Product Review: One Week Parenting Miracle

A couple months ago I was approved to do a product review with a company called iChology.

What is iChology?
iChology is a pioneer in providing high quality Web Based Therapeutic Training. iChology has gathered some of the world’s foremost experts in the areas of marriage and family relations, parenting, anxiety, depression, sexual dysfunction, addiction and many more.

iChology is dedicated to bringing you high quality video trainings to help you in every area of your life. iChology was founded on the principles of providing quality training at affordable prices from the comfort of your own home.


iChology Programs
There are currently two programs and one in the making at iChology. The first program is called One Week Parenting Miracle (the one I am doing this review about), the second is called Teen Miracle, and the third program (which is still being created) is called The Depression Miracle.


Each program is designed to deliver high-quality, interactive, step-by-step video lessons and guidebooks that teach the skills and application needed to succeed.

One Week Parenting Miracle - Description

The One Week Parenting Miracle is an in-home, self-paced video training course to help you improve any child's behavior in as little as One Week!

This parenting training is a compilation of everything Dr. Hyde has learned about Parenting over his 25 plus years in practice as a Clinical Therapist. He has literally helped thousands of parents just like you regain control of their homes by learning the techniques to become better parents.


“The One Week Parenting Miracle” claims to "work when nothing else has worked". This program is ideal for parents that have children who are not respectful, and/or disobedient in some way. Here is a list they provided:


•Engaged in a power struggle
•Oppositional or Defiant
•Unwilling to reasonably talk out the situation
•Unwilling to negotiate a Win-Win solution

•Unwilling to Respect others, or unwilling to mind and cooperate.
•Unwilling talk out or solve the problem rather they act out the problem.
•Physically or verbally explosive, aggressive, or violent
•Your present discipline currently isn’t working
•Too young or developmentally delayed to learn verbally.


What you will learn?
The most effective ways to discipline your child... The skills you need to increase positive behavior... The skills you need to decrease negative behavior... How to properly deal with temper tantrums... How to feel confident about building a healthy relationship with your child...


Parents are the best co-therapists – no one will know or love your child more than you do. Implementing therapeutic strategies on a daily consistent basis is extremely effective.




About Dr. Hyde
The One Week Parenting Miracle is a compilation of everything Dr. Randy Hyde has learned about Parenting over his 25+ years in practice as a Clinical Psychologist. He has helped thousands of parents regain control of their homes by learning the techniques to become better parents.

Dr. Hyde has established an extremely successful practice and on top of helping thousands of parents and children, he has also trained hundreds of interns who went on to become clinical psychologists, therapists, and counselors.

Our Situation
At this point in my life as a parent to a two year old, I am in desperate need for any kind of guidance when it comes to disciplining my child. I am not sure if it is lack of attention, jealously of her younger sister, or the simple fact that my little girl just does NOT want to listen...but she is extremely defiant.

Most of our friends and family don't believe me, but when she doesn't get her way, Destin throws huge tantrums - including screaming, yelling, crying, hitting, kicking, throwing, etc. When we go out in public, she does not listen or stay with us (which is a BIG safety issue). When I tell her NOT to do something, she does it anyway. And the list goes on...

I don't know if our situation is the way it is, because I am a pushover...but I feel that yelling, time outs and spanking her are not working to our advantage. She is not learning how to control herself, follow directions, and show exemplary behavior.

My Review
So with all that said above, I was really hoping to learn some AMAZING miracle to help me be a better parent as a whole.

I really enjoyed reading through the modules (which are clearly labeled, organized and easy to read). I also liked the mini videos (some only just a few minutes long) to reinforce or go into greater detail about the content.

My issue...lack of time! I am a stay at home mommy to two young children. My only time to myself is at the grocery store, or when the girls go to bed at night (and even then I am usually spending time with my husband).

I think that if I take the needed time and devotion to this issue, things would eventually get better. I think, in a way, you are transrfoming yourself as a parent and not really changing your child (as an outsider may think).

A big eye opener for me, was just hearing and reading the obvious. As an educator, and someone who has dealt with children long before I became a mom; I really felt I should already know these things. I know that positive attention/reinforcement increases positive/good behavior. And you know the saying, "it will get worse - before it gets better?"...that is what has been happening at our house.

Destin's behavior has just been getting worse, with no signs of improvement...and I think the main reason WHY is because I yell or get angry, and pretty much give her negative attention all the time. How I say something is more important, than what I am saying...

Hopefully, after a little bit of time and effort (mostly on my part) things will change for the better...and I am sure I will be on here to update everyone. Until then, here are some more details about this program and how you can access it.

How much does it cost?
You can sign up for $1 dollar today and have 100% full access to the program for seven days. On the eighth day, you will be charged 27 dollars. You will then be charged $27 dollars every month that you continue with the program and you can cancel at any time. You will not even need to speak to a human to cancel.

