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WHISPER CREEK SPA: YOUR DESTINATION FOR THE ULTIMATE BLISS
ARTICLE BY LINDA S. HOPKINS
Nobody said life on Earth would be easy. Some days, it seems that the very air is charged with invisible stress ions that try our patience, tense our necks, wrinkle our faces and ravage our bodies. Have you ever wanted to stop the world and get off? Now you can at Whisper Creek Spa.
Thanks to owners Jennifer and Robert Wolfe, your mini-vacation is just around the corner—in Bluffton. Over the past year and a half, while the world was shut down, the husband/wife team pushed forward with their vision and plans to convert what was once a Golden Corral restaurant into a magnificent day spa. Their faith and hard work paid off as mandates were lifted just in time for their recent opening.
Step inside the reimagined building and prepare for a smorgasbord of a different kind. Whether you need facial services, a massage, nail care, a hot sauna, a warm bath, a cool drink, an hour or so of peace and quiet, or a venue for a special event, Whisper Creek serves it all to order, creating an exclusive experience unlike any other in the area.
The space, unrecognizable from its former life, is not only grand in size but thoughtfully designed, with men’s and women’s locker rooms, cozy treatment rooms (including duet rooms for a shared experience), private VIP nail rooms, and quiet relaxation areas tucked well away from the large “beauty bar,” where groups are invited to gather—think business, club, or team meetings, wedding parties, reunions, celebrations and more.
“It is such a big building, we were trying to be creative in how we would use the space effectively,” Jennifer Wolfe said. The beauty bar, which includes two shampoo bowls, is designed so that a group can enjoy hair services such as blowouts or styling.
“It’s not the intention for it to be open all the time like a beauty salon but used for special events,” Wolfe explained. “We see this as a versatile event space. We can host our own as well as rent it out to other people.”
The possibilities are endless at Whisper Creek Spa. For example, accommodations are perfect for a bridal party to be pampered and get dressed or for your bridge group to meet for lunch and game time followed by spa treatments. Meals and snacks can be provided upon request, along with beer, wine, and champagne as the spa is licensed to serve alcohol.
The spa menu includes customizable facial and body treatments, indulgent nail services, and delightful add-ons such as hot stone massage or a soak in the tub room, complete with rose petals and your beverage of choice. Infrared saunas are available for use before or after any service, and a salt inhalation room is coming soon.
“Whether you are on Hilton Head Island, in Bluffton, Savannah or Beaufort, this is a destination spa. It is a true experience to come here,” Wolfe said. “You’re going to have that full relaxation— the plush robe, the slippers, the relaxation lounge, a glass of wine or champagne….”
Bluffton resident Joyce Webber has visited the spa three times in the two months since it opened and is eager to spread the word about all that Whisper Creek Spa has to offer. “I was here with a girlfriend two weeks ago, and we closed the place down,” she said, admitting to extended enjoyment of the ladies’ relaxation lounge, where it’s easy to lose track of time. “They’re so kind here; it’s so beautiful. I would like to move in if I could.”
Need a time out, a respite from your responsibilities, a break from the daily stresses of life? The ultimate bliss awaits when you make Whisper Creek Spa your destination.
Whisper Creek Spa is located at 1196 Fording Island Rd., Bluffton. For a list of services and more information, visit whispercreekspa.com or call (843) 9600100 for appointments.
THE SPA MENU INCLUDES CUSTOMIZABLE FACIAL AND BODY TREATMENTS, INDULGENT NAIL SERVICES, AND DELIGHTFUL ADD-ONS.
SWEET SOUNDS
ROSE HEARING HEALTHCARE CENTERS IS DOING FAR MORE THAN JUST SELLING HEARING AIDS. THEY’RE CHANGING LIVES.
Of all the things we take for granted, perhaps nothing has a greater impact than our hearing. Many of us share the same story: One day we start noticing that it has become harder to follow conversations in a noisy restaurant. We start finding ourselves turning the volume up a little bit higher on the TV, or even flipping on the closed captions. Then one day we realize we’ve been nodding in agreement to a story despite not having heard a word of it, and we realize that the hearing we took for granted is slipping away.
Whether you’re just starting to need some help with your hearing, or your hearing loss has advanced, there is hope. Randy Rose of Rose Hearing Healthcare Centers brings more than 42 years of experience to bear for each patient he sees, coupling his extensive knowledge of the science behind hearing loss with a dedication to staying on the cutting edge of technology.
But crucial to the different approach Rose takes is his dedication to the patient first. It’s not about just helping them hear better. It’s about the impact better hearing can make on their lives.
The Rose Hearing Healthcare Centers Team at their Bluffton location: (from left to right) Randy Rose, Bitsy Pfeiffer, Caryn Rose, Rebekah Campbell and Steve Krehbiel
CINDY STRADT
One of the most common problem areas for those suffering hearing loss is trying to pick out individual voices in noisy environments. As a second-grade teacher, Cindy Stradt knows all about noisy environments.
“It was really hard to teach the kids, and I work with English-as-a-second-language learners,” she said. Diagnosed with moderate hearing loss at 28 years old, Stradt at first just tried to cope with her problem. She eventually got hearing aids but found they didn’t quite get the job done. “The old ones physically hurt, and they just made things louder, not clearer. I stopped wearing them after a year.”
Relying on lip reading to fill in the gaps proved difficult during COVID’s mask mandates, so Stradt decided to give hearing aids another chance. “I saw an ad for Rose Hearing Healthcare Centers and said, ‘I’m going to give something different a try,’” she said. Rose began by working with Stradt’s existing hearing aids, but after a few months she realized it was time to try something more high tech, opting for a Widex 440. “They’re amazing. It has made a world of difference … and their customer service is just incredible. They fixed what someone else couldn’t.”
Now, not only can Stradt hear her students better, she’s practically a superhero in their eyes. “It’s supersonic hearing, that’s what I tell my kids it’s called.”
Advanced hearing problems call for advanced solutions, something Rose Hearing Healthcare Centers excels in. Don Koach has spent the last 24 years struggling with his hearing, reaching a point where he became legally deaf in his right ear, with 30 percent hearing in his left. Over the years, he has seen three different audiologists, but Rose went above and beyond.
Rose worked alongside Koach to assess his individual hearing loss and point him toward a hearing aid that worked for him. “It was really such an improvement because he recommended the right hearing aid—not the most expensive, not the cheapest, but the one that worked for me. And he adjusted them to give me more power to hear. That was a plus for me.”
Rose also helped point Koach toward an innovation that has changed his life. Available free to anyone with a hearing loss, Koach’s phone will actually display text generated by the person on the line’s speech. “It has really helped me understand what’s being said, spelling out exactly what the person was saying,” Koach said. “It’s a great tool.”
Rose Hearing Healthcare Centers has locations on Hilton Head Island and in Bluffton. For more information, visit rosehearinghealthcarecenters.com or call 843-8022957 (Hilton Head) or 843-836-5554 (Bluffton).
