About three years ago, my husband and I decided to pack all of our belongings, sell everything that didn’t fit into our truck, and head to Nashville for a fresh start with our four-year-old daughter. We had been stuck in …
Postpartum Depression
May 14-20 is Mental Health Awareness week PPD can be a sneaky one. You’ve gone from pregnant to not pregnant in the same moment you become the center of the universe for a “hot off the press” human. Recovering from …
Inspirational You
In 1983, I stood amazed with my parents at Cape Canaveral, Florida, watching the space shuttle take off. It was super early in the morning and I distinctly remember watching the orange glow rise and then become a white trail …
Finding My Village
Following the birth of my first child, I felt as if I had walked through a veil; one that separated me from my previous life. I was in awe of how different my new life had become. I was in …
Red Zone to Green Zone Community
Ten years ago, my husband and I started playing soccer and helping kids with their homework at an apartment complex in our Chicago suburb. One afternoon, we overheard a police officer refer to these apartments as a “red zone” – …
The Bond Never Broken
It started out as a journey to friendship. There we were, in a massive new city, and I knew two or three people, none of whom had children. But I had heard about this mom group that met at the …
Embracing Differences: In-law Edition
My husband married a woman unlike the women in his family. His mother and sisters are logical, organized and have lots of common sense. They’re great planners, they can spot a problem from a mile away. They’re brilliant, gorgeous, funny. …
BELONG Tour Review
Recently, I attended the BELONG Tour in Loveland, Colorado – basically a dream come true; all of my favorite speakers coming together at the same time! To say that I was excited would be an understatement, I was like a …
Kindness as a Superpower
After getting her graduate degree from Harvard and working as an analyst on Wall Street, Shaunti Feldhahn found herself unexpectedly drawn to the realm of social research. For the past 14 years, she has dedicated her brilliant mind to groundbreaking …
How the Shattering Pain of Betrayal Made Me Kinder
I really didn’t know what it was like to suffer from heart break until I was in my mid to late-twenties. Sure, life hadn’t been perfect before then — I had felt pain before. But this was different. This was a kind …
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