As a member you will have 100% access to all the content of Dr. Hyde’s program—video, evaluation questions, written content, workbook, and role plays.

So...a little steep! But I honestly don't know what a good price would be?

Where can I learn more?
If you would like more information about the One Week Parening Miracle, please click here. You can also find them on Facebook, and Twitter.

To learn more about iChology, you can visit their website or like them on Facebook.

Thank you to Business 2 Blogger, and iChology for allowing me to work with you on this product review!

Disclosure: I was provided with a One Week Parenting Miracle membership to conduct this review. As always, any compensation did not influence or dictate my honest review about this product and/or company.

Cord Blood Banking $100 Coupon Giveaway

What is Cord Blood?Umbilical cord blood is the blood collected from the umbilical cord immediately following the birth of a child. This blood provided nourishment for the baby during pregnancy, but once the baby is delivered, umbilical cord blood is no longer necessary.

Umbilical cord blood is rich in multipotent hematopoietic "stem cells" (or blood stem cells). These cord blood stem cells produce the cellular ingredients necessary for the blood and the immune system. When the umbilical cord blood cells are transplanted into patients, they can help restore the immune and blood systems to help fight diseases and replace diseased blood.


Collecting your child's umbilical cord blood and saving it in a cord blood bank provides you with insurance in case your child develops any of the illnesses where cord blood is used in treatment.

Is Cord Blood controversial?
They are not taken from an embryo, but rather from an umbilical cord (which is generally discarded) after a baby's birth. There is no controversy about collecting and storing cord blood stem cells because the cord blood would otherwise be medical waste.


Although, to date, cord blood treatments have only been used to treat blood diseases, there has been extensive medical evidence that, under the right circumstances, cord blood treatments using stems cells could be used to treat a much broader range of diseases. The beauty of using stem cells harvested from cord blood rather than embryos is that there is no stem cell controversy.


My thoughts…
To be honest, I wish we had the money (it can be very expensive) to do this with our girls when they were born. You just never know what could happen…and it would be nice knowing that we had their cord blood in storage in case they ever had a type of cancer, heart disease, etc. There are so many things that research can someday use cord blood for and maybe someday you or your family could need this life saving blood. Please consider looking into this company, and compare what you find to make the right decision for your family.

Just want to note…
You can only look into doing this if you are currently pregnant, or will someday be pregnant - which may limit how many people sign up to win this giveaway. If you know someone who is pregnant, and/or someone who is looking into cord blood banking then you may want to enter the giveaway (see details below).  


Check out the story of Baby John: http://www.mazecordblood.com/video/index.html  


To learn more about MAZE Cord Blood Laboratories and the importance of banking cord blood see: http://www.mazecordblood.com. MAZE is an affordably private cord blood bank with nationwide delivery and has no additional yearly storage charges. Compare the prices of leading cord blood banks: http://www.mazecordblood.com/cordblood-bank-comparison.htm  


Now for the Giveaway:
I have 2 $100 coupons for my readers! You will have a total of 6 ways to enter! Please read the details below carefully so that you can win!

MANDATORY ENTRY: Follow my blog with Google Friend Connect (and leave a comment below telling me you did so).

Make sure you leave your email in your comments, so I can notify you if you win!


Bonus (please leave additional comment, with your email afterwards):
1. Leave a comment telling me why you would like to win this giveaway
2. Follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/mp_roach)
3. Follow MAZE on Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/cord_blood_bank) 
4. Tweet about this giveaway & copy/paste what you wrote
5. Like MAZE on Facebook
This giveaway will end on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 11:59 PM! Thank you for entering and GOOD LUCK!!! I look forward to reading all the comments :)

Business 2 Blogger

As many of you know I love getting free samples and products! There is a wonderful company called Business 2 Blogger that helps fellow bloggers, like myself, get great opportunities with Businesses wanting to promote their product with reviews and giveaways.

If you own a blog and would love to get free stuff - then check out this great company!

So, how does it work?

Business2Blogger sends you an email every week or so which lists all the possible Business matches looking for bloggers to review their product. Sometimes they want you to have a giveaway, sometimes you are just writing about the product - but in both cases you get a free product (which you must review on your blog) of some kind and you get it absolutely free!

What to expect:

■B2B won’t make you rich. It won’t pay your mortgage. Don’t look at B2B as a work-at-home income source. This is a place where you may find the occasional neat product to review and keep, or you may make a few bucks.

■You won’t get a Blogging job every time we send out an email. We work with a LOT of Bloggers, and although we get many offers, you will not always get the job you want. In the end, the Business makes the final decision who to contact.

■Business2Blogger is a Business, run by 3 Bloggers. We have big plans. Revenue is re-invested in ways that will help bring even more opportunities to you. But our service will always remain free for the Blogger to receive the offers, and there will always be an option available for Businesses to run a free campaign.

