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ABŌDE Wellness Lounge Includes Apogée Fertility

Owner Christan Hunsbedt, LMBT, designed the newly renovated ABŌDE Wellness Lounge, in Davidson, North Carolina, to house her business, Apogée Fertility, and as a place to seek lifestyle wellness with halotherapy and an infrared sauna. The practice has also quickly welcomed a community of familyfocused wellness providers, lifestyle coaches and clean-living enthusiasts. ABŌDE offers flexible and competitively priced options to holistic practitioners and wellness providers considering adding a location in the Lake Norman area.

“From the moment you step into ABŌDE, the collaborative environment welcomes you warmly,” says Hunsbedt, one of the few Merciér Therapy certified practitioners in North Carolina and trained directly with founder Jennifer Merciér. “From the plant wall, a Scandinavian interior, the beautiful Salt Lounge and infrared sauna, ABŌDE is the ideal space to ‘be well.’”

Merciér Therapy is a safe, gentle, deep, pelvic visceral manipulation protocol that effects better organ mobility and restores blood flow so optimal pelvic organ function returns.

Hunsbedt has studied natural fertility for 10 years, is also certified in myofascial release, prenatal massage, cupping, lymphatic, massage labor support and neuromuscular therapy. She offers free fertility phone consultations.

Location: 610 Jetton St., Ste. 210. For more information or to make an appointment, text 704-401-7428, email ApogeeFertility@gmail.com or visit www.AbodeWellnessLounge.com or www.ApogeeFertility.com.

New Retail Location for Farm Fresh Carolinas

Farm Fresh Carolinas will conduct a grand opening event for their new retail facility, Our Market at Farm Fresh Carolinas, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on September 23 and 24 at 8161 Regent Parkway, Suite 102, in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Local Charlotte vendors will be present including Coddle Creek Farms, Funky Farmer Microgreens, Ogre Sauce, Sweet’s Elderberry, Flavor Seed, ZolaTerra, Backyard Brew and Farm Fresh Fare, for customers to meet their representatives and sample their products.

“Farm Fresh Carolinas has been delivering fresh organic produce into our greater Charlotte community for the last five years,” says Lisa Strump, CEO (Chief Everything Organic) of Farm Fresh Carolinas. “Farm Fresh provides all-organic, in-season produce from Charlotte area farms first, and obtains produce from the outside area in the offgrowing season. We are excited to now have a retail location.”

Ongoing hours for the pantry market will be 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, with the farmer’s and pantry market open from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Fridays and on select Saturdays.

For more information on the Grand Opening, visit www.FarmFreshCarolinas.com/our-market/.

Discount for New Plant-Based Protein Powder

Glace Ziperovich, of Fierce and Fit Lifestyle, a Charlotte-areabased, woman-owned, small business, is launching her Plant Based Protein Powder at a special discount. It features a special blend of powerful greens from 30-plus plant-based superfoods and nutrients including acai, acerola, camu camu, elderberry, turmeric, spinach, broccoli, sprouts and antioxidants to help repair and protect the cells with vitamins C and E and selenium along with enzymes to aid with digestion.

She attests the product “offers an amazing way to stay healthy, fit and fierce every day” and will “encourage and empower more people to feel good about their bodies and stay active and healthy every day through natural and clean nutrition. The product uses the best quality ingredients only found in Mother Nature. I worked hard to get the right taste, the best and cleanest ingredients. I’m super proud of what I was able to accomplish with my team.”

“Growing up in Brazil, I had access to an abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables all year round,” Ziperovich adds. “I grew up eating camu camu, acerola, cacao fruit and acai, all fruits known for their restorative health benefits. I believe we must honor the sacred knowledge that lives in the soil of the land. Nature is a wise and intelligent teacher, and we must take advantage of Her powerful bounty of superfoods. Nature is your beauty!”

For more information or to place an order, visit www.Tinyurl.com/OrderFierceandFit. For a limited time, obtain a 20 percent product discount by typing BEWELL20 at check out.