But Enough About Me...

What is it like to have the happiest day of your life turn into a nightmare you can't wake up from?

Bryn Sierra is a California loving daughter of the Navy, a teacher, and administrator. She's happily married with two beautiful daughters, but was the birth of her first daughter that triggered postpartum depression and anxiety, and lead her straight into the darkest days of her life.

Regret is poison. Avoiding it is the work of a lifetime. Dr. Charles Marable is a family doctor, father, and my friend. He has lost much in his one-man crusade against the broken model of care in modern medicine... but those losses aren't something he'll blame on others, nor is he willing to accept them as a done-deal.

Lots of kids dream about bright lights in the big city. Not all of them follow that dream with so much purpose and dedication. Jamie Yost is a Tennessee native from a rural, farming community who went to some pretty extraordinary lengths to get a chance at being on the radio. Her experiences in her tiny home town and in Nashville radio has given her plenty of hilarious stories to share.

Does becoming a rock star change you? What if you're a preacher's son and barely old enough to vote? By any estimation, Jon Thatcher is a not your typical rock star. He's soft spoken, wears nondescript clothing, has zero social media presence, and your car is probably fancier than his. Also, Jon is gentle, kind, and deeply thoughtful. He also has an absolutely wicked English sense of humor that can take your knees straight out from under you.

When life and circumstances conspire to steal your stability and joy, how do you continue to find beauty? Maranda Stebbins is an artist, daughter, sister and friend. She's gotten to travel across the country and even the world in pursuit of her craft, but it was in the most difficult circumstances of her life that she was able to find something beautiful, painful, and completely human.

If a doctor used the phrase "not compatible with life" to describe your baby girl, how would you respond? Eric Brown is a Nashville based photographer, husband and father. Until becoming a parent, nothing about his life would have stood out as being totally unique, but when his third daughter was diagnosed with Alobar holoprosencephaly, Eric and his family experienced the deepest levels of grief, but also discovered disproportionate joy.

Who do you want leading and teaching your children in your absence? Intentionally seeking out and identifying the sort of integrity and wisdom I want in my kids lives has been a non-stop job... but not an impossible one. Craig Hargrow exudes those qualities. He is humble, forthright, gentle and strong. What does it take to raise a man like that? What sort of parents? Experiences? Which struggles do you allow and which do you protect from? Forget the kids, how can I be more like Craig when I grow up?

For modern women, having both a successful career and a family isn't an impossibility, but that doesn't mean it comes easily.

Amy Atkin has been a mother, wife, and executive, and she always jumps in with both feet. In fact, she seems to thrive on going "all-in." While that strategy can lead to phenomenal success, it can also result in sudden and complete collapse.

Humans seem to have a built in preference for extremes. We don't often rest in a central position. Andy makes most people look mellow.

Whether in sports as a kid, music as a teen and twenty-something, or philanthropy as an adult, Andy Meldrum is a man of passionate extremes. He knows nothing of half-measures. Where that comes from and the effect it has on himself and those around him is a fascinating story... with some unexpected twists.

Lots of people can make lemonade out of lemons, but a select few can make lemon meringue pie. Bree Reynolds was born with all of the qualifications for justified self-pity: poverty, divorced parents, and a birth defect... But that's just not her style. She's tough, tenacious, faith-filled, and very funny. Underestimate her at your peril!