louder<br />

and sound really silly.<br />

A great piece of parenting<br />

secret is to follow the<br />

laughter. The more smiles<br />

and laughter that are known<br />

to a child, the better it will be<br />

for them and the<br />

relationship between you<br />

two!<br />

St ep 4: NOW go ahead and<br />

redirect t heir energy<br />

:)<br />

?I see you?re so upset right<br />

now. I am going to help you<br />

calm down. Would you draw<br />

for me a picture that shows<br />

how mad you are.<br />

-or-<br />

?I see you?re so upset right<br />

now.<br />

Together we are going to do<br />

some angry push-ups and<br />

get ourselves so strong and<br />

tough!?<br />

(this one works great for us<br />

boys, obviously) ;)<br />

(WARNING: t he previous<br />

st eps m ight fizzle out t he<br />

t ant rum so t here m ight not<br />

be any need for st ep 5)<br />

St ep 5: Reassure your child.<br />

Let t hem know your Love is<br />

NEVER on t he line.<br />

?You get as angry as you want,<br />

sweetie, nothing you do will<br />

ever make me love you less.<br />

You have all of my love forever.<br />

You know that right? (wait for<br />

the nod) Good. Let?s take a<br />

break and since you?re such a<br />

good problem solver,<br />

you tell me what you could have<br />

done instead.?<br />

No matter what happened in<br />

Step 4, whether you are still<br />

riding out the emotion together<br />

or not, always reminding your<br />

child on where he stands with<br />

acceptance of your Love is<br />

ALWAYS a good idea.<br />

Remember, it?s just emotions<br />

and she just doesn?t understand<br />

them yet. She needs help<br />

getting guidance and she is<br />

calling to YOU for that help.<br />

Just as you were there for your<br />

best friend when she got her<br />

heart broke. It?s the same level<br />

of pain, fear, frustration, and<br />

not-knowing going on with your<br />

24<br />

Little one.<br />

You?ll do the right thing, I know how<br />

wonderful and great you are! :)<br />

Now , before you leave m e?<br />

? rem em ber, one of the biggest<br />

takeaways you can have from<br />

today?s learning experience about<br />

tantrums, Mom, is that they are a<br />

result of an EMOTION.<br />

The behavioral, physical<br />

manifestation of something they<br />

are experiencing on the inside.<br />

It?s important that you pass onto<br />

them that they aren?t wrong for<br />

feeling the emotion. If they start<br />

feeling that?s wrong to be angry and<br />

they start bottling up that emotion<br />

because it has led to behavior that<br />

led to pain given to them by you?<br />

? bottling up emotions and not<br />

letting those emotions get felt --<br />

has negative consequences all<br />

throughout the rest of their life.<br />

So it?s great of you to establish that<br />

healthy habit of accepting the<br />

emotions as they come.<br />

Loving the emotion of laughter,<br />

because it?s a behavioral<br />

manifestation of joy and happiness,<br />

just as much as meltdowns as a


esult of anger and disappointment.<br />

You?re a magnificent Mother already, my brave one, strategies and steps like this will only make the<br />

