Nick spent five years after college graduation in various digital media positions. When new leaders took over the company where he was working and began drilling corporate propaganda into employee’s heads, Nick seriously started to question what he was doing. He began exploring options with what he loved – brewing beer. He found a local […]
Interviews
How to Heal Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
When Edie Summers was in her 20s she was in a severe ski accident which required extensive therapy, medication and surgery. Edie and doctors think her body’s physical trauma from the accident and the subsequent surgery had a secondary impact — the onset of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. In Edie’s process of healing her body from […]
The Woman Who Found a Natural Cure for Her Heart Condition
In 2006 Melanie Angelis was about to graduate from college when severe chest pains landed her in the emergency room. After a series of tests doctors diagnosed her with ‘a heart condition’ and prescribed pain medicine to deal with it in its most difficult times. Melanie unwilling to accept the diagnosis and the prescribed treatment […]
From $100,000 in Debt to Huge Money: An Interview with Carrie Wilkerson
Carrie Wilkerson’s initial goal was not to get rich. It was to find a way to get a paycheck so she could stay at home with her two recently adopted children. The beginnings of entrepreneurship were not easy for Carrie. At one point she found herself in a little over $100,000 dollars in debt and […]
The Woman Who Traded University Tenure for Happiness
A Woman’s Thoughts on Leaving Cubicle World, Quitting the Tenure-Track and What is Next Michelle always had dreams of working for herself. She thought academia was the closest she could get without actually taking the leap and becoming an entrepreneur. With two master’s degrees and a decade of corporate experience she applied to PhD programs, […]
The Woman Who Wouldn’t Let Cancer Choose
Two months after Kristy was diagnosed with breast cancer she lost a huge part of her identity – her hair. Without her hair Kristy felt extreme vulnerability and invisibility. She felt unfeminine and isolated. Kristy scoured the Internet for answers on how others dealt with this enormous loss and found nothing. Then a friend suggested […]