Abigail B. Calkin
Abigail B.'s Topics: Young Adult, Motherhood...
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Amanda Hamilton Roos
Amanda's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
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Amy White
Amy's Topics: Family Fun, Entertainment & Media...
Librarian, puppet addict, unrepentant bibliophile, obsessive writer, and I still manage to fit in being a wife and a mother--albeit to two all-but-growns (late 20 year olds) and one little trailer child that is still in elementary school.
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Antonio Sacre
Antonio's Topics: Young Fiction, Love...
Antonio Sacre, born in Boston to a Cuban father and Irish American mother, is an internationally touring storyteller, author, and solo performance artist based in Los Angeles. He earned a BA in English from Boston College and an MA in Theater Arts from Northwestern Univ...
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April Perry
April's Topics: Parenting, Self-Help Books...
I'm a California beach girl--raised by loving parents and lucky enough to marry my best friend, Eric. We have four children together, and when family life turned out to be WAY harder than I'd anticipated, I started a website for mothers (www.powerofmoms.com) where those...
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Ariel Robinson
Ariel's Topics: Teenagers...
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Ashley Nance
Ashley's Topics: Parenting, Communication...
I am a happily married mother of three, a grateful member of a large extended family, a devoted Christian, and a positive and active citizen of the United States of America. I love to travel, and have been to nine countries, but these days I love to teach and learn from...
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Ben Bernstein
Ben's Topics: Parenting, Self-Help Books...
Ben Bernstein, Ph.D., author of Test Success, is an award-winning educator and clinical psychologist.
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Benjamin R. Fox
Benjamin's Topics: Parenting, Time Together...
I love to tell and share stories with my wife and three sons. Sharing my stories with a larger audience has long been a dream. For going on 10 years, (since our last child was born) I've been the most fortunate fifth of the Ben & Amber Fox family. We live in Salt...
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Bil Lepp
Bil's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
A storyteller, author, and recording artist, Lepp’s works have received awards and recognition from The Parents’ Choice Foundation, The National Parenting Publications Assoc., Storytelling World, and the Public Library Assoc. Lepp has been featured numerous times at the...
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Bill Ratner
Bill's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
Bill Ratner is an American voice actor. He is best known for being the voice in movie trailers and for being the voice of Flint in Hasbro’s syndicated TV cartoon
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Brad Wilcox
Brad's Topics: Parenting, Time Together...
Brad Wilcox is an Associate Professor at Brigham Young University where he also works with such programs as Especially for Youth and Campus Education Week. He grew up in Ethiopia, Africa, an...
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Britney
Britney's Topics: Parenting, Food & Cooking...
Britney is the mother of three little boys, ages four and under. We're sure you can imagine what her house sounds (and looks!) like. As such, when she writes articles for Familius, they usually start in an effort to solve ongoing problems in her own house. Picky eaters?...
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Brooke Jorden
Brooke's Topics: Parenting, Time Together...
I love great books, great movies, and great food.
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Carol Williams
Carol's Topics: Young Fiction, Family Fun...
Carol Lynch Williams is the author of more than 25 books for kids and teen readers. She runs Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers—that features a publication prize from Familius (www.wifyr.com), has an MFA in Writing for Children and Adolescents from Vermont Colle...
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Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Carolyn's Topics: Reading Aloud, Reading Together...
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Carolyn L. Rosenblatt, RN, BSN, Attorney
Carolyn's Topics: Stress, Health and Wellness...
Carolyn spent the majority of her 10 year nursing career caring for elders as a visiting nurse. She is educated and experienced in working with families on health-related issu...
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Carson Boss
Carson's Topics: Parenting, Self-Help Books...
I love God. I love my family. I love my Country. I love food. I love to travel. When you meet other people from around the world you realize we are all doing the best we can and why not be outgoing enough to reach out to a stranger and make a new friend. I hope my kids ...
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Catherine Underhill Fitzpatrick
Catherine's Topics: Adult Fiction, Books...
Catherine Underhill Fitzpatrick grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in suburban St. Louis. She is the second of six children. She, like many children her age, enjoyed summer vacations unscheduled...