greatness and worthiness in you shine all the more!<br />

Love you lots more next time!<br />

And remember, you're not alone in this fight for your children?s future!<br />

7<br />

25


Why That Husband Might Be<br />

Str essing You Out & The One<br />

Thing To Fix It!<br />

By The "Husband Whisperer "...<br />

Coach Spiegel!<br />

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trapped by a dragon.<br />

?Don?t use your sword,<br />

Have you heard this<br />

story, Mom?<br />

The story of the<br />

dragon, the knight and<br />

the princess in John<br />

Gary?s AMAZING,<br />

classic book Men are<br />

From Mars, Women are<br />

From Venus?<br />

With your Coach here<br />

being Mom?s go to guy<br />

for Stress cures, it<br />

makes sense that I<br />

should be studying<br />

WHERE that stress is<br />

coming from, right?<br />

Turns out that that<br />

husband/spouse is A<br />

HUGE SOURCE of it!<br />

I?ll share with you the<br />

story so that you can<br />

have a bit more insight<br />

as to what typically<br />

happens in your man?s<br />

brain, and some stuff<br />

that I feel this story is<br />

leaving out.<br />

Once Upon A<br />

Tim e?<br />

Imagine a knight in<br />

shining armor traveling<br />

through the countryside.<br />

Suddenly he hears a<br />

woman crying out in<br />

distress. In an instant he<br />

comes alive.<br />

Urging his horse to a<br />

gallop, he races to her<br />

castle, where she is<br />

The noble knight pulls<br />

out his sword and slays<br />

the dragon. As a result,<br />

he is lovingly received by<br />

the princess.<br />

As the gates open he is<br />

welcomed and<br />

celebrated by the family<br />

of the princess and the<br />

townspeople.<br />

He is invited to live in the<br />

town and is<br />

acknowledged as a hero.<br />

He and the princess fall<br />

in love. A month later the<br />

noble knight goes off on<br />

another trip. On his way<br />

back, he hears his<br />

beloved princess crying<br />

out for help.<br />

Another dragon has<br />

attacked the castle. When<br />

the knight arrives he<br />

pulls out his sword to<br />

slay the dragon.<br />

Before he swings, the<br />

princess cries out from<br />

7 the tower,<br />

27<br />

use this noose. It will<br />

work better.?<br />

She throws him the<br />

noose and motions to<br />

him instructions about<br />

how to use it. He<br />

hesitatingly follows her<br />

instructions. He wraps it<br />

around the dragon?s neck<br />

and then pulls hard.<br />

The dragon dies and<br />

everyone rejoices. At the<br />

celebration dinner the<br />

knight feels he didn?t<br />

really do anything.<br />

Somehow, because he<br />

used her noose and<br />

didn?t use his sword, he<br />

doesn?t quite feel worthy<br />

of the town?s trust and<br />

admiration.<br />

After the event he is<br />

slightly depressed and<br />

forgets to shine his<br />

armor. A month later he<br />

goes on yet another trip.<br />

As he leaves with his


sword, the princess reminds him to be careful and<br />

tells him to take the noose.<br />

On his way home, he sees yet another dragon<br />

attacking the castle.<br />

This time he rushes forward with his sword but<br />

hesitates, thinking maybe he should use the noose. In<br />

that moment of hesitation the dragon breathes fire<br />

and burns his right arm.<br />

He wonders, ?Should I use my sword, the nose or<br />

the poison? What would the princess say??<br />

For a moment he is confused. But then he<br />

remembers how he had felt before he knew the<br />

princess, back in the days when he only carried a<br />

sword.<br />

With a burst of renewed confidence he throws off<br />

the noose and poison... and charges the dragon<br />

with his trusted sword. He slays the dragon and<br />

the townspeople rejoice. The knight in shining<br />

armor never returned to his princess.<br />

He stayed in this new village and lived happily ever<br />

after.<br />

In confusion he looks up and sees the waving from<br />

the castle window.<br />

?Use the poison,?she yells. ?The noose doesn?t work.?<br />

She throws him the poison, which he pours into the<br />

dragon?s mouth, and the dragon dies.<br />

He eventually married, but only after making sure<br />

his new partner knew nothing about nooses and<br />

poisons. Remembering that within every man is a<br />

knight in shining armour is a powerful metaphor<br />

to help you remember a man?s primary needs.<br />

Everyone rejoices and celebrates, but the knight feels<br />

ashamed. A month later, he goes on another trip. As<br />

he leaves with his sword, the princess reminds him to<br />

be careful, and to bring the noose and the poison.<br />

He is annoyed by her suggestions but brings them just<br />

in case. This time on his journey he hears another<br />

woman in distress.<br />

As he rushes to her call, his depression is lifted and he<br />

feels confident and alive. But as he draws his sword to<br />

slay the dragon, he again hesitates.<br />

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Although a man may appreciate<br />

