About Me and This Blog

About Truly Rich Mom
I consider myself TRULY RICH because my Father is King of the Universe. I am a wife to a loving and supportive, sometimes frustrating but nevertheless endearing husband, mom to 2 amazing angels, and former lay missionary for my Catholic community.

I am also an aspiring a newbie {albeit inactive} mompreneur and an aspiring children's/inspirational book writer. As of December 2011, I have started pursuing my "dream" of becoming a published writer - God blessed me with a job as Managing Editor of Mustard magazine, an inspirational magazine for kids aged 7-10 years old, published by popular Catholic Filipino lay preacher Bo Sanchez's Shepherd's Voice Publications.

I also contribute regularly to the Smart Parenting Philippines website and other local and foreign publications (including Working Mom magazine, Tahanan Magazine and The F Finely Filipino magazine). I'm also a featured blogger on Philstar.com's unBLOGGED section, writing about Family and Parenting.

I am also a struggling homeschooling mom (as Teachermama Tina).  Hubby and I believe that we are called to be TRULY RICH in all aspects, and by God's grace, we will be able to realize this dream! Faith, hope and love will see us through!


How This Blog Began

Honestly, at first I started blogging in 2010 because I had heard from other people that one could make money from it. I soon found out however, that this is not the case most of the time. Nonetheless, I decided to continue blogging as a way of reaching out to others, especially to moms like me, who are all seeking to be "truly rich" in one way or another.


What The Blog Is About
Aside from blogging about my life as a Catholic wife and mother in general, I also write about the following:

Truly Rich Tips - Tips for parents and families, including tips about intentional parenting, breastfeeding, homeschooling, attachment parenting. I also occasionally share tips for mompreneurs and work-at-home moms.
Truly Rich Recommendations - This is where I recommend products, events, services, websites and other things related to parents, children and families.
Truly Rich Reflections - I occasionally share my thoughts and reflections about certain topics, mostly related to my life as a Catholic wife and mother.
Financial Literacy - Though I am not a financial expert, I sometimes write about how to increase one's financial literacy, based on the things I've learned at the Wealth Academy (you may contact me for more information about the Academy if you like.) 


Just In Case You Were Wondering... Yes, This Is A PR Friendly Blog
This blog is PR friendly and I accept direct advertisements. On occasion, I receive products in exchange for a review or giveaway post.  However, all views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. I always give  honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on these various products. You may refer to my disclosure policy too, for more details.

If you would like to partner with me by way of sponsoring a giveaway, product review or advertising your product or service on my site, please get in touch with me through my contact form so we can discuss terms further.

Many thanks and may GOD bless you abundantly!

P.S.
Just sharing with you a little bit more information about me:

My Advocacies:
Catholic Lay Missions, Pro-Life (including Natural Family Planning, Responsible Sexuality Among Youth, etc), Breastfeeding, Homeschooling, Babywearing, Intentional Parenting, Attachment Parenting, Financial Literacy for Families, Promoting entrepreneurship especially among moms

Raising funds for babies with congenital heart disease (http://championsforchino.com and http://welovelysander.blogspot.com)

My Blogs: 

On Faith, Family and Financial Literacy (http://trulyrichmom.com)

On Catholic Homeschooling (http://teachermamatina.blogspot.com)

My Recommended Cool Catholic Websites: 

http://couplesforchristglobal.org

http://kerygmafamily.com

My Online Profile (Well, one of them):
This is  used to be my profile on the Smart Parenting Philippines' website (they have recently updated and revised their website):

Teachermama Tina Rodriguez is our homeschooling expert. She specializes in writing Parent Rated reviews, preschooler activities and other education-related articles.

Tina Santiago-Rodriguez is a wife and mom by vocation, a licensed physical therapist by education and a writer / section editor for the Couples for Christ Ugnayan Multimedia Center (www.couplesforchristglobal.org) by profession. 

She has been writing passionately since her elementary school years in Brunei, and finished her Brunei Cambridge General Certificate of Education `O’ Levels with an aggregate of 7. She took her Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy at the College of Allied Medical Professions, University of the Philippines. 

After passing the PT board exams in 2002, Tina chose to become a fulltime pastoral worker for CFC’s youth ministry, instead of practicing her profession.  This brought her to do mission in different places such as Singapore, East Malaysia, Brunei and East Timor, where she also went on mission as a newlywed in 2005, with her ever-loving and supportive husband Anthony. 

She gave birth naturally (anaesthesia-free with no formal childbirth preparation classes!) to Timothy Alan in 2006, and Alyssa Therese in 2009, both in East Timor. Tim was breastfed for 2 years and 4 months, and Rysse is still breastfed until now (January 2011). Tina is a regular contributor to the Smart Parenting Philippines website, under the name “Teachermama Tina” (given to her by her eldest, who is being homeschooled). She has also contributed to print publications such as Cradle Mag, and Smart Parenting Philippines (coming out soon this 2011!). 

Aside from this, she manages Pure Passionistas, an online business aimed at promoting events and products that advocate health, happiness, wealth and wholeness. Tina and her family have spent a lot of time travelling to, and staying in Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and East Timor, but have been based in Manila, Philippines since June 2010.