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2009 Heart Ball: “In the Heart of the Low Country” An evening of serious fun for a very important cause
On Saturday, February 7, 2009, from 6:30 p.m. until midnight, Lowcountry residents will don their finest attire and come together at the Crowne Plaza Resort to dine, dance and vie for luxurious auction items. While the focus of the elegant black-tie event is to mix,…
“Happy Cracker” and Other Stories: Hyperbaric Therapy of the Lowcountry
The little boy was 25 months old when the diagnosis was made, a diagnosis no family ever wants to hear. Autism. Among other things, he was completely non-verbal, avoided eye contact, wasn’t able to digest food containing gluten or casein, and didn’t respond to language.…
Beat Barriers to Good Decision Making
You are required to make many decisions, big and small, every day. While you can’t remove every obstacle in your path, you avoid the roadblocks that are under your control. Here’s how: Roadblock #1: Diet Skipping meals or not getting the right nutrients can cloud thinking. Boost…
CANCER DOES NOT LIKE EXERCISE!
Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France a record seven times, from 1999 – 2006. He did all this following his battle with Stage III testicular, lung and brain cancer. In doing this, he demonstrated to the world that exercising has been effective…
Family Health Makeover
Turn off the Tube and Get Your Family Up and Moving! Did your family have a long day at work and school? No doubt you are exhausted and can’t wait for dinner. So you’ve picked something up on the way home or open a pre-packaged meal…
First, The Good News!
“Ma’am, you won the Publishers’ Clearing House Sweepstakes,” the young man says. The woman, a cook at a local grade school for over 20 years with two kids in college, asks, “So, what’s the bad news?” The guy with the check in his hand, television cameras rolling,…
Flush Out Health Food Imposters
The reputation of foods seems to fluctuate as wildly as the stock market. Nutrition gurus have reversed themselves so many times it makes my head spin. Take margarine. Everyone thought this was a healthy food when it first came out. By now, most people know…
For A Good Cause
What do you think is the perfect baby gift? Cute clothes, a lovely handmade item, a college fund? Those are good, no question. But, to the Pregnancy Center & Clinic of the Low Country, the single most important thing you can give a baby is…
Health Note: Let your food be your medicine
Cardiovascular disease is reported as the leading cause of death in the United States. About 30 million Americans suffer from heart or blood vessel disease and as many as 27 million from high blood pressure. Heart disease is the leading killer of women, responsible for…
Health Note: The Amethyst BioMat
I have a close girlfriend who loves the quote, “I used to care; now I take a pill for that.” Though funny but seriously true, modern day medicine is expanding daily, and it seems there is a pill for everything, especially pain and stress…
Heaven on Hilton Head
The Heavenly Spa by Westin Their hands moved like professional harpists over my body, face, and scalp, applying natural lotions and masks so soothing that I melt like butter into the table. The hot stones being pressed and rolled over my legs created a cleansing sensation…
Increase your Face Value: Add a Smile!
What are you wearing today? Chances are you put some thought into your apparel. Did you remember to put on a smile? Think of your smile as a welcome mat. It’s what makes you approachable, and it can go a long way in helping you…
Inner Vision Float Center
Make the World Go Away! “Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? If so I can’t imagine why. We’ve all got time to die.”—Chicago The lyrics to the classic tune resonated in Ron Burd’s mind when his best friend died of cancer…
Main Street Inn and Spa: Home away from home
“I didn’t even know you were here!” That comment is good news to Denise Hatcher, general manager of Main Street Inn & Spa. That means another person has “discovered” her unusual property. Unusual, that is, for Hilton Head Island, noted for its beachfront hotels, luxury homes…
New Hope for Smokers
Does anyone have a kind word anymore for smokers? If you smoke, you are maligned by strangers, ostracized from public places and taxed beyond belief by local and state governments. Social workers accuse you of child abuse. Environmentalists blame you for pollution. Doctors harp about…
Port Royal Plaza: Good eats, good bargains, good times
Hilton Head may be nationally known as a posh resort island, filled with upscale shops and restaurants. But for area residents, especially in these, um, “interesting” economic times, there’s a very practical venue: Port Royal Plaza, a haven for families, retirees and others who are…
Ready to find out? It’s…All About Me: Make Me Over Time!
” We know what we are, but know not what we may be. ”—William Shakespeare Tired of the same do? Bored with the same look? Ready for a better relationship with the mirror? All About Me to the rescue. To creatively kick off the fall season, Celebrate…
RX for Stress: Let Spa Soleil put you on the path to peace
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said; people will forget what you did; but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou I’m not a person who can relax. I’m one of those Type-A, hyperactive over-achievers who doesn’t know the meaning…
Success is All in Your Mind!
How do you measure success? It’s probably not exactly the same for any two people. While athletes measure success by wins or their personal best, a business owner may measure success by the amount of money the business nets every year. Regardless of how you measure…
Sunscreen: Put it ON!