■Your privacy is important to us. You will never get more than one email with blogging opportunities per day from us, and we will NEVER sell your contact information. Any information you choose to give us is ONLY used to pair you with Blogging opportunities.

My experience

Since joining a little over a month ago, I have applied for about 15+ company product reviews and was able to review 2. I love that everyday moms, like me, can have these amazing opportunities and test products first hand!

If are you still curious about joining, or have any questions, please go to their site and check it out. It doesn't cost you anything, and you truly are setting yourself up for lots of great goodies in the future!

Take care,
Melissa

My Comfort Cross Review & Giveaway

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED (as of Friday, 04/22 at MIDNIGHT)! 
Thank You to all who entered! I really enjoyed reading all of your comments below! I wish I had one for all of you, but I only had 1 to giveaway...

 

The Winner is Brandy McAmis!

You have 24 hours to send me an email at media@frugalfabulousfinds.com to claim your prize, OR I get to choose another winner!

 

I STILL HAVE 1 COMFORT CROSS TO GIVEAWAY!!! Soo...I am going to extend this giveaway for just 1 more day! You have until this evening, Friday, April 22nd to enter!

I recently joined this great blogging program for fellow bloggers to promote and review products called Business 2 Blogger. Through this great program, they connect you (the blogger) with companies who want you to try their products for free in exchange for a review! Pretty cool, right?

Well, I was selected by a company to try out their product! My Comfort Cross chose me as one of the bloggers to review their product! http://mycomfortcross.com/

So what is the product?

An attractive handcrafted cross made from Olive wood. The cross comes inside a beautiful red velveteen bag with a card explaining the significance of the comfort cross and this verse: “When I am afraid. I will trust in you.” – Psalm 56:3.

Designed to fit in the palm of your hand, it is perfect for taking with you anywhere...

The cross is smooth to the touch, and a perfect reminder to have faith in God. It is small enough where you could take it with you in your purse, back pack, diaper back, etc. You could keep it in the car, on your desk or by your bedside.

A close up of the card

The Olivewood Cross

Comfort Crosses are individually carved from a single unique piece of beautifully grained olive wood pruned from the olive trees around Bethlehem the birthplace of Jesus.

Christians have been carving crosses like this for hundreds of years, originally for pilgrims and more recently tourists visiting the Holy Land. Each craftsman receives a fair price to support their family and Christian community. The Comfort Cross is designed to fit comfortably into the palm of your hand as an aid to prayer or meditation. Ideal as your spiritual companion for easing children's fears, comforting worries and stresses of adults and focusing the prayer of the sick and elderly.

What's really great about this company?

Their mission is to help Christians in Bethlehem. This is a story they sent to me below:

Issa is a Christian living on the outskirts of Bethlehem and has been carving crosses and religious items his whole life to support his wife and three children. Twenty years ago my mother met Issa on a visit to Bethlehem and began importing his olive wood handicrafts. With the decline in Bethlehem tourism, Issa and other Christian Artisans are struggling. Our aim is to support them by providing a market for olive wood crosses direct to Christians in America.

Purchasing comfort crosses and other handicrafts made by local Christians in Bethlehem who are paid a fair price for their work both provides yourself with a beautiful natural reminder of Jesus Christ but also supports the presence of Christians in the land of Christ.

How much do they cost?
If you go to their site, you can buy individual crosses for $6, a pair for $11 or in packs of ten for $40. Comfort Crosses can be used for fundraising and giveaways at just $3 each, see the website for all the details.


If you go to this link, you can purchase 2 crosses with cards and bag and postage within the US for $12, a $2 discount.


OR you can win one in the giveaway below! I am giving away 2 crosses to my readers!


Comfort Crosses make a wonderful gift to say “thanks” or “I care” to your pastors, priests, bible study groups, prayer groups or any family member or friend in need of a little boost in faith. Also, Easter is coming up and this would be a perfect gift to that special someone for the holiday! Comfort Crosses are also available for fundraisers!


Visit MyComfortCross.com to find out more information on their crosses and about the wonderful service they are doing for others!

Now comes the GIVEAWAY…
Two lucky readers will each receive one Comfort Cross of their very own to keep or give as a gift!


MANDATORY ENTRY: All you have to do is leave a comment below telling me what you like about the comfort cross or any gift ideas you have for the comfort cross!

Bonus (please leave additional comment):
1. Follow my blog with Google Friend Connect
2. Follow me on Twitter & Tweet about this giveaway

3. Like "My Comfort Cross" on Facebook

4. Share this giveaway on Facebook

This giveaway will end on Friday, April 8, 2011 Friday, April 22, at 11:59 PM! Thank you for entering and GOOD LUCK!!! I look forward to reading all the comments :)