ENGAGING COMMUNITY

WELLBEING

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By Rachel Werner Looking for an activity that offers a quick surge of adrenaline to the body and mind, an opportunity for riveting self-exploration or a…

FROST-PROOF FOOD

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By Megan Cain Mother’s Day is often the target date for planting vegetable gardens because it’s around the time of the last frost. But…

STANDING STRONG

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By Rachel Werner NEARLY 20 PERCENT OF WOMEN are victims of sexual violence in their lifetimes. But those rates rise precipitously among women of…

CHOOSE HAPPINESS

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By Kim Krueger IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER motivational speaker Christi Andringa is talking to a group of five or 500, her preparation ritual is…

AnnImig

ANN IMIG

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“I’M A RECOVERING PERFECTIONIST,” says humor writer Ann Imig. She’s only half kidding. You’ve met Imig in the pages of BRAVA, where she’s contributed…

LIVING IN DUALITY

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By Fabu Phillis Carter BARBARA FRANKS’ STORY IS ONE OF TRANSFORMATION. Believing in herself and her abilities, as a child, she decided she would…

Mompreneurs

Mompreneurs

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IT MAY SEEM A DREAM TO BUILD AND MANAGE A BUSINESS AT HOME so you can keep your kids close and give them the…

The Confidence Project

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It was perhaps unintentional. Older girls had bullied portrait photographer Brenda Eckhardt’s daughter, Skylar, then 10 years old. The experience left Skylar’s confidence shaken,…