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CONTRIBUTERS’ ® What healthy habit did you develop in 2020 that you’re going to carry into 2021?

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P U B L I S H E R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Wise E D I T O R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lee Virden Geurkink A S S O C I A T E E D I T O R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . William Wise A S S O C I A T E P U B L I S H E R . . . . . . . . . . . Jennifer Kieta

A: I started doing ceramics to reduce stress

A: I’m slowly learning to trust my A: Running at the same time

- Victoria Wise

family and delegate chores

every morning, rain or shine

- Lee Virden Geurkink

- Sarah Angle

A: Drinking bone broth - Lyle Brooks

ILL U S T R A T O R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trish Wise L E A D D E S I G N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sovic Creative C O V E R D E S I G N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Victoria Wise C O N T R I B UTI N G W R I T E R S Sarah Angle

Jackie Hoerman-Elliott

Lyle Brooks

Maggie Kelleher

Yolanda Columbus

Shilo Urban

Gretta Hendricks

Angela Weaver

A: I realized that by committing to A: Living a more minimal life

do something on my social media and intentionally slowing down accounts, the public accountability - Gretta Hendricks motivates me to be more consistent.

A: Daily walks!

A:

- Jackie Hoerman-Elliott

I try to stay off my phone for A: Going through closets and at least an hour after waking the attic more often to stay on top up in the morning of decluttering

- Maggie Kelleher

- Yolanda Columbus

- Shannon Lange

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INTENTIONAL ORGANIZING

by Gretta Hendricks

A: I deleted all social media apps from my phone after watching Social Dilemma, and I don’t miss them!

- Shilo Urban

A: Never taking the time with my kids for granted!

- Angela Weaver

social media may dazzle us with flawlessly organized spaces, but we are left feeling like we will never conquer the endless excess in our own homes.

In the past, I used to believe that being a minimalist meant living in a tiny house and owning little to no stuff. While that may be true for some, the approach to living more organized is not one-size-fits-all. Experts such as Marie Kondo and The Home Edit say that it is not so much about having less, as it is being more intentional with your belongings to suit your lifestyle.

Society’s approach to minimalism and materialism continually changes, and as we grow more aware of our carbon footprint in the world, we may seek to re-evaluate our relationship with “stuff.” Our reaction against fast fashion and the need to reduce waste have furthered the drive towards slow and simplified living. If you are wondering how to incorporate more organization and simplicity into your life, here are a few principles to practice: ASK YOURSELF “WHY?” Taking a realistic look at the stuff in our lives is a crucial starting point for living a more intentional life. It is not about purging down to bare bones; it is holding onto what it most functional as well as beautiful to us. If something is collecting dust, it may be time to pass it on where it can be purposeful and loved. Reassess, regift, and recycle.

Minimalism.

For some, this word may evoke a negative connotation of an idealistic but superficially unrealistic way of life. The philosophy of minimalism is ever-growing in popularity, and while it has its benefits, it can become over-glorified in the same way a celebrity endorsement over-glorifies a high-end perfume. Celebrities and

Whitney Tevis, owner of Fort Worth’s Organized Nest, says, “Keeping a clutter-free life has to be an intentional practice so that your home remains a living space, instead of a storage space. We like to remind our clients that keeping for the sake of ‘maybe one day I’ll use this’ is a recipe for disaster. Use what you buy. Don’t save it for a special occasion If you aren’t using dishes, kitchen items, clothing, or shoes, donate it so someone else can use it.”

A: I journal every bite of food - Trish Wise

A: Avoiding people at all costs

- William Wise

back where they belong will go a long way towards maintaining your organized home.”

The same applies to other aspects of our lives, whether it is strengthening our personal relationships or maintaining a healthy lifestyle – we must put in the work. Practicing consistency and breaking old habits is key. Resist the urge to leave stuff out instead of putting it back where it belongs. As Benjamin Franklin is supposed to have said, “A place for everything, everything in its place.”

ENLIST HELP Let’s face it, juggling the demands of life while trying to maintain a tidy and comforting space is a lot of work. This is even more true if you have children, pets, or roommates. Do not be afraid to get benevolently despotic in assigning responsibilities to other members of your household. To be a part of a shared space requires shared contributions to the household needs. It’s never too late to make a list of daily, weekly, and monthly duties for everyone to follow!

N U R T U R E G R AT I T U D E & G E N E R O S I T Y Keeping a healthy mindset towards our belongings is important. Things wear out, and some possessions do not hold the same sentimentality to others as it does to you. Alecia McCoy says that “accidents happen and things break, [however] when it comes to parenting and our possessions, I have always tried to instill respect for our belongings and those of others in our sons.”

KEEP UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE

A Japanese proverb says, “Barn’s burnt down -- now I can see the moon.” Parting with items that no longer serve you or others is an opportunity to breathe new life into our spaces. Focus on what is most meaningful and discard the rest. Appreciate the joy they brought you in the past, however great or small, as this will establish a sense of closure without feeling as though you are throwing away memories.

Sort the Fort’s owner Alecia McCoy says, “Even after you’ve organized your rooms or items, they won’t stay that way without regular maintenance. Setting aside 10 minutes a day or an hour a week to put things

Above all, choose gratitude and generosity, and remember, joy is not derived from the possessions we have, but in the stories they tell. Here’s to making our homes a place of love, joy, and simplicity!

Change Your Thoughts to Change Your Wealth Or I can push for a life that gives me the time flexibility and location independence so that I can spend time with him.

You’ve had limited financial success but can’t seem to break through to the “big” time. So instead of wallowing in pity, you’ve rationalized. You’ve convinced yourself that it’s not your time. Or you’ve convinced yourself that you’re truly content.

Really?

Each of us was designed for specific experiences.

You may define “wealth” as quality of life or as money. For me, wealth refers to quality of life.

Wealth is time flexibility, location independence, and the opportunity to learn and grow. Regardless of your definition, obtaining wealth facilitates our lived experiences.

There are certain experiences that make us smile, laugh out loud, and/or want to do flips. For example, videos of my 2-year-old great nephew JJ always brighten my day. However, jumping in puddles with him will put me on Cloud Nine for days. I could settle for a life that allows 1me12/2/20 to watch8:34 videos.

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Pushing for that life led me to give my two weeks’ notice in April 2018. By May 2018, I was a full-time entrepreneur. While that sounds simple, what I did was burn the boat. I was Associate Dean (AD) in Liberal Arts at North Lake College. Four weeks before the end of the semester, I said, “I’m out!” At that time, my Executive Dean had about seven months of experience, while I had four years’ experience as an AD in that department. I burned that boat on purpose. I knew that I would return to that job if I could, convincing myself that I was content.

I burned that boat so that I could secure legacy wealth. I burned that boat to honor the legacy of my Bigmama, who died in 2017. The fear of losing Bigmama’s fingerprint on my life shook me out of my self-imposed, lackluster acceptance of the status quo. Until her death, I was working for my way to a vice-presidency or presidency in higher education.

