A Community for Women and by Women
by Abagail McKiernan “I asked a few of my favorite women leading various lives — from being a single mom to a female entrepreneur to married with kids and a career — what multi-tasking pressures and titles weighed most heavily on them. Three of the women I asked this question to immediately fought back tears …
Medicine, Movement and Mindfulness by Dr. Tina Metropoulous Breathing in, I reach up to the sky; breathing out I reach down to the earth. I feel the pull of tight muscles, and try to release and relax into a forward folding pose. As I begin my practice my mind is busy. I think of the things …
Karyn Stoops is a certified home stager and interior stylist with Chic Home Staging & Design. She’s shares tips for making your home a haven: ADD FABRIC: A way to incorporate texture and pattern is with the textiles throughout your home. Whether you find a new hand towel, throw pillows or bedding, fabrics are an …
Each and every time I am out on the Muskegon River, I can feel the weight of my disease lessen. The weight of 20 years of achy, swollen and now deformed joints. The weight of 20 years of debilitating, can’t-even-lift-your-head-off-the-pillow fatigue. The weight of 20 years of pain — the type of pain that reaches …
ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO DREAM A NEW DREAM” After a discussion with my doctor about the rigors of 31 years to my back, wrists and shoulders, I began to think; maybe it’s time for something else. Shortly after that, my son gifted me with a paperweight inscribed, “It’s never too late to dream a …
Our homes have always been a place where we feel comfortable. During the past year, our homes may have been the only place we felt comfortable. A life-threatening virus, stay-at-home orders, socially distancing, wearing masks, sanitization protocols, political unrest, non-stop news reporting and more produced a lot of trauma and anxiety and it changed the …
“GET HOME NOW! YOUR GARAGE IS ON FIRE!” The text dinged on my husband’s phone. Turning the car around, our hearts sank when we saw the roiling cloud of black smoke nine miles away. My husband focused on driving safely while I screamed in horror with the remembrance of each precious thing we’d stored in the …
Dawn Pater is the owner of TC Studio 2 and Studio Pro. Dawn is also an Oncology Certified Esthetician. She shares her expertise in skin care and more in our July/Aug issue. BLUE LIGHT BLOCKERSBlue light is emitted from tech screens as well as from the sun (alongside UV rays). Blue light can cause skin cell …
“WHEN I GOT THAT CALL, it was like a scene out of a movie. As we were on the rooftop deck of the building, my phone rang. I saw it was Hearst Magazines and I knew this call would be monumental for me — good or bad. After three years of rejected applications for roles at Hearst, I …
“I HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED about leading a large group fitness class in the park, just like you see in the movies. The whole idea of doing something like that seemed so positive and healthy. I would be teaching people how to be strong physically and mentally and uncover what they were truly capable of achieving. That day …