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This past weekend I had the pleasure of taking part in the Y-Me Race at Your Pace 1 Mile and 5K Run/Walk here in Chicago thanks to my friend Nicole Tuttle, who was diagnosed with breast cancer a little over a year ago. Our Why Not Girl!...
For most of us just running a marathon is such a feat. But for Claire Lomas, a 32-year-old British woman who was paralyzed in a horseback riding accident in 2007, crossing the finish line of the London Marathon made history. With the help...
Photo Courtesy: Carrie Brown When we graduate from school, whether it be high school, college or a graduate program, many of us are eager to put the lessons we learned in the classroom to work in the real world. Some of us, especially in a...
Last week I lost the last member of my grandparents’ generation, my Aunt Jeanne. Aunt Jeanne died from cancer at the age of 90 and I must admit that if I had the choice of how I would want to leave this world, following her footsteps...
Legendary Hall of Fame basketball coach Pat Summitt stepped down today as head coach of the University of Tennessee women’s basketball team. Pat was diagnosed last summer with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. I only find it fitting...
This coming Monday is the 116th annual running of the Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest annual marathon and one of the most prestigious racing events. Almost 30,o00 runners from around the world are slated to take to the streets...
The idea of ”being green” has definitely grown in recent years. We’re encouraged to recycle, drink out of reusable water bottles and shut the lights off when we leave a room. But how many of us truly understand the...
I think it’s safe to say that we’ve all had this dream: move to Paris, enroll in a French culinary school and learn how to bake the most amazing baguettes, tarts and pastries. Oh yeah … and then get to eat them, too! Our...
Many of us in the United States look at traveling to or living abroad in Europe as being our ideal way of saying Why Not! But there are many Why Not Girls! across the pond and around the world who still look at America as being the place to...
Many women find themselves in a crossroads when the idea of starting a family comes into play. We often feel like we need to decide between building a career and raising children. It feels like an “either or” and not an “and”...