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How I Overcame Gambling Addiction (Woman’s Day, Spring 2016)

How an innocent game became a woman’s obsession—and put her on a path to jail. Winner of a 2017 Religion Communicators Council Wilbur Award.

The Change Makers (Good Housekeeping, November 2015)

For GH’s 125th Anniversary issue, an eight-page package profiling the year’s most inspiring women.

The Secret to My Success, by Elizabeth Gilbert (Good Housekeeping, September 2015)

The Eat Pray Love author on finding success after a flop.

Is Football Too Dangerous for Kids? (Good Housekeeping, August 2015)

A look at head injury risks in youth football.

The Name That Actually Hurt Me, by Jennifer Weiner (Good Housekeeping, August 2015)

The novelist on an insult that stung, and what she learned from it.

And Now We Are Three, by Elizabeth Alexander (Good Housekeeping, June 2015)

Poet Elizabeth Alexander and her two young sons adjust to life after her husband’s sudden death.

No One Ever Asked If He Had My Eyes (Good Housekeeping, May 2015)

An essay that went viral online by a GH reader raising a son with spina bifida.

How Far Would You Go to Save Your Child? (Good Housekeeping, March 2015)

One family’s story about treating their epileptic child with Charlotte’s Web cannabis oil.

I Survived a Secret Hell (Good Housekeeping, February 2015)

After escaping sex trafficking, a survivor resolves to save others. Written by journalist and St. Marks Is Dead author Ada Calhoun.

My Christmas Angel, by Elin Hildebrand (Good Housekeeping, December 2014)

An essay about loss at Christmastime.

I Was Always, Always Looking for More, by Paula McLain (Good Housekeeping, November 2014)

The bestselling author on growing up hungry. Produced in partnership with Feeding America.

United Forever (Parade, cover, May 2014)

How two brothers in arms came to be laid to rest side by side in Arlington National Cemetery. By investigative journalist Barry Yeoman.