caring and assistance<br />

sometimes, too much of it will<br />

lessen his confidence or turn<br />

him off.<br />

You likely have a honey-do list.<br />

If you don?t have one, go ahead<br />

and start!<br />

went ahead and used my<br />

lightning fast reflexes and killed<br />

that bug DEAD!<br />

Bethany reaches over to me and<br />

hugs me tight and says?<br />

~From John Gray?s Wonderful<br />

Book, Men Are From Mars,<br />

Women Are From Venus.<br />

Now let?s jump in and<br />

diagnose that story, pull it<br />

apart a bit and see what we<br />

got . See if you understand the<br />

big takeaways.<br />

The #1 t hing:<br />

Your man NEEDS to save the<br />

day! He NEEDS to save his<br />

princess. He NEEDS missions<br />

to do in your honor!<br />

(ESPECIALLY if his love<br />

language is ?acts of service!?)<br />

He wants to slay dragons in<br />

your honor, my dear. Problem<br />

is, there are no dragons to<br />

slay. So what can you do<br />

instead?<br />

Then make a big deal about that<br />

when he ?conquers and slays?<br />

things on that list.<br />

Just like the Knight did when they<br />

threw a huge banquet in his<br />

honor.<br />

I shared this story on my wedding<br />

night in sharing the story about<br />

the MOMENT I knew I wanted to<br />

spend forever with my Bethany.<br />

The MOMENT I knew that I fell in<br />

love with her. I?ll tell it to you again,<br />

here, if you want?<br />

It was on our second date and<br />

after going to the drive-in theatre,<br />

got together after the movie and<br />

cuddled at her place. On her couch<br />

we watched The Best Of Chris<br />

Farley On Saturday Night Live.<br />

?Oh my HERO!?<br />

Holy cow, did that feel<br />

awesome! I remember feeling<br />

that and having her hold me<br />

tight and thinking, ?Uh-oh, I'm<br />

done for!<br />

I really love this girl. I don?t ever<br />

want her to let go!?<br />

And it happened because I was<br />

able to be her Knight there!<br />

So make a big deal about them<br />

?slaying? that changed lightbulb!<br />

Don?t just do a boring<br />

?Thank-you, here?s another ?job?<br />

for you to do? ?<br />

Instead throw a FEAST in their<br />

honor! Make him feel special<br />

and powerful!<br />

When you do that stuff for him,<br />

he will naturally want to loosen<br />

up and do stuff for you!<br />

An annoying fly comes buzzing<br />

around, ruining our romance. It<br />

landed near us on the couch and I<br />

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29<br />

That?s when the Law of<br />

Reciprocity kicks in, Mom. But it<br />

works from you showing it first.<br />

It?s in our Man Code DNA to


save damsels in distress. You?re that damsel that<br />

we want to save.<br />

Point #2<br />

Us men need jobs to do, but we tend to not like<br />

getting help from you in getting it done. As silly<br />

as that sounds it?s so true. You, in your loving<br />

