Women's LifeStyle Magazine, January 2019, Health & Happiness

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From the Publisher The community of Grand Rapids lost a local treasure on September 5, 2018. Victoria Ann Upton, founder and publisher of Women’s LifeStyle Magazine, succumbed to a nearly 12 month battle with glioblastoma after enduring a five year battle with multiple myeloma. Victoria was more than a survivor; she was a cancer-fighting warrior.

Giving up was not an option, and Victoria took the disease head-on with a smile on her face and pep in her step. She was an inspiration.

Victoria and I first met when I started working as a production VICTORIA UPTON AND TWO EAGLES MARCUS, artist at Music Revue Magazine VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE’S COUTURE FOR A CURE OCTOBER 2012. sometime around 1994. She was the creative director. We sat side by side, about 10 inches away from being elbow-to-elbow, working and laughing every day. We made a great team.

I was only there about a year and a half before I left Music Revue Magazine for other pursuits.

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In 2011, I joined Victoria at Women’s LifeStyle Magazine, which would have been 13 years old at the time. In the 24 years or so that I knew her, I saw Victoria cry two times. The first time was in October 2012 when she discovered that something had dissolved two of her ribs and was heading for her spine. The second time was when she lost my camera by the Grand River during the flood of 2013. Victoria didn’t cry when she lost the camera; she cried when it was returned to us a week later by Mary Scheidel of Connie’s Cakes, which is its own bizarre story.

After Victoria was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, she set me up as her “Plan B.” I didn’t realize that she was grooming me to carry on the legacy of Women’s LifeStyle Magazine; I just did whatever I had to do to support her and make sure the magazine made it to the printer on time each month.

At one point, Victoria had to spend a month in the hospital under quarantine to regain her immunity after a bone marrow transplant. She couldn’t stand not working on Women’s LifeStyle, so we brought an iMac and set it up in her sealed room so she could keep working — that’s how committed she was.

After she got through the quarantine, she had to spend every other weekend in the hospital receiving chemo treatments. On May 14, 2013, I got out of bed at 9 am and couldn’t feel my left arm. I called Victoria and told her what was happening. She said, “Where are you? Unlock your door right now. I am checking out of chemo and on my way to get you!” She picked me up and took me to the ER at Mercy Health, the same hospital she had just checked out of from her weekend treatment. They discovered that I had a transient ischemic attack, also known as a mini-stroke. I was 39.

Victoria and I depended on each other with our lives. She was a leader, a mentor and a friend. Victoria put her trust in me to carry on the legacy of Women’s LifeStyle Magazine, and I am going to do exactly that. With the help of my fantastic team, we intend to carry on the mission of, “Providing an uplifting, inclusive and vibrant invitation to enjoy life every day in our community.”

Thank you for reading, Two Eagles Marcus Publisher, Women’s LifeStyle Magazine Women’s LifeStyle is a dynamic multi-media platform designed to make beneficial connections in our community. The positive, upbeat, award winning and popular locally owned publication is supported by a dynamic mobile friendly online presence and an interactive website (including an events calendar, embedded video), as well as friendly, helpful and consistent social media interaction with the community. With 490+ distribution locations, Women’s LifeStyle is favored by an active, engaged and progressive audience. You are now looking at the 250th edition. All content ©Women’s LifeStyle, Inc. 2019.

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January 2019

The People Who Make It Happen

Edition #250

Founder Victoria Ann Upton 1955 - 2018

Publisher Two Eagles Marcus

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ON THE COVER: Kelly Peterson | Photo by Two Eagles Marcus

Associate Publisher Roxanne O’Neil Editor Elyse Wild elyse@womenslifestyle.com Content Producer Sarah Anderson Production Designer Larissa Espinosa Editorial Intern Megan Jezak Contributing Writers Danea Mather Daniel Parker Elyse Wild Kayla Sosa Kelly Brown Kerry Hart Leonica Erwin Megan Jezak Peaches McCahill Samantha Suarez Shannan Dennison Shardae Jefferson Susan Erhardt Whitley Semrow

LIFE 6 Ten Ways to Achieve Health and

Happiness in January 20 Spirit Dreams: Celebrating 25 Years 24 A Natural Path: Kelly Peterson 27 Filling the Gaps in Wellness with Inclusive Yoga 46 Grand Rapids Symphony Appoints New President Mary Tuuk

STYLE & BEAUTY 12 Interior Trends for 2019

16 Keeping Your Curly Hair Moist this Winter 50 Fashion: Outerwear

HEALTH

21 How to Get the Most Out of the Gym

FOOD

Photography August Nyson David Specht Elyse Wild Two Eagles Marcus

28 Energy Boosting January Recipes

37 Drinks with Dan: Lime of My Life 40 Twelve Powerhouse Veggies and How Incorporate them into Your Diet

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15 Her Legacy: Constance Rourke 19 Kick Your Inner Critic to the Curb 38 Three Beliefs that are Sabotaging Your Finances

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Filling the Gaps in Wellness with Inclusive Yoga

42 December Events

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43 GRAM: A Decade at the Center

Drinks with Dan: Lime of My Life

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10 Ways to Achieve Health and Happiness In

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JANUARY Discover yourself by carving out alone time.

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Dream to infuse hope into your life.

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Make your health a priority.

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January is the time for new beginnings, self-improvements and reflecting on personal growth for the year ahead.

Here are 10 ways to help point you in the right direction.

BY PEACHES MCCAHILL

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Record your thoughts and ideas by journaling.

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Learn from others. Read the 12 Rules for Life

by Jordan Peterson.

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Celebrate your imperfections.

Take notice by watching and listening more.

“The question isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me” -Ayn Rand

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Stop participating in bad habits.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Live with vulnerably, openness and with intention.

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Practice work life balance and plan a vacation.

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Peaches McCahill is founder and president of The McCahill Group, a leading provider of health, wellness, beauty and talent solutions, and owner of M Power Studio. She has a passion to inspire others with simplistic lifestyle suggestions.

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onstance Rourke was a valiant, vocal and highly visible intellectual during a time when women intellectuals were rare, mostly quiet and usually invisible. Turning her back on the East Coast and academic settings, Constance Rourke led a rich scholarly life from her modest home in Grand Rapids, where she wrote eight books and over 100 articles. She countered the early-twentieth-century charge that American culture was barren by documenting then little-known, but rich, folk materials, with which she reappraised America’s past and shaped what today we call “cultural studies.”

Rourke’s work underwrote the first flowering of the American Studies movement. Her best-known book, it has been quipped, is “always being rediscovered.” American Humor: A Study of the National Character was first published in 1931 and has been reissued over and over. It was just recently reedited by rock critic Greil Marcus.

an American identity based on comedy and uniquely illustrate an intimacy between the humorous and the serious.

So heroic was Rourke’s defense of American culture that shortly before her accidental death in 1941, poet William Carlos Williams dubbed her “Our Moses.” National publications eulogized her for leading us out of the wilderness, and her picture graced the cover of the famous Saturday Review of Literature. In reference to the looming world war, prominent critic Lewis Mumford described Rourke as a model for “the toughness and courage and selfconfidence that will enable us to live through the menacing days that lie ahead.”

Rourke’s leadership in the young America’s search for a “usable past” opened paths for us once. They reopen them once again as we consider among her fertile thoughts ways to help us negotiate a complicated and consciously multicultural world.

Deliberately writing for a popular audience, Rourke’s books bring to life

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The Greater Grand Rapids Women’s History Council is dedicated to educating the community and celebrating the legacies of local women, preserving knowledge of their past and inspiring visions for their future. For more information or to get involved, visit ggrwhc.org

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Spotlight on Community Initiatives

Health & Happiness Sponsored by Grand Rapids Community Foundation

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Be a figure of support for grieving children by volunteering at Ele’s Place.

The nonprofit provides support for children and their families dealing with the loss of a loved one and is seeking compassionate and dedicated volunteers.

Applicants must be able to commit to a minimum of 9 to 12 months. Visit elesplace.org/get-involved to sign up.

Mercy Health St. Mary’s

Mercy Health St. Mary’s welcomes volunteers of all ages (16 to 90 years of age) and abilities. From flower delivery, patient transportation and greeter to personal care cosmetologist, patient advocate liaison and spiritual care, your unique skills can be matched to your are of interest for a rewarding volunteer experience. To apply, visit smcancercenter.org/volunteer-saint-marys.

Catherine’s Health Center

Catherine’s Health Center is a nonprofit, community-based health facility serving those who are under-insured and experience lack of access to health care. They provide screenings, education, treatment and referrals. Volunteer opportunities are plentiful for primary care professionals, nursing professionals, clerical and administrative support, data entry, communications, marking, event coordination and more. To apply, visit catherineshc.org/get-involved/volunteer.

Urban Roots

A thriving urban farm located in the Madison Square area, Urban Roots is a nonprofit with a mission to provide healthy food access, economic development and ecological stewardship to one of Grand Rapids’ most disinvested neighborhoods. The organization is seeking volunteers to help at the community market, open Tuesday through Thursday in the winter months. Additionally, they are accepting applications for new board members. Visit urbanroots.com/ volunteer for more information.

Heartside Gleaning Innitiative

By providing access to healthy food and nutrition education, the Heartside Gleaning Initiative empowers Heartside and the surrounding areas to live healthier. Volunteers are needed to collect excess produce from farmer’s markets, deliver food to prep kitchens, run education workshops and more.

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FitKids360

Housed at Health Net of West Michigan, FitKids360 is a seven-week healthy lifestyle program for children ages 5 to 17 and their families.