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C.J. Schneider
Charla's Topics: Parenting, Motherhood...
Like a 19th century chimney sweep, I'm a low paid, crud cleaning, dime a dozen human being who happens to love the view from a rooftop
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Cheri Pray Earl
Cheri's Topics: Young Fiction, Young Fiction...
Cheri: A Life in 28 Words.
Lept from little girl, second of ten, into 'I do.' Three singles and a set of twins. BA, MA. Twenty years of university teaching. Writing. Writing. Still writing.
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Cheri Pray Earl
Cheri's Topics: Health and Wellness, Emotional Health...
Professor of the year, published writer and award-winning author
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Chris Hicks
Chris's Topics: Parenting, Entertainment & Media...
Chris Hicks has been writing about movies for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City for more than thirty years, and during that time also spent thirteen years reviewing films for KSL TV and radio. Now retired, he continues to write a weekly entertainment column and home-vi...
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Chris
Christopher's Topics: Parenting, Health and Wellness...
Chris Taney, the SEO guy. Chris first became interested in SEO when he worked for a website building company. There he learned the general principles of SEO. These principles piqued his interest in the matter and he sought out a way to be more involved. He found a job t...
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
Christopher Robbins, the Pater Familius, has been in the magazine and book publishing industry for more than twenty years. He is a husband, father of nine children, backpacker, cello player, fly fisherman, and lover of a simple life. He is published in fiction, non-fict...
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Christy Monson
Christy's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
Hi! I am a retired marriage and family therapist. My husband and I have raised six children.
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Christy
Christy's Topics: Service...
I am the mother of four great kids, ages 5-20. I teach dance and preschool and I am active as a volunteer for a non-profit organization and my church. I love to feed my family good healthy meals but I do not love to cook. I develped a new freezer to crock pot meal pl...
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Clay Rice
Clay's Topics: Books, Motherhood...
Clay Rice is described by author Pat Conroy as a “great talent who combines soul and passion”. Silhouette artistry and storytelling have been in his family for more than 80 years. His grandfather, Carew Rice, was described by Poet Carl Sandburg as “America’s Greatest Si...
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Cynthia MacGregor
Cynthia's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
Cynthia MacGregor describes herself as "arguably the happiest woman in the world" and says "There's no one in the world I'd want to change lives with!"
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Danielle Cronquist
Danielle's Topics: Values, Respect...
Danielle Cronquist is the Senior Blog Editor for BYU Stance for the Family. Check them out on Twitter @StanceBYU, on
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David Miles
David's Topics: Parenting, Love...
Hi there! I'm Familius's digital director.
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David
David's Topics: Health and Wellness, Family...
Son, brother, uncle, student, enemy of video games and fast food, and lover of fashion, film, music, health, and dance. Self-proclaimed writer.
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Deborah P. Schone
Deborah's Topics: Books, Self-Help Books...
Deborah P. Schone was the best friend of Kristin Haroldsen, the girl who died from bulimia. She is one o...
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Dene Low
Dene's Topics: Family Fun, Time Together...
Dene Low is a grandparent. She thought she knew how to grandparent until she interviewed over thirty grandparents for this book, who shared their wisdom and experiences. Dene is a former journalist and is an award-winning author of novels, short stories, articles, and s...
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Diane
Diane's Topics: Parenting, Divorce...
Professionally, I am a certified family law mediator and divorce coach, and a former medical malpractice trial attorney. My personal life titles include wife, stepmom, girl scout troop leader, daughter and daughter in-law, and volunteer. I sit on the Board of Director...
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Edith Songer
Edith's Topics: Love, Service...
I come from a family of 14 and now have my own family of 7. I am only half the parent my own parents were but I'm still learning! I am part of the editing team at Familius.
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Emily Morrocco
Emily's Topics: Parenting, Love...
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Emily Harris Adams
Emily's Topics: Parenting, Babies...
Emily Harris Adams is a writer, poet, and long-expecting mother.
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Erin Garay
Erin's Topics: Love, Health and Wellness...
Erin lost her own mother in 2008 and used all of the activities and inspirations found in Angel Birthdays to help her daughters process their grief. It was so helpful that Erin felt compelled to turn their life experience into fiction so others could heal through celebr...
