My Friend’s Story of Being LGBTQ And How She Made Her Family Whole I write this for my friend as it is too painful for her to write. He name is ‘Sarah,’ and she is a lesbian and of the Indian community. Her parents banned her...
Tieranni Parquet, MHS, LPC, Title: Clinical Director Tell us about your background and how you came to be in the role you’re serving? I am currently the Clinical Director of CADA Prevention & Recovery and getting here was a journey of faith, hard work, and divine alignment....
So, I grew up wanting to be a doctor. Ever since I was three, I thought my contribution to the world would be to help make sick people better and have a compassionate experience of being poorly. But when I was in medical school, I started...
Tiffany Jameson, MBA, PHR, Global Neurodiversity Speaker & Champion, Mama Bear I am a California native and am lucky to have my parents still together and happily married for over 50 years! I have one older sister and we grew up with an entrepreneur dad and...
Health, Hope and Happiness By: Annie Meehan When I was little, I was the middle of seven kids raised by a mentally ill mom and an abusive alcoholic dad; I had no one to help me. I never want anyone else to feel like that. I spend...
Candace Carnahan, Safety Speaker I grew up in the country, a small town called Newcastle - which graduated into the city of Miramichi, New Brunsick the year before I graduated high school. The pulp and paper mill, which was the bread and butter of the town,...
By Jennifer Vickery During the pandemic, I realized that I had rarely left my house and began to lose touch with going out to places. I was ridden with anxiety and was fearful. I needed to do something to get help. We decided in December 2020...
The Power of Art By Anna M. A. Stracey What can you really know about the grandparents you never met? Second-hand stories and anecdotes? Vague descriptions and family photos? These provide a form, a basic shape, but not the warm embodiment of that person. How do you...
I am from Plant City, a small town in Florida I like to call Itty Bitty Plant City. My father joined the military when I was six years old, so I have lived and traveled worldwide. I even graduated from high school in Stuttgart, Germany. At the...
By Lauren Sisler, ESPN Sportscaster | Addiction Prevention Advocate | Inspirational Speaker As a sports reporter, I get the opportunity to share a lot of stories about teams, coaches, individual athletes, fans, and even entire communities. It is what I "do" as a professional, but most...