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Symbol of Unity
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Symbol of Unity

For 113 years, Vulcan has held a position of prominence over Birmingham. Today, a new renovation and expansion project at Vulcan Park and Museum, where the notable statue stands, is underway.

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How 2018 Can Be Your Best Year Yet
Wellness

How 2018 Can Be Your Best Year Yet

Instead of looking at past failures and analyzing every decision of 2017 now’s your chance to leave it behind. I choose to look at New Year’s resolutions as an opportunity for a fresh start. We get another shot to say “This is who I am. This is what I am capable of accomplishing. Now I’m going to prove it to myself.” 

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Finding Freedom in the Numbers: What Creating a Budget Did for my Marriage
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Finding Freedom in the Numbers: What Creating a Budget Did for my Marriage

Somehow we covered topics like how many kids we wanted to have one day or what our dream careers would be. However, one thing we failed to discuss early on was how we would handle our money.

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Three Things I Wish I Could Make My Teenagers Understand (But I Know They Won’t)
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Three Things I Wish I Could Make My Teenagers Understand (But I Know They Won’t)

So here I am again:  back in high school. Not literally, but in a supporting…

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Making a Difference to Local Nonprofits
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Making a Difference to Local Nonprofits

On one of July’s hottest days in Birmingham, Alabama, a team of Protective Life Corporation employees quickly battled a mass of overgrown shrubbery and trees, giving a fresh look to the mission camp.
Teaching them to Have a Voice
Wellness

Teaching them to Have a Voice

As a mom and a teacher of fifteen plus years, I’ve had to learn how to be a mom when it’s time to be a mom and be a teacher when it’s time to be a teacher. However, there are instances when those two professions overlap. One day, my son came home from school upset
The Problem with Teenagers
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The Problem with Teenagers

The problem with kids getting their driver’s license at age 16 is that it coincides with the exact time teenagers believe they know everything. It’s positively maddening to try to teach my son to drive when the answer to everything I say is “I know.” Actually, my son’s version is “I got this.” While he
The Do-Nothings
Wellness

The Do-Nothings

Yesterday was a beautiful, crisp fall Saturday, and I’m proud to say my family did absolutely nothing.
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Holistic Approach to Wellness

(Originally published by This is Alabama on February 2, 2018) Protective embraces holistic approach to wellness — even during lunch break Sometime between 11am and 1pm, most of us take our lunch. We aspire to pause from our crazy workload for 30 minutes. That’s 1,800 precious seconds to fill our bellies and quiet our minds
Community

Music from the Heart

Donations from the community and corporations like Protective Life enable ASO to maintain a quality, full-time professional orchestra and to run multiple programs.

Wellness

How 2018 Can Be Your Best Year Yet

Instead of looking at past failures and analyzing every decision of 2017 now’s your chance to leave it behind. I choose to look at New Year’s resolutions as an opportunity for a fresh start. We get another shot to say “This is who I am. This is what I am capable of accomplishing. Now I’m going to prove it to myself.” 
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Operation Warm

Employees at Protective Life Insurance Company in Syracuse, New York, helped Syracuse City International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) warm the hearts – and bodies – of young children in need by raising money toward the firefighters’ Operation Warm program.