Julie + Melissa
Hope + Hale is Julie Armstrong of The Hope Experience and Melissa Smith of Hale Bone Broth. TogeOher, they host wellness retreats and workshops for women. Recently, Hope + Hale launched retreats for y oEng girls. We spoke with the duo about how advocating for young girls creates strong women.
Libby Andrew
Fashion insider Libby Andrew knows that sometimes the best way to tell our stories is to first try on an image. Using fashion as a paintbrush, her new camp shows kids how to try on different hats and then tell the story they want the world to hear.
Lissa Curtis
While she began the interminable process of recovering physically and emotionally from the trauma of sexual assault, Lissa discovered that Safe Haven was a place she had to create herself.
Lori Childs
In this excerpt from her soon-to-be-published memoir, Lori reveals her first memory of the abuse she suffered at the hands of her father. Reader, know this: Angels appear at the end.
Bonnie Marcus
Yes, Ageism is real. No, we don’t prepare ourselves for it. Maybe, just maybe, we can change the way we look at ageing. Bonnie Marcus did. Being a woman, suburban homemaker, mom, and divorced in the ‘80s wasn’t enough of a battle.
Tracey Noonan
Alzheimer’s disease slowly robbed Tracey’s father of his memory, of the life he built with his family, of the relationships he forged throughout his lifetime. For Tracey, the disease robbed her of the pride she sought from him throughout her life.
Chana Snyder
It took decades for Chana Snyder to be comforatable calling herself an “artist.” But when her body decided to go with “cancer patient,” she had to fight to rewrite that label.
Bevin Mugford
Unspeakable loss. Unforgettable grief. A mother lost her son. But she found her words and began to write a story that will change the course of the rest of her life.
Hope Edelman
Twenty years ago, the NYT bestselling author wrote the book on healing after the loss of a mother. Today, she is older than her mother lived, but the grief follows her and visits her like a new, old friend.
Lorraine Orr
Her childhood was in America’s newly-integrated South and it prepared her for a leading role in one fo teh largest advocacy organizations in the country. This leader continues the cycle of shaping tomorrow’s advocates, but with her own rules that are black and white.
Thyme Sullivan
Period. Tampon. Menstruation.
These aren’t whisper words anymore (we can even say these words around boys). Yet, two women had to spell it out to an industry that shouldn’t need an explanation.