Lauretta Zucchetti is an author and and transformational coach who specializes in assisting women through transitions. Lauretta blogs about spirituality, marriage, motherhood, on www.laurettazucchetti.com. Her work has appeared on ScaryMommy, ABOW, Retreat Place, Self Growth, Soul Friends, and Blog Her.

She is also a regular contributor to Thank the Now and Having Time.  Her essay, “The Stranded Bird of Pavia,” will be published in Literary Mama’s 2014 Mother’s Day Issue. She has also just completed Painted Red, her memoir about her harrowing childhood in Italy and her moving to America where she finds strength, success and her own internal power.