If you sat down and thought about it, could you name the largest organ in the human body? As your index finger begins to tap your lips softly in consideration, certain thoughts are probably beginning to emerge from the depths of your brain. (No, it’s…
The Perfect Fit
Dr. Daniel Lawless, DMD Links the Lowcountry Perhaps Dr. Lawless can hold the military positively accountable for his realistic point of view towards life and dentistry. Or perhaps it was the degree in history and philosophy that provided him with the honest, no-fluff attitude towards his…
Work that body to the core at Core Pilates & Yoga
Core (kohr) noun: the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything. When Katie Finger Girardi and Lynne Anderson decided to create a fitness studio that would employ the methods of Joseph Pilates, they searched for a name that would reflect his philosophy—that the body and…
On Saturday, February 7, 2009, from 6:30 p.m. until midnight, Lowcountry residents will don their finest attire and come together at the Crowne Plaza Resort to dine, dance and vie for luxurious auction items. While the focus of the elegant black-tie event is to mix,…
“Happy Cracker” and Other Stories: Hyperbaric Therapy of the Lowcountry
The little boy was 25 months old when the diagnosis was made, a diagnosis no family ever wants to hear. Autism. Among other things, he was completely non-verbal, avoided eye contact, wasn’t able to digest food containing gluten or casein, and didn’t respond to language.…
Beat Barriers to Good Decision Making
You are required to make many decisions, big and small, every day. While you can’t remove every obstacle in your path, you avoid the roadblocks that are under your control. Here’s how: Roadblock #1: Diet Skipping meals or not getting the right nutrients can cloud thinking. Boost…
CANCER DOES NOT LIKE EXERCISE!
Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France a record seven times, from 1999 – 2006. He did all this following his battle with Stage III testicular, lung and brain cancer. In doing this, he demonstrated to the world that exercising has been effective…
Family Health Makeover
Turn off the Tube and Get Your Family Up and Moving! Did your family have a long day at work and school? No doubt you are exhausted and can’t wait for dinner. So you’ve picked something up on the way home or open a pre-packaged meal…
First, The Good News!
“Ma’am, you won the Publishers’ Clearing House Sweepstakes,” the young man says. The woman, a cook at a local grade school for over 20 years with two kids in college, asks, “So, what’s the bad news?” The guy with the check in his hand, television cameras rolling,…
Flush Out Health Food Imposters
The reputation of foods seems to fluctuate as wildly as the stock market. Nutrition gurus have reversed themselves so many times it makes my head spin. Take margarine. Everyone thought this was a healthy food when it first came out. By now, most people know…
For A Good Cause
What do you think is the perfect baby gift? Cute clothes, a lovely handmade item, a college fund? Those are good, no question. But, to the Pregnancy Center & Clinic of the Low Country, the single most important thing you can give a baby is…
Health Note: Let your food be your medicine
Cardiovascular disease is reported as the leading cause of death in the United States. About 30 million Americans suffer from heart or blood vessel disease and as many as 27 million from high blood pressure. Heart disease is the leading killer of women, responsible for…
Health Note: The Amethyst BioMat
I have a close girlfriend who loves the quote, “I used to care; now I take a pill for that.” Though funny but seriously true, modern day medicine is expanding daily, and it seems there is a pill for everything, especially pain and stress…
Heaven on Hilton Head
The Heavenly Spa by Westin Their hands moved like professional harpists over my body, face, and scalp, applying natural lotions and masks so soothing that I melt like butter into the table. The hot stones being pressed and rolled over my legs created a cleansing sensation…
Increase your Face Value: Add a Smile!
What are you wearing today? Chances are you put some thought into your apparel. Did you remember to put on a smile? Think of your smile as a welcome mat. It’s what makes you approachable, and it can go a long way in helping you…
Inner Vision Float Center
Make the World Go Away! “Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? If so I can’t imagine why. We’ve all got time to die.”—Chicago The lyrics to the classic tune resonated in Ron Burd’s mind when his best friend died of cancer…
Main Street Inn and Spa: Home away from home
“I didn’t even know you were here!” That comment is good news to Denise Hatcher, general manager of Main Street Inn & Spa. That means another person has “discovered” her unusual property. Unusual, that is, for Hilton Head Island, noted for its beachfront hotels, luxury homes…
New Hope for Smokers
Does anyone have a kind word anymore for smokers? If you smoke, you are maligned by strangers, ostracized from public places and taxed beyond belief by local and state governments. Social workers accuse you of child abuse. Environmentalists blame you for pollution. Doctors harp about…
Port Royal Plaza: Good eats, good bargains, good times
Hilton Head may be nationally known as a posh resort island, filled with upscale shops and restaurants. But for area residents, especially in these, um, “interesting” economic times, there’s a very practical venue: Port Royal Plaza, a haven for families, retirees and others who are…
Ready to find out? It’s…All About Me: Make Me Over Time!
” We know what we are, but know not what we may be. ”—William Shakespeare Tired of the same do? Bored with the same look? Ready for a better relationship with the mirror? All About Me to the rescue. To creatively kick off the fall season, Celebrate…
RX for Stress: Let Spa Soleil put you on the path to peace
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said; people will forget what you did; but people will never forget how you made them feel.” —Maya Angelou I’m not a person who can relax. I’m one of those Type-A, hyperactive over-achievers who doesn’t know the meaning…
Success is All in Your Mind!
How do you measure success? It’s probably not exactly the same for any two people. While athletes measure success by wins or their personal best, a business owner may measure success by the amount of money the business nets every year. Regardless of how you measure…
Sunscreen: Put it ON!
If you sat down and thought about it, could you name the largest organ in the human body? As your index finger begins to tap your lips softly in consideration, certain thoughts are probably beginning to emerge from the depths of your brain. (No, it’s…
The Perfect Fit
Dr. Daniel Lawless, DMD Links the Lowcountry Perhaps Dr. Lawless can hold the military positively accountable for his realistic point of view towards life and dentistry. Or perhaps it was the degree in history and philosophy that provided him with the honest, no-fluff attitude towards his…
Work that body to the core at Core Pilates & Yoga
Core (kohr) noun: the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything. When Katie Finger Girardi and Lynne Anderson decided to create a fitness studio that would employ the methods of Joseph Pilates, they searched for a name that would reflect his philosophy—that the body and…
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