After all, I had earned a doctorate for that very title.

Now I am committed to confronting mindsets that produce experiences I tolerate rather than experiences I love. As a result, I’ve had some adventures — consultant, residential realtor, commercial realtor, tutor, etc. In my effort to build a life that I love, I’ve realized that I might not know when, where, or how I will generate revenue, but any opportunity I accept comes with time flexibility, location independence, and the opportunity to learn. Holding on to that conviction takes intentional, consistent development of my mindset.

Pursuing legacy wealth is not for the faint of heart. It will test and challenge your role in all your relationships. For me, the hardest test was confronting my mindset concerning marriage roles.

In April, my husband and I celebrated 20 years of married life. He is more risk-averse than I. When I became a full-time entrepreneur, we discussed and laid out the plan, the timeline, the safety net, etc. We were very naive. Without a daily mindset practice, my love for him and my reaction to his concerns would have resulted in another full-time yet ho-hum job in higher education.

My daily mindset practice is an adapted version of Hal Elrod’s SAVERS. The part that has had the most critical impact on me has been Appreciation and Affirmations. My day starts with writing or stating out loud what I appreciate and what I want to affirm. By starting my day with this practice, I take control of my thoughts. I focus on characteristics or values that I need to build and take the following form: “I am becoming ___ by doing ___ when ___ happens.”

One of my first affirmations was, “I am becoming more focused by repeating my why, my goals, and my affirmations before breakfast, lunch, and dinner.”

Believe it or not, I became more focused.

Let’s face it, if knowing “how-to” was enough, we would all be skinny, rich, and happy.

Brian Klemmer wrote a book with that very title. But if you are ready to secure legacy wealth, the first step is to tackle your mindset. You must intentionally tackle those habitual thoughts that are sabotaging your efforts. Your mindset is the foundation of every aspect of your life. You need a mindset routine just like you have a routine for your physical body and a budget for your finances. By changing your thoughts, you can change your life!

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ingredients 1 cup old-fashioned oats 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

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½ cup chopped walnuts Pinch of sea salt 3 tablespoons coconut oil, melted 3 tablespoons honey 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Toppings: coconut chips, chia seeds, sunflower seeds

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ingredients

directions Pulse oats and walnuts in a food processor until they become slightly coarse like tiny pebbles. Add in cocoa powder, sea salt, coconut oil, honey, and vanilla and pulse a few times until all comes together.

Lightly oil your hands and take a heaping tablespoon of the mixture and roll it into a ball. (If the mixture feels dry, you can add a little more coconut oil and honey.) Gently roll the balls in the toppings of your choice. These should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator and popped when you need a kick of healthy energy!

3- to 4-pound whole chicken (with giblets) 1 small bag of baby carrots 2 pounds Dutch Baby potatoes, marble sized 1 red onion, cut into large dice 3 celery ribs, chopped (Chef Rishel says, “By most definitions, a whole head of celery is a stalk, and a single ‘stick’ from the stalk is a rib.”)

2 heads of garlic, cut in half 3 lemons, cut in half 3 cups of mayonnaise, Duke’s or Blue Plate preferred 2 tablespoons herbes de Provence 1 package of fresh poultry herb blend (available in the produce section – this consists of sage, rosemary, and thyme)

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Salt and pepper to taste

SPINACH SALAD WITH CITRUS VINAIGRETTE This recipe from Central Market takes advantage of the beautiful winter citrus available now.

ingredients 1 bunch spinach or 6 to 8 ounces of baby spinach, washed and drained

directions

Salt and black pepper

Preheat oven to 400°.

4 ounces ricotta salata

Remove the giblets from the chicken and pat dry.

In a large bowl, combine the giblets, carrots, potatoes, onion, celery, one halved head of garlic, two halved lemons, and the olive oil. Season liberally with salt and pepper and toss to evenly coat. Arrange the mixture evenly in the bottom of a roasting pan.

Season the cavity and the outside of the chicken with salt and pepper.

Stuff the cavity with the remaining halved garlic head, remaining halved lemon, and fresh poultry herb blend.

Combine the mayonnaise with the herbes de Provence and rub down the chicken, making sure it is fully covered. Place the chicken on top of the giblets and vegetables in the roasting pan and roast between 1 and 1¼ hours, until a meat thermometer placed into the thigh joint reads 160° and the juices run clear.

According to Chef Rishel, this is the most important part: when you remove the chicken from the oven, you must let it rest for at least 20 minutes before carving. This will ensure a juicy bird!

Carve the chicken and serve with the roasted vegetables from the bottom of the pan. Pour the juices from the pan over the chicken and some rice.

Serves 4 to 6.

½ cup walnut halves, toasted 1 ruby red grapefruit, skin removed and sections cut out (aka, cut into supremes)

1 ruby red grapefruit for juice 1 orange, skin removed and supremed (see above) 1 orange for juice 2 limes 2 lemons ½ cup champagne vinegar 1 shallot, minced 1 clove garlic, minced ¾ cup canola oil ¾ cup extra-virgin olive oil directions Juice the grapefruit and orange. Zest one lemon and one lime and juice both lemons and both limes. Combine the lemon and lime zest and the citrus juices with the champagne vinegar, minced shallot, and minced garlic in a bowl. Gradually whisk in the canola and extravirgin olive oil and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Place the spinach in a bowl with the grapefruit and orange sections and the walnuts. Toss with ½ cup of the vinaigrette, adding more dressing if desired. Arrange the salad on serving plates, making sure that each person gets some citrus supremes and walnuts. Crumble the ricotta salata over the salad and serve immediately.

Serves 4.

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by Lyle Brooks COVID-19 has impacted our nursing population in two significant ways. First, it has exposed an increased demand for more highly-trained professionals to handle the needs of struggling medical facilities, which puts added pressure on those already working in the field. It has also added extra challenges to the next generation of practicing nurses as they graduate and seek out the experience and proper licensing necessary to enter the job market and give care to the growing number of those afflicted with the virus. Of course, our global focus on the virus compounds the ongoing attention required by other serious illnesses.

Now more than ever, we are asking a lot of nurses, given their responsibility not only to help keep patients alive but also to care for themselves by attending to their own physical and mental health along the way.

While restrictions have limited all nursing programs, students attending school in Texas are fully participating in their hands-on, clinical schooling.

They are capable of getting the full benefit of lab

work and practical applications found in first-hand experiences.

Danielle Walker is an assistant professor specializing in nursing education at the TCU Harris School of Nursing. Walker has observed how the coronavirus pandemic has shifted the program’s focus. “Our students are still able to have their typical clinical experiences, but we’re all dealing with differences in the way hospitals function. One of our program’s big things has been wellness for our students, especially our graduate students, because they are going out into a changing environment. A nurse’s wellbeing impacts the quality of care they are able to deliver.”

