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It is Back to School Season, and women around the Valley are celebrating!  Whether sending your little ones off to their first day of school or dusting off your laptop and heading back to campus, the start of fall is always associated with rejuvenation. 

This season, we are looking at trends in skincare! Denise Walsh, aka The Beauty Boss RN, is a Certified Aesthetic Nurse located in Tempe, AZ.  She has a personal mantra, “Embrace your natural beauty and the confidence that comes with it.”  Her practice emphasizes a holistic approach that focuses on balanced skincare treatments that are aesthetically pleasing and ultra safe. 

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 arrow. We all must endure the pain of the first arrow because it is just part of life.  

How we humans react to that first arrow is called the second arrow. The second arrow may present in the form of stress, anger, pouting, lowered...

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...

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...