Wellness - Todays Woman

This Runner Goes the Extra Mile to Look Her Best

By Brigid Morrissey Yvonne Austin creates a theme to live by at the beginning of each year. This year, her theme is passion and compassion. One of her passions is running, and she loves connecting with new people. As a former race ambassador for the Kentucky Derby Marathon and a current Bourbonite for the Urban Bourbon Half Marathon scheduled for October, Yvonne found the solution to combining both. “Running is defined as ‘anything you do at a faster pace than walking.’ I am compassionate about meeting people where they are, which means I run at [...]

By April Allman|2017-04-28T08:30:00-04:00April 28, 2017|Derby, Exercise|

”My passion is not about myself anymore, but about encouraging others to move and enjoy it as much as I do.”

Over the past seven years Sandra Kelly has changed her whole view of herself. And, she keeps finding ways to invite others to join her. “At first I started with walking 30 minutes every day to lower my high blood pressure,” she says. She next added more time, then when that became boring, she started running intervals. Her running led her to participate in many 5K races, and a mini-marathon and she joined a team. In an effort to cross-train, Sandra started biking with a women’s group. “Anytime I can escape with a long bike [...]

By April Allman|2017-04-20T08:30:00-04:00April 20, 2017|Best Bodies, Exercise|

Kathy Bingham’s Survival Skills for Running the Fillies

By Megan S. WillmanWith more than 100 women at The Fillies’ meetings, I asked Fillies President Kathy Bingham if she found it difficult to step in as its leader. “When I agree to do something, I give it all I have. I love to talk to people and am willing to explore all sides of an issue. Sometimes, though, I do have to put on my warden voice,” says Kathy with a laugh.Kathy Bingham worked her first shift as a Kentucky Derby Festival (KDF) volunteer in 1988 and hasn’t stopped since. Named the KDF Volunteer [...]

By April Allman|2017-04-10T08:30:00-04:00April 10, 2017|Derby, Survival Skills|

Living With Lupus

By Ashli Findley It’s easy to greet Ebony Sykes, receive the warmth of her smile, and believe she’s having a normal day. Yet her normal, albeit a good day, may have included her husband helping her into the shower and her 9-year-old son grabbing her shoes from under the bed for her.Her normal is different, living with lupus. Ebony was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease at the age of 24. With lupus, the human body has difficulty differentiating between foreign tissue and necessary tissue. In return, the body attacks itself. Soft tissues to organs may [...]

By April Allman|2017-03-25T08:30:00-04:00March 25, 2017|Health Battle|

Kate Latts’ 10 Strategies for Managing Home and Business

By Megan S. Willman In 1935, the Shapira family opened a small distillery called “Old Heavenhill Springs.” Known today as Heaven Hill Brands, the 82-year-old business has become the nation’s sixth largest distilled spirits supplier. Three generations of Shapira family members have worked to see Heaven Hill expand in the U.S. and into 40 countries worldwide. Kate Shapira Latts joined the family business in 2001, and today serves as the vice president for marketing. The diversity of Heaven Hill’s brand portfolio means that there is no such thing as a regular work day for Kate. [...]

By April Allman|2017-03-17T08:30:00-04:00March 17, 2017|Survival Skills|

“There’s no reason we shouldn’t dedicate an hour for ourselves everyday,” says Kimberly, who has lost 80 pounds and is super fit.

By Brigid Morrissey“Stay committed and trust the process. Don’t overthink it. If you give and feed the body the things it was designed to have, it will give back to you.” — Kimberly Harrod. Photos by Melissa Donald235. That’s a number that makes Kimberly Harrod shudder. As a mother of four adult children, she had fallen victim to what many stay-at-home moms do: she put her family first and neglected herself. “Sometimes we’re programmed to do one or the other, either take care of our family or take care of ourselves. That was my biggest [...]

By April Allman|2017-03-03T09:30:00-05:00March 3, 2017|Best Bodies|

This Runner Goes the Extra Mile to Look Her Best

”My passion is not about myself anymore, but about encouraging others to move and enjoy it as much as I do.”

Kathy Bingham’s Survival Skills for Running the Fillies

Living With Lupus

Kate Latts’ 10 Strategies for Managing Home and Business

“There’s no reason we shouldn’t dedicate an hour for ourselves everyday,” says Kimberly, who has lost 80 pounds and is super fit.

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