The Most Beautiful Thing Nikki Jackson Has Ever Seen

By Kerri FoyIf you want an instant friend, seek out Nikki. From releasing a good-hearted laugh to asking the hard questions that hit at middle age, you'd want to go on a soul-searching retreat with this successful woman.Nikki's career is focused on bringing people together to understand how the Federal Reserve impacts the local economy and how the local economy impacts the Federal Reserve. But while her 9 to 5 seems "oh-so-corporate," Nikki's after-hours seem much more reflective. She's in the process of writing a book about four girlfriends on the eve of turning 40 [...]

By |2021-12-11T09:48:52-05:00November 14, 2016|Wellness|

How to Help Someone With a Drug Addiction

By Marie BradbySergeant Brittney Garrett, a nine-year veteran officer with the Jeffersontown Police Department, had seen enough — the rising number of drug overdoses and overdose deaths in Jefferson County, the climbing rates of crime, and the overwhelming number of drug addicts detoxing in jail cells.“I was talking with a friend about the war on drugs,” says Brittney, 31, “and he told me about a program in Gloucester, Massachusetts. I said, ‘It’s either groundbreaking or crazy.’ ”In 2015, the Gloucester Police Department created the “Angel Program,” a new policing effort aimed at getting addicts treatment [...]

By |2018-05-23T13:32:52-04:00November 12, 2016|Survival Skills|

Best Bodies: Deleskia Butler is Spinning Away Her Ex-military Life

By Brigid MorrisseyHigh-ranking military officer? Check. College graduate with three degrees? Check. Certified cycling instructor? You guessed it. Check. If Deleskia Butler sets out to achieve something, she will find a way to do it. “I think if you have your mind set on accomplishing something, then don’t let anybody stop you.” And with the life motto, “This too shall pass,” it is obvious that she takes her own advice to heart.Deleskia’s dream was to join the military. “I joined the military at age 17. I was your typical hard-headed teenager,” Deleskia admitted. She found [...]

By |2018-05-23T13:32:52-04:00November 10, 2016|Best Bodies, Exercise|

How this IT Professional Flies (and Spins) Away Stress

By Carrie Vittitoe Gretchen Wilkins of LaGrange, Kentucky, isn’t technically a superhero, but that is how I imagine her. She spends her days as an information analyst for a local company that makes software for warehouse management, which seems very professional and Clark Kent-like. During her downtime, though, she flies, she spins, and she twirls. For the past 2½ years, Gretchen has been training at Louisville Turners, where she hangs from aerial silks and hoops (lyra) in two hour-long weekly classes. She says, “It’s not a workout where you’re clock-watching because you are learning new [...]

By |2018-05-23T13:32:52-04:00November 9, 2016|Mental Health|

How Volunteering Also Cultivates New Friendships

By Bob Mueller Do you hold back from volunteering because you believe your help will not be enough — just a drop in the bucket? I like the example of Mother Teresa, who committed one small voluntary act of kindness, then another, and then another. Ordinary acts of service accumulate into an inspiring, indelible, and loving declaration about the power of helping one another.The word volunteer originally came from an ancient Latin word, voluntarius, meaning “voluntary.” To volunteer, then, is to exercise our free choice on behalf of others. The act of volunteering influences how we [...]

By |2018-05-23T13:32:54-04:00November 3, 2016|Mental Health|

Another Way to Help Cancer Patients

By Carrie Vittitoe Leah Gantz was diagnosed with Stage 2 infiltrating ductal carcinoma and underwent a bilateral mastectomy.  If life is a journey, a diagnosis of breast cancer is one of its harrowing valleys. A woman who has to cross this valley is often fearful of what lies ahead. What unexpected threats await her? Does she have enough in her survival pack to make it through? Local hospitals have realized that breast cancer patients are stressed and worried. That stress and worry may make it difficult for them to fully comprehend everything the doctor says [...]

By |2016-10-30T08:30:00-04:00October 30, 2016|Breast Cancer|
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