nature, see that helping as showing your love?<br />

It?s how you show that you care, by helping.<br />

This is one of the more frustrating things about<br />

us men, I admit.<br />

ESPECIALLY when YOU know that you?re right!<br />

(which 99% of the time you are because you<br />

ARE the smarter species, just so you know) ;)<br />

"<br />

THAT KNIGHT IN<br />

THAT STORY WAS<br />

VERY<br />

SELF-CENTERED<br />

"<br />

That?s when complaints start coming in of you<br />

being a nag, when in reality you?re just trying to<br />

help!<br />

Sir Lancelot over in Camelot slayed HIS dragon<br />

without any help. Which means he?s so much<br />

better than me! Uh-oh, is my princess going to<br />

leave me for him!<br />

Then doubts and insecurities come rolling in.<br />

One last point ?<br />

This is the 21st century? a man?s ego needs to<br />

lighten up a bit.<br />

Know that the world doesn?t revolve around him<br />

and ?feeling like a man? all the time.<br />

You give us a job to do, a dragon to slay, and by<br />

slaying that dragon in your honor WITHOUT<br />

help, its what makes us feel capable and our life<br />

now has meaning.<br />

By getting your help, (especially help from a<br />

GIRL) it means that we aren?t worthy of your<br />

love. We are worthless. That you don?t trust us<br />

to get the job done.<br />

Our confidence is shot.<br />

That knight in that story was very self-centered.<br />

Even though it?s a good representation of what?s<br />

going on in a dude?s brain half the time, that story<br />

spoke more to the MAN?S shortcomings than the<br />

woman?s.<br />

The Princess was RIGHT! If she wasn?t given good<br />

instruction, he probably would have died! Instead<br />

of being a jerk and wishing she would just leave<br />

him alone and let him doing his slaying thing, he<br />

could have appreciated her!<br />

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Oh, and another thing about that dumb Knight, his woman DIDN?T CARE that he wanted to<br />

do it himself. She was still very thankful for him and didn?t see him any less!<br />

In fact, she probably saw him MORE manly!<br />

How proud of him she was for LISTENING to him!<br />

So he screwed that all up!<br />

Besides, Mom?<br />

? You don?t need a MAN to save your day! You don?t need a hero!<br />

? you don?t need a man to feel validated. It?s your time, Momma-dearest!<br />

If you?re in distress, you go ahead and be your own hero!<br />

You have no idea how wonderful and powerful you are.<br />

It?s about time you went on and showed it!<br />

Your Coach here is honored to play his small part in your revolution!<br />

She's so good about letting me feel like<br />

her HERO! l)<br />

7<br />

31


"I FINALLY H AVE ENERGY<br />

TO PLAY W ITH M Y<br />

DAUGH TER!"<br />

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Mom Hero bat t led debilit at ing t iredness for YEARS & YEARS, let t ing<br />

