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
- 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
- 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
- Jul 9, 2018
- 5 min
“It’s All About How You See Yourself”
When you were younger, how did you picture yourself now? What was the vision you had of the person you’d be now? If you stop & think...
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
- Jan 27, 2018
- 2 min
I’m Not that Type of Girl…Am I?
I told them, “No.” I’m not the type of girl who needs a heart monitor for 30 days. Am I? I am healthy, fit and strong. I tell myself that...
Megan Aronson
- Jan 15, 2018
- 5 min
An Extraordinary Life Makeover, That Started With a “Chainsmokers” Show
Back in September, I had a major relapse of seizures. I’d gone 110 days without any seizures over the summer (summer is always kinder to...
Megan Aronson
- Mar 29, 2016
- 4 min
I Hereby Grant Myself Permission to Be Shitty
Six weeks ago, I started seeing an amazing new doctor who finally diagnosed this mystery illness that has made me so sick the last two...
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 17, 2016
- 4 min
The Smackdowns & Getting-Back-Up-Agains: Ronda Rousey & Me
Some days everything just feels so hard. When the sleep deprivation and the toddler tantrums and the chronic illness and anxiety and all...
Megan Aronson
- Jun 4, 2015
- 3 min
The Bold Grey – My Book, and Yours
As many of you know, I’ve been working on several books over the last few years. The one that has taken up camp in my heart most recently...
Megan Aronson
- May 22, 2015
- 8 min
Dear Mama, You Are Not Alone (READ THIS)
The REAL face of Motherhood somedays, right? I called my husband day after day in tears, sobbing, “I can’t do this.” Soon enough, going...
Megan Aronson
- Feb 5, 2014
- 5 min
The Safeway Story: Be a Miracle
Do you believe in miracles & magic? Do you believe that without any doing of your own, an opportunity can be put in your path, a...
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
- Nov 10, 2013
- 3 min
The Reviews Are In! Mindful Mamas “Life-Changing!”
I’m sure you can imagine how hard it was to choose to open up and unfold after 4 years of relentless tragedy. But, this famous quote by...
Megan Aronson
- Aug 29, 2013
- 1 min
Announcing: Mindful Mamas Class Starts Tuesday
This 6-week collaborative class is a gift to yourself. Are you craving more connection, meaning, or joy in your life? Do you long to...
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...
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