Recovery, Growth, and Spring Renewal

The beautiful spring came; and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. — Writer and Abolitionist Harriet Ann Jacobs Signs of spring are blooming across the hillsides of Los Angeles and Ventura counties. After flames scorched thousands of acres this past fall, devastating lives and properties, spring has begun […]

Young Entrepreneurs: JD Slajchert

Channeling Love and Loss into Literature Twenty-four-year-old Malibu author JD Slajchert’s biggest passion in life was basketball, playing for University of California, Santa Barbara and Oak Park High School. His whole world changed at 17 when he met “a little angel,” a 6-year-old boy with sickle cell disease named Luc Bodden. Luc was JD’s biggest […]

Young Entrepreneurs: Brynn Tiano

Creating a Culture of Kindness Brynn Tiano continues to inspire others with her new children’s book, Charlotte McGee, Proud to Be Me. The 17-year-old Calabasas High School student already helped create an empowerment group called InnerStarGirl with her mom, Lisa, and younger sister, Mia, after realizing how extensive the issue of bullying was among teenage […]

Let Food Be Thy Medicine: Garlic

“Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food.” — Hippocrates For more than 5,000 years, garlic has been used throughout the world to ward off everything from diseases to Dracula. The renowned Greek physician Hippocrates even prescribed this “stinking rose” to his patients to prolong their lives. Fast forward to the 21st century. […]

The Latest Trend: Celery Juice

Juicing with celery may be the latest trend but the concept of juicing fruits and vegetables for better health has been around for years. Juicing extracts celery’s most vital nutrients. You may miss out on some of the fiber, which can help with weight loss and regularity, but you’ll receive a powerful tonic in return. […]

Marvelous, Miraculous Mushrooms

Mushrooms are popping up everywhere these days, in everything from chocolate bars and hot cocoa to beauty products, tea, and coffee. While they’ve always been a great addition to pizza, omelets, and veggie burgers, they’ve recently experienced a surge in status, starring in a variety of intriguing beauty elixirs and foods. Why this present rise […]