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Our homes have always been a place where we feel comfortable. During the past year, our homes may have been the only place we felt comfortable. A life-threatening virus, stay-at-home orders, socially distancing, wearing masks, sanitization protocols, political unrest, non-stop news reporting and more produced a lot of trauma and anxiety and it changed the …

“GET HOME NOW! YOUR GARAGE IS ON FIRE!” The text dinged on my husband’s phone. Turning the car around, our hearts sank when we saw the roiling cloud of black smoke nine miles away. My husband focused on driving safely while I screamed in horror with the remembrance of each precious thing we’d stored in the …

Dawn Pater is the owner of TC Studio 2 and Studio Pro. Dawn is also an Oncology Certified Esthetician. She shares her expertise in skin care and more in our July/Aug issue. BLUE LIGHT BLOCKERSBlue light is emitted from tech screens as well as from the sun (alongside UV rays). Blue light can cause skin cell …

“WHEN I GOT THAT CALL, it was like a scene out of a movie. As we were on the rooftop deck of the building, my phone rang. I saw it was Hearst Magazines and I knew this call would be monumental for me — good or bad. After three years of rejected applications for roles at Hearst, I …

“I HAVE ALWAYS DREAMED about leading a large group fitness class in the park, just like you see in the movies. The whole idea of doing something like that seemed so positive and healthy. I would be teaching people how to be strong physically and mentally and uncover what they were truly capable of achieving. That day …

Meet Ellie, Your Local Female Brewer Ellie Maddelein is the 23-year-old Head Brewer at Five Shores Brewing in Beulah, Michigan. Join us for a Q&A with her on becoming a female brewer.Biggest challenge for stepping into this industry?Being young, female, and inexperienced when I started out definitely was hard but never something that would turn me away from my passion. I am …

“I CONSIDER MYSELF A TRAVELER. I’ve moved 30 times in my 47 years, and these weren’t just little moves. I’ve lived in 10 states in the U.S. and three other countries. In addition to moving a lot, my job as a professional speaker for the past five years had me traveling almost every week. Because …

“I AM ENORMOUSLY PREGNANT and the glow of a Christmas tree illuminates the side of my husband’s face. He sets down a wine glass and calmly acknowledges the elephant in the room, “You know, we could sell it.” He’s referring to our 10-acre farm in Petoskey. The farm we found on Zillow one night six years …