Kris Batchelder is a chronic seeker with a passion for transformation. Her proclivity for exploration has seen her through extensive worldwide journeys and adventures. Yet her most rewarding travel continues to be into the “final frontier” located within, to integrate the triumphs and tribulations she has experienced along the way. Facilitation is the common thread woven throughout her colorful career, which has primed her with experience and skill in helping others discover and actualize their goals. Her mission is to guide others to reclaim their light, inside and out. To that end, she serves as a Personal Style Consultant for J.HIlburn Men's Clothier, and is certified as an Integrative Life Coach by The Ford Institute for Transformational Training.
Sally Pederson is a travel writer and international house sitter. Having traveled to over twenty countries, she loves to share her experiences about various destinations, cultures, traditions, and history around the world. Born and raised in Canada, she was hit with the travel bug as a young adult. She lived in beautiful Costa Rica for four years and now calls Barcelona, Spain home. When she is not writing about a destination or photographing it, she is most likely making travel plans to her next destination. To find out more about Sally, visit her website at www.luxuriouslifestyles.co.
Erika Fay is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and certified Transformational Life Coach with over 16 years of experience working with men, women, couples & athletes. As a professional speaker, Erika specializes in helping people build dreams, accelerate results and create richer, more fulfilling lives. Erika graduated from Purdue University and obtained her Master of Arts degree from St Mary’s University in San Antonio Texas and is certified as a Transformational Life Coach by the Life Mastery Institute. As founder and owner of Erika Fay, LMFT & Associates, a relationship therapy practice, Erika believes that everyone has the capacity to create loving relationships and lead fulfilling, happy lives. In her free time, she is an endurance athlete and competes in numerous triathlons and marathons. www.erikafaylmft.com
Nicole Fisher is the Founder and CEO at HHR Strategies, a health care and human rights focused advising firm. She is a Senior Policy Advisor for federal and state officials and an expert on health reform. Nicole runs a Health Innovation and Policy page at Forbes highlighting and advising companies, ideas and people that are changing the health care landscape. She is currently finishing her PhD at the University of North Carolina in the Health Policy and Management Department. Nicole earned her Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Chicago and her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri.
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Melanie Redd is a fitness professional in Dayton, Ohio, and the owner of Melanie Redd Performance Training. Specializing in total wellness, strength and conditioning, injury prevention, and weight loss, Melanie has been helping clients achieve health and happiness since 2011. She is a practicing lifestyle change/health/fitness coach, has developed injury prevention and performance programs for high school and adult athletes, and has a virtual personal training and corporate wellness app. She’s passionate about helping clients realize their full potential through functional movement, healthy eating, and healthy thought patterns. Melanie is also passionate about travel and incorporating sport, exercise and wellness practices into her adventures.
Kristen Russell is a millennial contributor and currently a junior at the University of Alabama majoring in Psychology with a minor in Telecommunications and Film. Prior to her enrollment at the University, she resided in Concord, North Carolina. She is passionate about advocacy as she volunteers at the Women and Gender Resource Center at her school and is a Safe Zone Ally, ensuring that each student can feel safe and supported on campus. In the future, Kristen desires to be in the Communications or film industry, with a keen interest in writing, casting, and production.
have struggled with my hair for as long as I can remember.
When I was very young, I had long, straight hair and bangs. My mom would curl it into ringlets and it was adorable, if I do say so myself. At some point, I’m sure she got tired of dealing with it and she (we?) decided to get the typical ‘70s haircut that now haunts class pictures from that era: The Dorothy Hamill.
This bubble-shaped precursor to the bob was fairly low maintenance (I do remember feeling dizzy trying to hold still for trimming of my bangs) and since I wasn’t a particularly fussy little girl, it suited my personality. Then one day in a grocery store, when I was about eight years old, a woman patted my head and declared that I was “Such a nice little boy!”
So I vowed not to cut my hair ever, ever again.
I grew it out to my waist, determined never to be confused with a boy again (the horror!).
When I was ten, we moved to Florida. Almost instantly the humidity turned my hair into a swirling, tangled mess of frizz.
My mom and I talked it over, and decided to chop it off: pixie-cut short. I was still the New Kid and so this change was a little bit of a shock to my classmates, although I vividly remember that fellow fourth-grader James Caldwell showed up the same day with a totally shaved head, an event that eclipsed even my dramatic new look.
I kept my hair that short for a while and then the series of unfortunate events known as puberty crept in and my hair turned curly and coarser seemingly overnight. What was previously a short, feathered ‘do, was now basically a brunette afro.
Growing it out didn’t seem to help, and my middle-school photos are a range of mullet-esque “styles” in varying shades of Sun-In orangey-brown. My yearbook headshots show me surrounded by a sea of feathered, sprayed, blondes straight out of 90210. I look more like a member of the T-birds from Grease.
No matter, my poofy hair was what I had to deal with and although my brother tortured me by calling me Hair Bear for years, I managed to get through that time with as much awkward grace as I could. And a whole lot of mousse.
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