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Want to feel good about yourself?  Want to send your mood soaring?  Physical activity is known to stimulate brain chemicals and leave you feeling  happier and more relaxed than before you worked out.  You’ll also look better and feel better if you exercise regularly which can boost your confidence and improve your self-esteem.  Is hair loss preventing your from lacing  up…

“It’s just your hair”…”it will grow back”…you look great bald”…”it’s just temporary” - sound all too familiar? Popular phrases meant to provide women emotional support when their hair starts falling out in handfuls as a result of chemotherapy.  Guess what?  Well-meaning they can be, but these phrases often  hurt more than they help.  Once you dismiss or invalidate a woman’s feelings,  you go onto the growing list of people she…

You’re invited to dinner this weekend.  I’m hosting.  I’m preparing my favorite dishes for you.  First, an exquisite blend of miracle-health omega-3 fat droplets, medium rare morsels of cancer-fighting vitamin D, braised to perfection with a low-glycemic marinade of blood pressure reducing sodium-free minerals, followed by a perpetual youth potion of rainbow antioxidant sorbet and potassium sprinkles.  Here’s a napkin.  I see you’re drooling.

Do you ever feel like food is being…

Tatas, “second base“, Hooters, Boobs, Boobies, Jugs, etc… - you’ve all heard them - those familiar slang terms referring to our female breasts.  Many breast cancer organizations now use these words in their company names, campaigns or fundraising.  There is no question…

Have you ever wondered how many times you say or think “I assumed” in the course of one day?  How many things are taken for granted based on what  you assume to be the truth?  How many times do you find yourself jumping to conclusions based on issues without evidence?  Probably more than you would like to believe.  We all make assumptions.  We assume what people are thinking, what people are doing and the reasons why they do them.  We also assume many things about people based on  their…

  Cancer was hardly a word in my vocabulary until I came to work for 4Women.com.  While I haven’t paid much attention to cancer, as an adult I have always focused attention on environmental carcinogens and other toxins and have done my best to minimize my exposure.   That’s me now, but I grew up eating my breakfast seated at a table between two chain-smokers, eating plenty…

There’s nothing I love more than my Mom, but there is a close second; a down right, unhinged, unremorseful and tasty good deal.  I’ve been contemplating for weeks now trying to figure out how my Mother and I will spend the day this Sunday, May 8^th.  I have to admit, there is a little pressure this year.  One sibling is still cracking the…

High above the Sarasota bay front, Sarasota Open Foundation charity founders, local business elite and international tennis players took in the awe-inspiring sunset at the annual Player’s Party hosted this year by Foundation President, Jesse Biter and his wife Katie in their Marina Tower downtown penthouse.

 

On site, local and international business…

RESULTS - APRIL 27, 2011

Men's

Singles - Second Round

[2] M Russell (USA) d J Ward (GBR) 63 63

F Dancevic (CAN) d [3] G Soeda (JPN) 26 63 61

[6] A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) d A Kuznetsov (USA) 62 61

[Q] P Duclos (CAN) d A Delic (BIH) 36 64 62

Men's

Doubles - First Round

A Bogomolov Jr. (USA) / A Kuznetsov (USA) d [4] L Cook (USA) / B Joelson (USA) 76(3) 26 10-7

J Ward (GBR) / G Zemlja (SLO) d [Q] V…

Tennis has always led the way in sportswear.  With the sexy skirts, the all-white and of course now, the Williams Sisters!  New trends are in full view at the Sarasota Open going on now at the Tennis Gardens at Longboat Key Club & Resort.  In the pro-shop, box-seats and on-court, trends are apparent.  Sarasota participants are showing what’s…

A survivor of sexual abuse, Sayer Frey portrays the conflicted feelings of an adult molested as a child in her fictionalized short film, "Abandon Me." Listen to her interview with Amy…

A couple years ago, I met a newcomer to our area. Brenda Smoak, an artist from Washington DC, had recently moved to Bradenton and opened an artist gallery in the Village of the Arts. It was easy to see that she was very passionate about her art and gallery and she quickly became very active in her new community. Brenda and I became friends and talked often ab…

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On Monday, tennis fans gear up for the first day of Main Draw Play AND the opportunity to mingle with some of the athletes and coaches at The Player’s Party.  This year’s celebrity event is being hosted by Jesse Biter, The newly formed Sarasota Open Foundation President’s 2-story penthouse overlooking Sarasota Bay.  Guests will be able to enjoy one of the only roof-top “green spaces” in Sarasota.  According to Mr. Biter, “Monday night will be a great reception of the best players in the…