Share Your Advice: People Who Are Facing Change
These are some of our favorite submissions to the Blueprint for a Better You Contest. Read these stories about people who are facing major life changes, and share your advice in the comments section below.
Stories featured include caregivers, new parents, newlyweds, newly divorced and those overcoming poverty and financial burdens. Their strength is inspirational.
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This contest is extremely important to me but I have read so many stories of despair and broken hear...
I have gone skydiving and white water rafting. I have trekked in Thailand and hiked on the Great Wal...
They say home is where the heart is but home can be the farthest place from the soul. Hello my name...
After an agonizing and disorienting divorce, and spending several years as an editor/writer, I now e...
My name is Jessica Alyce Wilson and I am 25 years old from Southfield, MI. Currently I serve my comm...
I had to quit my job as a nurse to stay home and be a caregiver and teacher to my 11 yr old Autistic...
March 1, 2010 was my 48th birthday. I started a new journal on that day, writing, "Today is the begi...
My husband who is 70 being diagnosed with vertigo caused a major life change in my life. Every time...
O Staff - Being a single mom is hard work and needless to say I want the best for my daughter - It i...
Working on a new you, Beverly! Ready to move forward with my new company that empowers one to never...
I am an accomplished professional who has earned degrees, certifications, and industry acknowledgeme...
Oprah,
I have been laid off from my school guidance counseling position which I worked at for 24 ye...
Swtiching professions from coachingcollege basketball to public education is my major transition. Co...
My life drastically changed on December 31, 2010, when my significant other went into cardiac arrest...
I just quit my job as a case manager at an emergency homeless shelter, adults with severe mental ill...
I went through a divorce about 3 years ago. My ex husband was emotionally abusive and I allowed him...
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I started a resale clothing store charity in 2008 to benefit local Nebraska Animal Charities. Since...
My husband and I want to start a family but are concerned we do not have enough money to support our...
I'm starting a nonprofit with the mission of promoting access to quality education for all children...
I worked really hard to achieve the life I have. Poverty, abuse, and a teenage pregnancy didnt stop...
I began my teaching career over 10 years ago and have earned three college degrees. However, like so...
When my husband of twenty years died, leaving behind one son who is 18, 4 daughters,ages, 26,23,21 a...
My children and I are faces several major changes at one. I am currently going through a divorce tha...
I have a couple of major changes happening in my family right now. My father-in-law was just diagnos...
Hi my name is Evelyn Prophet, I am a single mother of 2 daughters. I'm a domestic volience survivor...
I am a doctor. I practice in the city in which I was born and reared: Detroit, MI. At the age of 13,...
As a MFA student with two novels near completion, an academically gifted teen daughter who's also a...
My name is Regina Bonds and I am beginning the next chapter of my life. I am currently going through...
Last August my husband of 37 years attacked and brutally beat me for talking on the phone. He told m...
My father is dying from stage 4 metastisized cancer in his spine. I am his primary caregiver. My mot...
I raised my 2 kids as a single parent I never dreamed I was going to do it alone, my husband of 14.5...
As a member of the "Baby Boom" Generation, I face many of the same challenges as millions of America...
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Test after test. Hundreds of hours in the wards. Countless sleepless nights. I had always been told...
My name is Yasmin Flack, I am 28 years old. The major change I face is getting and staying out of de...
I was recently in a Long relationship that a man controlled. When he left me he took almost everythi...
The past 2 years, our family has had major changes - caring for my 84 year old mother with CHF, Diab...
To finally take care of myself before it is too late! I have been running around my whole life tryin...
As an architect and partner in a women-owned business I enjoy and understand the effort to financial...
I am a holistic nutritionist and natural foods chef that placed life on hold to help my parents when...
In March of 2007 I lost my middle son. My oldest son took a spiral downward because of this and beca...
After years as a stay at home mom I need a job to support my family. I had cancer and my husband los...
My story has evolved into my dream. My story is a rosebud. My dream is the flower in full bloom. Ros...
I won the lottery! Ok, I admit it, it's not the way you think I did. I met the most amazing man, one...
I am getting a divorce after 32 years of marriage and I started my own home care business 9 months a...
There is a song, "Dreams Go By" sung by the late singer Harry Chapin. It tells the story of two peop...
I'm 54 and single and in the last few years have lost my whole family. Dad died from a nurses accide...
In so many ways turning fifty can be considered just another day. But as I look back over my life, t...
I am wife, mother of 3, US Army war veteran, undiscovered singer and songwriter, and a ordained mini...
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