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 […]

Spend 1 minute with this young woman and she is sure to brighten your day. I first met Sarah Patterson through an incredible program called “Miss Amazing” which gives women and girls with disabilities the opportunity to compete in a pageant. I was a judge […]

I have always WAITED to be happy. When I was little I thought the magic would happen when I got married. When I got married I thought I’d really be happy when we had kids. Although all of these things did bring joy and happiness […]

One of my favorite quotes is “Someone else is happy with Less than what you have.” It took me a long time to gain this perspective. Admittedly I was a “keeping up with the Jones’” type of girl. I was never satisfied with my success. […]

This is by far the most vulnerable interview I have ever conducted. I tried to bury my childhood for many years. Just so you know, that doesn’t work. It played a big role in me not having a successful marriage down the road and bled […]

The first time someone told me to “get over it” was when I lost my high school boyfriend. It may sound silly to most, the romance was brief, but to me it was real. It was the first time I had ever felt important or […]

When I worked with Nicole I thought she had the perfect family and the perfect life. It wasn’t until I ran into her in the bathroom one day that she stunned me with the news that her son was in a full-time treatment facility in […]

I have always been a planner. I guess it’s my attempt to control the universe and to calm my anxiety of the unknown. The problem is when my plans go awry I’m left feeling disappointed and like a total failure in life. Can you relate? […]

My friend Zizly was dumped just a few months before her wedding by a man she had been with for nine years. This is her story. I was supposed to be a married woman today. That’s not happening. Seven months ago I was dumped. It […]

How many times in your life have you thought, “nobody gets what I’m going through.” “No one has had it worse.” “No one’s self-esteem has ever been this low,” or “No one has hurt this bad”? In this silly little comparison game that we like […]