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Molly is a small business owner who lives in a Colorado with 2 kids. She has just published a book about a new parenting model, Slow Parenting Teens.
Molly Wingate
Molly is a small business owner who lives in a Colorado with 2 kids. She has just published a book about a new parenting model, Slow Parenting Teens.
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January 22, 2014
Pictured below is my close friend and business partner, Marti Woodward, celebrating the bill she received for her first month of health insurance in 5 years! She's so happy because she's insured and the cost is affordable! “ Thank you, President Obama!”says her smiling face. As her friend, I can’t even begin to describe how happy this makes me. Marti is a self-employed, single mother of three. Her children are covered under their father’s health insurance plan, but she hasn’t been able to afford insurance for herself for years. “This plan is better than the one I had 10 years ago,” she beams...
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November 21, 2013
As a member of the MomsRising Wellness Wonder Team, I decided I should host a meeting of people who wanted to figure out the Affordable Care Act for their families. I talked a few friends, emailed a few others, and asked them to spread the word to self-insured and under-insured people. Another friend is a healthcare navigator for Colorado’s Connect for Health, and she was looking for groups to talk to. Viola! We had ten folks come to the Quaker Meeting House in Colorado Springs, CO. I knew everyone, but I wasn’t expecting all who came. Our speaker started by addressing two of the biggest...
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July 17, 2013
I am an entrepreneur, a momepreneur, to be exact. I was working full-time at a university writing center when I had my second child at the age of 41. It became clear to me that working full time was too much of a strain on my family. I decided to move down from full-time to part-time employment, but instead of improving things, the stress of doing a full time job in part time hours was too much. It was evident to me then that if I was going to be healthy and happy, I needed to make a change—and that change meant starting my own business. The flexibility of being an entrepreneur allows me to...
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