We LOVE a good story, especially when it’s a heartwarming one. Below, you’ll hear some amazing stories from incredible business owners, practitioners, and creatives and artists.

Sasha Torres

My career has always been rewarding getting athletes back to play after surgery or helping the occasional acute injury return to life. One of my most rewarding stories was a mother that was referred to me with severe low back pain and radiculopathy. After a bad experience with physical therapy, being hospitalized for an epidural and she was between needing surgery or not. After being referred to me from her pain management doctor in a last attempt we began our journey together. Over the course of 4 weeks she went from not being able to sit to driving to physical therapy herself! Read more>>

Raynetta Irish

A heart warming moment in my career as a doula was showing a mother who came to The United States, because healthcare back where she resided (Bahamas) wasn’t in good shape due to Covid and she needed the proper help and assistance to take care of her and deliver her baby safely. She came down to the States with absolutely nothing. I, along with others, were able to assist her with emotional support leading up to her delivery, during the birthing process, and some time after she gave birth. Read more>>

Steve Barr

As the founder of Drawn To Help, an organization that takes cartoonists and children’s book illustrators to visit young patients in hospitals, I’ve had an incredible amount of heartwarming and heart touching experiences. I’ve watched children who were in deep depressions suddenly be lifted out of them when they got to draw funny pictures. Studies have shown that creative activities can reduce stress and pain in patients, but when you get to see it in person it’s an absolutely amazing thing to see. Read more>>

Emily Blanche

Back in 2014 I was volunteering for the largest emergency shelter in Phoenix, AZ. I was leading gentle yoga classes, meditation and sound healing. One day I arrived and began to walk through the yard to set up inside and noticed a woman who was very upset. She was yelling and not lucid. She followed me into the yoga room and as I began class she was in the corner punching the bolsters and swinging them around like bats. Read more>>