COVER STORY: For the Love… and FUN… of Dentistry!
Has anyone heard the old saying “Time flies when you’re having fun”? Well, it could not be truer for our office. As many of you may remember, we were fortunate enough to have relocated to Clemmons from Country Club Rd in Winston-Salem more than eight years ago and have not regretted a single minute. My […]
The View From This Side
Love is in the air! As we launch our February issue, I want to start by saying that we genuinely love our advertising partners, and we love our readers! Thanks to YOU, we get to spend our days doing what we love! This month, I want to wish a very special Happy Birthday to two […]
Heart Lessons
Betty Speaks, health services coordinator for the City of Winston-Salem, says she has learned a lot. She is not talking about her nursing education or the lessons she has learned throughout her 40-year career as a registered nurse. But her own body has given her some life lessons that she shares with other women in […]
Quantity VS Quality: Are a Lot of Friends Better Than a Few Close Friends?
The wise philosopher, Al Capone (yes, that Al Capone) once said, ‘Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.’ If you think about it, Mr. Capone needed to know who his friends were more than most of us; thus, his quote holds a lot of good advice for you […]
Level Up in 2020: An Evening of Self Care and Self Love
Does it feel like the holiday season is a distant memory? Maybe you’ve settled into 2020 and some of the excitement of the new year has started to fade. Yes, it’s a new year, a new decade, but if you’re being totally honest, does it feel about the same as it did in 2019? I’ve […]
How to Navigate and Embrace Life’s Transitions
From marriage and moving to career changes and retirement, life is filled with transitional periods, and they aren’t always easy to navigate. In fact, despite what age, gender, ethnicity, family status, sexual orientation, or profession, a common struggle people find themselves in is embracing change during life’s biggest transitions. You may be faced with navigating […]
Got Chicken? Creative New Ways to Cook Your Same Ole Chicken
Crazy about chicken, but bored with having the same ole, same ole? Incorporate your fav marinades, sauces, herbs and spices, and never get bored with chicken again. A HEALTHY VARIETY Whether you roast your chicken, poach it, fry it, bake it, grill it, braise it or sauté it, get creative with your approach and try […]
How to Know you Need a Break
Burnout has been a hot topic in the past few years, with a renewed focus on prioritizing self-care and mental health. But what exactly is burnout? Burnout can be most easily described as when we are pushed so hard, physically, emotionally and/or mentally that we reach a point of total exhaustion. This state of exhaustion […]
Writers Who Read: Picture Books
No matter how old you get, there is something special about looking at picture books from your childhood. Tales that are timeless and ones that can be revisited over and over again hold a special place in a person’s heart. For some, these short stories are where their love for books and reading began. Notable […]
To Your Health: I Think I Can… I Think I Can… I Think I Can…
A month into the year 2020, and how are you doing with your resolutions on exercise (assuming you had one)? Starting an exercise program, or cranking up a preexisting one, may be on almost everyone’s list of goals for each new year. This goal is a cousin to the reoccurring yearly goal of cleaning out […]
