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Bevin Mugford Found the Words
Unspeakable loss. Unending grief. A mother lost her son. She found her words.
Barb Hates Bullies
Bullies, listen up: Barb Chan has had enough and she has thousands of women around the globe backing her up.
Lisa’s Shoes Have Purpose
For Lisa Carlin, fighting breast cancer was about adding purpose and color to every moment with her family, every moment in treatment, every moment she healed. Her new shoe line, Poppies with Purpose, injects that color and purpose into every pretty step you take.
Cathy + Maureen (and Jacki)
After beating cancer at age 40, Cathy McGrath was determined to add a bit of dignity back into the painful and restrictive treatment. So she asked herself, “What would Jackie Onassis do?”
Debbie + Janet Got it Write
In 1984, Australian mom, Debbie Egan, and American mom, Janet Quint, started chatting in the line of a food court at a suburban shopping mall. It’s been 40 years, hundreds of letters, dozens of trips around the world, and a connection that defines their lives.
Nancy Gaudet is in Love
The story I am about to tell you happened to real people. There is a beginning, a middle, and an end. In the next decade of my life, if my memory fades, I will have these words to recall this time in my life. It is my sincerest wish that it gives someone else like me the gift of hope.
Michelle Schuman will Always Have Alaska
Michelle Schuman was always connected to nature and its healing power. It was the solitude and calming aromas of Alaska that allowed her to heal after losing the love of her life.
Julie Duffy Rocks
Julie Duffy rocks. She’s a tour manager for Counting Crows. Her job is to manage operations on tours around the world. But during a coma, amputations, and countless months wondering if she’ll live, her friends and family stepped in to manage her.
Christine + Jenn Are Stronger Together
Lifelong best friends Christine & Jenn are the hosts of the popular podcast “Shenanigans with Christine and Jenn.” We asked them about their history and for the formula behind decades of connection. They answered us in the form of an exclusive podcast in their signature inappropriate hilarity
Ilana and Briana Are Not Bystanders
For Ilana Pavlotsky and Briana Tautiva, the war in Ukraine is a personal nightmare. Being a bystander is not an option. Doing something to help is in their blood and their family history.
Nicole Gambino Creates Warrior Students
Nicole Gambino is an executive function coach based on Boston’s South Shore. her clients are often misunderstood, a feeling Nicole could relate to until she found a functional formula that changes a student to a warrior.
Beth Lane is Unbroken
UnBroken tells the story of the seven Weber siblings who evaded death at the hands of the Nazis and escaped Germany following their mother’s incarceration and murder at Auschwitz. After being hidden in a laundry hut by a German farmer, the children spent two years alone in war-torn Germany. Beth Lane is the daughter of the youngest Weber.
Libby Andrew Tells Stories With Fashion
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 pen, her fashion camp teaches kids how to dress up and then write the story.
Bonnie Marcus Fights Ageism
Yes, Ageism is real. No, we don’t prepare ourselves for it. Maybe we can change the way we look at age in the workplace if Bonnie Marcus keeps it up. Because being a woman, a suburban homemaker, mom, and divorce in the ‘80’s wasn’t enough of a battle. [insert eyeroll]
Hope Edelman Wrote *the* Book
Twenty years ago, the New York Times Bestselling author wrote the book on healing after the loss of mothers. Today, she is older than her mother lived to see, but the grief follows her and visits her like new, old friend.
For Lorraine, It’s Not Black and White
“There are some real haters out there, right? That are just this is the way our nation should look and no one else belongs here. You can pretty much sense those people. But what I’ve found is that I try to find the good in everybody.” Lorraine Orr
Korri Piper Reviews The Wilds
Korri Piper reviews arts and culture for Pink Chair Storytellers Magazine. She lives in San Francisco with her fantastic husband, stabby cat, forlorn dog, and the world’s most reasonable teenage daughter.
Laura Bosse and the Art of the Mask
Laura Bosse says she’s worn a mask for years to conceal her pain, frustration, and fear. “I have become very successful at masking the turmoil in my life,” she says. “I used that practice to deal with a very unexpected health crisis.”
Lori Childs Is a Fighter
Lori Childs remembers the first time she was abused by her father. “The pictures in my mind lie much deeper than my skin,” she says. “And unlike my skin they are impossible to shed. “
Chana Snyder is an Artist, Not a Patient
It took decades for Chana Snyder to be comfortable calling herself an “artist.” When her body decided to go with “cancer patient” instead, she had to fight to re-draw that label.