April Allman - Todays Woman

Help This Place that Helps Heal the Addicted

By Brigid Morrissey The Healing Place, wouldn’t be able to function without volunteers like Dr. Tina Simpson. In 2015 she began volunteering as a physician in the women’s clinic, and as the first gynecologist to volunteer at The Healing Place, set a plan in motion that resulted in a gynecology clinic. Her impact has led to measurable results, but Tina advocates for the women who have graduated from the program and stay to help other women making the same lifestyle choices. “I have been so impressed with the women in recovery teaching women in recovery,” [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-16T09:30:00-05:00February 16, 2017|Giving Back|

What We Love About Gretchen Bell’s Skin

By Miranda PoppYou’ve seen her around town, maybe it was at a coffee shop (probably Please & Thank You) or at an event. Gretchen Bell is not a woman you’d overlook. With her picture perfect face and porcelain smooth skin, we knew we wanted to get tips on how we could get her look. Her Style: “At this age, it’s less about the makeup and more about skincare.” This freelance photographer and busy mom of two boys, ages 3 and 5, knows what she’s talking about. With a quick, yet effective, daily skincare routine, she achieves [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-14T09:30:00-05:00February 14, 2017|Looks Book, What We Love|

Kit Tossmann’s Artistic Path

By Lucy M. Pritchett Kit Tossmann didn’t have to think for long when asked about the Turning Point on her artistic path.“Someone wanted to pay me for my art,” she says. “Until then I never really thought of myself as an artist.”Kit creates with fabric: liturgical banners, stoles and other vestments, and art quilts using inspirational themes under her studio name Kit Tossmann InSpirit Designs.“What I really want to do with my art is to speak to the souls of others and reach them in a spiritual place within themselves; to uplift and possibly challenge [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-13T09:30:00-05:00February 13, 2017|Turning Point|

Finding Joy

“Drowned out by the noise of entitlement, joy hasn’t a chance.”By Bob MuellerI have often heard people make the following remarks:“Why do I seldom feel joyful?”“Something always nags at feeling joyful. I wonder ‘what next?’ or ‘maybe it won’t last.’”“I know about pleasure, but I don’t think I’ve felt pure joy.”“It’s like I always expect something more.”“I’m always disappointed in the end.”These laments give me an opening:“Why do you think that joy is such a rare experience?”“What gets in the way of a full heart?”The problem is we are never satisfied. We are never thankful [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-12T09:30:00-05:00February 12, 2017|Mental Health|

Heart Disease Didn’t Treat Her With Kid Gloves

By Carrie Vittitoe When it comes to donning fighting gloves, Marquita Busby (32) of Okolona has years of experience. As both a competitor in mixed martial art fights and a survivor of Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a teenager, she has faced her share of physical challenges, but heart disease had her against the ropes for a while. In 2014, she was training six days a week, sometimes two to three times a day and was extremely tired. She checked in with her doctor, who diagnosed her with a thyroid condition, which very likely resulted from her [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-11T09:30:00-05:00February 11, 2017|Heart Health|

Six Steps to Leaving an Alcoholic

By Joyce Oglesby Q: “My husband has been an alcoholic for years. Whereas he’s not physically abusive, he is verbally offensive and intolerable because the alcohol makes him angry. He hasn’t worked for most of our marriage because he can’t hold down a job. It’s been a blessing that I have a good career. I have stayed with him for the sake of our children and because I really have desired to make marriage last. Now they’re grown, and I don’t like what life looks like for me. The kids will drop in for a [...]

By April Allman|2017-02-10T09:30:00-05:00February 10, 2017|Just Ask Joyce|

About April Allman

Help This Place that Helps Heal the Addicted

What We Love About Gretchen Bell’s Skin

Kit Tossmann’s Artistic Path

Finding Joy

Heart Disease Didn’t Treat Her With Kid Gloves

Six Steps to Leaving an Alcoholic

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