So keep writing for yourself—even if it feels like no one is reading. Just by writing, you will be changing your inner world. And when you are ready, publish that book—even without a book deal.

It was 1999, when Ann Bostic first understood the term “lunch-shaming.” She has been fighting for justice ever since.

If you truly want to see your name published on a book cover, there are five steps you should take before you finish your final manuscript.

I have been asking my friend and WF&S coach, Meg Robertson, to write a blog about Courage. I think she has a lot of it…

When it comes to homelessness, there is no more heartbreaking aspect than children experiencing this trauma. In Charlotte, there is one woman who has been on the front lines of serving this need for thirty years: Deronda Metz.

In a year where the daily news reminds us of all that is frightening and perilous in our world, it is especially comforting to stumble across a story that is quite frankly, miraculous.

It was a rookie writer’s mistake that cost me a lot. I was so busy creating I forgot the very practical—always back up. To the cloud. To a hard drive. To a thumb drive. Somewhere. years.

Eighteen months ago, Priscilla Chapman, Lesley Faulkner, and Mary Beth Hollett did not know each other although each had lived in Charlotte for years.

While you cannot control all that you might be missing, you can reframe how you see this season. By setting an intention to give someone else a little joy, you can be sure your holidays will be brighter.

One block off busy East Boulevard in Dilworth, there is a quiet green and white house that is home to hundreds of women from all over the world as well as some pretty special Charlotteans.

Although most of you reading this will be celebrating Thanksgiving this Thursday, my family’s major feast already happened on Thursday, November 5th.

My dad died 22 years ago this week. Even as I write that sentence, I don’t believe it, yet I know it to be true. It is hard to imagine that the man who so loved his four granddaughters never saw them grow up.

This month, I found out the manuscript I have been writing for three years was rejected not by one publisher, but by eight publishing houses. It was, to say the least, a huge disappointment.

The Confetti Hearts wall became an instant Charlotte hit as people captured their love of dogs, kids, babies, and friendships in front of Evelyn’s larger-than-life hearts creating the perfect background for joy. Evelyn loves seeing it all especially the proposals and engagements.

Although she taught school and was involved in special education for over 32 years in Georgia, Angela Kidd Vinson was always known as Ms. Vinson to her students. But in choosing her “pen name” for her long-awaited children’s book, Angela selected a very different name: Dr. Annie May.

We met on the greenway to walk and talk. It is the way Liz Clasen Kelly works these days—like so many women--always needing to multitask.

This summer my daughter, Kailey, was turning 30. It was a milestone she both welcomed and dreaded. Like all of us, she had planned where she might be at 30 and while some of her expected goals had been achieved in three decades, others remained elusive. And like all of us, she worried much more about the ones not checked off rather than the ones she had celebrated.

In 2016, I met our October Doer of the Month completely by accident—or maybe completely by design. I received an email from a woman named Jackie Craig who read my book and asked if I would be willing to meet when I came to speak at an upcoming event in Raleigh…

We’re so glad you’re here! This is your welcome but let it also be your invitation. We want to invite you into a community of women seeking to do good in ways big and small, love well for their own families and others, and dream big for what might yet be possible in their lives.

In my book, The Hundred Story Home, and on this blog, you will hear me talk about “Trust the Whisper.” What exactly does that mean?