The program combines basic education about nutrition, behavior and exercise with a wide range of physical activities to help participants develop healthy habits, eat better and become more active. The only program of its kind in Kent County, FitKids360 addresses the need for childhood obesity intervention programming in Grand Rapids and several communities nationwide. Since 2010, the program has grown to include FitKids360 en Español, a 5K training program, On The Move, and continues to find solutions to challenges and barriers. Together we cultivate change, inspire action and create inclusive cultures and communities.

Join us by emailing fitkids360@healthnetwm.org for opportunities to become involved in our vital work.

“Through challenges and successes there is trust, friendship and knowledge gained as we are empowered to own our collective health journeys.

That is what inspires our team to do what we do on a daily basis.” —Keyuana Rosemond LLMSW, MPA, FitKids 360 Program Manager

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How to Get the Most Out of the Gym

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ometimes the hardest part about going to the gym is planning what to do and when to do it. Whether you’ve just signed on the dotted line for your first gym membership (high-five, girl!) or you’re headed back to your gym with new resolutions and goals, having a plan when you sweat it out is key to getting the most out of your time there. These tips and planning ideas will not only help you schedule your workouts for the week but will also keep you from repeating the same legs/back and core/arms days over and over again.

BY KELLY BROWN

SWITCH UP YOUR WEIGHTS

Love hitting high-rep sets with light weights? That’s great, but neglecting to lift the heavier weights means you’re forgetting about your fast twitch muscles. These muscles are the ones you use for everyday tasks like picking the groceries up and lifting a car seat. Your body needs to work both slow and fast twitch muscles. So, consider throwing in a heavy back squat or front squat day. If you have mobility issues, keep the weight light enough so that you can squat with good form – heels down, chest up, glutes back.

ALTERNATE YOUR CARDIO

Did you know that the most cardiovascular fit athletes use their upper body throughout most of their cardio training? Mix up your treadmill routine by hopping onto an elliptical and rotating through intervals of focusing on the upper and lower body. Keep the upper body sets smaller compared to the lower body sets. Aim for 2 minutes of upper body and 3 minutes of lower body.

START PLANNING

Some people were born to be planners. If you’re not, now is the time to start. Not only will planning keep you on schedule but it will also help you prepare for the future.

By looking back on what previous work-outs and weights you completed, you can better understand (and celebrate) your progress in your fitness journey. Your primary goal should be the foundation for how you schedule your workouts. There is no “one exercise fits all plan,” and you may need to adapt as you go. A good idea is to start with the number of days you can realistically work out and then divide that time between a majority of strength training mixed with sessions of 30+ minutes of cardio and shorter high-intensity interval workouts. Continue to modify from there based on how you’re feeling and how your body responds to the program.

Top Tip: Start a fitness journal! It’s so important to document your journey. Set aside time after your workout to record how you felt during each part. Was a weight particularly heavy today that is usually easy for you? If so, that could be an indicator that it’s time for a rest day or that you need to alter your diet and sleep schedule.

AIRPLANE MODE

There’s nothing more distracting than being focused at the gym only to hear the buzz of an important work email hitting your phone notifications. First, that email can almost always wait until tomorrow. Second, the gym is YOUR time and it’s important to not let other outside distractions take that away from you. The text from a friend about weekend plans can wait an hour. Setting your phone in airplane mode will allow you to absorb this time as a moment of self-care!

COMMIT TO REST

Sleep: Your body needs it! And most of us aren’t getting enough of it. Both sleep and rest days should be part of your workout planning. Rest days can be hard for some because you’re so determined to meet your goals. We understand! But without rest, you won’t make any progress. Rest and sleep are vital to maximizing your time at the gym.

If you’re not meeting your goals, it’s probably time to step back and evaluate your sleep and rest schedule.

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Kelly Brown is a writer, marketer and egg-eater. Her writing has been published across Michigan and the US. When she isn’t writing, she instructs at barre classes.

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Spirit Dreams:

Celebrating 25 Years of Enriching Minds, Bodies and Souls.

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t the corner of Lake Drive and Atlas, words of inspiration illuminate the low Eastown skyline: “Life should not only be lived, it should be celebrated.”

a meaningful retail experience to shoppers and connecting them to products meant to enrich their minds, bodies and souls.

Every few weeks the message changes: “Calm your mind, open your heart.” “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”

A Community Anchor

The emissary of these heartfelt messages is Spirit Dreams. This month, co-owners Jaye VanLenten and Jackie Bess are celebrating 25 years of providing

When longtime friends Bess and VanLenten purchased Spirit Dreams together in 1994, the store had been in existence for two years. Bess worked in sports medicine while VanLenten was far into her career as a social worker. They were both dedicated to living ethically, exploring spirituality and promoting diversity. When the store owner contacted them to see if they wanted to purchase the business, they saw the perfect opportunity to expand the impact of their values.

“We truly wanted to honor an ethical business practice,” Bess expressed. “And promote living healthy, being socially conscious and marrying new age, holistic and metaphysical concepts with spirituality and whatever that may mean to people.”

They have nurtured Spirit Dreams into a community anchor, a solace where customers may explore concepts and products that have the potential to help them dig deeper into life.

The store is a gorgeous inundation of color; a world of multitudes. Stunning, multi-tiered displays of handmade goods from all over world: shimmering gems and crystals, stalworth soapstone figurines, singing bowls, candles, incense, jewelry and more.

Earthy scents swirl through the air, beckoning you to explore. Toward the back of the store is a door that leads to an area where customers can receive a reading from one of four psychics who work out of the store.

Before such items and concepts began to populate our

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living rooms and our feeds, Bess and VanLenten boldly carved out a space where Grand Rapids’ shoppers could explore items perhaps unfamiliar, ones that would imbue their lives and space with meaning and act as a token of a spiritual exploration. In 1994 in West Michigan — a time and place where Christian Reformed principles reigned supreme — this was nothing short of audacious.

Success for us has always been about being able to empower people in all different ways.”

— Jay VanLenten, Co-owner of

Spirit Dreams

“We represented diversity during a time when diversity was not too mainstream,” Bess said. “We knew it was needed, and we were following both our hearts and our passions. We were confident from the get-go — we knew we were embarking on a process that was needed and valued.”

Both women emphasize that they have never been motivated solely by money, but rather the potential influence an ethically run business can wage on a community. The products at Spirit Dreams are

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handmade and imported from co-ops and Fair Trade Groups from across the globe, meaning that the artist behind each item directly benefits from every sale.

Everything in the store contains natural ingredients rather than harmful chemical substitutes. Bess and VanLenten go to great lengths to ensure the items they carry uphold their principles, right down to hand picking each stone sold in the store.

“Everything we have here comes from our passion,” VanLenten expressed.

Bess nodded.

“We go stone by stone,” she said. “We are so conscious of what we do.”

With a business model that honors all parties involved, the result is a multi-tiered bottom line. Bess and VanLenten are deeply committed to the community in which they have thrived, and they support a slew of nonprofits, including Vickie’s Pet Connection, MacKenzie’s Animal Rescue, Uptown Business District, Eastown Business Association, Local First, the YWCA and WMEAC, among others.

For the past two years, they have donated sales from their “Kindness Matters” yard signs and T-shirts to Catherine’s Health Center, a nonprofit community-based healthcare facility, the YWCA and Planned Parenthood.

“Our goals are the same,” VanLenten said. “Ninety percent of the time, we agree. If not, we respect each other’s decisions, so it’s OK. It takes a lot of trust and respect.”

Bess agreed. “We know we have the store’s best interest at heart.”

They pointedly express that none of their success would be possible without the support of the community.

“So many people have touched our lives here,” Bess smiled. “We are successful because of the many different people who have supported us.”

At the time of this interview, on a Monday afternoon, Spirit Dreams was bustling.

Winter sunlight beamed through the windows as Bess and VanLenten laughed with a long-time customer. George, the resident store cat, curled up in his basket by the register and while the chashier, who herself first visited the store as a child, tended to customers. Sadie, VanLenten’s joyous Golden Retriever trotted around, greeting shoppers who were weaving through the displays, contemplating purchases that would no doubt help them to do just what the proprietors so carefully selected them to: celebrate life.

“Social activism is important to us, and we were involved in it before, so it was natural for us for the store to become involved in the community in that way,” Bess explained.

Their dedication to the community is so great that when it came between drawing salaries or continuing to financially support the local nonprofits they believed in, there was no question: they chose the nonprofits.

“It’s in our blood,” VanLenten said. “It’s in our spirit. Success for us has always been about being able to empower people in all different ways.”

When talking about their 25 years in business, VanLenten and Bess are gracious in acknowledging each other’s strengths and expressing gratitude for such a harmonious partnership.

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Happy New Year!

2019 Interior Design Trends

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t’s time to start thinking about what will be trending in this year's interiors. Whether you are starting fresh or adding in a couple of new items it’s always fun to change things up!

If you are someone who loves to peruse magazines and Pinterest then you have probably seen the trend of rich jewel tones such as teal, deep green and navy.

This year, we are predicting jewel tones will be paired with warm colors such as mustard, burgundy and burnt orange.

Grey is also being replaced by cozier, warm tones such as taupe and beige.

Even creams and whites will be used more due to the popularity of easy to clean performance fabrics.

Art Deco is also a big, but subtle, influencer with its channeled details and curved lines. Lighting is reflecting the details of Art Deco style attributes, such as mixed metals and organic features. Bar carts are great to have when entertaining, and they are also a great way to bring in some Art Deco flair. Who doesn’t love a touch of glam in their home?

Matte black is a trend that is gaining momentum. It creates drama and has high contrast. You can implement black in so many ways: incorporate it on walls, lighting or furniture for an edgy effect.

