Meet A Mom

This week’s Meet a Mom interview is with Alston Calabrese and Leigh Hansen, the friends (and moms!) behind Habitual Hostess, a gorgeous Instagram and website, both filled with beautifully photographed recipes, and the stories behind them. Their content is all about making delicious food, creating memories and planning enjoyable, stress-free meals for family and friends. “We always tell our kids, life is boring, it’s your job to make it fun, and those are words we live by!” says Alston. In addition to gaining over 12,000 followers on Instagram alone in about a year, they’ve partnered with brands like J.McLaughlin, Dudley Stephens and Monogram Mary while hosting events and offering local seasonal gift boxes that have been selling out in days. Read our interview from both of these talented, stylish and busy moms!

The founder & CEO of the Contenders athleisure brand shares his story.

This Mom of 2 is a Nutrition Coach & Personal Trainer specializing in Women’s Health and helping her clients meet their goals. She even offers healthy cooking classes so you can stay on track in the kitchen as well. Read our full interview with Laura here including her favorite local spots around town!

This boy mom is Board Certified Colorist, Blonde Specialist, IBE® Elite/Master Technician Artist and Stylist at The House of Blondes. Learn her advice for getting started with extensions, how she loves connecting with her clients to help build their confidence, and her advice for fellow Mom Entrepreneurs!

This Mom of THREE moved from Vermont to Naples in 2021 to open her own Concierge Chiropractic practice specializing in Women’s Health. As a career chiropractor, Vicki was determined to create an effective solution to reducing pain and empowering women to truly love and thrive during their pregnancy. Learn about her practice, her advice for fellow Mom Entrepreneurs and her favorite local spots in our interview here!

This Mom of 3, is a former pediatrician, who decided to take her love of health and nutrition and her passion for listening and understanding and turn it into a way to guide people into achieving their weight loss goals. She is there every step of her patients journeys helping them not only achieve their goal weight, but learn how to maintain it through a health active lifestyle. Read our interview here plus learn about Teresa’s favorite local spots around town!

This Emmy-nominated mom of two has left reality TV behind and continued her career as an internationally renowned health and wellness expert. She is the author of 8 New York Times bestselling books, Podcast Host and Creator of The Fitness App, a podcast Keeping It Real, and developed her own line of Jillian Michaels iTOUCH Wearables. Read our interview where we asked Jillian about her life as a working mom, her goals for 2023 and more!

                                    How many kids do you have and what are their ages?  I have two kids, Mia is 9 years old and Liam is 4 years old. What do you love about living in the Sarasota area? I love living in the Sarasota area because it attracts people from...

Meet Michelle who was born and raised in Naples! Michelle is a Mom who has multiple talents including owning Tritone Triple Barre Fitness in downtown Naples. Michelle is a busy entrepreneur who started from the very bottom and worked her way to the top.  How many kids...

We first started reading Kelle Hampton’s motherhood and lifestyle blog, Enjoying the Small Things, even before we had our own kids. This Naples, Florida-based writer had already grown a sizeable following by sharing her life as a mom to a toddler, daughter Lainey, and...

This week, meet actress Brooke Lyons. Like all of us, Brooke wears several hats—she’s Mom to 18-month-old Sebastian (“Bash”) as well as a 10-year-old Shih Tzu, Lucy. She’s a wife, married to producer Max Osswald. She’s also a working actress—currently, you can see her...

Ali Fedotowsky Manno is known as a reality TV sweetheart, having earned fans around the world with starring roles on Season 14 of The Bachelor and Season Six of The Bachelorette. In the almost decade since she appeared on these shows, she says they’ve changed with the...

Emma Heming Willis leads a charmed life, for sure. Married to Bruce Willis (yes, Mr. Die Hard), with whom she lives in Westchester, NY, she’s mom to two beautiful little girls (Mabel is 6 and Evelyn is 4). She’s also an entrepreneur, with an organic pregnancy skincare...

Local mom Besty created Besty’s Best with the idea to make nut and seed butters nutritional, delicious and a treat to eat. After her daughter fell in love with her homemade peanut butter Betsy decided to sell at local Famers Markets. Now Betsy has over 200 recipes and is located in stores across the country.

Actress Melissa Joan Hart is best known for her memorable leading roles on Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. But to her family and friends, she’s also known for being something of a Christmas nut. “I’ve always been really into the...

Charla is a busy mom of 3 boys who owns Cycle Guroo. Charla is originally from Immokalee and feels Cycle Guroo is a unique 100% judgement free zone. It does not matter what you do, it matters that you show up and stay on the bike! Read more to learn about Charla in our interview.

Tina is a mom of two beautiful teenage girls. Her family has lived in Naples for the last 12 years. While enjoying the pace of Naples, Tina and her husband opened Home and Salvage. Home and Salvage now have three store fronts. Two store fronts where they mix new furniture with consignment and their newest baby is a store of unique gifts and jewelry at great prices.

Meet the Mom behind our neighborhood toy store, Pop Toy! Sarah Beyrent wife and proud mom of 5!

I was born and raised in Ft Myers and attended Florida Gulf Coast University. I moved to Naples with my husband after he took a position with Collier County Sheriff’s Office. We now have three children and have lived in the Naples area for the past 13 years.