Nearly a year ago, I left my corporate job to go out on my own. I had known for a long time that my stress at work was due in part to the fact that my career was not in alignment with who I was as a person.   At work, as a communications manager…

The summer after my oldest daughter’s freshman year of high school, I had a mini identity crisis because I suddenly realized my kids weren’t going to need me forever. I’d been a stay-at-home mom for 15 years and had no idea what I wanted to do or even could do; for years I had been…