Keeping Up with Stretch Is Comfort

This week's "Woman of the Week" is a teenage girl with a big heart and an important purpose.  Her experience in middle school is one that is so relevant to many of us.    While a student in 7th and 8th grade, Natalie Hampton, of Sherman Oaks, recalls the excruciating feeling of anxiety and embarrassment of having to eat lunch alone. Bullied...

Story originally from NBC Bay Area  Janet Frazier was an ordinary mom living in the Bay Area as a marketing coordinator at Chevron. In December of 2000, her life changed when her two daughters Stephanie and Lindsay were in a serious car accident. Unfortunately Stephanie passed away and Lindsay was left seriously injured. Janet skipped meals to stay by Lindsay's...

Not every woman who has made a difference is present today. We’d like to take this moment to recognize a true achiever, an independent spirit, and the first female self-made millionaire, Madam C.J. Walker.   Born December 23, 1867 in Louisiana, Madam C.J. Walker was originally given the name Sarah Breedlove.  Through her marriage to Charles Joseph Walker, she adopted the...

In Los Angeles alone, nearly '254,000 people become homeless at some point in the year' and of those people, between '5,000 - 10,000 are teens and young children'[1].  These findings are an unfortunate and shocking part of daily life. With this grim reality, it is easy for those facing this situation to forget their place in the world. Like a shining light of...