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<img class="left" src="images/stories/savvy_mommy_7/jessbrnjakt.jpg" border="0" alt="Jessica Denay" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="155" height="205" align="left" /> Jessica Denay, author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595558519/islandtravela-20">The Hot Mom&#39;s Handbook</a> and <a href="http://www.hmcmagazine.com/">Hot Moms Club</a> founder answers the <strong>Savvy Mommy 7</strong> 
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<strong>1. What can you tell moms who want to be empowered and confident but need a little push?</strong> 
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It starts inside, with your thoughts. Every Mom can be a Hot Mom, in fact you already are, you just have to WAKE HER UP!!! Decide and commit. Read inspiring words, hang around with confident inspiring women, get to know yourself, love that person, and let her loose! (<a href="http://www.hmcmagazine.com/">HMCmagazine.com</a> is a hub of inspirational moms). 
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<strong>2. Why did you decide to <a href="http://www.hmcmagazine.com/havemore/">Have More Compassion</a> instead of just sitting around like so many people who say they will do something but never do?</strong> 
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I wanted to &quot;do something&quot; for a long time, but it wasn&#39;t until I had the confidence and realized that individually we do have power, we can make a difference if we commit ourselves wholeheartedly to something. As a single mom I had many advantages, but it was still really hard, I couldn&#39;t help think of all the moms who do it without the support, I feel compelled to help them. 
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<strong>3. Which actress has inspired you to be the confident mom you are?</strong> 
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Goldie Hawn, she just exudes confidence and light, she is a Hot Mom in every sense of the word! 
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<strong>4. What was the reaction you received the first time you wore a <a href="http://www.hmcmagazine.com/">Hot Moms Club</a> shirt?</strong> 
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Unbelievable, I couldn&#39;t go anywhere without people starring or asking me about it, men and women! I&#39;m used to it now but it took some time to adjust to all of the attention. 
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<strong>5. What do you miss the most about your hometown now that you are a California mom? </strong><br />
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The seasons. I grew up in Nutley NJ. I am lucky enough to get back quite a bit, but I miss fall, snow days, the first smell of spring, and of course NYC...<br />
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<strong>6. How did you find time to write your book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595558519/islandtravela-20">&quot;The Hot Mom&#39;s Handbook : Moms Have More Fun!&quot;</a>, while raising your son? </strong><br />
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I don&#39;t think a single bit of text was written in the daylight hours!!<br />
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<strong>7. What are you reading right now? </strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1932279202/islandtravela-20">Mommy Land</a> and it&#39;s hilariously true!! Before that I finished re-reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1577310462/islandtravela-20">Living the Light</a> by Shakti Gawain<br />
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Jessica Denay&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.jessicadenay.com/">website</a> 
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