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Hyla Molander, Author (BW headshot)

Hyla Molan­der

Bio:

Hyla Molan­der had every­thing she’d ever wanted…

Until that Easter Sun­day, 2003, when her amaz­ing hus­band, Erik, slid down the kitchen counter and died in front of her and their 17-month-old daughter.

Erik, 29, a rising-star man­ager for Lucas Dig­i­tal, was a devoted hus­band and father. Hyla was a suc­cess­ful North­ern Cal­i­for­nia pho­tog­ra­pher, seven months preg­nant with their sec­ond child.

One minute they were laugh­ing, and thirty-five min­utes later, Erik was pro­nounced dead.

And yet she overcame…

Once a preg­nant widow, Hyla is now hap­pily re-married, a mother of four chil­dren, an inspi­ra­tional speaker, author, pho­tog­ra­pher, and social media strategist.

Hav­ing suc­cess­fully jour­neyed through tragedy and grief, to hope and hap­pi­ness, Hyla now shares her inspi­ra­tional mes­sage with oth­ers who are cop­ing with grief, loss, and hard­ship. Hyla shows us that–no mat­ter what obsta­cles we face–if we believe, define, and then cre­ate, we can have the life we desire.

Never could I have imag­ined that this tragedy would teach me to live and love with twice the intensity.

Bio (short version):

When her hus­band, Erik, died sud­denly at age 29, Hyla Molan­der didn’t know how she’d make it as a sin­gle mom and widow, preg­nant with their sec­ond child. But she always believed she would find joy in her life again. Today, a hap­pily re-married mother of four chil­dren, Hyla shares an inspi­ra­tional mes­sage of hope, remind­ing us to embrace each moment. She is an author, speaker, and social media con­sul­tant liv­ing in Marin County, California.

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