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Familius Contributor
Familius's Topics: Food & Cooking, Recipes...
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Ginny Tilby
Ginny's Topics: Books, Children's Books...
Hi there, I'm Ginny!
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Greg Marshall
Greg's Topics: Exercise, Time Together...
Greg Marshall has helped more than four thousand clients reach their fitness goals through his unique personal training programs. His experience includes large chain gyms and private programs. He publishes the daily fitness blog www.fiture.co and is published in the...
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Heidi
Heidi's Topics: Parenting, Money...
I received my degrees in communication from BYU (BA) and Wake Forest University (MA). One of my passions is learning about marriage and family relationships and using what I learn in my own home. I love being a mom to my three kids, exploring new cultures, reading a goo...
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Hugh Weber
Hugh's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
Hugh Weber started DudetoDad.com as a genuine cry for help from an ordinary dude who wanted to be an extraordinary dad. He is currently in the third year of his Dude to Dad transition and lives in the OTA states with Mrs. Dude, his daughter Emerson, and an imaginary fri...
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Janay Lampkin
Janay's Topics: Family Fun, Gratitude...
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Janay
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Janna Vought
Janna's Topics: Parenting, Love...
I graduated summa cum laude from American Public University in May of 2011 with a Bachelor's in English, where I was a member of several honor societies including Golden Key and Delta Epsilon Tau. Subsequently, I graduated in December 2012 from Lindenwood University wit...
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JOCELYN
JOCELYN's Topics: Parenting...
At 2 I became an actress;at 10 a concert pianist;at 14 a newspaper columnist/writer;at 15 a professional singer;at 18 an Off-Broadway actress;at 19 I married 36 yr. old Olympic fencer Byron Krieger. I becamed a mother at 21. Three children later, I became the only known...
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Joel Weiss
Joel's Topics: Motherhood, Gift Books...
Joel Weiss, a seasoned executive and manager with more than fifty years of experience in business and the military, is the author of, How To Get From Cubicle To Corner Office and The Quotable Manager. He holds a BS and MBA in management from Rutgers University and resid...
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John
John's Topics: Health and Wellness, Education...
John lives in Milwaukee,Wisconsin where he was raised.Mental illness complicated his life, starting in his teen years. The following years without medications caused extreme mental suffering.Bipolar swings for fifteen years made it impossible for him to keep a steady jo...
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Jolene Philo
Jolene's Topics: Money, Health and Wellness...
Jolene Philo is the daughter of a disabled father, mother of a child with special needs, and she taught elementary school for 25 years.
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Karen Hamlin
Karen's Topics: Parenting, Education...
Karen Hamlin is a seasoned travel writer and first prize winner of the 2003 and 2004 North American Travel Journalists Association competition. In the past decade, her travels have taken her through sixty countries and five continents. Published in magazines, newspapers...
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Kathryn Thompson
Kathryn's Topics: Parenting, Exercise...
Kathryn Thompson is a writer and stay-at-home mom who lives outside Seattle with her computer genius husband and three frequently delightful kids. Her blog DaringYoungMom.com has been featured everywhere from The Today Show to the Seattle Times and she was a founding bl...
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Katryna Seki
Katryna's Topics: Family Fun, Food & Cooking...
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Kristin
Kristin's Topics: Young Fiction, Family Fun...
I'm a wife, mother, editor, writer, creative person and all around awesome! I love finding inspiration in everyday occurrences and recreating those things in my own life - whether it's a twist on the blueberry muffin I just pinned or accomplishing one of those "I can to...
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Kristy G. Stewart
Kristy's Topics: Food & Cooking, Time Together...
Kristy is a freelance editor and English master's student by day and a fledgling mother at all hours.
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Lara Updike
Lara's Topics: Parenting, Time Together...
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Laura Torres
Laura's Topics: Food & Cooking, Time Together...
Laura Torres is the author of over two dozen books for young people. She also writes magazine articles and educational material, and has worked as an editor and journalist. Visit her website at lauratorres.com for links to her various books, blogs and other fun stuff.