As students seek clinical placements to gain essential experience, they are encouraged to develop self-care patterns like yoga and meditation.

Walker said, “We’ve had to create creative opportunities for connection because our younger students are spending so much more time online.”

One of those creative measures was the delicious exercise of baking bread, a practice many have engaged in during the homebound period of lockdown. “It is a task that uses mental capacity and allows them to use their minds differently. One of the things that’s hard for our students to understand is that they often don’t see what happens with a patient after a 10- or 12-hour shift has concluded.”

The students were able to share the final products throughout the School of Nursing. “I think it tasted like home.”

Walker says that they have been lucky to send students to hospitals for clinical practice. “It is an extra step for those hospital nurses to teach our students and explain what they are doing in an already-stressful climate.”

One of those nurses working in the field and shepherding a student is Nicole Frederick.

Graduating with her Doctor of Nursing Practice, or DNP, from TCU in 2019, Frederick has been a Clinical

Nurse Specialist focused on trauma care with Texas Health Resources for just over a year. The DNP degree allowed her to impact her hospital positively for the nurses who rely on her guidance. “I wanted to take my knowledge and effect change over a broader scope, rather than just my two patients,” Frederick explains.

The online format of the DNP program allowed her to continue working. The small classes gave her the tools she needed to succeed. No longer at the bedside, Frederick deals with trauma administration where between 14 and 25 patients are seen every day. Nurses are responsible for completing an assessment and following patients through their course of treatment to oversee the quality of their care and improvement.

Frederick also acts as a mentor to a current student in the program, a Family Nurse Practitioner with whom she speaks frequently. “Every DNP student has a mentor, usually at the same facility, to see you on the fly.” Her instruction includes sharing information about facility norms and her insight into the process’s good and bad elements.

In much the same way those students mentioned above transformed dough into bread, one generation of nurses looks out for the next to develop skills through the TCU Nursing program.

Frederick notes that since the onset of the pandemic, she has frequently received supportive messages from the educators she worked with during her four years in the program. “My old professors from TCU have been asking if I have all I need to be safe.”

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the Post Recovery Clinic at John Peter Smith (JPS) Health Network is adapting to help serve the longterm health needs of Fort Worth’s COVID-19 positive patients.

The Post Recovery Clinic, which operates every other Tuesday of each month, serves as a one-stop shop for COVID-19 positive patients to receive care, said Dr. Steven Davis, pulmonary and critical care physician and Chairman of Internal Medicine at JPS. Patients at the clinic receive both COVID-19-related treatment and care for unrelated health needs that their positive diagnosis precludes them from receiving elsewhere.

“In the beginning, if you came to any doctor’s office or hospital and said you had COVID, it would be really difficult to get in the door,” said Davis. “At that point, we also had no idea how long you were infectious for or whether you were immune. So, putting everyone under one roof seemed like the right thing to do.”

On staff at the clinic are a pulmonologist, internalist, dietician, and behavioral health specialist so that patients can get the breadth of their needs taken care of in one place, at one time. In addition, social workers and financial assistance advisers are available to help patients gain access to any resources they may need.

“We identify that it’s really tough,” said Davis. “Frequently, the entire household will be infected, so if the one breadwinner in the family just got COVID, they’ve just lost their income. We’ve seen a lot of financial insecurity, a lot of food insecurity, so in an effort to tackle as much as we could there, too, we’ve been getting resources to people and identifying needs.”

Although the JPS Health Network was lucky to have a stockpile of personal protective equipment like masks and gowns leftover from preparations for the possible Ebola outbreak in 2014, nobody was anticipating an emergency event quite like this.

“Originally, when we planned for disasters, we were thinking about a tornado hitting a town or a mass shooting where the event itself is relatively short-term,” said Davis. “The other flavor of disaster which is much harder to plan for is what we’ve got now, where it’s an ongoing event with ongoing needs. It’s tough because it puts strain on staff, it puts strain on patients, it puts strain on the community, as everybody saw.”

Still, when preparations for the clinic began in April of this year, JPS was able to mobilize quickly. A number of clinic closures meant that space away from noninfected patients was available, and physicians from across disciplines volunteered their services. By May 26, the clinic was up and running at the JPS Polytechnic Health Center at 1650 Beach Road.

“The meetings to plan to have meetings kind of evaporated, and what used to take up to a couple years to plan we had ready in a couple of weeks,” said Davis.

Once the clinic was in operation, staff members had to become familiar with working so closely with patients infected with COVID-19.

Davis credits much of the clinic’s success to the staff’s consistency over the past several months.

“There’s been a lot of personal growth and comfort with the disease and its care,” said Davis. “It was a lot of coaching and reassurance on our part, but I think there was a lot of fear there initially. After the first couple of clinics, folks got used to it, and the patients were very gracious.”

With over 200 patients having visited the Post Recovery Clinic, one of its main payoffs is the amount of knowledge it has allowed physicians to gain about COVID-19.

“We can start telling patients and their families with more reassurance that we have been able to care for lots of folks, and that yes, you may be short of breath now, but bear with us for the next couple of weeks or months and you will get better,” said Davis. “This kind of clinic is really the only way we could’ve done that to give people that sort of reassurance.”

For those working on the frontlines, too, the clinic has helped restore a sense of hope.

“Unfortunately, being a hospital provider for COVID, I have witnessed a lot of folks not survive their disease,” said Davis. “It’s reassuring and rewarding to see folks on a path to recovery.”

Davis anticipates that the Post Recovery Clinic will be operating at its current capacity for a while. Once COVID-19 cases subside or a vaccine becomes available, the clinic will cut back operations until it can eventually scale back altogether. In the meantime, he urges Fort Worthians to continue wearing masks and social distancing.

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by Shilo Urban

small You may recognize her name; it’s emblazoned on the Joan Katz Cancer Resource Center at Baylor Scott & White All Saints. Joan Katz has helped to raise tens of millions of dollars in the quest to triumph over cancer, not just for the facility that bears her name, but also as co-founder of the Susan G. Komen Tarrant County Affiliate/Race for the Cure. She has spent untold hours volunteering and leading fundraising efforts for local organizations, including the Gladney Center for Adoption, Cook Children’s Hospital, and Trinity Valley School. Katz has also launched a daycare program for teenage mothers and a summer camp for children who are grieving the loss of a loved one.

Her accomplishments could truly fill a book.

But for the people who know Joan, she is so much more than the name on one of Fort Worth’s preeminent cancer centers. She is the comforting voice on the phone, the outstretched hand, the warm words of encouragement at just the right moment. She’s the type of person who makes you feel like you matter and that you are not alone.

She is a person who genuinely cares.

Joan is also a four-time cancer survivor who has struggled with heart disease and infertility. She has faced the darkness; she has wrestled with overwhelming fear. Now she shines a light for others who must walk a similar path, determined to be a beacon of hope so that no one will have to face their journey by themselves.