Natural elements are sticking around in 2019. Natural textiles such as cotton, linen and leather continue to be popular.

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Live edge wood and metal will continue in popularity next year. Greenery, both faux and real, is a great way to bring in a natural feel. Adding these elements are wise because they will never really go out of style.

We saw some minimalism this year, but this year this trend will become even stronger! In an age of technology, people are drawn to the clutter free and openness of minimalism. Less is more.

This could mean one large piece of art instead of a gallery wall, or maybe it’s taking a critical look at your living room and removing that extra chair that’s taking up too much space.

Gold is a trend that is still going strong.

Sometimes it appears as a brushed gold, but it’s also being shown in a shiny brass for things such as kitchen hardware.

All of these trends are exciting, but don’t forget to incorporate things that are beautiful to you. You don’t have to use every trend, but use only the ones that you are drawn to. Have fun with it!

After all, your home should reflect your personality and style.

Whitley earned her BFA in Interior Design with a minor in Furniture design from Kendall College of Art & Design.

She works as an interior designer enjoys working with clients on various aspects of the home.

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A NATURAL PATH:

Kelly Peterson of Grand Rapids Natural Health

BY ELYSE WILD | PHOTOGRAPHY BY TWO EAGLES MARCUS

“What we do is support the body to heal.”

When Kelly Peterson, ND., CEO and founder of Grand Rapids Natural Health (638 Fulton St W) is asked what a naturopathic doctor, or ND, does, this was her reply.

Peterson is a dynamo in the burgeoning wellness, holistic and integrative health movement in West Michigan. Since opening her practice in 2012, she has grown from a one-woman operation working out of a chiropractic office to overseeing a staff of 19, offering clients integrative and holistic healthcare and a vast range of services. These include: integrative naturopathic medicine, massage therapy, accupuncture, craniosacral therapy, cleanse programs and more. She is the former president of the Michigan Association of Naturopathic Physicians; and she is a cofounder of Inspired Life GR, an annual two-day conference that brings together the latest developments and industry leaders in health and wellness.

She is part of a booming industry: According to the American Association of Naturopathic Doctors, sales of natural products have more than doubled in the past decade. Additionally, 33 percent of adults use complementary health approaches and the rate of new jobs in naturopathic medicine is expected to increase 10 percent per year. There are approximately 30 naturopathic doctors working in the state of Michigan.

Peterson credits this precipitous growth in alternative medicine to the public’s demand for more personalized and natural care.

“We are seeing what we are doing not only to the planet, but to ourselves,” she expressed. “We are sitting up and saying, ‘Something has to change.’”

Peterson graduated from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine (SCNM) in Tempe, Arizona, with a Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine in 2011. She went on to complete a one year residency at the college’s medical clinic.

SCNM was founded in 1993 and is one of seven accredited naturopathic schools in the United States.

Students study basic science, nutrition, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine, homeopathy, pharmacology, environmental medicine, injection therapy and more. After four years of study, they are required to take the

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Naturopathic Physicians Licensing Exam in order to practice. Peterson describes the culture of SCNM as nurturing, one in which students are encouraged to connect with their inner-selves.

“School was a transformative time for me,” Peterson said of her time at SCNM. “The programs supported us in learning about who we were.”

Peterson's interest in naturopathy was born from growing up in a household that valued natural health solutions; her mother worked as a personal trainer and a massage therapist, and later opened a center for natural medicine.

“If we had a cold, my mom was pulling out the essential oils before most people knew what they were,” Peterson recalled. “It was a common thread in my household and as I grew up I really started believing in it.”

“I went into this to help people get well. I wanted to be able to bring what I learned back here — this is where my family is and my roots are.

—Kelly Peterson, ND

Upon completing her residency, Peterson briefly contemplated starting her practice in Arizona. It would be a simple transition, after all: NDs have been licensed in the state since 1935 and a longstanding culture of alternative medicine has allowed thousands of practitioners to thrive. Michigan is one of 30 states without licensure for NDs. (The naturopathic physicians licensing bill, Senate Bill 0826, passed the Michigan State Senate in May, 2018 and is pending in the House of Representatives.)

Peterson was drawn back to Michigan by the desire to share her knowledge and reach a population that had few places to turn to in their search for alternative care.

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“I went into this to help people get well,” she expressed. “I wanted to be able to bring what I learned back here — this is where my family is and my roots are.”

dream to open a business in Puerto Rico. In 2015, after being in her new clinic space for just six months, she made the bold decision to share her time between their homes in both Puerto Rico and Grand Rapids.

When she first opened Grand Rapids Natural Health, Peterson operated out of a chiropractic office and played multiple roles: She saw clients, did administrative tasks, made marketing materials, ordered supplies and balanced the books. Her practice quickly developed as more and more clients sought her services and other natural practitioners approached her to collaborate. Soon, she moved into a bigger space, and while she managed the growth of the practice, Peterson became more and more fond of the business operations.

“I just decided that I wanted to do it,” she laughed.

“I thought, ‘I want to see where this is going.’”

“I loved it,” she expressed “I felt like by focusing on the business side of things, I could help more than one person at a time.”

With a vision to create a dynamic integrated care network, she assigned her clients to another ND and dove head first into developing what today is a comprehensive alternative and holistic healthcare center.

“I always kind of knew that I would want to open a center,” she expressed. “I wanted to create network of people to whom we could refer within, not only to have those resources available, but when you have an integrated team of health professionals, they give better care. They can communicate with one another and create a team approach.”

It was during this time of pivotal growth that Peterson met her future husband, Charlie, and the road before her widened; Charlie was in the midst of pursuing his

Peterson helped Charlie establish Degree 18 Juice Bar in Palmer, Puerto Rico, 40 minutes outside of San Juan at the base of the island’s lush rain forest. She flew back and forth to Grand Rapids while Charlie worked on the juice bar, which quickly took off, attracting a loyal customer base of locals and tourists alike. Meanwhile, Peterson was hiring additional practitioners and expanding the services of Grand Rapids Natural Health to meet the demand of her flourishing client base.

In September of 2017, while Peterson was in Grand Rapids, Hurricane Maria hit the island. The result was the worst natural disaster on record to affect Puerto Rico. Peterson lost contact with Charlie for five days.

Peterson ran a drive for supplies—diapers, tarps, flash flights, phone chargers, baby food, tools, water filters, and more. She joined Charlie on the island a few weeks after the storm to distribute items, going places FEMA had not yet been. She describes being stunned by the devastation.

“It was just shocking,” she said. “The trees were completely bare. It was really difficult to see all the destruction.”

time in a very long time, she was unplugged and totally cut off from the clinic she worked so hard to cultivate.

“It was such an eye opening experience that everything went well while I was gone,” she said. “It was a great experience because of that.”

For Peterson, this affirmed that she was succeeding in what she had set out to do: build a supportive and sustainable network of practitioners.

Today, Grand Rapids Natural Health offers nearly a dozen services, staffs four NDs, an integrative medical doctor, a health coach, a certified light therapist, a licensed massage therapist, four estheticians and holistic skin care specialists, an acupuncturist, a brow and wax specialist, a craniosacral therapist and two energy practitioners.

As the practice continues to expand, Peterson stays focused on why she started down her path: to help people heal.

“I don’t want it to grow so big that we lose touch with what we started this for in the first place,” she reflected. “I want our clients to have access to their providers—for them to call us and we can get back to them. For me, it is just about letting it unfold as it is supposed to, and in doing that, standing strong in what we are about.”

Incredibly, the juice bar stood through the storm.

Peterson stayed for month and pitched in as Puerto Rico rebuilt itself. The island was without electricity, let alone cell phone reception or Internet; for the first

When she is not editing for WLM, Elyse enjoys traveling to far off lands, taking photos, listening to live music and spinning records.

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WELLNESS 2019

Let these West Michigan resources lead you to your healthiest year yet!

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Optimalwellnessmedical.com (616) 200-7597 At Optimal Wellness Medical, patients experience the benefits of a practice that truly cares about their needs and concerns. Leading the practice, Dr. Steve Lasater, who has been board certified by four different medical boards, provides a wide range services such as bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for men and women, cardiovascular risk reduction, and cholesterol and triglyceride management.

Urologic-consultants.com (616) 459-4171 Urologic Consultants is the largest group of urological specialists in West Michigan, with the broadest concentration of knowledge, experience and services.

They are the only practice in the area specializing in pediatric urology and the only practice with female urologists. In addition to general urologic care, specific disciplines include: male, female and pediatric urology; infertility; and oncology.

GRAND RAPIDS CENTER FOR MINDFULNESS

Grandrapidscenterformindfulness.com (616) 361-3660 Grand Rapids Center for Mindfulness is dedicated to teaching people how to use powerful mindfulness based tools to manage their stress and take responsibility for their own health and well-being.

Programs teach about paying attention mindfully to thoughts, feelings and body sensations by using breathing practices, walking, yoga and mindful eating.

GRAND RAPIDS NATURAL HEALTH

Grnaturalhealth.com (616) 264-6556 Grand Rapids Natural Health is committed to optimizing the health and well-being of their clients and the communities of West Michigan. They have created a collaborative and integrative team of practitioners who inspire their clients to restore all areas of wellness: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Their mission is to provide all the tools needed to restore health and sustain those changes.

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Grandrapidswomenshealth.com (616) 588-1200 Providing comprehensive evaluation, knowledge and treatment to their patients is Grand Rapids Women’s Health’s passion. As the largest independent OB/GYN practice in West Michigan, they offer a dynamic combination of physician expertise, advanced technology, and a skilled, compassionate staff, providing the medical knowledge and support you need for all stages of your life.

