My name is Tarah Neujahr Bryan. I’m from Montana and despite living in six different states, Montana is still my heart’s home.

I have passion for many things in life, including:

• being a mama to my amazing little monkey (A) and my amazing little bear (F),
• being a mediocre to middling wife to my patiently tolerant husband (D),
• beating my chronic pain every single GD day,
• working as the Chief Marketing Officer for an amazing healthcare analytics company,
• mindfulness, meditation, Buddhism
• volunteering as a pet therapist with Belka, my “exquisite” registered therapy animal,
• Vinyasa/Power Yoga (Hot Power Yoga is my fav),
• Nebraska Football (GO BIG RED!),
• playing softball and volleyball,
• running (I try to run 5 days a week. Usually I am successful. Sometimes I’m not.),
• fluting (I play the flute, still…not just in high school. My favorite group is an orchestra, but I’ll take symphonic winds too),
• healthcare policy (weird, huh?),
• aviation (in another life I’d still be working in aviation, but healthcare is cool too),
• reading, reading (did I say that? How about reading? I’m a bibliophile.),
• outdoor life (being outside and all that means),
• animals (especially cheetahs and dogs. I’m a vegetarian for ethical reasons too.),
• hiking (and climbing mountains),
• sports,
  and so much more. It’s always growing and changing.

I’m a vegetarian athlete (that’s a thing, apparently). I have two kids with amazing stories. They are both some of the strongest, most incredible people I know. How my husband and I ever got so lucky, I’ll never know.

I have a BA in History, with a minor in Sociology from Montana State–Billings and an MA in Journalism and Mass Communications (specialization in Marketing, Communications, and Advertising) from the University of Nebraska (GO BIG RED! ). I paid off my student loan debt. It’s been the third biggest accomplishment of my life. ::cough::

People tell me that I’m not shy. Those people are wrong. I’m a raging introvert.