By Candi Bryan
Any time I get to share my story, I look at it as an opportunity to save another woman’s life.
The fact that I am here to tell my story is a miracle. I am a walking miracle. God gave me a second chance...
Tina Levene has made a name for herself as a clean comedienne, five-time author and motivational public speaker. She is polished, confident, energetic, passionate and dynamic—and, at 45, she is 22 years into her recovery journey. “It’ll be 23 years in January 2021, which I...
By Anna M.A. Stracey
Talking about who is or is not a friend isn’t a comfortable thing. On Facebook the kid we went to middle school with but we haven’t spoken to in 30-plus years is our friend because we can see sweet pictures of their...
By Sylvie Griffiths
I had my first child back in 2005, and, in all of the lessons I learned in that year of firsts, I realized that parenting is a balancing act.
Balancing multiple relationships: kids, significant other, friends and co-workers—all simultaneously. Balancing working or...
By Elizabeth Bunbury
I was asked to write my story. There are so many stories I don’t even know where to begin. But I guess the best place to start is with the story that had been shaping my life, the true story that will be...
By Elliott Potter
Music has influenced personal transformation for centuries, even millennia. The evidence has been heard in churches and bars, in concert halls and cheap headsets, in jetliners and automobiles.
Sometimes the transformation inspired by song is revolutionary; just as often, it is evolutionary.
The connections between...