Joan was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time when she was just 30 years old. It was 1982, long before our modern era of pink ribbons and walks for the cure. Today, “early detection” and “breast self-exam” are familiar buzzwords, and the National Football League plays in pink cleats for breast cancer awareness every October. In the early ‘80s, the disease was still quite stigmatized. “[Breast cancer] wasn’t talked about. I wasn’t educated about it,” says Joan. “Now there is a lot of information, but there wasn’t back then…I was so naïve.” After finding a lump, her doctor sent her to have a mammogram right away. “I had to call my mom on the way and ask her what that was.”

Soon, Joan was being wheeled into surgery for a mastectomy, her world turned upside down. “In an instant, I had entered a scary world of unknowns,” she says. “People all around me, their lives were going on, and I was just… frozen, waking up in the operating room.” Joan had little idea of the difficult recovery process ahead.

“I wondered if the knot in my stomach would ever go away.” At a doctor’s appointment with her husband Howard at her side, words swirled inside her head: radiation, chemotherapy, hysterectomy. “I was just so overwhelmed,” she recalls, emotion still rising in her voice all these years later.

“My husband turned to me and asked, ‘How do you eat a really big elephant?’ The only way to do this is one bite at a time. That is what we did then, and how we still try to live our lives, focusing just on the step we are standing on.”

Breast cancer wasn’t the first health issue that Joan had to cope

with; she and her husband had struggled with years of infertility. When she was first diagnosed with cancer, the couple had just been approved by the Gladney Center for Adoption and were waiting for that magical phone call to tell them that they were going to be parents. “We were so excited to be approved and waiting to adopt.” Their nursery was already decorated and ready to welcome a child. “We did polka dot in primary colors,” she remembers. “We went bold… the dust ruffle was in one color polka dot, and the sheets were in another.” But her diagnosis put all their plans on hold. “We just shut the door [to the nursery], not knowing what would happen. We had to focus on my health.”

After the operation, the chemotherapy, and the hair loss, Joan’s oncologist encouraged her and Howard to rejoin the waiting list at Gladney. They became the parents of a little girl, Lori. The door of the nursery was back open. “I can totally remember the joy when we got that phone call,” she says. “[It] was beyond our greatest hopes, wishes, and prayers. Our daughter was a dream come true.”

Lori was in the third grade when Joan was diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time, in 1992. “It’s so hard when you’re diagnosed with a little one. That made it much more real, having a child and wanting to be there for the child.” Joan’s cancer returned again in 1996, when Lori was just beginning the difficult transition from child to woman.

“I was starting to do my treatment for that third diagnosis, and Lori and I went to Dillard’s to shop for bathing suits. Well, she was in seventh grade, and she was really very curvy. She was wanting to wear these skimpy little bathing suits, and we got in a huge fight over it. And I remember coming home thinking, ‘I am coping fine with cancer, but I am not coping fine with this fight over a bathing suit!’” Although motherhood and cancer have very different challenges, they are connected by the shadowy specter of uncertainty. “Going through a cancer diagnosis is so uncertain, and there are no clear answers. If you knew the answers, you would do it. And raising children is the same way.”

Today, we’re all facing a fresh variety of uncertainty with COVID-19. Joan is in a higher-risk group, and like all of us, she has experienced the anxiety of the time. “We’re human, you know. It’s hard. I always say it doesn’t do any good to work yourself up, but

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“When your world gets turned upside down… you want it to be fixed, and you want to have the answers right away. And that’s why the Cancer Center was formed, so that people would have a place to immediately turn to for answers.” Each patient who calls the Center is connected with a ‘navigator’ for immediate help with any type of cancer. “That person will take your hand, and they will guide you through everything. They’ll be there to answer questions, they’ll be there to help you get resources,” explains Joan. “They will walk through this whole experience with you.”

The navigation services offered at the Center are informed by Joan’s experiences with cancer, including a diagnosis of bladder cancer just a few years ago. “It’s overwhelming at first — totally overwhelming,” she says. “But I always tell other survivors that the knot in your stomach can go away. You can go on, and you’ll live your life in a better way because you have gone through this… If you had told me as that 30-year-old about all the things that I would get to do, that I would still be here 38 years later, and that I would have gotten to be a mom and now a grandmother, I would have never believed that.”

“You have to hold onto hope and faith… We do not have a cure yet for cancer, but there have been amazing advancements and funding for scientific research. Every single day offers a brand new hope that medical breakthroughs will finally outrun the disease.”

Joan advises to ask plenty of questions, and don’t forget to eat the elephant one bite at a time. “Don’t get too far ahead of yourself.

Picking your medical team is important, so don’t feel like you have to do it so fast that you don’t form the right partnerships. You can get second opinions, and that’s all okay.” Most of all, “remember that it will get better. And let people help you – that’s the hard part... There are times in life when we all need help.”

If you have a friend or loved one who has been diagnosed with cancer, it can be difficult to know what to do or to say. But you don’t need the perfect idea – just make sure that they aren’t having to go it alone. “Try to help them access support services… and just let them know you care… just feeling supported means everything.”

“Just do something for them,” says Joan. Bring them a plate of food. Show up with a bag of groceries. Give them a gift certificate to a house-cleaning service. Offer to do specific chores, like walking their dog or handling the laundry. “Emails and texts are really nice.” But be careful not to burden the patient with questions that put the ball back in their court, such as, “What do you need?” “What food do you really want?” “How can I help?” These offers seem kind on the surface, but someone dealing with a crisis is already juggling too many balls, so don’t ask them to figure out what you should do to help. Just help.

“It’s not the size of what you do. It’s just mainly letting them know that they don’t have to do this by themselves… That’s really important.”

We may not all be able to raise millions of dollars or launch a nationally renowned cancer resource center, but we can all send a text or an email. We can all sit with a friend who is hurting, as Joan has done so many times. Small acts can have a big impact, and great things are achieved with little steps. Joan’s mission to help cancer survivors started with a single 5K race and has grown into a lifelong journey, fueled by the support of countless others. “I feel so amazed that I’ve been able to be part of so many group efforts that have resulted in so many things for our community,” she says. “We’ve all done it together.”

Joan’s contributions will last for many generations, echoing through the lives of so many families. But even beyond her many good deeds, she lights the way for others with her hope, strength, and perseverance. “I don’t want to just be known as a cancer survivor. I am grateful to be a cancer survivor, but I don’t want to be known just for what I’ve done. I want to be remembered for the person that I am… I want to be remembered as a good family member, a good mom, a good grandmother, a good person.”

Bad things happen, but with the help of people like Joan Katz, we’ll get through them – together. From lofty accomplishments to small moments of kindness, she inspires us all to shine a light in the darkness.

we’re human beings, so sometimes you just have to give in to it.” To de-stress, she takes walks, does Pilates, and plays games on her iPad. “Certain television shows can help me relax. I probably don’t want to admit it,” she laughs, “but the Hallmark Channel is really good during the coronavirus, because it always has happy endings.”