her husband and daught er dow n unt il she discovered t he ?healt hy?<br />

t hing she w as relying on t o get t hrough t he day w as act ually t he<br />

sinist er culprit . --> Once upon a t im e...<br />

?ARRRRR, What I<br />

need is SLEEP! not<br />

reignite our past<br />

passions,?-our<br />

Mom Hero said to<br />

herself as she<br />

stared at the<br />

empty suitcases<br />

trying to decide<br />

what to pack.<br />

Her husband<br />

suggested that<br />

they just needed<br />

to get away. To<br />

revisit where they<br />

went for their<br />

honeymoon. He<br />

wanted to recreate<br />

the experience a<br />

bit. Go back in<br />

time before life<br />

got so hectic and<br />

overwhelming.<br />

She was so tired<br />

that she couldn?t<br />

even pack for a<br />

single night, much<br />

less be much fun<br />

for her husband<br />

for this romantic<br />

giveaway.<br />

With regret and<br />

deep pain in her<br />

voice she told her<br />

husband that she<br />

couldn?t do it.<br />

?I?m so sorry,<br />

sweetie, you were<br />

so looking forward<br />

to this. I just can?t<br />

do this. I?m so<br />

tired. I need to<br />

rest. You<br />

32<br />

understand,<br />

right??<br />

?Of course, my<br />

love.? He<br />

responded.<br />

That?s when he<br />

knew. Knew<br />

something was up.<br />

This wasn?t like<br />

her. She used to<br />

have so much<br />

energy. So much<br />

vitality and zest for<br />

life.<br />

Sure a lot has<br />

happened these<br />

last few years, but<br />

still. Something<br />

didn?t feel right.<br />

He felt so<br />

powerless for his<br />

true love. That?s<br />

when he knew he<br />

had to find<br />

answers for her.<br />

To step up and be<br />

the man that she<br />

is proud to be<br />

married to.<br />

Stressed and<br />

Tired<br />

(som et hing w e<br />

here at Mom<br />

Warrior are<br />

rat her against ,<br />

isn?t t hat right ,<br />

m y good Reader?<br />

:) )<br />

In her 40?s, her<br />

health<br />

plummeted. She<br />

felt off ? almost ill<br />

with debilitating


"<br />

"<br />

CAFFEINE BECAME<br />

HER CRUTCH<br />

"<br />

fatigue. She would<br />

go to bed around<br />

8 pm, sometimes<br />

beating her<br />

daughter to bed?<br />

? but every<br />

morning she<br />

would wake up<br />

exhausted and<br />

confused. It would<br />

feel like she hadn?t<br />

slept at all. This<br />

would spill into<br />

her day to day<br />

stuff that needed<br />

to get done.<br />

Including taking<br />

care of her<br />

high-energy<br />

toddler.<br />

Around this time,<br />

she was caring for<br />

her Father, who<br />

was really sick in<br />

the intensive care<br />

unit. She<br />

practically lived at<br />

the hospital in<br />

being there for her<br />

dad in his final<br />

days.<br />

That alone was<br />

stressing her out.<br />

She?d been<br />

drinking a lot of<br />

hospital coffee just<br />

to get through the<br />

day.<br />

Caffeine became<br />

her crutch?<br />

... before long, the<br />

number of cups<br />

kept creeping up<br />

and up. First 3<br />

cups a day, then<br />

four, then five.<br />

7<br />

33<br />

Then whole pots.<br />

Her entire life and<br />

day became one<br />

big ?budgeting? act<br />

with her energy?<br />

For example?<br />

whenever she was<br />

faced with an<br />

activity that before<br />

she didn?t think<br />

twice about?<br />

· ? .. like playing<br />

with her daughter,<br />

· going on a date<br />

with her hubz,<br />

· or hanging out<br />

with her friends?<br />

? NOW, she would<br />

"<br />

have to ask<br />

herself:<br />

?Do I have energy<br />

to do this?...- or<br />

will it make me so<br />

tired that I?m<br />

FORCED to miss<br />

something later??<br />

--> A condition<br />

that has come to<br />

be called<br />

AGONIZED<br />

ENERGY<br />

ALLOCATION<br />

(A.E.A.)<br />

After a proud life,<br />

with so much love<br />

for his family, her<br />

Dad ended up<br />

passing away.<br />

(may he rest in<br />

peace).


In his final words to his daughter, he<br />

told our Mom Hero how proud of her<br />

he was.<br />

To continue to do her best and care of<br />

his granddaughter, who was the<br />

apple of his eye.<br />

Even in those final days in the<br />

hospital, whenever his high-energy<br />

little granddaughter angel came<br />

running into the room, he couldn?t<br />

help but smile.<br />

?Promise me,? he said to her.<br />

?Promise me that you will continue to<br />

do a good job raising her.?<br />

?Of course, Dad. I promise. You<br />

showed me the way, Dad. You were<br />

the best Father a daughter could ever<br />

ask for. I love you so much, Dad.? ?<br />

she replied back through teary eyes.<br />

And with her energy plummeting<br />

more and more with each passing<br />

week, she felt like she was letting her<br />

Father down.<br />

Like she was breaking that Promise<br />

she made to her Father. And she felt<br />

powerless in trying to stop it. Which<br />

made it even more frustrating.<br />

The stress and strain was not only<br />

affecting her?<br />

...it was infecting the lives of those<br />

closest to her,<br />

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? her beloved husband and daughter!<br />

