Train Yourself to Expect the Best
Can you expect the best, even in the worst? Can you expect the best all the time? Is it possible to retrain yourself from a “glass half...
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Megan Aronson
- Feb 19, 2019
- 2 min
How to Create “A Life Beyond Your Wildest Dreams”
Have you ever faced a challenge or a series of hard knocks that left you feeling like, “When will it ever end?” Are you facing an illness...
Megan Aronson
- Nov 5, 2018
- 3 min
To the Boy Who Crashed His Car Today
It’s OK. It’s just a car. You’re alive. You’re alive. You’re alive. Don’t you see how nothing else matters but that, really?! Your...
Megan Aronson
- Oct 1, 2018
- 3 min
One Tool That Can Change Your Life
It’s not, “If you can see it, then you’ll believe it.” It’s, “If you can believe it, then you’ll see it.” ~Wayne Dyer THE MOST POWERFUL...
Megan Aronson
- Aug 10, 2018
- 7 min
I Lost Everything…And Got It All Back: We Survived America’s Opioid Crisis
Five years ago, I didn’t have a future. I had an addict for a husband, chaos for a life, food stamps for groceries, and three small...
Megan Aronson
- Jun 8, 2018
- 4 min
Rising Strong, Rising Again, & Raising Each Other
This is why I write. This is why I do what I do, why I share openly and honestly about every struggle I go through. Because for too long,...
Megan Aronson
- May 24, 2018
- 2 min
Men, Don’t Just “Move On” Please
Photo credit: NBC Last night I was watching Chicago Fire, an episode where one of the main characters, Hermann, goes into a burning...
Megan Aronson
- Mar 16, 2018
- 5 min
Yes, You’re a Mess & We Need You Anyway
I like to only show up as my best self. I prefer to only show up when I feel nearly-perfect. Perfectly dressed, perfectly poised,...
Megan Aronson
- Jan 22, 2018
- 3 min
Out of Survival Mode into…ON FIRE!
I have lived in survival mode for most of the last decade, since the recession came and swept away my pride and savings, and the death...
Megan Aronson
- Mar 7, 2016
- 4 min
The Brave & Brokenhearted Club: Are You In?
I want to start a new club. Who wants to join? Everyone? Great!!!!! It’s called The Brave and Brokenhearted Club. Think you belong in it?...
Megan Aronson
- Mar 1, 2016
- 3 min
On the Edge of a New Era (in Which We FEEL)
Girls cry, we get labeled drama queens, over-dramatic, over sensitive. Boys cry, they’re not tough enough. They’re weak. They’re...
Megan Aronson
- Feb 8, 2016
- 4 min
To the Mama Silently Fighting…
To the Mama who is fighting silently… To the Mama who is suffering in silence…who wakes up every day feeling already weighed down by a...
Megan Aronson
- Aug 14, 2015
- 3 min
The Answer to Everything Is…
It’s been a hard week here. It started out with calling 911 on Sunday because the baby was choking on something she picked up off the...
Megan Aronson
- Jul 9, 2015
- 4 min
How 10 Minutes of Heaven a Day Saved Our Marriage & Our Lives
My project has been more of a Bring Me Back to Life Project, as I’m working to retrain myself to experience joy again after so much...
Megan Aronson
- Jan 25, 2014
- 3 min
My Most Unusual Gift
Sometimes I get scared to keep sharing my story, because there are people who see me continually speaking to death and pain, who perceive...
Megan Aronson
- Aug 23, 2013
- 3 min
Half-Dead Or Alive
It’s a choice, and one that requires more courage than can possibly be put into words, to unfold your wings again, when they’ve been...
Megan Aronson
- Aug 14, 2013
- 1 min
You Are Now Entering the “Spring” of Your Life
As I was hosing them down, I started aiming the spray at the dead leaves to help them fall off, and encourage growth and renewal. As...
Megan Aronson
- May 12, 2013
- 3 min
Lean In, Baby, Just Lean In
I used to be afraid to tell you more bad stuff was happening in my life because I don’t want pity, and because I thought for sure I was...
Megan Aronson
- Mar 25, 2013
- 2 min
What Are You Holding Back?
I’m reading Marianne Williamson’s, “Everyday Grace” right now, and this quote struck me so profoundly when I read it the other day, I...
Megan Aronson
- Aug 28, 2012
- 4 min
A Different Kind of Near-Death Experience
He reminded me to use my voice…so I did, for him. ~ Christopher Lane’s Memorial Service 8/25/12 ~ Photo borrowed from Christopher’s...
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