Jun 9Member-onlyInteractions With Strangers in 2022There have been some wild stories out there over the last few years regarding random and sometimes scary behavior from strangers. To be fair, every now and again I’ll read an uplifting tidbit about a superhero good Samaritan who saved a baby hanging from a 10th story window, or a…Life11 min read
Oct 24, 2021Member-onlyIs Working Remotely Killing Your Spirit?“Are you crazy? Working from home is amazing!” That is one of many responses I have been met with after I share that working from home five days a week is not for me. …Remote Working6 min read
Sep 16, 2021Member-onlyLet’s Change The Divisiveness Surrounding Vaccination In AmericaIt’s in your newsfeed on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, on the news media, on T.V., billboards, radio, flyers, in countless headlines daily, and on buses. Today it was even announced over a speaker at my grocery store. In 2021, in America, you cannot get through one 24 hour period without…Vaccine Hesitancy15 min read
Aug 25, 2021Member-onlyA Warm Welcome To The Stranger Called… MeWith 2020 in the rearview mirror, many of us - both introverted and extroverted types- felt we spent way too much time alone due to the lockdowns, quarantines, and remote work situations. This meant when some sort of normalcy resumed, many of us could not wait to run from our…Mwc Space19 min read
Aug 6, 2021Member-onlySweat, Music, & Goosebumps: How Movement Reinvigorates Our SpiritI sat on my rear end a lot in 2020. I’d venture to guess many of you did too. Sure, there were people energized by their newly found time at home that took up home projects and began a work out regime for the first time ever. While those endeavors…Mwc Reentry6 min read
Mar 8, 2021Member-onlyAre The Kids Alright? A Mental Health SurveyIt has almost been one year since the pandemic struck, bringing with it unique challenges for families in America. With the closure of school, limited face to face interaction, and the shutdown of sports activities for much of the year, the mental health impact on children begs our attention. Adults…Schools9 min read
Dec 5, 2020Member-onlyA Few Good News Stories That We Need Right About NowGood news helps us to balance out all the bad we are hearing these days. With many of us staring at the same walls tenfold more than usual with the ongoing pandemic, why not put some pizzazz into our brains to throw off the negativity tailing our scent. I scoured…Good News5 min read
Nov 19, 2020Member-onlyParents: The Unsung Warriors of the PandemicEach person has a unique perspective and experience having gone through a pandemic these last 9 months. We’ve expressed gratitude as a nation for the medical staff faced with an unprecedented amount of incoming patients, while not having the proper protective equipment back in the early months of the chaos…Pandemic11 min read
Nov 6, 2020Member-onlyPositive Glimmerings In A Negative WorldIt would be easy to list off things going on in the world or my personal life that are complex and difficult right now. I am sure you likely feel the same. It is that thought that prompted me to write quite the opposite, and to find small experiences that…Positive6 min read
Oct 8, 2019Member-onlyThe Whole “Finding Your Tribe” Thing Takes Time And ActionDon’t beat yourself up if you haven’t found the group of friends after parenthood that you thought you’d have.This is something that takes time for those of us who didn’t stay in the same town or state we grew up in. …Friendship9 min read