Before long other symptoms started<br />

showing up ? frustrating brain fog,<br />

heavy headaches, feeling WAAAY older<br />

than what she was.<br />

She knew she needed help. After<br />

months of practically living in the<br />

hospital, it was her turn to become the<br />

patient.<br />

>>> But that just left her more bruised,<br />

beaten up, confused, and feeling lost.<br />

One doctor she visited simply brushed<br />

her aside and said it was just normal<br />

stress and grief. He suggested that she<br />

would just had to ?ride it out.?<br />

She knew that wasn?t it though. So she<br />

saw others.<br />

Another doctor quipped:<br />

?You?re getting older. Your energy reserves<br />

aren?t what they used to be. You?re just<br />

going to have to accept it.?<br />

Of course, she knew she was getting<br />

older, but this felt way worse. No<br />

matter how much she slept, it felt like


an accomplishment just to survive the<br />

day.<br />

She got really scared when yet another<br />

doctor wanted to test her for<br />

EVERYTHING. She anxiously awaited<br />

the results and they came back with?<br />

? NOTHING. Nothing conclusive.<br />

And as the months dragged on and on,<br />

she feared that she would never again<br />

regain her active live. That she would<br />

remain a SHELL of who she once was.<br />

It only got worse and she feared for<br />

the safety of her daughter. For her<br />

marriage. She had dreams and more<br />

she wanted to do with her life, and<br />

with each passing weary day, she was<br />

losing hope that they would be made<br />

real.<br />

?Mommy, why don?t you play with me<br />

anymore? ? her daughter said sadly to<br />

her.<br />

?I?m sorry, Sweetie, so sorry. Mommy is<br />

super tired.?<br />

Became the standard response and<br />

before long, her daughter stopped even<br />

trying to connect to her Mother.<br />

Seeing her so tired was hard on her<br />

husband, and not just on their<br />

love-making life either. He was worried<br />

she was getting too dependent on<br />

caffeine. They had more than one fight<br />

about her coffee drinking.<br />

He was convinced that it was making<br />

things worse. It was her life line to<br />

getting through the day!<br />

Like Rose clang to that makeshift raft at<br />

the end of Titanic, she glared at her<br />

hubby with eyes that said?<br />

?Just try to take away my COFFEE! It?s<br />

the only thing that?s helping me<br />

survive!?<br />

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35<br />

?Strange? Answers At Last!<br />

Wanting to be the ?Knight in Shining<br />

Armor? for his wife, our Mom Hero?s<br />

hubs set off on an adventure to discover<br />

who the culprit was for his wife?s<br />

downfall.<br />

He missed his wife. He missed the<br />

person she was. This wasn?t the woman<br />

he married.<br />

The one he fell in love with. This person<br />

was a shell of her former self! He wanted<br />

her Light back!<br />

That breath-taking smile that blew him<br />

way. He wanted that back. He couldn?t


"<br />

THEY COULD HAVE<br />

"MOLD...<br />

"<br />

even remember<br />

the last time she<br />

flashed that smile.<br />

He loved her so<br />

much and wasn?t<br />

going to go down<br />

without a fight! He<br />

pulled inspiration<br />

from her. She was<br />

ever the fighter<br />

herself! (as are<br />

you, Mom Warrior)<br />

Hubs started<br />

digging into coffee<br />

and how it?s<br />

processed and<br />

made. He learned<br />

that if coffee<br />

beans aren?t<br />

grown or<br />

harvested cleanly,<br />

they could have<br />

MOLD.<br />

That mold then<br />

produces toxins<br />

