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Saralyn Ward is an award-winning writer, TV host, and fitness expert whose passion is to inspire and empower women to live their best life. She’s the founder of the Better After Baby postpartum app and The Motherhood Directory, a NASM certified personal trainer and Pilates instructor, and the editorial force behind The Mama Sagas: a blog using stories to break down stigmas. Her mission is to help women recognize their full potential, individually and collectively, while bringing their needs, goals, and experiences to the forefront of public policy and dialogue.
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A Reckoning Over Fear: A Mother and Columbine Survivor Finds Her Voice
Our morning routine probably looks pretty familiar to a lot of moms. The baby wakes up first. We change him, feed him and then we play until the toddler wakes up. My husband goes to work. The toddler jumps out of bed ready to play. I try to talk the toddler into...
Playing for Keeps
Motherhood is the fire and flood of my career. I had a degree in interior architecture, and was working at my dream job when I got pregnant. After having kids I always had little side businesses, though I was primarily a stay-at-home mom. But then my marriage began to...
The True Cost of Childcare: Celeste’s Story
Editor's note: One month ago, I was on assignment to write about the high cost of childcare and the impact on women's careers. I put a query out on social media, asking for women who wanted to share their stories, and received a flood of responses... way more than I...