Hardin, Melinda: - MELINDA HARDIN is an author, a prolific journaler and keeper of a stack of notebooks, the sporadic creator of social media posts, and the infrequent contributor to her town's local magazine. She's a professional encourager, with trained experience in wellness and resilience, and is gifted at reimagining a better way. She loves soulful music, everyday rituals, being in nature, and redemption stories. She and her husband Ben live in their hometown of Shelbyville, Kentucky, with their two girls, Celia and Annie.