Author: Valeriane Wilson

Recently, I listened to a presentation from an organization that uses music therapy to help people heal after deeply difficult experiences. We heard stories of participants who began the program struggling to express themselves but, over time, found confidence to perform on stages and even speak Read more…

For years, I assumed that making good financial decisions meant avoiding unnecessary purchases and staying focused on long-term goals. Read more…

My mother moved from France to the United States when she was 18, which meant visits with my French grandparents were relatively rare growing up. As an adult, I came to appreciate that those visits gave me something that had little to do with money and everything to do with understanding where I Read more…