LETTER

Feature

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48 What Causes Autism?

By Dr. Jared M. Skowron, ND, Spectrum Awakening

Departments

5 LETTER 6 BUZZ

The Red Barn in Durham—

New Earth Holistic Therapies and Art Center Breathwork at The Sacred

Self, LLC, in Newington—

A Di erent Kind of Healing 8 SPOTLIGHT 15 10BEST AWARDS 56 COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Health

43 Our Wonderful Feet

By Sharon Sklar, BFA, LMT, CAR 44 5 Basic Health Requirements

We Don't Talk About

By Dr. Nicole Kerr, ND, LAc 47 Is Breast Thermography

Right for Me?

By April Beaman, RDH, CTT

54 Hypnosis Can Help

Reduce Stress

By Kristina Mozzicato, LMT, BCTMB, CCH

Food

42 Recipe: Fermented Verde Hot Sauce

By Terry Walters

Finance

52 How Can Financial

Life Planning Change

My Life?

By Dana R. Mascalo, CFP®, RLP®, AAMS®, C(k)P®

Purpose

55 When Everything

Falls Apart

By Lauri Ingram

Another year has flown by. I keep saying I think this one went faster than ever, and with the beautiful summer and fall we had, the last six months went by faster than I can ever remember. This 10BEST issue, in my opinion, is the best we’ve ever produced! We have more first-time winners than ever before and many have just started their holistic businesses or practices. We may be in a struggling economy, but we generated more revenue with this issue than ever before, which tells me the holistic and healthy living industry in Connecticut is booming! Many holistic business owners are telling me they’re booked out for months as more people are looking for holistic alternatives. Anything is possible if you truly believe it can be! We are honored to showcase our 5th annual 2022 10BEST winners and proud to be the first reader-nominated awards exclusively for the holistic business community in Connecticut. Not only does this issue include pages dedicated to our award winners, but we have over 100 practitioners and businesses listed in our Resources section. We hope that you use this issue as a resource for all of 2023. In the Spotlights, practitioners tell their story of their passionate about natural medicine or healthy living and the journey to how they started their business. We hope they inspire you to reach out to these amazing people and support them. Our Connecticut holistic practitioners are extremely dedicated to helping their local communities and all of our winners are overwhelmingly grateful to you—our reader—for helping to bring more awareness to all of the amazing natural and eco-friendly choices we have in this great state. Hope you enjoy and let us know what you think of our 10BEST/Essential Living Guide issue!

Wishing you health and happiness,

Dr. Diane Hayden, PhD Publisher & Owner, ELM Publishing