The White-Wilson Community Foundation (WWCF) will host the return of its award-winning fundraising event, The Little Black Dress Party, on Saturday, September 16. Guests will gather at Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort to help raise funds to provide critical health services for individuals in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa...
Spa Lilliana, the serene utopia located at Hotel Effie Sandestin, is offering exclusive spa specials through August 31 featuring treatments designed to rejuvenate, restore and relax. The luxury spa welcomes you to a tranquil pampering experience featuring everything you need to indulge for National Wellness Month. Highlights include 10...
By Dr. Richard Chern, MD
Are you seeking to regain your energy, improve your well-being, and reclaim your zest for life? If you’re a man or woman over 40, and some as young as 30, the Hormone Restoration Center in Miramar Beach offers a transformative opportunity through hormone therapy. Step into a...
Throughout the 2022-2023 school year, the Student Services Department and its mental health providers developed a monthly Mental Health Matters focus. Each month the Okaloosa County School District’s (OCSD) mental health team, along with school administration, faculty, staff, and students, focused on one specific component of mental wellness and practiced self-care...
By Kay Leaman, Health Architect, HealthyDay HealthyLife
Even if you don’t have asthma, having knowledge about it can help someone you know or who you may run into some day.
Did you know that asthma is a disorder of the bronchial airways with no known cure? The airways react to certain types...
By Stephenie Craig, Journey Bravely
Have you ever gone through a day only to realize you interacted with people and don’t remember it? Perhaps you were glazed over as you went through the grocery store checkout or you nodded and talked to your kids while looking at your phone not really...
By Christopher Manson
Last month, local anesthesiologist and paddleboard enthusiast Ryan Wegner headed to the Bahamas for a massive 80-mile, approximately 16-hour paddle event benefiting Piper’s Angels Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis. The Palm Beach Gardens-based nonprofit hosted its 10th annual Crossing for Cystic Fibrosis June 21-25.
Wegner, the father of twin Autistic...
By Stephenie Craig, Journey Bravely
A few months ago, I found my brain scattered, tired, and generally tense. When I slowed to reflect, I realized I was carrying stress outside my awareness. Juggling work, home, parenting, relationships, life transitions, emails, texts, news, professional research, social media, etc. was overwhelming my...
By Kay Leaman, Health Architect, HealthyDay HealthyLife
Most of us have experienced a headache and/or migraine; I have experienced both. There are several types of headaches, classified by the cause:
Primary – caused by chemical, nerve, and blood vessels or muscles around the head and neck. The skull aches with these types.
Cluster –...
