For information about FlyLady, Marla Cilley, "Sink Reflections: FlyLady's BabyStep Guide to Overcoming CHAOS", or to arrange an interview, please send an email to MEDIA-Requests@flylady.net.
You may have heard about FlyLady in another forum, maybe you read about her
in a newspaper or magazine, perhaps you even saw her on TV or heard her on the radio. All over the world, people are talking about FlyLady. She has also been featured by both Knight-Ridder and the Associated Press, as well as major newspapers all over the country, including USAToday, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Post, the Atlanta Constitution, National Post, Globe and Mail and many, many others. These are some highlights from recent press:
Sept. 9, 2001: On September 9 one of our members, Melanie Wilson did an interview with a Phyllis Wallace on her program "Woman to Woman" for the Lutheran
Hour Ministries. Most of her talk was about our FlyLady messages and
how they had helped her.
"Is Time on Your Side? - Sept. 9, 2001"
June 9, 2001 Calgary Herald:
"Harmony in housework? Just ask the FlyLady" by Karen Rudolph Durrie
"More recently, Cilley ... and her cohorts created an acronym for the FLY
phenomenon, reflecting what her followers really believe it means when you
begin to fly: Finally Loving Yourself."
May 20, 2001 The Modesto Bee: "Mommy Track: FlyLady busts the dust, scuttles the clutter -- by e-mail" by Lorrie Wickenhauser
"The key to her program is e-mail. Each day, FlyLady sends out 20 to
30 electronic messages. Each one is a reminder of a separate household task."
April 22, 2001 Denver Post: "A Safety ‘Net - cyber ‘therapist’ keeps stay at
home parents from falling to pieces" by Jenny Deam
"... The FlyLady, aka Marla Cilley, a 45 year old, thrice married fly-fishing
enthusiast (hence the name), is quickly becoming an Internet phenomenon and
the darling of the stay-at-home mom set..."
April 17, 2001 Raleigh News and Observer:. "Serenity in a Shiny Sink - A North
Carolina’s woman’s daily e-mail messages help subscribers clean up their houses
and get their lives in balance." by Bridgette A. Lacy
"Since December 1999, Cilley, 45 has been providing subscribers with a dose of
love in the form of daily e-mail messages preaching and chiding them, offering
concrete steps to help get things back in order."
February 22, 2001 The Daily Oklahoman: "Straighten up, flyright! - E-mail
support aids housekeeping" by Beverly Bryant
Through her e-mail mentoring system, FlyLady is helping thousands of families
deal with the dread of CHAOS - a word that describes the "Can’t Have Anyone
Over Syndrome." This is the condition that elicits a feeling of doom when a visitor
rings the doorbell ... Those who subscribe to her free mentoring service will find
her compassionate but tough. "No whining" is her No. 1 rule."
February 22, 2001: Carolina - WYFF, NBC affiliate. "She Casts Advice, Nets
Followers: The FlyLady Help Thousands Get Organized" by Michael Cogdill
"I'm not for everybody," Cilley told WYFF News 4's Michael Cogdill. "I'm bossy
and in their face." Still for folks in 40 countries who get her daily e-mails, her
advice and admonitions have become a way of life."
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