She also tries to prioritize self-care. “We are in charge of our health mentally, physically, and spiritually. We need to make this a priority. We cannot be there for anyone else if we do not take care of ourselves.

Sometimes you feel like you are being selfish if you are doing something just for you. But you deserve it. Everyone does.” Still, she admits, “I’m probably one of the worst, because I’m always doing, always going, and busy. But over the last few years, I’ve realized that you can’t get everything done in one day. It will still be there tomorrow.

Just try to remember to do something for yourself as much as you can. Every day.”

Having cancer has given Joan unique insights for dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. “No one chooses to have cancer. But actually, you live your life in a much better way because you’ve had cancer,” she explains. “[It] teaches you about what’s really important.”

Cancer and the coronavirus offer similar lessons: Today is a gift. Don’t put things off because everything can change in an instant. If there’s something you really want to do, you should try to make it happen.

Have as few regrets as possible. Hold on to the people that you love.

“Whether you’re a cancer survivor or you’re living through a pandemic, the best way to go through any crisis is not alone.”

Thanks to the Joan Katz Cancer Resource Center, no one will ever have to face the crisis of cancer alone. Located at Baylor Scott & White All Saints in Fort Worth, the Center offers a wide range of support for people who have been diagnosed with the disease, from nutritional counseling and exercise classes to state-of-the-art surgical procedures. All non-medical services are free to all patients and their families, regardless of where they receive their direct medical care.

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Starting 2021 on the Right Foot: FIVE FORT WORTH WORKOUTS WORTH TRYING Congratulations! If you are reading this, you survived 2020! Now that the holidays are behind us, so is our binge eating and drinking. Our pie and cookie consumption can also go down to the bare minimum. At least that’s the theory!

Whether or not you participated willingly in the Quarantine 15 or those pounds just snuck up on you, now is the time to focus on getting healthy and into a good workout routine. Our local gyms and studios need us more than ever, so by joining a gym of your choice, not only will you reap the benefits of getting stronger, leaner, and dropping a few pounds, but you will help support a local business. Fort Worth has countless options available, and it can be overwhelming to decide where to start.

From Pilates and yoga to rowing and boxing, I have narrowed down a list of studios to fit our readers’ different fitness needs (and keep the monotony at bay!).

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Pilates is a workout we have all heard about, and it really works. BODYBAR PILATES, with locations in Tanglewood and on West 7th, offers a high intensity Reformer Pilates class in either a group or private setting. They take classical moves and intensify them with holds, pulses, and cardio bursts, so you burn fat while strengthening and transforming your body. They offer multiple class formats that work for every fitness level, whether you want to work on flexibility, toning, weight loss, or low impact strength training.

THE BRICK GYM is a one-stop shop for your health and wellness needs. The Brick offers in gym or in-home training and can bring the gym to you. It is an award-winning fitness studio that has won Boot Camp and Coach of the Year. The Brick Gym offers group classes, including Boot Camp, Strength and Conditioning, CrossFit, LeanFit, PeakFitness (a no-impact workout, great for returning exercisers, beginners, post rehab patients, pregnant moms, and injury recovery), and more. Plus, they offer all Tanglewood Moms members and Madeworthy readers a free trial membership. With an onsite nutrition expert, massage therapist, and free child-care area, this gym offers everything you need to achieve your goals.

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For the adventurous, the FORT WORTH ROWING CLUB would be a fun change of pace.

Lee Smith offers a workout plan for his clients and encourages them to just do it. Lee says, “Everyone has a different schedule, so to row for fitness or to row for fun, you have to find time in your schedule and respond to your priority.” Forget the rowing machines! The rowing club rows on the Trinity River at Beach Street and promises a fun, full-body workout that you will look forward to. Even when on a fun row, you will still get an elevated heart rate and a good workout.

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F45 TRAINING WATERSIDE FORT WORTH is, as the name implies, located in the Waterside shopping center. Specializing in fast and fun, high-intensity group workouts, F45 is one of the most time-efficient ways of getting into shape.

Owner Ronnda Causey says, “We have an outstanding group of members and a close-knit community in our studio. We have all different fitness levels, and everyone works together and encourages each other through the workouts.”

Nationally certified trainers lead the workouts and ensure you will get the fastest, most efficient, and most fun workout of your life! Causey says that F45 “has given me the best results of any program of activity I have ever done.” And with a free seven-day trial and special rates for teachers, students, police, firefighters, EMS, military, and families, F45 Training Waterside Fort Worth is ready to help you get into great shape and have fun doing it.

THE UNIVERSITY OF HARD KNOCKS GYM located on Camp Bowie West offers not only a great workout for adults and kids, but it also provides a way to take out your daily frustrations through boxing.

Owner Paulie Ayala says that his clients “will develop a strong foundation in the sweet science and train like a champion.” You will learn defense, offense, boxing combinations, and footwork in explosive classes that will strengthen your core, improve body tone, boost weight loss, increase muscle endurance, and so much more. In class, you will move from station to station, switching up your workout to keep you on your toes.

The hour-long classes have been in high demand, so pre-registration is required.

Regardless of which gym or studio you prefer, get out there and try something new. Starting 2021 off on the right foot can’t hurt any of us!

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DESIGN AS RENEWA L

by Jackie Hoermann-Elliott

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Each time I return to my mother’s house, I’m excited to see what’s changed. I know that stored away are tarnished cheerleading trophies and bent Polaroids. There’s a satin chiffon prom dress and a floral hatbox holding tattered college textbooks. These relics bring me comfort.

The robin egg blue walls have transitioned to pistachio. A newly thrifted stool keeps close company with embroidered linen curtains I haven’t yet brushed past. The world’s best chocolate-chip cookies are heaped on a fresh white cake platter that I most certainly didn’t grow up with, and what was hanging on one wall has migrated to another. My mother has a reputation for mixing her interiors with abandon, and while some have criticized her unapologetic design approach, I couldn’t love her more for how she periodically reinvents herself through her home.

I never gave much thought to this quirk of hers until I lost a dear friend in late 2019, and I found myself in full-blown design-coping mode.

In my new home, I caught myself glaring with frustration at bare walls and rugless rooms. The cold white light of builder-grade ceiling pendants made me tense. I needed comfort. I needed color. I needed the kind of calm that only a warmly and well-appointed home could bring, and so I dove headlong into magazines, Pinterest, and design boards, desperately searching for inspiration.

The term “design therapy” has always felt dismissive to me. Like “retail therapy,” design therapy carries gendered connotations that belittle the very real need to redefine our day-to-day existence in the wake of personal traumas. Some of us are more sensitive to the aesthetic of our environments than others. Perhaps I inherited this trait from my mother, or maybe aging has unlocked a deeper desire to create.