Hollandhospital.org (616) 392-5141 What humbly began in 1917 has since grown to a comprehensive healthcare network featuring a stateof-the-art, 189-bed main campus and several satellite locations, along with partnerships with key medical groups, including Lakeshore Health Partners, Bone & Joint Center and Western Michigan Urological Associates. Healthgrades has designated their hospital one of the 50 Best Hospitals in America for four years in a row.

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Hom.org (888) 247-5701 As the largest hospice provider in Michigan, Hospice of West Michigan offers comfort and peace for patients and their loved ones. With roots dating back to the 1970s, they are one of the most experienced providers of hospice care in Michigan.

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Jupitermedicalaesthetics.com (616) 301-2503 Jupiter Medical Aesthetics invites you to experience skin care with a personalized touch. Their doctors, nurses and aestheticians are dedicated to providing you with a customized skin care program that will repair, rejuvenate and protect your skin. Their holistic approach focuses on a healthy lifestyle and facial enhancement without surgery.

Beercitybarre.com (616) 649-3114 Beer City Barre is Grand Rapids’ very first independently and locally-owned barre studio. Barre is a total body workout that incorporates elements of yoga, Pilates and dance into a fast paced 60 minute class set to upbeat music. This workout uses small range motions to fatigue the muscles, and large range movement to elevate your heart rate. This is a low impact workout that yields huge results.

Pinerest.org (616) 455-5000 Hope starts here. Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is a nonprofit organization founded in 1910.

Pine Rest is the fourth largest behavioral health provider in the U.S., offering a full continuum of services including inpatient and partial hospitalization, residential, outpatient and tele-therapy services, addiction treatment and recovery, extensive child and adolescent programs, senior care services, as well as specialized assessment and treatment clinics.

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Gymguyz.com/grand-rapids-mi (269) 301-1384 GYMGUYZ is proud to be the first in-home mobile personal training and fitness franchise company. As the leader of in-home personal training, they’re redefining physical fitness by bringing the workout to you, when and where it’s convenient for you. Trained and certified coaches bring the instruction and the equipment and they ensure every workout is customized for you.

PORTER HILLS

Porterhills.org (616) 949-4975 Porter Hills is a care provider of choice in West Michigan, with a strong reputation and 43+ years of experience. Their services are designed to be comprehensive and inclusive, with a great variety of independent or assisted living arrangements, skilled care and special therapies. Receive care at your home or in residence at one of our 10 beautiful campuses.

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It’s 2019! You have our permission to do something just for YOU! Restore aging skin and find that youthful glow again.

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Kick Your Inner Critic to the Curb

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BY KERRY HART LLMFT

e all have a sense of doubt that looms from time to time. While misgivings are certainly normal, it's important to not allow that negative voice (otherwise known as your inner-critic) take control. Your inner critic can prevent you from trying new ventures, following your passions or living a healthy lifestyle.

Learning what your inner critic is and where it comes from will help you from letting latent negativity keep you from living your best life.

Your inner critic highlights unfavorable beliefs you have about yourself. At some point in your life, you built up thoughts and feelings about yourself that have turned into these beliefs (“I'm not good enough,” “I could never do that,” “I don't deserve good things.”). This negative messaging doesn't serve you, and it’s important to squash it before it does further damage.

All too often, when we hear other’s negative or biased opinions about ourselves, we take it to heart. Although you may know that a particular hurtful statement is not true, if you hear it enough, it will imprint on your mind.

Think about your inner critic: Who does it sound like? Is it your mother? Your boss?

A particularly controlling friend or partner? Pinpointing where the negativity comes from is the first step in stopping it from sabotaging your positive mindset.

Realize that your inner critic is not expressing your thoughts at all, and recognize it as the mindset of the person whose voice you are hearing. Separating yourself from your inner critic in this way will help you minimize its impact on you.

Additionally, replacing a negative thought with a positive one is a powerful tool for diminishing your inner critic that in turn nurtures your self-esteem; this has proven to be more effective than simply negating a bad thought.

When you examine the negative messages you have been receiving, switch them out completely to only be positive. “I am GOOD,” will be a more effective thought to process than, “I am NOT bad.”

Take this further and give yourself time each morning to remind yourself of something you love about yourself. “I am great at my job,” “I am a wonderful friend,” “I love my laugh.”

As you work towards erasing your inner critic completely, you will want to take some steps to shut it down in the moments of negativity. The therapeutic technique called “thought stopping” is a great tool for this purpose. It’s precisely what it sounds like: Stop the thoughts that do not serve a positive purpose in your life. When you start to feel your internal negative voice rising, say, “STOP,” out loud. The change in the pattern should halt your inner critic, and you can then take yourself on the path toward a more positive place. As you become more comfortable with this technique, you can say, “STOP,” in your head, and eventually, you will not have to say it at all, as you will have successfully kicked your inner critic to the curb.

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BY KAYLA SOSA | PHOTOGRAPHY BY TWO EAGLES MARCUS

growing section of the yoga community is exchanging focus on the superficial benefits of the practice for a culture that honors diversity in terms of size, gender, race, ability and income.

One of the leaders of this movement is Dana Falsetti, known on Instagram as @nolatrees.

Nationally-recognized and backed by a hefty social media following (342.5 k followers and counting), she is a yoga teacher and activist on a mission who teaches workshops across the globe.

“It’s my intention to create a space that truly feels inclusive to all people and is welcoming and safe,” Falsetti expressed. “And I think that the safety aspect is one of the most important parts that is really easy to overlook.”

Falsetti grew up not seeing anyone her size represented in media: She mostly saw thin, white women. She encountered the same depictions when she first started doing yoga in college. She says that feeling changed

Deanie Pettengill, The Yoga Zen

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her life and dictated her work moving forward.

“That’s an inaccurate representation of who practices yoga,” she said. “Everybody practices or can practice yoga, in a variety of different ways. I’m not the first to say this— it has been said many times before me —but diversity is a fact and inclusion is a choice.”

In addition to promoting diversity in yoga on her Instagram and in her classes, she hosts Deep Dive Podcast (@deepdivepodcast) and launched her own yoga subscription platform: Practice with Dana (@practicewithdana).

Both her podcast and subscription services are aimed at breaking the barriers to access. On Deep Dive, Falsetti speaks on issues of equity and inclusion, sexuality, self-worth, white entitlement and activism, to name a few. She also opens her platform to other like-minded activists to discuss topics in a conversational format.

Precious Dandridge, Irationz Yoga

Falsetti’s new yoga subscription platform offers memberships starting at just five dollars a month.

“I am trying to fill the gaps in the wellness world that I see as problematic: inaccessible pricing and yoga spaces that are riddled with diet culture and shame,” Falsetti expressed. “It’s a space where people can actually take inclusive classes, meaning there’s something for everyone on there.”

From wrist-free practice to chair yoga to arm balances, there’s variety of classes available on the subscription.

The goal is not for everyone to subscribe for five dollars a month, but for those who can afford to pay more to do so, in turn opening the door for those who can’t afford more.

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yourself, not in spite of all of those things but just as all of those things exist, is one of the most powerful things that you can do.”

Read the full Q&A with Dana Falsetti on womenslifestyle.com.

In our own city of Grand Rapids, a handful of yoga teachers are advancing our perceptions of health and wellness by promoting diversity in their practices.

Emily Martin

Anybody Yoga GR, @anybodyyogagr

“The yoga I teach is body positive, which for me means it’s weight-neutral, free of diet culture — or fitness culture BS as I like to say,” Emily Martin divulged.

Much of Martin’s training has been incorporating mindfulness into yoga, adding to the physical benefits of the practice, which includes increased cardiac and respiratory function, improved metabolism, strength and flexibility. She completed yoga teacher training in February of 2018 through Grand Rapids Healing Yoga, and her instruction included a 100-hour traumainformed yoga therapist certification.

“For me, that trauma focus ties in so much to the body image stuff, because I came to understand my experiences growing up fat are a sort of trauma,” Martin said. “I didn't feel safe in my body. People told me my body wasn’t OK, and I learned to be really detached from it because there was so much shame there.”

her practice and not limiting herself or her students.

Often, she will show different variations of a traditional yoga pose, for example with props for assistance, like a resistance band or a block.

Deanie Pettengill The Yoga Zen

“We get really attached to the way poses in yoga should look, but what if you tried it in a different way, what would you experience?” Martin said.

“Yoga is for everybody.

The Western world has really tainted the view of yoga, making it seem as if you have to be in your 20s and weigh 100 pounds. We have to get out of that mindset and back into the traditional practice of connecting within the higher version of yourself.

— Precious Dandridge

Martin has reclaimed her body as a yoga teacher and practitioner with the intention of being thoughtful in

Pettengill, 67, is a Caledonia-based yoga teacher and teaches her classes in what she describes as a “more adaptive way.” She teaches a yoga for Parkinson's patients and even took a course in modifying yoga for those with multiple sclerosis.

“I’m trying to cater to what people are dealing with,” she expressed.

Many of Pettengill’s students are older women, and she stays conscious of any physical limitations they may have, even ones they may not be aware of themselves, such as Osteoporosis.

“I’ve done a lot of research on Osteoporosis,” Pettengill said. “It’s a silent, unknown disease. [People aren’t diagnosed] until they break something or their doctor notices a change in their height. If you go to a normal yoga class and you do a pose, depending on your condition, you could break a bone.”

Pettengill said the generation of baby boomers were “exercising themselves silly” and now they’ve got “issues with the tissues” that have them turning to yoga.

“What happens as you get older?” she posed. “You get stiffer, and you get arthritis. And so yoga helps with flexibility and it helps with strength.”

