Jun 10, 2022
The financial crisis wreaked havoc on David Edwards’s company…and life. As he watched his firm’s assets shrink by 50%, his endocrine system flew into disarray, and he wondered whether he was cut out for this job, this industry, this world.
But through grit, determination, and a ceaseless will to evolve, David...
May 3, 2022
René Syler co-anchored the CBS Morning Show from 2002-2006. Having started out as a local news anchor in Reno, NV, her ascent to the network level was meteoric. So, when she lost the job amid a network shakeup, it was that much harder to take.
René’s story is one of high highs, low lows, setbacks, and...
Apr 12, 2022
Erin came to New York City at 18 years old with only grit and determination to fall back on. Needing to pay for food, housing, school — and fast — Erin learned how to hustle. That hustle would pay off in 2014 when, after a year of traveling the world, Erin started down the entrepreneurial road, one beset by...
Mar 7, 2022
In 2011, a freak cycling accident nearly killed Michael O’Brien. Doctors were bearish on Michael’s chances to resume normal function — but Michael felt otherwise.
Michael’s radical injury prompted a radical shift in perspective. It took numerous surgeries to get his body bike-ready; it took deep emotional labor,...
Feb 7, 2022
Aged out of her career and reeling from her husband’s financial infidelities, Lisa Weldon found herself 58 years old and in need of a new start. While all of us take recovery one step at a time, Lisa took it one step further, walking every neighborhood in New York City, and building an online following around her...