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Anita Clemons Swanagan was forced into early retirement at 55 after developing a brain tumor and having several strokes. The medical bills piled up for the expenses that her health insurance would not cover.At one point, she had over $100,000 in medical debt. She said she’d paid most of it…
At 33, I went back to school to pursue a second master’s degree in economics, a subject I had always found fascinating, but had never formally studied. It was part of a larger journey toward earning my doctorate. I knew juggling school, parenting, and home wouldn’t be easy. But what…
In the summer of 2024, Megan Meyer and her ex-husband, Tyler, were stressed.It had been an eventful year for the former spouses. They split in September 2023 after three years of marriage and had to figure out how to co-parent their daughter.A few months after the separation, Meyer reconnected with her…
During the last five months my 64 year-old mother has been admitted to the hospital four times. As her primary caregiver, my responsibilities demanded that I handle emergency calls and advocate for her treatment all while still trying to keep my own life together. I also have an 11-year-old son…
Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an official competitor, despite a race official trying to physically stop her. Since that day in 1967, she has dedicated her life to other women experiencing the same feeling of empowerment from running, regardless of their age or…
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Dishes, check. Laundry, check. Take out the trash, check. Each day, Stephanie Todd meticulously budgets her time and energy to accomplish basic chores around the house.Todd has chronic pain from a myriad of physical disabilities and illnesses that make it difficult to walk or work full time. The 42-year-old makes…
For years, Naiké Vorbe tried to ease her abdominal pain. A dietitian advised her to cut gluten and lactose, but nothing worked.Stomach discomfort wasn’t new for her: throughout most of her adult life, she cycled from being constipated to having diarrhea. “I was constantly one or the other,” Vorbe, 42,…
At 40, Michelle Kloese felt like she didn’t recognize her body. In five years, she gained 38 pounds and developed high cholesterol, high blood sugar, and plantar fasciitis, a kind of foot pain caused by inflammation.She didn’t always feel like this. In her 20s, running was her main form of…
My first divorce was an epic, prolonged Mr. and Mrs. Smith-style battle. We both went for the kill.We fought over the four kids, the house, the money. If we’d have had a dog, we would’ve fought over it too. The costly battle eventually ended our 12-year marriage with agreements about…