“It’s all about taking time to be with your body on your mat, be curious about what’s happening. You can do that whether your body is in the traditional version of a posture or a variation of it.”

While she agrees doing different variations of yoga is good and fun, its best to avoid trends and find a practice that resonates with you.

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After completing her yoga teacher training at Passion Yoga School in Costa Rica, Precious Dandridge realized that yoga has more to do with mental and spiritual well-being than physical well-being.

“For me in particular, it’s more so of the mind and the spiritual aspect of it,” Dandridge said.

“Even though I’m a certified yoga teacher, I’m not the most flexible person in the world, and I actually take pride in that. When I’m teaching beginner classes or when I’m having one-on-one sessions with people who’ve never done yoga before, they can see you don’t have to be able to put your leg over your head just to be able to do yoga.”

Dandridge emphasizes that yoga is really only about your own personal practice and how it affects you physically, mentally and spiritually. She said she learned a lot from her teacher in Costa Rica.

EMILY MARTIN

“The yoga I teach is body positive, which for me means it’s weight-neutral, free of diet culture — or fitness culture BS, as I like to say.

—Emily Martin DEANIE PETTENGILL

“She would have us practicing a very intense form of yoga, such as Kundalini yoga, or just something that is really fiery and challenges you,” Dandridge said.

“She would say, ‘You can be mad at me, you can hate me, you can cuss me out in your head, but pay attention to your thoughts. Listen to your internal dialogue.’”

Dandridge leads a Goddess Sister Circle, a gathering of women hosted twice a month during the Full Moon and New Moon. Sister Circles are hosted all over the world as a part of the Global Sisterhood, a group that works to empower women to change the space around them for the better.

“It’s mostly African American women because we don’t have that type of circle for us in too many places,” Dandridge said. “And so I felt that it was my responsibility to create something like that.”

In the group, Dandridge leads discussions and teaches various aspects of meditation and getting in tune with your body. On the full moon, the women talk about things they want to release that month, and on the New Moon, they talk about the things they want to manifest.

Dandridge hopes to teach people the Eastern philosophies that are innate in yoga —and that it isn’t all about getting fit.

“Yoga is for everybody,” Dandridge said. “The Western world has really tainted the view of yoga, making it seem as if you have to be in your 20s and weigh 100 pounds. We have to get out of that mindset and back into the traditional practice of connecting within the higher version of yourself.”

Kayla Sosa is a multimedia journalism student at GVSU. She’s a local freelance writer and enjoys spending time with her husband, her kitty and her family. When she’s not writing, she likes to go on nature walks, do yoga and paint.

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have really enjoyed my hair the past few weeks; it seems like the cold weather is doing me some good. My curls have been so juicy lately, and I’ve received a ton of compliments on it too. Here’s the secret: H20. Water is key to hydrated tresses no matter what time of year. Heres how I include it in my daily routine.

SPRITZ HAIR WITH WATER

I use tap water because that’s what comes out of the shower. Some people like distilled water for their water bottle, but my hair is curly so I have to stretch it a little to make sure the water seeps to the roots.

ADD LEAVE-IN CONDITIONER/ MOISTURIZER

I saturate my hair with a good leave-in. The last few weeks I’ve used The Mane Choice 3 In 1 as my leavein. It smells great, and it’s water-based but creamy enough to make me feel like it won’t just evaporate. I use a generous amount, maybe a quarter-sized amount per section. I take the opportunity to de-tangle my hair with my fingers. I don’t use combs, and I only de-tangle my hair when it’s wet or damp. This seals the moisture in my hair and protects it for styling.

SPRITZ HAIR WITH WATER AGAIN I don’t need as much as the first time but I spray my entire head a second time.

LIGHTLY SPRITZ HAIR WITH H20 AGAIN

I shake my head a little this time to ensure the products are evenly applied.

ADD GEL NEXT

The oil that I added in the fourth step primes my hair and ensures that it stays soft . I coat my hair with the oil in sections from the roots to the ends to get the best definition. Right now I’m using The Mane Choice Egyptian 24-Karot Gold Glistening Twisting Gel or Biotin-Infused Styling Gel but I do the same thing no matter what gel I am using.

SPRITZ HAIR WITH WATER A FINAL TIME AND STYLE

I spritz my hair with water again and shake it out. All that’s left is to style it. Styling it for me means making sure the curls fall evenly around my head.

This is what works for me. I figured it out by trial and error. You may need to adjust the steps or the order in which you apply the product. Everybody’s hair is different. I use a bunch of water, even in the winter, because I have low porosity hair. My curls are tight, and it takes a long time for moisture to soak in from the ends to the roots. Once the moisture is there, my hair is very manageable for up to a week.

OIL SCALP AND HAIR

Right now I’m using a mixture of sweet almond oil, olive oil and Jamaican black castor oil. I rub the oil from my roots to the ends of my hair after my scalp is anointed. I use about a quarter-sized amount for each section here, too.

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Powerhouse Veggies to Incorporate into Your Diet and Easy Ways to Do It

BY KIMBERLY BLAKE

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e know how vital veggies are to our health, whether we like vegetables or not. But not all vegetables are created equal. Each vegetable comes with its unique combination of nutrients and benefits – some, in particular, are a powerhouse source of nutrition.

If you're not a fan of vegetables, it's all the more reason to try a broad variety. There's bound to be a couple of veggies you'll dig if the vegetables are prepared just the right way. If those vegetables happen to be some of these all-stars, it's all the better.

Kale

Butternut Squash

This winter squash is loaded with vitamin A, in fact, four times the recommended daily allowance (RDA). It also contains double the RDA of vitamin C and packs more potassium than a banana. To become a butternut squash fan, first, cut it in half, and remove all the seeds.

Then fill a glass baking dish about 3/4" high with water, and place the pieces of squash with the skin facing up.

Bake at 400 degrees for one hour. Allow the squash to cool enough to handle it, then scoop all the squash out of the peel, and top it with butter.

If that doesn't suffice, try adding a touch of brown sugar.

This dark green leaf packs a whopping 684% of the RDA of vitamin K, and well over the RDA of both vitamins A and B6.

If you like salad, just add a mix of kale to the lettuce. If you're not a salad eater, kale makes a great addition to smoothies.

Avocado

Although not a powerhouse of any particular vitamin or mineral, avocado still carries an adequate amount. What's particularly notable about avocado is it's an excellent source of healthy fats, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated, and can be used to replace unhealthy fats.

Guacamole is an all-time favorite. It's also good mixed with egg salad or a tossed salad.

Brussels Sprouts

Vitamins K and C are what Brussels sprouts are particularly noted for. But this veggie carries numerous other nutrients in decent amounts as well.

Bell Peppers

Red, orange, yellow, or green, bell peppers are nutritious whatever the color. All are high in vitamin C, with red bell peppers containing 169% of the RDA. Also, bell peppers are high in vitamin A and carry a good dose of other nutrients as well.

Still, what some of you may be wondering is how you'll acquire a taste for Brussels sprouts.

If you're not a big vegetable eater, it may be a challenge. But try what one mom did, Monica Kass Rogers, as she revealed in her article, "How I Got My Kid to Eat Brussels Sprouts."

Rogers says to cut them in half, then stir-fry them in sesame oil with other vegetables.

Another trick she recommends is to roast them with olive oil and salt. If kids can learn to love them, so can you.

Do you live by the motto, “Everything tastes better with ranch?” If so, try bell pepper slices for dipping. Bell peppers also go great on pizza and sauteed to top hot sandwiches.

Broccoli

Here's another vegetable that's a rich source of vitamin K packing 245% of the RDA. Broccoli also exceeds the RDA for vitamin C and is an excellent source of chromium, folate, and fiber.

Mix broccoli into most any cheesy dish, and it's easy to gobble it up.

Broccoli cheese soup, broccoli smothered in cheese, and other cheesy pasta dishes with broccoli added are good options.

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Asparagus

Folic acid is what asparagus is especially noted for because it contains 60% of the RDA. But asparagus also contains a healthy amount of vitamins K and C, as well as several other essential nutrients.

Grilled asparagus is a tasty side. Before grilling, brush them lightly with olive oil then add salt and pepper. Place the spears on the grill for 10 minutes, turn them, then give them a few more minutes until they're lightly blackened.

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Peas

Spinach

These contain a long list of nutrients.

Of particular note, peas are very high in vitamins B1, C, and K, manganese, copper, phosphorus, and folate.

Now here's an RDA that's impressive.

Spinach contains 987% of the RDA of vitamin K. Spinach is also an excellent source of vitamin A, manganese, folate, magnesium, iron, copper, and several other nutrients. You can add spinach to both smoothies and pizza.

Spinach quiche and spinach pie are also dishes many people love.

Fortunately, peas are one vegetable most kids and adults will eat. Add peas to a variety of soups, stews, and casseroles. Another tasty option is to add them to macaroni and cheese.

Pumpkin (canned) Scallions

Also known as spring onions, these pack 172% of the RDA of vitamin K. They're also known for their antioxidants and are a good source of vitamin A. Scallions can be grilled just like asparagus. Brush them with oil, add salt and pepper, then toss them on the grill until they're lightly browned. If that doesn't work for you, try wrapping them in bacon.

This is an outstanding source of vitamin A, containing 2 ½ times the RDA, not to mention a fair amount of a host of other vitamins and minerals.

Numerous desserts can be made from pumpkin. So the next time you're in the mood to bake, make something with a little added nutritional value. Try making pumpkin pie, bread, cookies, or cheesecake.

