Heidi Overman, LMT In my practice I have found a common complaint with clients are headaches. There was a time that I too was plagued with debilitating migraines at least twice a month. I know the pain and frustration of having your world stop because of migraines. I also know the dependency on medications to try to…
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Features, January 2021
Beginner Abstract Artist Honored in Local Contest
Features, January 2021
Grief Support in 2021
Kristina R. Turner The GriefShare Ministry of Community Church at SaddleBrooke is holding ongoing special educational and support seminars for people who are grieving. You will find encouragement, comfort, and help in grieving the loss of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, other family member, or friend. These DVD seminars feature nationally respected counselors and grief experts…
Features, January 2021
Finding Grace: Mystery Solved
Elisabeth Wheeler, Bob Simpson, and Elissa Cochran For years, hikers and equestrians have known of the gravestone of Grace Murray on a remote mound in the desert, east of Golder Ranch Road. When hiker Elisabeth Wheeler first observed the gravestone, it was illuminated by an early sunrise. To Elisabeth this moment felt sacred. She felt…
Features, January 2021
Friends of Pinal Celebrates One Year as a Non-Profit
Joy Wegner Friends of Pinal County Animal Shelter & Rescues (Friends of Pinal) is celebrating one year of non-profit status and one year of helping with vet care for the Pinal County Animal Care & Control (PCACC) dogs and cats. The organization helps dogs and cats get vet care the shelter cannot provide. It also…
Features, January 2021
A Love of Children Motivates Valued SBCO Kids’ Closet Volunteer
Nancy McCluskey-Moore SaddleBrooke Community Outreach (SBCO) volunteer Edie Cussick was born and raised in Brooklyn and Staten Island, but in 1978, a job transfer brought her and her husband, Ed, to Arizona. They never left, and raised their children here. Today the entire extended family—including four grandchildren—live in Arizona. Edie and Ed moved to SaddleBrooke…
Features, January 2021
Word of the Month: Jeremiad
David Zapatka Dear friend and Wisdom Seeker moderator, Ellen Engel, suggested the word jeremiad for this month’s WOTM. Jeremiad: noun jer·e·mi·ad | ˌjer-ə-ˈmī-əd, -ˌad 1. a prolonged lamentation or complaint 2. a cautionary or angry harangue. 3. a long, literary work, usually in prose, sometimes in verse, where the author bitterly laments the state of society and its…
Features, January 2021
Spotlight On Advertiser: Sonoran Retractables Is Shading Arizona
Bill Starr Sonoran Retractables has been a leader in the customized outdoor shade business for over a decade in the Arizona market. We maintain the highest quality of Italian Engineered and designed Retractable Awnings and Screens. Sonoran Retractables has seen an incredible boom in Louvered Pergolas. With our manufacturer and our shade consultants we now have…
Features, January 2021
2 Your Health: Deep Tissue Massage: Why Does Massage Hurt Sometimes?
Heidi Overman, LMT #MT-24997 Communication is key to a successful massage! Deep tissue massage is often preferred when getting a massage. This type of massage can be very successful in breaking up adhesions, chronic muscular holding patterns, increasing range of motion, decreasing pain, and can break up “stuck” fascia. Deep tissue massage usually focuses on…
Features, January 2021
2 Your Health: What’s the World’s Best Exercise for Back Pain?
Dr. Craig Brue, DC Would you like to know the world’s best exercise for back pain? During my 40-year career as a doctor of chiropractic, I have seen thousands of patients, and I have probably given over one-million spinal adjustments. In this article, you will find the fatherly advice that I have been telling my…