called mycotoxins<br />

that clamp down<br />

on your energy<br />

reserves? slowly<br />

stealing your<br />

energy.<br />

She asked her<br />

doctor about<br />

these toxins, and<br />

again our Mom<br />

Hero was<br />

disappointed.<br />

He knew nothing.<br />

It wasn?t his fault,<br />

he?s so busy and<br />

overloaded as it is.<br />

They don?t have<br />

the time (or<br />

ENERGY!)<br />

themselves to dig<br />

deeper into a<br />

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single subject like<br />

this.<br />

But Mom Hero?s<br />

husband was<br />

becoming quite<br />

the expert though!<br />

He kept passing<br />

along research he<br />

found through the<br />

Vanderbilt<br />

University of<br />

Coffee Studies<br />

(yup, that?s a<br />

University!) ;)<br />

The research was<br />

astounding and<br />

not about to give<br />

up her cherished<br />

coffee, she<br />

switched on over<br />

to a higher quality<br />

brand.<br />

A brand that<br />

doesn?t process<br />

their beans with<br />

large amounts of<br />

MOLD on them.<br />

The higher quality<br />

brand costed<br />

more, sure, but it<br />

lasted even longer<br />

because she didn?t<br />

have to use as<br />

many scoops to<br />

get the same<br />

caffeine jolt from<br />

the cheap,<br />

commercial<br />

brands.<br />

She also made<br />

life-style changes<br />

which included<br />

cleaning up her<br />

pantry and taking<br />

out foods and<br />

drinks loaded with


toxins and pesticides.<br />

Her daughter was<br />

worth it. Happy<br />

memories to be made<br />

was worth it.<br />

A happier relationship<br />

with her husband was<br />

worth it.<br />

She was missing out on<br />

her LIFE, and she wasn?t<br />

about to stand aside<br />

and LET IT CONTINUE<br />

TO TAKE FROM HER!<br />

The changes happened<br />

fast! :)<br />

t?s how cool and<br />

forgiving our body is,<br />

my dear Mom Warrior<br />

reader.<br />

Before long she started<br />

to feel consistently<br />

better ? more energized<br />

and clear-headed!<br />

And certainly more<br />

EMPOWERED! Like the<br />

breath of LIFE was put back<br />

in her. She felt in control of<br />

her again. Like she was<br />

taking her life back with<br />

one empowering choice<br />

after another.<br />

Within a few months, she<br />

had the energy to return to<br />

a project she put on the<br />

back-burner?<br />

? a children?s book she<br />

was writing in honor of her<br />

father, her daughter?s<br />

grandpa.<br />

So that she might know the<br />

great person he was. For<br />

his love, inspiration, and<br />

guidance, could continue<br />

to live on even though his<br />

soul has passed 7 from his<br />

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mortal body.<br />

A project started to keep<br />

true the Promise she<br />

made to him on his<br />

death bed.<br />

A project it tore her soul<br />

apart to not have the<br />

energy to work on.<br />

Not now though!<br />

After reading the final<br />

draft one night with her<br />

daughter? . Her daughter<br />

absolutely LOVED it!<br />

?I love it so much,<br />

Mommy! You did it!<br />

C?mon, let?s celebrate!?<br />

And with that the pair<br />

burst into a<br />

spontaneous, fun, dance<br />

party! It was in that<br />

moment our Mom Hero<br />

realized how far they?d<br />

come.<br />

How close she was to<br />

missing out on moments<br />

like this if she had given<br />

up.<br />

There had been many,<br />

FAR too many times<br />

before were she hadn?t<br />

been able to join her<br />

little girl in having some<br />

fun.


