Honor and Remember: Celebrating the Stories, Voices, and Connections That Shape Us

May 22, 2026

May invites us to pause.

To slow down.

To remember the people, stories, and moments that have shaped us.

This month, our theme is Honor and Remember, and it carries such a meaningful invitation. We are remembering the mentors, mothers, grandmothers, friends, loved ones, teachers, and guides whose wisdom still lives within us. We are honoring the stories that helped form who we are and the connections that continue to lead us forward.

Sometimes remembrance is quiet. Sometimes it arrives through a familiar song, a book that touches our heart, a conversation that helps us feel seen, or a gentle moment with an animal companion who reminds us to listen more deeply.

This May, we are holding space for all of it.

Honoring Growth and New Beginnings: May RHG Magazine

Our May 2026 RHG Magazine: Thrive Edition is now available, and it beautifully aligns with this season of reflection and renewal.

This issue is filled with inspiring stories, expert insights, reflections, bestselling authors, and encouragement created to help you move forward with clarity, courage, and purpose.

Thriving is not always loud or obvious. Sometimes it looks like choosing to keep going, opening your heart again, sharing your voice, or remembering that your story still has more beautiful chapters ahead.

Stories Worth Remembering: New Blog Posts

We are also excited to continue sharing new blogs created to inspire, encourage, and support you.

Our recent posts explore themes of overcoming self-doubt and burnout, honoring family stories, listening to the wisdom of the body, and finding new ways to rise again.

Whether you are navigating personal growth, healing, leadership, visibility, or deeper connection, these articles were created to meet you where you are and remind you that you are not walking alone.

Honoring the Connection: Animal Connection

One of the beautiful things about remembrance is how deeply connected it is to love.

And sometimes, some of our deepest connections come through the animals who walk beside us through life.

Our Animal Connection offering creates space for deeper listening, compassion, healing, and heart-centered connection with the animals we love. These beloved companions often reflect what truly matters: presence, trust, loyalty, and connection.

If your heart has been feeling called to slow down, reconnect, and listen more deeply, this may be your invitation.

Honoring the Stories Still to Come

Every new book begins with a story brave enough to be shared.

This season, we are honored to celebrate upcoming releases from powerful authors whose voices bring encouragement, wisdom, healing, faith, creativity, and hope into the world.

These upcoming books represent courage, growth, transformation, and the reminder that stories have the power to impact lives for generations.

Each book carries a message worth remembering and a voice worth celebrating.

Honoring Voices and Stories: July 2026 Author Summit Showcase

We are also looking ahead with excitement to our July 2026 Author Summit Showcase, happening on July 24, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM PT.

This special event brings together inspiring authors and speakers for a powerful story-centered experience designed to encourage, empower, and uplift.

Stories connect us. They remind us we are not alone. They help us heal, grow, and step more fully into who we are called to become.

We would love for you to join us for this beautiful gathering of voices and purpose.

Conversations Worth Remembering: Empowering Women, Transforming Lives

Every episode of Empowering Women, Transforming Lives is created to encourage, uplift, and remind you that your voice and story matter.

Throughout May, we are having heartfelt conversations around resilience, healing, courage, purpose, and learning how to recognize the light that can emerge even after difficult experiences.

Sometimes honoring our journey also means honoring the strength it took to keep moving forward.

We invite you to listen, reflect, and receive the wisdom shared in these powerful conversations.

Remembering the Legacy of Love: What to Read

This month, we are also highlighting Grandmother Legacies, a beautiful anthology compiled by Rebecca Hall Gruyter.

This heartfelt collection honors the wisdom, love, strength, and lasting impact grandmothers leave on our lives and families.

In a month centered around honoring and remembering, this book is a meaningful reminder that legacy is often carried through stories, traditions, memories, and the quiet love that continues to shape us long after a moment has passed.

A Closing Reflection for May

May is asking something meaningful of us.

Not perfection.

Not a grand gesture.

Just the willingness to pause, honor, and remember.

To let gratitude rise.

To let courage take root.

To let the stories, voices, and connections that shaped us continue to inspire the way we move forward.

Your story matters.

The people you carry in your heart matter.

And this community is here, walking alongside you every step of the way.

With love and appreciation,

Rebecca Hall Gruyter

Rebecca Hall Gruyter

Rebecca Hall Gruyter is the host of Empowering Women, Transforming Lives, CEO of RHG Media Productions, and an international bestselling author. Creator of Continue The Momentum and RHG Magazine. She has been featured on ABC, NBC, Fox, Huffington Post, and Thrive Global.

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