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Changing the World for People With Disabilities

By Susan Mazrui

I learned a long time ago to plan for the best but also to be a realist and prepare for the worst. The health challenges I’ve had since early in…

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Resilience in the Face of Covid: How We Saved Our Business

By Kiko Ezeonwuka

My mom was the typical Japanese woman. No more than 5 feet 2 inches and under 100 lbs. But she was scary as hell. I was born in Tokyo, Japan.…

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Infinite Love – One Family’s Childhood Cancer Story

By Andrea Verdone Gorsegner

Dan and I met in college through a mutual friend and married two years after graduation.  I was working as a photo editor/producer in NYC and Dan was working in…

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Finding Joy and Purpose in Laos

By Celine Peyraud

I was born in Switzerland in 1980, a very sporty and temperamental little girl. During my teenage years, I first studied languages, then sociology and political science and eventually earned…

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Johanna Lakin

1300 Miles to a Stronger Self

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  • Johanna Lakin
As far back into my past as I can remember, I had a loud, dominant inner critic–a voice that forced me to see myself through the eyes of negativity, failure and condemnation. Even as
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From Ski Bum to Wisdom Seeker

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  • Christine Sperber
During a trip to Sugarloaf, Maine, in my freshman year of college, I saw snowboarders flying downhill and knew I had found my passion. As soon as the academic year ended, I moved to
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An Accidental Tour Guide to the Arctic

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  • Mary Gibbons
I’ve taken the scenic route through, well, just about everything in my life! I was married for about 5 minutes in my 20’s (his folks lived in a castle in Portugal, what was a
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This is Not Your Mother’s Menopause

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  • Meg Mathews
I may be known as Meg’s Menopause today, but the journey here has been full of interesting twists and turns, ups and downs. Everything I’ve done, I dove into full speed ahead, and never
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CAREER SHAKERS

Beverly Adams

College and a New Career After 50

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  • Beverly Adams
For years through my volunteer work, I knew I had a calling to work with people suffering from substance abuse and mental illness.  Because of my life circumstances and responsibilities, it took a while
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After Breast Cancer, a New Career Blossoms

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  • Cynthia Bestemann
Sometimes when the absolutely, most horrible thing happens to you, a beautiful gift eventually reveals itself. You must try to stay open to see the signs. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I
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