Lisa Thibodeau

While I’m mostly a reader of fiction, over the years I’ve bought a dozen or so self-help books. These have titles like “How to Stop Being a People Pleaser,” “Setting B…

Judy Cameron’s first taste of freedom wasn’t in the flight deck of an airplane; it was on the back of a motorcycle.  “A guy where I worked had one, and I got to r…

Two years ago, I sat my daughter down to give her devastating news: I had brain cancer, and my life would be cut short.  We had to move cities to be closer to fam…

My husband and I have been married for 22 years, which means we’ve been together for 26 years if you count the time we spent dating. It’s therefore reasonable to assume t…

Christine (second from the left) and her WCBB board members When Christine Harrison pictured turning 45, she knew exactly what she wanted to do to mark the milestone: …

The dichotomy of my recovery from alcoholism — being both my greatest accomplishment and a source of stigma that silences me — is deeply confusing. Here’s why. I am An…

For many of us, the dream of aging gracefully means maintaining independence, staying in familiar surroundings, and enjoying our communities. Where and how we live as we …

If you’ve followed The Honest Talk for some time, you know that we don’t sugarcoat — we will always tell you the story how it is.  Adelle Purdham does the same.&n…