• navigating tough conversations

    When I was younger, I wasn’t taught how to have difficult conversations. No one taught me how to express when I felt hurt, misunderstood, or needed to set a boundary. At home, uncomfortable topics were often avoided. At school, the focus was on academics, not how to communicate through conflict. And at work, hard conversations…


  • access to what saved me should be a right, not a privilege

    There are so many moments that can split your life into “before” and “after.” The loss of a loved one, a career change, the birth of a child, the loss of a job, or being diagnosed with an illness. I had one of those moments 11 years ago. I had gone in for a routine gynecological exam.…