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Lisa Goodman-Helfand

After encountering multiple near-death experiences following her daughter's birth, Lisa now writes and speaks about facing life's obstacles with humor and perspective. Her articles have been featured in Cosmopolitan, Elle, Good House Keeping, Woman’s Day, The Huffington Post, and Chicago Parent. Lisa authors the blog, Comfortablein My Thick Skin where she explores motherhood, marriage, body image, and redefining beauty through the eyes of a scleroderma patient. Her memoir, Does This Hospital Gown Come With Sequins? is available on Amazon.

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Articles by Lisa Goodman-Helfand

At our most primal level, we all just want to fit in and be accepted. As a…