Whatever happened, I found myself decorating, undecorating, and redecorating my home, not because it felt like I was supposed to, but because I needed to take control of my grief and my identity without my friend while expecting my second child. This wasn’t “design therapy.” This was experiencing design as an opportunity for identity renewal.

Chelsea Morgan, local designer and owner of Chelsea Morgan Designs, relates to what I went through. She agrees that there are so many ways to reaffirm who you are and how you interact with your space, which has become exceptionally important in this topsy-turvy world we find ourselves in.

“Our home is now more than ever an oasis, a place of refuge and relief,” said Morgan. “Carving out time to hang the artwork you bought months ago... can be immensely cathartic and provides a sense of accomplishment.”

Morgan advocates for design as renewal in little or large steps. She says that something as simple as buying yourself fresh flowers, a cozy candle, or a new coffee table to kick your feet up on at the end of a long week can add the smallest spark of joy you need to recharge your batteries. It’s not about spending money frivolously for instant gratification. Rather, design as renewal can be a mindful process through which we use what we have or spend minimally for maximum satisfaction.

Meg Waldrop of Trinity Design and Build often speaks of design as a healing process. She says that even if you’re not able to start the process of dramatically overhauling the interiors of your home, the simple act of saving what you love on a design board can be just as exciting and fulfilling.

For me, design as renewal is about savoring what makes me authentically happy. The concept of savoring comes from positive psychology research. People who slow down and focus on what’s good in their lives report higher levels of personal satisfaction. It may be the reason why we saw letter boards take off or why we see the word “gather” printed on canvases. People need visual cues to center their identities around a message or design that reaffirms what they value most.

In my home, you’ll find plenty of warm brushed brass and soft throw blankets spilling over the sides of baskets, mirrors strategically placed to increase natural light and a dramatic gallery wall capturing in black and white photos the mischievous side-eye of my toddler and the intense gaze of my baby. It’s taken time to curate a home that I love, but I am profoundly happier having given myself the time and space to do so. It’s therapeutic to work on this part of myself, and I know when I’m ready for a change, I can move around what I love for a fresh redesign of my life.

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PURPOSE by the Madeworthy Team

Who have you always wanted to meet?

My husband and I love music! And not just one genre.

We’d love to meet Vance Joy, American Authors, AJR, Justin Timberlake, One Republic, and Mumford & Sons.

Can we have a private concert?

What political or social issue motivates you to take action?

All of them. Everything that has occurred just makes me see the need to teach my family, my students, and others to apply the golden rule at Matthew 7:12 : “All things, therefore, that you want men to do to you, you also must do to them,” regardless of race, creed, background, political party, etc. If we all truly applied this, there would be fewer problems.

Social media influencers are everywhere. However, not all influencers were made equally. Some use their platforms for more than just advertising themselves. This issue’s Influencing with Purpose focuses on Jennifer Gilmore of SassyTeacherChic.com, a fashion/lifestyle/travel blog.

What made you start your blog?

I loved looking at social media for ideas for my teaching outfits. Eventually, I developed tips, tricks, and my own personal style. With my husband’s support, I decided to begin sharing what I learned on Instagram.

What are some of your favorite stylish-yet-kid-friendly brands?

Loft, Express, PinkBlush, PinkBlush Maternity, Target, Nordstrom Rack, and Old Navy.

Readers of this publication love their pets, tell us about yours.

Two years ago, my husband and daughter found a tiny black mini-pincher puppy taking shelter from the Texas heat under our car. We took her home and spent weeks looking for her family. After the third week, we realized that she had been with her family all along. It was us. Our daughter Jocelyn named her “Scoutie,” and it fits her. She constantly on the lookout to play, cuddle, and for something yummy to eat.

What is Fort Worth missing?

The only thing Fort Worth is missing is natural scenery: canyons, cliffs, mountains, forests, sandy beaches, and ocean views. Each year we travel far away to enjoy those views, but we are always happy to return home.

Has your style changed now that you’ve got an elementary school student and an infant?

Other than footwear, my style has not changed. I’ve always kept it simple yet classy. On the other hand, I think I’ll save the heels for date night, and stick to wedges now that I’m a mom of two.

So many of us have let our style go during the pandemic. What are your choices for comfortable-yet-stylish clothes that can go from the couch, I mean workstation to a Zoom meeting to school pickup to picking up dinner?

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What is the most important thing you try to convey as an “influencer”?

HANGOUT WITH FRIENDS

SPOT TO TAKE PHOTOS

I want to show that an “everyday person” like myself can influence others for good in their lives, too.

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HAMBURGER JOINT

I just realized that I’ve spent the entire pandemic (February 2020 till now) pregnant! For me, the best thing to wear has been slip-on dresses. They’re always comfortable, always work appropriate, and then after the Zoom workday, I have no guilt lying on my couch.

Now that baby is here, a dress is still more comfortable as I heal from labor and delivery.

My favorite ones have been from Loft, Target, and PinkBlush Maternity.

This is our health and renewals issue; what things are you adding to your life for 2021 to help you start the year off right?

My goal in 2021 is practice contentment and thankfulness. I have spent years trying to conceive Baby Number Two, imagining my dream home, and striving for everything else in-between. I finally have everything that I ever wanted – two healthy children, a beautiful home, a fulfilling job, and above all, the most wonderful husband! It’s time to stop and smell the roses, enjoy what I have, and practice gratitude and contentment.

What’s your favorite book and why?

This isn’t fake, but my favorite book is the Bible. Its lessons never go out of style. I read it every day, and my family strives to apply its principles.

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O U R C O M M U N I T Y ’ S M O V E R S & S H A K E R S by Lee Virden Geurkink

photo courtesy of Academy 4 Academy 4 provides a mentor for every 4th grader in the schools we serve. Many of our 4th graders and their families are hardest hit by the impacts of this pandemic. We believe connecting students to their mentors and the leadership traits in our evidence-based curriculum is critical to meeting the urgent needs of many of our fourth graders and their families. Academy 4’s Executive Director John Shearer said, “More than ever, the relationships built through Academy 4 are giving fourth graders the resilience to respond to the trauma and stress brought into their daily lives by the pandemic and racial inequity and tension in our world.”

Licensed Veterinary Technician Alexa Rauls is thrilled to announce the launch of her new business, Alexa’s Vet Tech Services. Pets are most comfortable at home; a car ride to the vet’s office can cause stress and anxiety. Alexa will come to your home to help with medications, nail trimmings, and other services. Additionally, she will educate you on how to perform these services! She follows all safety protocols to ensure that you remain safe and secure.

Fort Worth children’s author Allison Davis has published a children’s book inspired by her dog Hope. Hope the Dog tells the story of Hope the Goldendoodle and her person Joycelyn.

It reminds readers of all ages that hope is always there, no matter the circumstances. Advanced readers love Hope the Dog, calling it “the book 2020 needs.” In a year marked by adversity and conflict, Davis’ book is “a message of hope and encouragement for children and adults alike.”

