Month: August 2019

Job Loss and Mental Health in the Workplace

Job Loss and Mental Health in the Workplace

I lost my job four years ago. It was the first time I had ever been let go. I thought it was one of those things that would never happen to me until it did. All of my self-esteem was locked up in that job. […]

From Teenage Pregnancy to The Brady Bunch

From Teenage Pregnancy to The Brady Bunch

No one ever plans to get pregnant as a teenager, but it happened to my cousin Meghann Brimhall. A mom at 17, divorced by 25, with two kids to raise. Meghann finally found true love after finding herself. Meghann says she never expected to have […]

A Terminal Diagnosis and Facing Death

A Terminal Diagnosis and Facing Death

Imagine being told your child has a terminal diagnosis. This the courageous battle of Beckham Hoagland-Bice of Melba, Idaho. Beckham received a cancer diagnosis of DIPG in November of 2017. He was given four to nine months to live. Beckham passed away on Saturday, August […]

Finding Happiness After Infertility and Betrayal

Finding Happiness After Infertility and Betrayal

This episode of “Not The Way I Planned,” is a story of finding happiness after infertility and betrayal. Boise mother, Theresa Mills shares her journey of trying to have a baby for 8 years. She opens up about her struggles along the often difficult path […]

Survive, Thrive, Connect, & Inspire

Survive, Thrive, Connect, & Inspire

Looking back on anything tough that I’ve ever gone through, I’ve come to realize these four elements on the path. Obviously, the first goal is to just survive. It’s getting out of bed in the morning when all you want to do is stay under […]

Becoming Unfrozen – The Nathan Ogden Story

Becoming Unfrozen – The Nathan Ogden Story

Nathan Ogden has been paralyzed twice! Today he lives as a quadriplegic, but he hasn’t let his inability to move his body stop him from driving his truck, skydiving, or biking 1200 miles to raise money to buy wheelchairs for people in third-world countries through […]

Learning To Love Where You Land

Learning To Love Where You Land

I’ve been dealing with some discontent lately with approaching 40 and not living up to the dreams I set out for myself as a young girl. This mental journey has led me to find great value in learning to love where I’ve landed. I grew […]