Then, I got pregnant with my second child and was puking nonstop, severely anemic, and mostly alone. I learned to ask those around me for help and was shocked by how many people were willing.

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Laura Wheatman Hill (she/her) lives in Portland, Oregon with her two children. She has a masters of arts in teaching and has taught English, writing, and drama to students in preschool through ...

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Farah Sharghi is a former recruiter at companies like Google, TikTok, Uber, and Lyft. She estimates she conducted thousands of interviews at the tech giants and now coaches people in the job ...

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We asked Professor Guy Leschziner, consultant neurologist at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals Sleep Disorders Centre, and author of The Secret World of Sleep, about the science-backed ways to sleep ...

encouragement – and a reminder that we are never alone in our journey. From personal quotes on motherhood and what it's like to be a modern-day Princess to the importance of supporting fellow ...