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Lindsay Sandberg
Lindsay's Topics: Family Fun, Fun Activities...
Lindsay Sandberg is the Assistant Magazine Editor for BYU Stance for the Family. Check them out on Twitter @StanceBYU, on Fa...
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Loralee Leavitt
Loralee's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
Loralee Leavitt destroys candy for the sake of science, drags her family on long car trips, and enjoys all sorts of other family adventures. She writes about family subjects such as science experiments, budgeting, finding inexpensive alternatives, traveling, and enterta...
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Lori Nawyn
Lori's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
The wife of a fireman, mother of four, grandmother of four, and mentor to three opinionated dogs she's training for urban mushing, Lori enjoys running, hiking, kayaking, and reading, and growing tomatoes, peppers, and herbs for her fresh salsa.
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Maggie Stevens
Maggie's Topics: Parenting, Motherhood...
Hi there, my name is Maggie.
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Mallory
Mallory's Topics: Family Fun Activities...
I'm very excited to begin submitting articles as part of my Familius PR internship!
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Marianne
Marianne's Topics: Parenting...
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Mary Potter Kenyon
Mary's Topics: Time Together, Communication...
Mary Potter Kenyon graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a B.A. in Psychology. She is widely published in magazines, newspapers and anthologies, including five Chicken Soup books. Her essay, “A Mother’s Masterpiece” was published in the January/February 20...
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MaryAnn Kohl
MaryAnn's Topics: Parenting, Inspirational...
I had a perfect childhood. I grew up safe and happy and challenged to be creative and honest and to learn well. Now grown, I love my husband and my grown kids are truly amazing. I love my job as author and publisher, and have written over 20 award winning titles. I have...
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Matthew Schramer
Matthew's Topics: Family Fun Activities...
Matthew Schramer, is an independent filmmaker and graduate of the Brigham Young University film school. He specializes in screenwriting, directing, producing, videography, and video editing. Matthew has worked on professional film and video projects for over 6 years and...
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Melissa Bradford
Melissa's Topics: Parenting, Time Together...
Melissa Dalton-Bradford is a writer, independent scholar, world citizen, and mother. She holds a BA in German and an MA in Comparative Literature, both from Brigham Young University. She speaks, reads and writes fluent German, French, and Norwegian, is conversant in Man...
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melva
melva's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
I'm an author and storyteller.
Often my story telling illustrates material I've written such as War with Grandma, Balloon Head and The Year Mrs. Santa Saved Christmas.
Fiction includes: middle grade (mainstream, SF and fantasy) non-fiction (object lessons) and Science...
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Mette Harrison
Mette's Topics: Exercise, Time Together...
Nationally published YA fiction author Mette Ivie Harrison (The Princess and the Hound and Mira, Mirror) has been involved in triathlon since 2004, when she won 1st place in her age group at the first triathlon she ever entered. Since 2006, when she finished her first I...
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Michael
Michael's Topics: Parenting, Fatherhood...
Hi! I am Mike Smith, a retired USAF officer and engineer. My new career is an advocate for men being the best fathers they can be!
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Michele Robbins
Michele's Topics: Parenting, Time Together...
Michele Lynne Robbins, the Mater Familius and Acquisitions Editor, has been the CEO of the Robbins Roost for twenty-two years, where she has homeschooled each of her nine children. When she is not running her domestic enterprise, she is found developing important book c...
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Michelle H. Packard
Michelle's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
Michelle Packard is a mother to her four very human and totally fabulous kids. Her oldest, Ella is always in charge and leads the pack with creativity and curiosity, Daniel follows with loyalty and loves tenderly, Julia is a doll and always buzzing over something beauti...
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Nicolas
Nicolas's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
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Nina
Nina's Topics: Time Together, Young Children...
My name is Nina. I'm the mother of seven, a t-shirt designer, singer, reader, genealogist and now a Grandma of three.
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Pam Crockett
Pam's Topics: Food & Cooking, Cookbooks...
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Power of Moms
Power's Topics: Family Fun, Parenting...
