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AZ Health: Breaking the Second Arrow
A hard true fact in life is that we will experience pain. Many times this is literal pain from an injury, accident or diagnosis. Other times it is emotional pain in experiencing the death of a loved one or a difficult breakup. This pain can even be trivial, like when a driver cuts us off or when our children spill the milk in the morning.
Buddhists call this pain the first...
AZ Giving: Incredibull Stella Mission
Marika Meeks, Scottsdale resident and founder of the Incredibull Stella Mission, recently released her book Incredibull Stella: How the Love of a Pit Bull Rescued a Family, courageously sharing how her cancer diagnosis “gave her gifts.”
At age 41, Meeks was an established entrepreneur, mother and wife diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. After a debilitating diagnosis, Meeks temporarily left her husband and two daughters in Indiana for Scottsdale to receive treatment. The combination of radiation treatment and a distant support system...
Say Goodbye to Sunday Scaries
Everyone knows the feeling: the excessive dilly-dallying followed by sudden pangs of fear. This feeling often stems from the most anxiety-ridden day of the week, Sunday. Relatable? Well, you probably have a case of the “Sunday Scaries.” Not to worry, it happens to the best of us. Luckily there are numerous cures for the so-called scaries. We chatted with Karen Stafford, the Arizona president of the Employers Council, to discover her weekly coping mechanisms.
Stafford explained that the best way to tackle your scaries is by preparing ahead of time. She recommends a basic briefing every Friday, which begins with creating a small...
A Conversation with Daytime TV’s Tamron Hall
Broadcast television has had no shortage of drama over the years, whether it be in executive firings at Fox News or a number of pop culture scandals at NBC. Amid the daytime spectacles that incessantly absorbed the news cycle for a brief period of time, the lot of quality, high-profile TV personalities suddenly seemed to be few and far between.
But then that begs the question: what makes a good television host or news anchor? One might believe that the role is best served by someone who can simply carry a level of on-screen professionalism, and who can hold an audience’s attention for a fair...