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photo courtesy of Camp Bowie District Inc. Founded by Tanglewood mom Angie Herdman, Intentional Itineraries focuses on creating intentional and memorable travel experiences. Angie understands how important each detail of a travel itinerary is to a successful and memorable trip.

Intentional Itineraries provides personal, completely customized service before, during, and after every trip. They even create children’s activity kits for road trips, flights, and vacation stays, ensuring your youngest travelers are engaged throughout your travels! Angie promises that when you travel with Intentional Itineraries, you will experience a holistic and worry-free travel experience, uniquely tailored to you.

Celebrating 20 years in 2020, Camp Bowie District Inc. has launched a new website and logo. The logo better represents the six-mile Camp Bowie corridor and reflects the historic preservation that Camp Bowie District represents and promotes. As well as better functionality and resources for business, the new website offers consumers a business directory and one-stop information related to the area. Director Wade G. Chappell said, “Our new website stands as a marker for what Camp Bowie can offer both consumers and businesses.”

Debuting in the US in 2017 with its premier 2014 vintage, PINEA, owned by local Hugo Del Pozzo announces the release of their long-awaited 2017 vintage. Made with 100% Tempranillo grapes from old vine stock, this wine is elegant and perfectly balanced and shows the remarkable complexity and lifted aromatics that have become the hallmark of the winery. When Sergio Garcia served the 2014 vintage at his 2018 Masters Champions dinner, it became one of the most sought-after wines in the world. The 2017 vintage is ready to pour now or can be cellared for many years to come.

photo courtesy of Fort Worth Country Day Thirteen seniors at Fort Worth Country Day have been recognized for their scholarship, including seven National Merit Semifinalists, two National Merit Commended Students, and five National Hispanic Scholars. “National Merit and College Board recognitions speak not only to this group’s aptitude but also to their efforts,” said Eric Lombardi, FWCD’s Head of School. “We are proud of them for their hard work, and we are grateful to their teachers at FWCD over the years who have helped them take advantage of their abilities.”

Renee Gunn is a certified Pet CPR and First Aid instructor, Certified Professional Pet Sitter, a former Veterinary Technician, and a co-owner of The Pet Porters. She is proud to announce the publication of Pets 101: Caring for Dogs and Cats. Gunn was inspired by the reasons pet owner surrender their pets to animal shelters. She wrote the book to answer questions about pet ownership and care in hopes of keeping pets with their families, ultimately reducing the number of pets in animal shelters.

Hustle & Hart Handmade Designs comes from a place of servitude and gratitude. Kristin Hart started it in hopes of spreading love and brightening her customers’ day with natural body products. These products not only make you feel good, they benefit the planet with 100% organic ingredients. Kristin hopes she can reduce her products’ carbon footprint and hopes to offer refill services when her customers run out. She is enthusiastic about spreading the word on sustainable products and their impact on the planet.

After surviving a health crisis with a high mortality rate, entrepreneur Sheila Jackson left a profitable yet highly stressful business, reprioritizing everything in her life in order to heal. After a three-year journey of self-reclamation that resulted in the reversal of Addison’s disease, Sheila founded emergewell+co to guide and teach women to become the healthiest, happiest, and highest functioning people they can be through nutrition protocols that draw on science and sound wellness principles.

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A couple of Tanglewood dads were fed up with trying to carry their 30-ounce tumblers along with their phones and Bluetooth speakers while playing with their families. To counter this admittedly-first-world problem, they came up with the NARWHAL 30oz Speaker Lid! It replaces the standard lid that comes with your stainless steel 30-ounce cup (most have the same size opening) and integrates a waterproof, Bluetooth speaker that is capable of communicating with your device for making and taking calls and roaming through your playlist! You can also pair two lids for stereo sound.

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Today’s college students feel more isolated than ever, even without the impact of a global pandemic, racial injustice, and the economic downturn. Fort Worth-based TimelyMD is a telehealth company that is working to help these young adults. TimelyMD is the only student-first telehealth provider than offers a complete care solution for campus health. In addition to medical advice, they offer mental health counseling, psychiatric support, and health coaching programs that allow college students to have free, 24/7 access to licensed physicians and counselors in the United States.

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TH E TRA N S F O R M AT I O N O F

by Lee Virden Geurkink

On November 18, 2020, Fort Worth Housing Solutions hosted a Zoom meeting to update the interested on the progress of the Stop Six Choice Neighborhood Initiative. Included in the meeting were representatives of the City of Fort Worth government, developer McCormack Baron Salazar, and others. Updates were given on the demolition of the Cavile Place public housing community and the construction of the new Cowan Place, the mixed-income, senior living community that anchors Phase I of the transformation of this historic community.

The City of Fort Worth has designated Stop Six as its first Neighborhood Improvement Strategy target area. According to the City’s website, this is “a first-of-its-kind project… [which will] use funds set aside by City Council to improve neighborhood vitality and give residents a path to self-sufficiency.” Additionally, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded Fort Worth Housing Solutions (Fort Worth’s housing authority) a $35 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant in April of 2020 to help transform the Stop Six neighborhood.

When you hear “Stop Six,” what you do think of? Do you think about how the neighborhood was named “Stop Six” because it was the sixth stop on the interurban streetcar system that ran from Fort Worth to Dallas in the early years of the 20th century? Do you think about Elmo Henderson, a boxer from Stop Six who claimed to have defeated Muhammad Ali in an exhibition match in San Antonio?

Do you think of basketball? After all, Paul Lawrence Dunbar High School is where Robert Hughes became the all-time winningest high school basketball coach (until his career record of 1,333 wins was surpassed in 2014). Under his demanding-yet-careful tutelage between 1973 and 2005, Hughes’ Flying Wildcats made 30 consecutive trips to the state championships and won twice. In 2015, the City of Fort Worth renamed the portion of Cass Street that runs in front of Dunbar High School “Robert Hughes Street,” and Hughes’ son Robert Hughes, Jr. is now Dunbar’s basketball coach.

Or do you think about poverty? Do you think about crime statistics and school dropouts? This neighborhood, bordered by Rosedale Street on the north, Miller Street on the west, Berry Street on the south, and Loop 820 on the east, has become synonymous to many as “The Hood.” That designation, however, undermines and denigrates a neighborhood with a rich history and strong sense of community.

In 1896, Amanda Davis purchased one acre of land in the undeveloped area of Fort Worth southeast of downtown for $45.

A Black laundress, Mrs. Davis raised her 10 children on that acre of land. Amanda Avenue, which now runs between Rosedale Street and Ramsay Avenue, is named for her. continued on Page 19

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A community of Black-owned homesteads and small farms began to grow up around Mrs. Davis’s farm. The area lacked municipal services, including a police force, which lead to the development of a community feeling of independence which continues to this day.

In 1902, Alonzo and Sarah Cowan bought three acres in the area to farm. The area’s first church, Cowan United Methodist Church, stood on land donated by the Cowans. Indeed, for a time, the area was called “Cowanville” in recognition of the Cowans.

