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A Personal Transformation Inspires a New Program for Girls

By Theresa Roden

I was an overweight kid who never felt athletic. I hated gym class and was always the last one picked for the kickball and volleyball games. Although I loved to…

By
Amanda Thebe

Excerpt adapted from Menopocalypse: How I Learned to Thrive During Menopause and How You Can Too, by Amanda Thebe WHEN MENOPAUSE AND MIDLIFE COLLIDE Have you ever googled the world

How I Became A Menopause Warrior

By
Amanda Thebe

Chapter 1: Excerpted from Menopocalypse: How I Learned to Thrive During Menopause and How You Can Too, by Amanda Thebe. Available October 2020 from Greystone Books. The Chinese call

A Friend to the End: A Story of Loss, Regret and Second Chances

By
Stacy Quarty

Risa and I met on that first day of college. We were both one of the very few students left by our parents, shortly after the car was unpacked.

Overcoming Tragedy To Realize Her Dream of Motherhood

By
Marybeth Walz

I grew up in suburban Middletown, New Jersey, one of four siblings born into a strict, working class Catholic family. After graduating from Kean College, I began a successful

How I Learned Living With Less Stress Was a Choice.

By
Jamie Sussel Turner

I’ve always experienced a lot of stress. As a shy girl I hid behind my mother, blushed bright red when called on in class, and had many skin issues

Anxiety Would Not Defeat Me.

By
Lucie Dickenson

I absolutely believe we are more alike than we are different. We all have a story and your story may not be my story, but mine is just different

Against All Odds: The Triumph of Christine Carter Love

By
Christine Carter Love

Marguerite Grace King was a domestic worker from the deep South who cleaned office buildings for a living. For many, this meager job was merely an income, but for

Amy Siskind—Wall Street to Political Activist

By
Amy Siskind

When I graduated from college, and during a long career on Wall St., I never would have guessed where my life would take me. I like to say I

A husband’s legacy lives on helping families deal with loss and grief.

By
Judy Zocchi

When I met David, the love of my life, he said something very startling to me. He told me he didn’t think he would live past age 40. His

After Losing her Daughter to Toxic Shock Syndrome, A Mother Becomes an Advocate to Create Awareness

By
Dawn Massabni

My daughter Madalyn “Maddy” was adventurous and full of life. Her laugh was infectious and when she walked into a room, everyone knew Maddy had arrived. Born and raised