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Grand Rapids OB/GYN: Treatment for Sexual Dysfunction

Grand Rapids OB/GYN: Treatment for Sexual Dysfunction

If persistent, recurrent problems with sexual response or desire are distressing you, or straining your relationship with your partner, you are experiencing female sexual dysfunction. Sexual dysfunction includes desire, arousal, orgasmic, and sexual pain disorders....

Get Planting!

Get Planting!

Itching to dig your fingers in the garden, even though there's a foot of snow on the ground? This time of year, when plant and seed catalogs begin to arrive, seems such a cruel taunt, since there's plenty of winter left. Try planting a terrarium or shallow container...

Fit in 30

Fit in 30

I see you, working girl. I know you just finished saving the world—one agonizing e-mail, meeting, and conference call at a time. You probably worked through lunch to "get ahead" in search of the elusive "inbox zero." Too bad that your sitting at that desk job for...

Good Neighbors Come in Many Colors

Good Neighbors Come in Many Colors

Gail Harrison was the original member of the group of concerned citizens that founded the Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance in 1996. Nineteen years later, the nonprofit operation has grown from a one-employee show to a thriving and influential community organization...

I Had No Idea.

I Had No Idea.

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week is February 22 – 28, 2015. The National Eating Disorders Association's theme, "I Had No Idea," focuses on raising awareness about eating disorders, addressing how images in the media contribute to unrealistic body expectations,...

Creating Company E-mail Standards: 10 Tips

Creating Company E-mail Standards: 10 Tips

When was the last time you thought about the proper use of e-mail at work? With the increased use of social media, texting, and Google docs or other project management software, you may have allowed your or your employees' e-mail standards to slide. But be careful:...

Five-Day Challenge for Empty Nesters

Five-Day Challenge for Empty Nesters

Nicole Zaagman, founder of LUX CHIX has created a free five-day challenge, beginning March 1. Discover inspiration, meditation, and tips to create the life you want. This challenge is specifically designed for women in empty nest transition. However, the topics being...

More Savings, Less Hassle: Coupons 101

More Savings, Less Hassle: Coupons 101

Have you ever watched one of those extreme couponing shows where the person has a three-ring binder full of coupons and a giant pantry full of food that would require an elaborate rotation schedule to use everything before it reached its expiration date? I do not want...

Carolyn Stich: Joy of Spring

Carolyn Stich: Joy of Spring

With February 5 came the announcement of the Tulip Time Festival Poster winner: Carolyn Stich, the fifth woman to win the award. The announcement was made at the First Bloom: Tulip Time Preview reception held at The Commons at Evergreen, honoring the top twenty...

Experience Pink Running Tour Honors GR Women

Experience Pink Running Tour Honors GR Women

The Kent County Lodging Association, Experience Grand Rapids, and Downtown Grand Rapids, Inc. have partnered with Susan G. Komen West Michigan to create a monthlong event in February called Experience Pink.  In its fourth year, Experience Pink has raised more...