The Power of Moms is the gathering place for deliberate mothers interested in growing through motherhood – not just going through motherhood. Our overall vision is to offer moms around the world the chance to “network” with other moms who share their same values, motiv...
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Rachel Stafford
Rachel's Topics: Parenting, Books...
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Randal O'Rourke
Randal's Topics: Parenting, Health and Wellness...
Randy O'Rourke wears reading glasses when it's appropriate, always says "Please" and "Thank You", owns two pairs of jeans free and clear, and becomes frustrated in those moments when he realizes that his arm hair is too short to braid. Generally patient and reserved, he...
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Rick Walton
Rick's Topics: Parenting...
Rick Walton has worked as a cook in a Mexican restaurant, a secretary, a missionary, an arts administrator, a school teacher, and a computer software writer and designer. But now he has the best job of all--writing for children. He has published riddle books, picture bo...
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Rosalinda Oropeza Randall
Rosalinda's Topics: Parenting, Health and Wellness...
Rosalinda Oropeza Randall, born in Los Angeles, California, is a modern-day expert on tact and civility. She naturally eased into the field of etiquette due to her upbringing. Not a "finger bowl" lifestyle, but one filled with courtesy, tact, humility, and a healthy spl...
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Sara Yogev
Sara's Topics: Money, Self-Help Books...
Sara Yogev, PH.D., is a psychologist providing individual and couples psychotherapy. For the past three decades, she has also conducted workshops, written, lectured, and been interviewed professionally about a wide range of work-family topics. A former Northwestern Univ...
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Sharee Wanner
Sharee's Topics: Parenting, Time Together...
I am married to the most amazing man in the world and have 5 fabulous children, 3 boys and 2 girls. We love to go camping, fishing, and play all kinds of games as a family. When I grow up I want to be an author and illustrator...but who says you have to wait until then?
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Stanley Hall PhD
Stanley's Topics: Family Fun, Books...
Stanley Hall, PhD, LMFT is currently an Assistant Professor of Marriage & Family Therapy at Pfeiffer University’s Graduate School located in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is both an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT).
Dr. Hall...
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Tabitha Thompson
Tabitha's Topics: Health and Wellness, Education...
Tabitha Thompson is a freelance writer and editor who graduated cum laude with a bachelor's in English, and a master’s in Journalism/Literary Nonfiction. She has been published in books, plays, and hundreds of magazine articles across the globe. She also works as a pers...
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Tammy
Tammy's Topics: Parenting, Health and Wellness...
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Teresa Clark
Teresa's Topics: Love, Books...
About me: A national award-winning storyteller who is passionate about using story as a vehicle to turn and heal hearts, Teresa Clark has spent over twenty years practicing her craft with at-risk youth, women, the aged, and families. Teresa has passionately advocated fo...
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Teresa Dainesi
Teresa's Topics: Parenting, Health and Wellness...
I hang my hat in southern NH. For the last 7 years, I've been helping to care for my father who has done a slow dance with Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. I visited him almost daily at The Inn (his term for his nursing home) and ensuring his care was top-notch. The r...
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Tiffany Sowby
Tiffany's Topics: Parenting, Motherhood...
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Tim J. Myers
Tim J.'s Topics: Parenting, Time Together...
Hi! This is Tim J. Myers. Welcome!
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Tudie Rose
Tudie's Topics: Parenting, Inspirational...
I'm a rebel LDS granny, and retired (for now) legal secretary. As a child, I was told "writing is not a dignified enough profession for a lady," so I became a legal secretary. Obviously, times have changed, and I'm now pursuing a life-long dream of writing.
Tudie R...
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Victoria
Victoria's Topics: Parenting, Food & Cooking...
I am from San Diego, California and the oldest of four children. The ocean is my home. I am studying English and Editing at BYU and graduating in April, yippee! I love to travel with, eat sushi with, and watch movies with my husband. I love all things books. I am an asp...
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Wendy
Wendy's Topics: Parenting, Family...
I am Wendy - mommy to a four-and-a-half year old son, public school teacher (and mother-figure) to my fifth grade students. I am a writer who wishes writing was my day job. I can create floral arrangements for a wedding (due to my years working in a flower shop) and t...
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