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The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Cori Howard

Cori Howard is an award-winning journalist and communications consultant and mother to two amazing kids, ages 8 and 12. She’s the editor of the best-selling anthology, Between Interruptions; Thirty Women Tell the Truth about Motherhood, and founder of the online writing centre, The Momoir Project. For more info on Cori’s writing, click here www.corihoward.com. And for info on her PR communications company, click here: www.corihowardcommunications.com. You can find her on Facebook or Twitter (@writingmoms) Thanks to her PR job, she’s almost always online! Come say hello.  Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Raj Thandhi

Raj Thandhi is a fashion writer and personal style blogger living on a latte budget with a taste for pink champagne. She focuses on budget friendly fashion, runway to real-life looks, and DIY options. When she’s not pinning dream looks (pinterest.com/pinkchai), stocking up on fashion magazines, or drinking too much tea – she’s probably driving her kids around to after-school activities. Follow Raj’s daily outfits and escapades at pinkchaistyle.com, or on Twitter @pinkchai. Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Kerry Sauriol

Kerry Sauriol is the Vancouver mom behind the blog Crunchy Carpets. She has three children and sundry pets and tries to balance it all and keep her sanity. Her blog focuses on the juggling act called parenting. In her case the act of juggling a preschooler, two burgeoning ‘tweens,’ and keeping them all out of therapy when they are older.

Kerry has spoken at Northern Voice, been seen and heard on CBC, and featured in the Globe & Mail. Beyond children, her other passion is social media and she runs a social media management company called SAHMedia. You can find her on Twitter at @CrunchyCarpets. Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Katharine Todd Millar

Katharine is a Financial Architect with Lifestyle Protector. She works with women and families who want to be empowered and educated when it comes to building and protecting their lifestyle and wealth.  Katharine is also the Mom CEO Academy Vancouver Chapter Director, a business school for Mom-entrepreneurs.  They host workshops focusing on business topics that are relevant to business growth.

Katharine is very active in the community for single parents and young families. She is currently the Vancouver event planner for BC Business Moms Network and the organizer for Vancouver Moms to Be Meet Up group as she is pregnant with her second child due in late August.  Katharine was born and raised in Vancouver and now resides in the same neighbourhood she grew up in with her 9 year old son, partner and Goldendoodle puppy. You can connect with Katharine on twitter @momrecreated. Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Heather Hansen

Heather Hansen is a married mother of two and an allied health professional living in the Greater Vancouver area. She is the author of www.motheryourbusiness.com where she writes about her business of being born a mother.

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The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Claudia Laroye

Vancouver-based mom and writer Claudia Laroye is passionate about family travel and about educating children through the travel experience. Her blog - the traveling mom - offers a modern mom’s guide of ‘how to’ travel tips and information, as well as destination advice for the new or experienced traveller. She has contributed to Tourism Vancouver’s blog, InsideVancouver.ca, is the Curious Travel Mama for San Diego-based TravelMamas, and written for Vancouver Mom, Canadian print publications, and other travel sites on the web.  You can find Claudia on Twitter @travelling_mom, on Facebook and Pinterest.

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The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Eileen Velthuis

Eileen is a writer and editor with a passion for the written word, a fascination with caffeinated beverages, and a sometimes overwhelming desire to accomplish whatever her current project may be. You can find her on Twitter @eileenvee or on her blog www.divorcepartyguide.com where she blogs about — you guessed it — divorce parties. It’s not as morbid as it sounds. Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Gillian Meyer

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Parrish Wilson

Parrish is mommy to a lovely little 2-year old with another on the way and she’s oh-so-sweet on her common-law “hubby”. They live in the boonies in North Vancouver and love their quiet and peaceful corner of the world. She just launched Two Hearts+ and is passionate about giving parents the tools they need to keep their relationship fun and love-filled. If she’s not working she’s probably playing: on the living room floor, in the backyard, at the beach or otherwise out and about with her toddler sidekick. She tweets about work and the rest of life @parrishwilson. Read more…

The REAL Real Housewives of Vancouver: Jessica Douzenis

Jessica is a self-­employed printer/communications consultant at The Press Room full service printing company.  She is also a mom of two and lives in Kitsilano, Vancouver.

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