After cancer claims Matt Kell's life on Christmas Day 2005, his widow, Gina and two young boys are left to cope with the pain of his loss while their close church community gathers around them for support.

After her father's sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.

在离开了犯罪和暴力的生活后，雷改过自新，在郊区享受着平静的家庭生活。但当他的过去被发现后，雷被胁迫犯罪，最终发现陷入阴谋同时自己也受了伤，他所爱的人更是生命危在旦夕，雷不得已只能以暴制暴。

这是Bravo历史上首个有剧本节目。该剧根据同名系列畅销书改编，故事描述著名励志自助书女作家Abby Iovine（Lisa Edelstein，《豪斯医生》）总是在书中体现出自己的「生活睿智」，可事实上她早已与丈夫分居，刚刚年满四十岁的她只能独自带着孩子在洛杉矶生活。她不停向已经离婚的朋友寻求生活建议，而她的生活也因此发生出人意料的巨变。