Setting The Table Submitted by Sandy Lawrence, Perceptive Marketing 281-807-1300 / SandyLawrence@PerceptiveMarketing.com / www.PerceptiveMarketing.com Written by Mary Jo Rapini and Janine Sherman, Authors / www.StartTalkingBook.com Book title: Start Talking: A Girl’s Guide for You and Your Mom about Health, Sex, or Whatever Young girls deserve accurate information presented in a relaxed way by people whom they trust. They deserve straightforward answers to their questions. Moms deserve a chance to have engaging conversations with their daughters about life-critical issues. Table Talk - Setting the Table: Here are great mother-daughter ideas for “settings” to have table talk conversations: • Ride with just the two of you in the car listening to music. The lyrics can often spur great conversations. • Take a walk - a wandering walk - together, and let the conversation go where it may. • Pick your daughter up from school and suggest a drink at a coffee house. Most coffee houses have comfortable seating and generally are quiet at this time of day. • Go to a knitting shop and learn to knit together. Many such shops often have quiet cozy areas in which to work. Furthermore, knitting can be a productive conversation-enhancing hobby. • Read a book together, followed by discussion sessions. Let the book’s content be your conversation starters. • Make plans to get up early and have a quiet breakfast before the rest of the family wakes up. • Go to yoga class together and get a smoothie afterwards. Yoga puts everyone in a good mood. • Dance together. Enroll in a tap class, then have dinner afterwards. • Plant an herb garden and cook one meal per week together. • Have a “spa day” at home. Buy a facial mask and give each other “manis” and “pedis.” Serve sparkling apple cider to make it seem really special. • One afternoon find a place in your town that has high tea. If unable to find a place with high tea, make scones, put on classical music and have a tea party. • On a sunny day make a picnic lunch and go to a local park. • Find a pottery painting place and do some artwork. • Try working out together. It can make exercising more fun! Getting started with table talk can happen almost any place or any time. Putting the facts on the table and learning from one another may be the best gift a mother can give her daughter to protect her future health. My favorite way to talk to my daughter at night is when she gets on her treadmill at her school gym, and I get on mine at home. We put our phones on speaker and talk to each other as we walk. It’s like being on a walk together even when we are miles apart. It also makes exercise more fun, and I am connected with her throughout my dreams at night. About the Authors: Janine Sherman, RN-C, MSN is a popular presenter on mother-daughter issues. She is actively involved with physicians, nurses and other health-care professionals as well as daughters, daughters' friends, and teens in general. Mary Jo is a popular speaker across the nation, with multiple repeat requests to serve as key-note speaker for national conferences. Her dynamic style is particularly engaging for those dealing with intimacy issues and relationship challenges, or those simply hanging on to unasked questions about sex in relationships. About Our Show Expert: Perceptive Marketing president, Sandy Lawrence, is the driving force behind the company. She is a marketing and promotions executive with over 20 years experience at some of the largest and most well-known corporations in the US, such as Digital Equipment and HP/Compaq. Sandy recognizes the entrepreneurial spirit and creativity of her clients and develops programs that help highlight their benefits for their customers. Her assistance results in increased business growth, customer satisfaction and customer loyalty. Sandy is a "people person" who works passionately and single-mindedly to take her client's message to the world. Her marketing skills and wealth of knowledge are now available to anyone who needs the competitive edge that only a truly perceptive marketing expert can give.