She felt her Father?s presence with<br />

them there. Felt his smile overlooking<br />

them in that moment.<br />

Our Mom Hero felt the pride he had<br />

for her, for now she knew she was<br />

keeping the Promise she made to<br />

him.<br />

It was in that moment, our Mom Hero<br />

burst into happy tears. Suddenly her<br />

little angel stopped dancing and<br />

asked,<br />

?What is it, Mom? Are you okay??<br />

?I am more than okay, Sweetie, I?m<br />

just so thankful that I can have fun<br />

with you again.?<br />

?Me too, Mommy, me too! I love<br />

having you back!? --And they all lived<br />

happily ever after!<br />

What YOU can do, Mom<br />

Warrior?<br />

Go on and take this 37-second quiz<br />

-Is coffee st ealing YOUR energy,<br />

joy, and t he chance t o m ake happy<br />

m em ories w it h your fam ily?<br />

If you feel exhaust ed despite your<br />

cup of joe? and have 2 or more of the<br />

symptoms below, a toxin in your brew<br />

may be the hidden, thieving culprit?<br />

- Headaches<br />

- Brain fog<br />

- A.E.A. (Agonized Energy<br />

Allocation)<br />

- Frequent colds/congestions &<br />

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getting sick<br />

"- Morning stiffness -or- joint pain<br />

- Easily stressed, cranky -orirritable<br />

- Skin sensitivity<br />

- itchy eyes<br />

How did you do? If not so good... you'll<br />

want to download the free guide at the end of<br />

this article to STOP THOSE ENERGY THIEVES!<br />

Some things to be wary of as you move<br />

forward, Mom Warrior?<br />

! CAUTION ! This Thieving Toxin Is<br />

Draining 64% Of Wom en Over 40, and<br />

55% Over 30<br />

Sara Gottfried, M.D., one of my favorite<br />

people ever....<br />

...She is part of a panel of experts (your<br />

Coach here included!) that caution the<br />

2/3rds of women who drink coffee<br />

daily:<br />

?Coffee is one of the top sources of<br />

mycotoxins, a health and energy<br />

sapping substance produced by mold.?<br />

-Dr. Gottfried says.<br />

When ingested, these energy thieves<br />

impair cellular energy output and<br />

trigger inflammation (internal flames)<br />

that requires MORE energy to take care<br />

of.<br />

Leads to fatigue, fog and allergy-like<br />

symptoms.<br />

More doctors have no idea about these<br />

mycotoxins in coffee. So most go<br />

undiagnosed, she adds.


Most doctors are<br />

struggling with<br />

fatigue issues<br />

themselves. And most<br />

have yet to make the<br />

seemingly simple<br />

kindergarten<br />

connection between<br />

the food and drink we<br />

put in our body...<br />

... and the effects that<br />

has on our health and<br />

energy.<br />

! Risk of overload is<br />

on t he rise !<br />

Experts say hot, wet<br />

weather like we?ve<br />

had the last few<br />

years, encourages<br />

more mold growth, so<br />

our coffee is more<br />

contaminated than<br />

ever with these<br />

energy thieving<br />

mycotoxins.<br />

Even worse! Like a<br />

plaque build up in<br />

your mouth, these<br />

energy thieves<br />

accumulate in your<br />

body so we may feel<br />

the effects more as<br />

we age.<br />

Making us feel, and<br />

act, older than we actually<br />

are.<br />

"<br />

This according to Jill<br />

Carnahan, M.D.<br />

?Toxic burden is the<br />

biggest cause of declining<br />

health today.?<br />

How Excited Are<br />

You To Fight Back?<br />

>> You CAN Get Your<br />

Mycot oxin Levels<br />

Test ed, HOWEVER?<br />

A new blood test (GPL ?<br />

MycoTox) measures your<br />

mycotoxin count. But<br />

since studies show nearly<br />

100% of people test<br />

positive?<br />

? its best to probably<br />

assume that you have<br />

these energy thieves<br />

hanging out in you and<br />

you do what you can to<br />

get rid of them?<br />

? especially if you?re<br />

feeling even a bit of<br />

tiredness and/or stress<br />

and if you want more<br />

energy regardless!<br />

"<br />

...impair energy<br />

output and<br />

trigger<br />

7<br />

inflammation"<br />

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My gift to you below will<br />

help you cast out these<br />

energy thieves?<br />

? . a weapon to help you<br />

win!...<br />

"<br />

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Energy Thieves In 60 Days<br />

or Less!<br />

--> How To Turn 17 Sim ple<br />

Tw eaks Int o Energy That<br />

Won?t Quit !<br />

Simply click the link on the<br />

next page, (or this one here!)<br />

and that will take you to the<br />

guide!<br />

Feel free to share this with<br />

anyone you know that is<br />

DONE getting their energy<br />

and happy memories stolen<br />

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"<br />

Click Here And Get Your Ult im at e Guide To<br />

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Heartfelt Thanks & Special Place In<br />

Our Hearts To:<br />

Sabrina!<br />

...For loving your Family like you do!<br />

.... being a model for them to follow towards rocking at<br />

life! For being a true Mom Warrior and fighting the good<br />

fight against STRESS & TIREDNESS!<br />

..... for being brave and courageous in standing up to<br />

wrongness, injustice, and the bad guy businesses that<br />

want to STEAL your kids' joy and happiness<br />

....... and making all those lucky to know you! May you<br />

continue to channel your Greatness so that you're kids'<br />

futures will be okay!<br />

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