ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT

It’s springtime and here at Healthy Living magazine we have decided to do a little “spring cleaning and remodeling.” This month, you are going to see some new and exciting changes we have made to the publication. Our mission in this initial redesign was to make the magazine brighter, cleaner, and easier to read — while also providing an improved navigation system throughout.

Over the years we have promoted the fact that Healthy Living supports a balanced lifestyle with a focus on four key elements of health – Physical, Mental, Spiritual, and Financial. We have received feedback that while we have done a good job providing the information needed to achieve a balanced lifestyle, we could do an even better job by properly defining the four core values that are the foundation for our publication.

We listened and we have simplified. We have limited our health sections to better promote the four core elements of our health focus. We will still offer all the same great information we have offered in the past — the difference is that we now have limited your search to four options.

Healthy Body will include: beauty, fitness, nutrition, and preventive health articles. Healthy Mind will offer articles on mental health, self-help, and motivation.

Healthy Spirit will encompass uplifting spiritual guidance, relationship topics, and encouragement.

Healthy Finance will offer advice on how to manage finances while covering up-to-date information on important financial issues.

The core values of Healthy Living are now easier to navigate and recognize. And our very talented creative team took this opportunity to introduce some new elements to the magazine that have made it even more fun and exciting to read.

This redesign is very important to us because we feel that in order to achieve a healthy lifestyle you must first establish balance. If you have balance in all these aspects of your life, then you are well on your way to living the ultimate healthy life.

As always, I invite you to offer your feedback and I sincerely hope that you enjoy the new look and feel of the magazine. Also, as you begin your spring cleaning, keep us in mind with this thought: no matter how good something may be, there is always room for improvement.

Stay Healthy,

Kendra Akers publisher

Comments or questions for our publisher? Please email kendra@akersmediagroup.com. Our goal is to provide you with the best quality publication, so your feedback is vital.

KENDRA AKERS publisher kendra@akersmediagroup.com

DOUG AKERS vice president doug@akersmediagroup.com

EDITORIAL // DESIGN

JIM GIBSON executive editor jim@akersmediagroup.com

TIFFANY ROACH managing editor tiffany@akersmediagroup.com

JAMES COMBS staff writer james@akersmediagroup.com

BETSY STOUTMORRILL, PH.D. copy editor betsy@akersmediagroup.com

HEATHER TOOTLE office + production manager heather@akersmediagroup.com contributing writers

RICK BOSSHARDT, M.D., FACS

CHRIS BRIDGES

SEAN CORT

JAMIE DUNCAN

TRISH VAN ETTEN

FRED HILTON

SHERI HUTCHINSON

ART MARKMAN, PH.D

HEATHER PRUETT

JEFF ROMNES

TANYA SENSENEY

RICK REED

TRENT WELDY

ELLEN B. WILCOX, GEPC

JAMIE EZRA MARK creative + content director jamie@akersmediagroup.com

CIERRA CHAPPELL art director cierra@akersmediagroup.com

JOSH CLARK senior graphic designer josh@akersmediagroup.com

ANTHONY CASTO graphic designer anthony@akersmediagroup.com contributing designers

KEVIN DANKO KELSEY BROWN STEVE CODRARO

BARBARA HODGKISS administrative assistant barbara@akersmediagroup.com

FRED LOPEZ chief photographer fred@akersmediagroup.com contributing photographers RON VANDEVANDER STARK BRUMLEY-MARTIN

SALES // MARKETING

TIM MCRAE vice president of sales and marketing tim@akersmediagroup.com

MIKE STEGALL senior marketing representative mike@akersmediagroup.com

HEIDI RESSLER marketing representative heidi@akersmediagroup.com

DISTRIBUTION

SCOTT HEGG distribution manager scott.hegg@akersmediagroup.com