Sweet Potatoes

Vitamins A, B5 and B6, riboflavin, thiamin, niacin, and carotenoids are the nutritional makeup of sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes make yummy french fries, which can even be baked rather than fried. Just look for one of oodles of baked sweet potato fry recipes out there.

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Garnishes: fresh orange and grapefruit slices, coconut shreds, chopped dates, cinnamon and agave or honey to drizzle.

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1 grapefruit brown sugar or coconut sugar cinnamon Set oven to broil. On a small plate, make a mixture of half sugar and half cinnamon. Cut grapefruit in half and spin each half, face down, into the mixture to coat the open side of the grapefruit.

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Three Beliefs that are Sabotaging Your Finances

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his time of year, most of us resolve to improve our lives in the areas of health and wealth, and then promptly drop our best intentions before the 31st of January. Instead, I invite you to examine your thoughts around money. If you find yourself thinking any of the following, perhaps you should pick up the needle and move to another groove.

1. “I don’t make enough money…”

Here’s a secret that’s not really a secret. It doesn’t matter how much money you make, it’s what you DO with what you make. After 17 years in the financial services industry, I know this to be a fundamental truth. So important is this truth that it necessitates bold reiteration. And this time I invite you to read it aloud and make it personal. It doesn’t matter how much money I make, it’s what I DO with what I make.

When I first started in my career as a financial advisor I thought, “Show me clients with big six-figure incomes. I will be able to do so much for them with a killer financial plan.” Guess what? I had clients with that kind of income. They hired me to give them financial advice, and they followed absolutely none of it. I thought there was no way they could spend all of the income they brought in every month, but they actually spent more money than that. Being fiscally irresponsible, it didn’t take long for their bad habits to snowball into the financial avalanche that would precipitate them having to file for bankruptcy. The straw for them was a job loss.

With no money in savings and a lifestyle more suited to the rich and famous, it didn’t take long for their lives to crumble in short order after an unexpected layoff.

On the flip side: In my early years as a financial advisor, I worked with clients that on paper looked like paupers. They were a young couple, just starting in their careers, with two young children and one on the way. Together their income wasn’t even $30,000. They paid me a nominal fee for my advice, and they followed it.

Today, they are some of my most prosperous clients. Through our unique holistic and comprehensive planning process, we identified their strengths and weaknesses and helped them implement a plan to get them closer to their financial goals. The first year the priorities included developing a logical budget they could follow, creating a cash reserve, making sure they were adequately protected with insurance and creating a simple estate plan. Each year we build on the successes of the previous year, and we watch them continue to prosper financially.

2. “That will never happen to me.”

I call this the invincibility syndrome, in which we may fall victim to not thinking through how a devastating event could affect our lives financially. I tell people in our first meeting that we’re going to (hypothetically) kill you, disable you, put you in a nursing home and give you a costly and necessary one-time expense just to see how you will fare financially. You could have the best investment plan on the planet, but if you’re not prepared for the unexpected, your nest egg could dissipate quickly.

Your biggest asset is your ability to earn an income. It’s not your home, not your 401k, not your music collection, but your ability to work and make a living.

Is it protected? What happens if you can’t work? Do you have disability income protection? If it’s a workplace benefit that your employer covers, the average benefit is 60 percent of your salary and that’s BEFORE taxes. Would that be enough?

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BY SHANNAN DENISON How about life insurance? Life insurance provides money after we die because we love someone or we owe someone. How much you should have depends on those two things. At a minimum, you should have enough life insurance to pay off your liabilities and final expenses. At the most, a death benefit from a life insurance policy provides for your loved ones as if you were still there financially. Think about this. If you were to fill out a blank check for the amount of money you will make between now and the day you retire, how much would that be?

Additionally, if your life and disability income insurance are provided only through an employer-sponsored plan, consider getting something on your own. Jobs aren’t forever and as a participant of these types of insurances, many times they aren’t transportable. I had a client once that said he had plenty of life insurance through work. Then he was diagnosed with cancer, became uninsurable, eventually lost his job, and died with no life insurance proceeds to leave his family. Bottom line is that he should’ve had insurance independent of his workplace plan.

3. “That’s a good idea. I should do that.”

Certainly, we all do this to a certain degree, in a variety of different aspects of our lives. Then instead of taking action and getting it accomplished, we procrastinate.

Financially this manifests itself in thoughts like: • • • • •

We SHOULD really get a will done.

We SHOULD review our insurances and make sure we are adequately covered when and if the unthinkable happens.

We SHOULD start saving for retirement and/or make sure we’re saving enough.

We SHOULD make a plan to eliminate debt.

We SHOULD create a cash reserve.

Let’s face it. Procrastination stops all of us from turning good ideas into realities.

Hiring a financial advisor can help hold you accountable for a lot of those “shoulds.”

A sound financial plan will uncover cracks in your financial foundation that could result in your own personal economic recession/depression. Creating a timeline for when you will change the things on your “should” list to things on your “done” list is essential for creating a sound financial foundation.

Shannan Denison, CRPC® is a registered representative and owner of Denison Financial. Securities are provided through International Assets Advisory, LLC a member of FINRA. She can be reached at 616.264.3443 or email her at sdenison@iaac. com. The information contained herein is obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but its accuracy or completeness is not guaranteed. This article is for informational purposes only and is not a solicitation or a recommendation that any particular investor should purchase or sell any particular security. All expressions of opinions are subject to change without notice and are those of Shannan Denison and not necessarily those of Denison Financial/International Assets Advisory. Investments, financial strategies or general financial information listed herein may not be suitable for all investors. Past performance may not be indicative of future results. You should discuss any tax or legal matters with the appropriate professional.

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ll women know the constant struggle that is the menstrual cycle and the monthly expense of having to buy pads, tampons and other reproductive health products; and, there are many women and girls in our community for whom this expense is out of reach.

Be A Rose, Inc., founded and run by Christine N. Mwangi, is a nonprofit with a mission to provide health and wellness education and free menstrual hygiene products to underserved women and girls in Grand Rapids.

“Period poverty is a situation where a person does not have access to traditional products such as pads, tampons or panty liners to manage menstruation,” Mwangi said. “In addition, the person can’t socially and culturally afford to tell anyone about these barriers to period management because of the stigma surrounding menstruation. If someone can’t afford food, they can’t afford sanitary protection.”

Monthly, the organization distributes hundreds of menstrual products and teaches workshops on reproductive health, menstruation, hygiene products, female genital mutilation, pain management remedies and menopause.

Additionally, they are eco-friendly and provide free cloth pads and menstrual cups to those in need.

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funds for their mission and generate awareness of period poverty. The event is 21+ and features a stellar line-up of local women musicians, including, The QUIRK, Carmel Liburdi, Emma Loo and Maggie May. For the future, Mwangi said she wants to continue to broaden the impact of Be A Rose.

“We want to work more with the LGBTQ+ community to expand the reach of our services,” she expressed. “and to continue advocacy for ecofriendly products and expand our distribution of cloth pads and DivaCup menstrual cups and expand our community impact through our YouTube channel and highlight the stories of local people with real struggles managing menstruation and discuss local solutions.”

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READER’S

BY SUSAN ERHARDT

January brings resolutions to do all sorts of things to live a better life. There’s something about turning over a clean page on your calendar that makes you long to live the perfect existence. There are many books that will help nudge you a little closer to just that.

The Joy of Less: a Minimalist Guide to Declutter, Organize, and Simplify

by Francine Jay

When I had to move my dad from a fairly large house to a fairly small apartment, I found the process completely overwhelming. Aside from the stress I felt, I also had tremendous guilt about the things I had to throw away. I immediately went home and started cleaning out my own house, determined that my children would never have to endure that experience. This book would be very helpful for such a process in your own life.

Whether you have a drawer, closet or an entire house to clean out and organize, author Francine Jay takes you through the process step by step. She prompts you to examine why you have collected the things you have and how to decide what items tell your story. She helps you realize that you have no obligation to keep things you don’t treasure just because they have been “in the family” for ages.

This book isn’t about getting rid of all of your stuff, but rather about having just enough to make you happy.

by Marilyn McEntyre

I am a list maker: there is nothing I like better than a long, skinny pad of paper and a nice rollerball pen. If I arrive at the grocery store without my list, I end up with fourteen boxes of cereal and no milk.

This book made me think differently about lists, and how they can be useful for so much more than a trip to the store.

In the book’s first section on why you might make a list, Marilyn McEntyre describes how list-making helps to you to clarify concerns, dispel fears, explore implications or notice what you may have missed. She goes on to discuss how we go about making these lists, with suggestions for making ones than commemorate, ones that open a safe space for anger, or how they focus the backward glance. The book’s final section is on “play lists”, with lists like “What’s fun after 50,” “What the beach teaches,” and “Why children enchant us.”

The author invites the reader to use the lists provided as templates for exploring their own lives.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to make a list!

Body Kindness: Transform your Health from the Inside Out, and Never Say Diet Again

by Rebecca Scritchfield

Rebecca Scritchfield has a weight-neutral, compassionate and practical approach to health that allows you to make long-lasting changes in your self-care practices. Body Kindness is based on the following four principles: What You Do (the choices you make about food, exercise, sleep, and more), How You Feel (befriending your emotions and standing up to the unhelpful voice in your head), Who You Are (goal-setting based on your personal values), Where You Belong (body-loving support from people and communities that help you create a meaningful life). With mind and body exercises and prompts to help you identify what you really want, Body Kindness helps you let go of things you can’t control and embrace the things you can.

Happier Now: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Everyday Moments (Even the Difficult Ones)

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

Author Nataly Kogan teaches readers how to start finding more joy in everyday moments.