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What eventually came to be called Stop Six continued to grow in the interwar period, and the segregated neighborhood was known throughout the region for its successful Black-owned businesses.

However, the area’s fortunes began to wane after World War II. J.A. Cavile Place, Fort Worth’s third public housing community after Ripley Arnold Place and Butler Place, was developed in the early 1950s.

During the 1960s, as white flight took the white citizens and businesses of the neighborhoods around downtown out to the suburbs, Stop Six became more and more economically depressed.

Despite the neighborhood’s poor reputation in the minds of those who do not live there, the community spirit of the area is strong.

The residents of Stop Six are proud of their history, and city planners realized they needed the residents’ buy-in to make redevelopment successful. Fort Worth Housing Solutions and city leaders worked with residents to identify residents’ priorities for their neighborhood.

The result was the Stop Six Choice Neighborhood Transformation Plan, which debuted in 2019 and aims to restore the neighborhood’s reputation as a vibrant, thriving community through the creation of walkable neighborhoods, increased housing, a community gathering space, and enhanced access to employment, education, and training.

To aid in this transformation, the City brought in McCormack Baron Salazar as developers. According to their website, McCormack Baron Salazar is “the nation’s leading for-profit developer, manager, and asset manager of economically-integrated urban neighborhoods.”

Aiding in the redevelopment is Urban Strategies, Inc., a “non-forprofit organization that specializes in results informed human services development, planning, and strategy implementation as part of comprehensive neighborhood revitalization.”

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In preparation for redevelopment, the City has begun updating and improving the wastewater and sewer main improvements in the area. Major roads are being repaved, and the Fort Worth Police Department has placed a substation in the neighborhood, which has started a community policing program aimed at building neighborhood confidence in the police department.

Additionally, the U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department opened an EnVision Center in Stop Six in May of 2019.

The EnVision Center program aims to assist low-income families achieve self-sufficiency. The only center in Texas, the Fort Worth EnVision Center consolidates services in one place. Instead of having to trek across the city to various government offices, residents can learn about federal, state, and local programs from social security to housing and receive help with problems they may be having all in one place.

Phase I of the redevelopment plan centers around Cowan Place.

The mixed-income senior living community will be located south of Rosedale and west of Stalcup and will include reduced rent for qualified seniors and for former residents of the Cavile Place public housing development who want to return to the neighborhood.

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Of course, major redevelopment can cause a neighborhood to lose its defining characteristics. Long-time residents can be forced out by rising property taxes, and the community’s collective memory can be lost. “Gentrification” has become a dirty word in urban planning circles.

The City of Fort Worth must ensure that the residents of this proud community are allowed to stay, even as the area is redeveloped, so that the Stop Six neighborhood is not lost to history.

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Chronic stress is the process that happens when your body or mind is put into an untenable situation for a prolonged period of time. Enter 2020.

But for herself on a day-to-day basis, a basic selfcare go-to for Twis is getting outside and taking a walk or calling a friend. “It is doing the things to help the body cope better even when we really don’t want to do them,” Twis said. “That requires discipline.”

At a biological level, stress releases cortisol. The “stress hormone” is designed to help us with our body’s natural fight or flight response by providing an uptick in energy. But when this happens chronically — as many of us have experienced recently — the flood of constant cortisol actually hurts our body’s immune system response, which is the very thing we’re all trying to protect and strengthen these days.

Contrary to popular rhetoric, self-care is not drinking a lot, or eating a lot of chocolate, or ignoring all your problems and feelings by zoning out on Netflix, Twis says.

Dye says that going to therapy and getting professional counseling is one of the most important things we can do to learn how to overcome trauma and better deal with chronic stress.

Things you can do right now to start feeling, coping, and getting better:

“I also got a cat,” Dye laughs. “It’s helped me a lot.”

According to the American Psychological Association, stress impacts our muscular, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, nervous, and reproductive systems.

Although the stress and trauma of the pandemic and its fallout (job loss, illness, loss of loved ones, and working while caring for children) are unavoidable, science tells us there are actional steps we can take to minimize the ways stress affects our bodies. Those actions start at the micro level (at home) but extend to the greater picture of what families really need to recover from what is for many the worst year of our lives.

“We’re often told in America that we need to practice self-care,” said Dr. Mary Twis, Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at Texas Christian University. “But there needs to be relief for families that are on the verge of foreclosure, eviction, and food insecurity.”

Twis says that from a social worker’s perspective, the problems with trauma and chronic stress on families require systematic change to our country’s infrastructure and our society’s ideas concerning support. And the pandemic has disproportionately impacted women and people of color, explains Twis.

“I think we can all probably speak anecdotally about the stress we have incurred as women – childcare responsibilities, burnout, homeschooling, work responsibilities, the ways in which service responsibilities are gendered in our society, and thus we fall into these unpaid roles more easily than men – but… emerging research bears this out as a societal phenomenon. Women are dropping out of the workforce at a far higher rate than men.

People of color are likewise losing their jobs at a higher rate than white people and are hired back at a slower rate. You can imagine how these trends compound when looking specifically at women of color.”

In 2021, Twis argues that we should be looking toward steps we can take as a country and city to create real societal change for these groups that have been most affected.

“Being open to having conversations about mental health makes me feel better,” Dye said.

“For example, therapy has a stigma around it, but I bring it up in conversations casually. It’s not something I try to hide from people.”

She uses a weighted blanket at night and tries to make her bedroom a “safe space,” complete with a lavender candle and just the right music.

1. Get outside.

2. Try yoga.

3. Cut back on alcohol as it damages your sleep cycle.

4. Get more sleep by going to bed earlier and sticking to a routine.

5. Don’t rely on caffeine or sugar to function or regulate your day.

6. Get a break from household responsibilities, although sometimes that’s not possible.

Whether it’s during a pandemic or just life, “you have to really want to improve yourself and get better,” Dye says. “At first, I wasn’t really taking what I learned outside of the therapist’s office. And I wasn’t really telling my therapist everything.”

Dye has a different perspective, and it’s working.

She even started a blog a couple of months ago to share her mental health journey with others.

When Dye graduates with her master’s in Strategic Communication from TCU next year, she wants to work in communication in the mental health field.

“I hope to make an impact in reducing the stigma around mental health,” said Dye. “And make connections with people who may need resources but don’t know how to get help.”

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Of course, nobody is perfect, Twis says, and admits that she falls into these traps sometimes, too. But it’s recognizing what you’re doing wrong that can help you change your habits to do what’s right for you and your body.

TCU graduate student Taylor Dye, age 21, has had anxiety all her life; her first panic attack hit at 16.

“I didn’t acknowledge [the anxiety] myself for a long time,” she says. “I just kept it bottled up.”

When the pandemic started, Dye already had some tried-and-true mental health tools to work with.

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