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The Stranger in the Mirror
When disease starts invading your body, it breaks it down. The effect goes beyond the physical and starts becoming psychological.
The Baer Essentials: Navigating Changes
The Baer Essentials is a monthly blog series presented by A Fresh Chapter in collaboration with AFC alum Kate Baer. The blog will provide new readers and alumni a continual opportunity to lean into cu...
How Accepting Contradiction Guides My Cancer Journey
Cancer upended the place I held in the world. At age twenty-three… I found myself increasingly disoriented. The greatest strain came from inhabiting two selves. And I couldn’t quite find a rec...
The Launch of I.D.E.A. and our Commitment to Action
I spent most of my life never thinking about whether I had privilege…. I didn’t realize how much I saw the world through the prism of my own experience.
How a Single Intention Sparked the AFC of Past and Future
“At the core, it’s about igniting something in people.” She places her tea on the table and looks at me with concern in her eyes. “Don’t lose that by trying to become eve...
How I Found Resilience and Transformation Through A Fresh Chapter
I realized I had a choice to make…I could lean in and trust the process or not. I made the choice to give myself permission and my truest self took the driver’s seat. In that instant…. t...