She describes how she went from being cynical, resistant to the ideas behind self-improvement and studying everything she could on the science of happiness, completely shifting her mindset. You’ll learn five core practices for building your happiness skills, (acceptance, gratitude, intentional kindness, knowing your bigger “why” and self-care) along with the scientific research that supports each one.

One of your resolutions might be to change a habit – either to adopt a new one or to get rid of an undesirable one. This book will help you with your quest. Author Charles Duhigg explains what habits are about, where they come from, how they’re hard-wired into our brains and how they can be enormously powerful. The book offers advice on how to adopt or ditch patterns, complete with inspiring anecdotes about people who have successfully changed their habits.

by Nataly Kogan

Specific instructions, exercises, and journaling prompts are designed to help you strengthen your “emotional immune system” so you can endure when times are tough and bounce back to happy sooner.

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Make a List: How a Simple Practice Can Change Our Lives and Open our Hearts

by Charles Duhigg

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Wintertime Lemonade Makes 4 glasses 1/2 1 8 1/2 1/2

cup sugar cup water lemons, juice of teaspoon cinnamon teaspoon turmeric pinch of cayenne cinnamon sticks and lemon peels for garnish

In a small pot, simmer together sugar and water. Whisk until sugar dissolves, then remove from heat.

Squeeze the juice of 8 lemons into the simple sugar mixture. Taste and adjust with more lemons as needed.

Whisk in cinnamon, turmeric and cayenne.

Set in refrigerator to cool. Once cooled, serve over ice. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and lemon peel.

Lemon Thyme Dressing

1/3 cup grapeseed or avocado oil juice of 1 lemon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 3/4 teaspoon thyme 1 tablespoon Agave

Whisk all ingredients together until combined. Set aside for 15 minutes to soften spices before use.

Pickled Orange and Buckwheat Salad Makes 2 entrée salads 1 cup vegetable broth or salted water 1/2 cup buckwheat, rinsed 3-4 cups baby romaine, or other baby greens 1/2 large fennel bulb, cut into thin slices quick Pickled Spiced Oranges (see page 28) Lemon Thyme Dressing (see above) green onion, for garnish In a medium pot, combine broth or water and buckwheat. Turn heat to medium, and bring to a rolling boil.

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Cover pot and reduce heat to a simmer. Let simmer for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Then remove from heat and allow to sit for an additional 10-15 minutes, until all moisture is absorbed. Fluff with a fork and set aside.

Toss baby romaine in Lemon Thyme dressing and divide onto two plates. Add cooked buckwheat to salad, in center and across whole salad. Add fennel slices and pickled orange slices to salad alternatively Garnish with green onion and enjoy!

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January Events Saturdays

Bring your whole family out to “testdrive” a pair of snowshoes! While practicing your snowshoe skills, hike along with one of Blandford’s naturalists to discover the secret world hidden within the Winter Wonderland at Blandford Nature Center. $3/ members,$6/non-members ($5 for snowshoe rental). Blandford Nature Center. 2-3 pm.

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Jan 2-31

Workshops at Light Gallery Grand Rapids. Lightgallerygr.com.

Jan 5 & 19

Holland Winter Market. Civic Center Indoor Marketplace. Enjoy the outdoor market with a variety of local breads, root vegetables, eggs and more. 9 am.

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Jan 5-April 27

Winter Fulton Street Market 2019.10-1 pm every saturday.

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Jan 18 & 19

Jan 8, 15, 22 & 29

Jan 19 & 20

Broadway Grand Rapids presents School of Rock. Devos Performance Hall. Devosperformancehall.com Cozy Tales for Chilly Days. Frederik Meijer Gardens. Join us for indoor activities including musical instruments, mice, flowers and pattern/ texture, ages 2-5, 10:15-11:30 am.

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Jan 11-13, 16-20, 23-27

And Then There Were None. Grand Rapids Civic Theatre. Wednesday through Saturday at 7:3- pm and Sunday at 2 pm.Grct.org

Jan 17-19

Henry and Ramona. Join us at the Lowell Arts Players Youth Theater to view various shoes including youth, teen and adult actors. General Admission tickets are $7, Jan 17 & 18, 7 pm; Jan 19 7 pm and 2 pm.

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GR Symphony Presents Rhythm of the Dance. DeVos Performance Hall, 8 pm. Devosperformancehall.com Champion Force Cheer MI State Competition. Delta Plex. 8 am.

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of a boy and his grandfather while sipping hot chocolate. After the story, take a guided hike to talk with the wild owls that call Blandford home. $3/members, $6/non-members.

Blandford Nature Center. 6-7:30 pm.

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Jan 4

Jan 24-26

2019 Michigan Music Conference.

DeVos Performance Hall.

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Jan 25-27

Huntin’ Time Expo. Delta Plex. Friday at 1pm, Saturday and Sunday at 9am.

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Jan 25-27

GR Symphony Presents Ragtime, Blues and All That Jazz with Byron Stripling. DeVos Performance Hall.

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Jan 3

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Owl Moon. Listen to a classic winter tale about the owling adventures

First Friday Docent. Join us in extending your experience with UICA with a docent-led tour of UICA’s galleries to learn more about the works on view. UICA. Tours begin at 6:30 & 7:30 pm. Uica.org First Friday Studio Night: Winter Landscape Painting Inspried by Pat Perry. UICA. 6-9 pm. Uica.org

Jan 5

Drop-in Tour: GRAM’s Collection - Women in Art. Grand Rapids Art Museum. Artmuseumgr.org The Ryne Experience - The Preservers. Lowell Arts Center.

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Celebrate a Decade of Art at the Grand Rapids Art Museum

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his month, the Grand Rapids Art Museum is celebrating 10 years of providing the community with an opportunity to appreciate all things art with A Decade at the Center: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions. Since the doors of GRAM (101 Monroe Center) first opened back in October 2007, the museum has hosted 113 exhibitions, spanning across all media. A Decade at the Center displays recently acquired pieces in all areas of art in which GRAM collects, including contemporary, mid-century modern furniture, vintage photography and even historical design objects.

“The exhibit will be composed of recent purchases, gifts and promised gifts from GRAM’s generous patrons,” Elizabeth Payne, Communications Manager at GRAM, said. “In some cases, these acquisitions expand the museum’s holding of works by particular artists, such as [GermanAmerican impressionist painter] Mathis J. Alten, [American painter and print maker] Richard Diebenkorn and [American figurative artist] Alex Katz.”

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“Many of the works will be on public view for the first time,” Payne divulged. “It was vital to GRAM Chief Curator, Ron Platt, and Director and CEO, Dana Friis-Hansen, to identify artwork for the exhibition that is an accurate representation of the diversity of GRAM’s collection.”

Show your appreciation for GRAM and join the community in exploring this encompassing and reflective collection.

What: A Decade at the Center: Recent Gifts and Acquisitions When: Jan. 26April 28 Where: Grand Rapids Art Museum, 101 Monroe Center

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Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band. Van Andel Arena. 8 pm.

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Jan 6

Ring Stack Workshop. The Hot Spot GR. 10-12 pm. Thehotspotgr.com

Jan 7

Nominate a Hidden Heroine? Know an under recognized women in the trenches of environmental activism in West Michigan? Nominate her for a Hidden Heroine Award at the 2019 Women, Community and the Environment Series. WMEAC. 8-5 pm. Wmeac.org

Jan 8

West Michigan Senior Care Transitions Focus Group by Great Lakes Health Connect. Join us in providing healthcare services to seniors. 770 Kenmoor Ave SE, 8-10 am. Search for tickest on eventbrite.com

Jan 9

Discovery club: Let’s Go on Safari.

Grand Rapids Art Museum.

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Jan 10

Exhibition Talk: The Stories Behind Iconic Images of Black Athletes. Grand Rapids Art Museum. Artmuseumgr.org Member Morning. Warm Water: New Works by Charles Edward Williams.

Enjoy an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the galleries. 9 am. Uica.org

Jan 11

The Prince Experience. 20 Monroe Live. All ages welcome. 8 pm.

20monroelive.com Merchants Meeting; a way to connect with your fellow merchants, network and brainstorm ideas for success.

Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce 113 Riverwalk Plaza.

Discoverlowell.org The Classical Concert: Viennese Masters. St. Cecilia Music Center.

8 pm. Grsymphony.org Enamel Class. The Hot Spot GR. 10-2 pm. Thehotspotgr.com

Opening Night Event - Warm Water: New Works by Charles Edward Williams. UICA. 5:30-9 pm. Uica.org

Each Saturday through the month of January, Blandford Nature Center invites you to drop in for a snow shoe hike with one of the center’s naturalist. $3/members,$6/nonmembers ($5 for snowshoe rental).

Jan 12

B93 Barn Party with Lee Brice. Delta Plex, tickets range from $25-$34, 4 pm. Deltaplex.com Downtown Market Wedding Showcase. 10-1 pm.

Downtownmarketgr.com Drop-in Sketching Tour: Who Shot Sports. Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Artmuseumgr.org Family Day: Art as Activism. UICA. 1-4 pm. Uica.org.

Winter Fort Building. Come out with your family to test your fort building skills. Can you build a fort or shelter to survive a winter’s night? Will your family’s fort make the cut? Learn winter 101 survival skills while enjoying nature-based, quality family time. Program will take place in snow or shine. Blandford Nature Center.

2-3 pm. Blandfordnaturecenter.org

Jan 13

Adult Workshop: Woodcut Relief Printing. Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Artmuseumgr.org Bangle and Charm Workshop. The Hot Spot GR. 10-12 pm. Thehotspotgr.com

Jan 14

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live.

DeVos Performance Hall, 6:30 pm.

