Jessica and I met years ago when I was the event director at a nightclub. I spent my days planning big parties for big corporations, and Jessica was my go to girl behind the bar.  After working together for years, she left to become a health coach. You know, that buzz worthy career term where...

We all know how much waiting around there is at appointments, and it can get B.O.R.I.N.G. Looking for a fun little way to pass the time with your loved one? You could gift them a Love Heals Journal and this: a simple word search I made for you to print out and...

I've have been blessed with a healthy body and then one day that changed. I found a lump, and it is malignant. At my first chemo appointment, I was told cancer had spread to my lungs, liver, and bone. I am a stage four metastatic breast cancer patient. I’ve learned...

Last week right before Christmas Eve, I was running the the grocery store to pick up some last minute items. People were rude, lines were long, and don’t even get me started about the parking lot. It seemed like all of Chicago had forgotten about the meaning of Christmas (including myself, probably). As I was driving, I saw a man in a wheelchair trying to get across the...

A note from Arona, founder of itsbecauselove:  As these two years collide, I have been having some (read: A LOT OF) anxiety around all I did wrong in my business last year, and even more about all that could go wrong in 2019. Running a business is hard, and if...