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Jan 15

Join ACG Western Michigan and TMA West Michigan as they tackle an economic battle. Amway Grand Plaza Hotel-Pantlind Ballroom.

11:30-1:30 pm. Acg.org/wmich Forge n’ Gorge: Indian Mounds Rock and Mineral Club. The Hot Spot GR. 7-9 pm. Thehotspotgr.com

Jan 16

Deadline for nominations for Hidden Heroine Award. Know an under recognized women in the trenches

of environmental activism in West Michigan? Nominate her for a Hidden Heroine Award at the 2019 Women, Community and the Environment Series. WMEAC. 8-5 pm. Wmeac.org

Jan 17

Story Time Program, “Nature’s Treasures.” Grand Rapids Art Museum. Artmuseumgr.org Concerts under the stars. Grand Rapids Public Museum. Join us in this exclusive performance that displays a combination of shoegaze and dream pop with ethereal interludes to create two seamless sets that flow into familiar songs. 7:30-9:30 pm.

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Jan 18

Thunderstruck - America’s AC/DC Tribute. 20 Monroe Live. All ages welcome. 8 pm. 20monroelive.com Creativity Uncorked: Shadow Prints. Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Artmuseumgr.org Winter Jam 2019. Join us for christian music’s largest annual tour at Van Andel Arena. 7 pm.

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Jan 19

GR Symphony Presents Hansel & Gretel. DeVos Performance Hall, 10:30 am. Devosperformancehall.com

Member Exhibition Opening: A Decade at the Center. Grand Rapids Art Museum. Artmuseumgr.org

Serita’s Black Rose. Lowell Arts Center. Lowellartsmi.org

GRAM Circle Preview: A Decade at the Center. Grand Rapids Art Museum.

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Fabrication 1. The Hot Spot GR. 10-5 pm. Thehotspotgr.com

Jan 20

Reticulated Silver Pendant. The Hot Spot GR. 10-12 pm. Thehotspotgr.com

Jan 22

Pub Poker Run. Join us in Lowell for food, drinks and cash prizes. 5-9 pm.

Discoverlowell.org Drop-in Tour: GRAM’s Collection Mysteries of Color. Grand Rapids Art Museum. Artmuseumgr.org Baby and Me Tour: Exploring the Mysteries of Color. Grand Rapids Art Museum. Artmuseumgr.org

Jan 24

Sublime with Rome, Melophobix.

20 Monroe Live. All ages welcome.

7 pm. 20monroelive.com

Jan 26

Jesse McCartney - Resolution Tour. 20 Monroe Live. All ages welcome.

7 pm. 20monroelive.com

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April 12, 2019 Vera Bradley Outlet Sale ~ Ft. Wayne, IN May 28-31, 2019 Ark Encounter/Creation Museum ~ Kentucky

Drop in Tour: A Decade at the Center. Grand Rapids Art Museum.

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June 21, 2019 Quilt Festival ~ Shipshewana, IN

Josh Rose and The Founding Fathers.

Lowell Arts Center.

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July 10, 2019 Hamilton the Musical ~ Chicago, IL

Jan 27

July 13-15, 2019 Taste of Traverse Weekend ~ Traverse City, MI

Rick Springfield: Stripped Down.

20 Monroe Live. All ages welcome.

7 pm. 20monroelive.com Harlem Globetrotters. Van Andel Arena, 2pm. Vanandelarena.com

Jan 29

Panic! At the Disco. Van Andel Arena.

7 pm. Vanandelarena.com

Jan 25

Walk the Moon with Bear Hands.

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Grand Rapids Symphony Names Mary Tuuk as President and CEO

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he Grand Rapids Symphony has appointed Mary Tuuk, a longtime symphony leader and West Michigan business executive, as its new President and CEO. Tuuk worked as the Chief Compliance Officer/Senior Vice President, Properties and Real Estate with Meijer, Inc., and is a classically trained musician who performed as a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus.

She also plays organ, piano and violin.

A Grand Rapids native, Tuuk graduated from Calvin College with degrees in business and music and obtained her J.D./M.B.A. from Indiana University.

While at Indiana University, she also studied organ with Larry Smith. She has studied voice with Diane Triplett Biser and Stanley Kolk.

Tuuk will assume President and CEO responsibilities in early 2019 from Peter Perez, who has served as leader of the organization since December 2016. She will step down from her roles with Meijer and the Symphony board as part of the transition.

“By naming Mary as its President, the Grand Rapids Symphony is setting a truly inspired course for its future, and I could not be more pleased with the decision,” Marcelo Lehninger, Grand Rapids

In the corporate realm, Tuuk has an over 20-year track record of leadership spanning executive and legal roles at Meijer and Fifth Third Bancorp. Prior to joining Meijer in 2015, she had served Fifth Third (previously Old Kent Financial Corporation) for 19 years in positions of increasing responsibility in Michigan and Ohio, including as Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer during the financial crisis of 2008, and as Executive Vice President, Corporate Services at the time of her departure. While at Fifth Third, Tuuk was named an American Banker Most Powerful Women in Banking “Woman to Watch” in the years 2008-2014.

Tuuk has served on the Grand Rapids Symphony board of directors since 2012, is current Chair-Elect, and co-chaired the search committee that selected Marcelo Lehninger as Music Director in June 2016. She was also chairing the search for the organization’s next President and CEO. Following a months-long national search, the search committee realized its best candidate was, in fact, Tuuk. The committee then went on to recruit, interview and unanimously recommend Tuuk for the position.

“Mary’s record of proven leadership, community connections and love for music make her the perfect person to lead the Grand Rapids Symphony into our 90th season and beyond,” Chuck Frayer, Chair of the Symphony Board of Directors, said “We were very fortunate to have a high level of interest in this position from around the nation, but ultimately realized that we had the best possible candidate in Mary.”

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“Mary Tuuk is well-known and highly respected by the musicians of the Grand Rapids Symphony,” Paul Austin, Grand Rapids Symphony horn player and one of the three musician representatives on the search committee, expressed. “Her business and financial background combined with her musical training uniquely qualify her to lead the organization. The musicians couldn't be happier with this decision.”

The Grand Rapids and Cincinnati regions have both benefitted from Tuuk’s contributions to her native and adopted communities. She has received Cincy Business Magazine’s Athena Award and was a founder of Calvin College’s Young Women’s Business Institute.

While in Cincinnati, Tuuk also served on the ArtsWave Board of Directors. Tuuk currently holds board leadership positions with Universal Forest Products, Inc., Davenport University and the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce.

Tuuk expressed enthusiasm at the opportunity and an eagerness to build on her established commitment to music and to West Michigan.

Symphony Music Director, commented.“Mary’s unique leadership abilities and insights in both business and music will ensure our current momentum continues for years to come. I look forward to working with her to create the next great chapter in this orchestra’s story.”

Tuuk’s musical bona fides have paralleled her accomplishments in business. Tuuk has performed with the Grand Rapids Symphony, West Michigan Symphony, Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids, West Michigan Camerata Singers and the Cincinnati Vocal Arts Ensemble. Her soprano solo works have included the Mendelssohn Hymn of Praise, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah and the SaintSaens’ Christmas Oratorio.

“The Grand Rapids Symphony has a tremendous legacy of enriching our community with soaring artistic experiences that uplift our souls,” Tuuk said.

“My heart is humbled by this opportunity to convert my lifelong passion for music into a new career working with an outstanding team of musicians, Board members, office members, volunteers and donors.

Together, we will envision dynamic possibilities and create captivating artistic pinnacles for all that propel the vibrancy of our community and industry.”

Tuuk will assume leadership of the Symphony following a two-year period of stability and planning under President and CEO Peter Perez.

Owner and Chairman of Carter Products Company in Grand Rapids, Perez was named interim President following the departure of former President Peter Kjome. Two months later, Perez was named permanent President. Perez formerly served as president of C.G. Conn, manufacturer of band instruments, and of Steinway & Sons, the world-famous maker of pianos.

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ith all of the anticipations of a new year come the intentions we set to improve ourselves — and, for most of us, the inventable falling away of said intentions. As popular as making resolutions may be, reports indicate that they’re more popular to make than to achieve; a 2015 report from U.S. News & World Report indicated that 80 percent of resolutions fail.

Why? A 2016 study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology found that while resolutions are often set to reach delayed rewards (i.e.losing weight through exercise), immediate rewards "predicted persistence." So, we are more likely to see something through if we enjoy it. Consider this as you set your resolutions, and take stock of the following tips to see them through to fruition.

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Sharing your resolution with others generates support for your pursuit, which can motivate you if you hit a rough patch. Share your journey with your friends, family and co-workers, and write about it on your social media of choice. Be honest when you are faltering — you’ll be amazed at the amount of support, insight and advice you will receive, which is just what you need to keep going.

EXPECT SETBACKS

Just like it’s important to be patient, it’s equally so to recognize there will be setbacks. The road to improvement is rarely smooth, and persisting through shortfalls will be, in the end, what gets you there. If you have resolved to save a specific amount of money, an emergency expense such as a home repair or a health issue will hinder your ability to meet your monthly savings goal. Don’t be discouraged; instead, commit to getting back on track in time to meet your next benchmark.

Rome wasn’t built in a day, and odds are, the lasting change you want to make in yourself won’t happen overnight—not by a long shot. It takes an average of 66 days to form a new habit, according to a 2009 study published by the European Journal of Social Psychology. Instead of completely overhauling your diet in one go, gradually replace your normal foods with more nutritional ones. For instance, switch your morning bagel out for a smoothie one week. The next week, incorporate a salad into your lunch. and so on and so forth until your diet is full of healthy foods.

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