by Southern Utah Health and Wellness Magazine | Jul 1, 2026 | Author, Buy Local, Community & Culture, July/August Issue 2026
Some stories don’t begin where you expect them to. Valerie and I went to the same middle school, and she’ll still tell you she had a crush on me back then. We ended up going to different high schools, but her friend lived just a few houses down from me, so our paths...
by Southern Utah Health and Wellness Magazine | Jul 1, 2026 | Author, Buy Local, Community & Culture, July/August Issue 2026
At Creative Wigs, confidence begins with feeling like yourself again. For many people, hair is deeply connected to identity, self-expression, and personal style. Whether someone is experiencing hair loss, looking for more volume, wanting a fashion change, or seeking a...
by Southern Utah Health and Wellness Magazine | Jul 1, 2026 | Author, Mark Wade, Health & Fitness, July/August Issue 2026
Flex at the LekOn a recent clear and calm spring morning, I arose at 4:45 a.m. to gear up and drive for an hour to a preidentified location where the courting rituals of Utah’s greater sage-grouse could be observed. As I drove east, the early morning rays of sunlight,...
by Southern Utah Health and Wellness Magazine | Jul 1, 2026 | Author, Dr. Coleen Andrus, Health & Fitness, July/Aug 2026 cover 2, July/August Issue 2026
The vagus nerve is the superhighway that runs from the brain to the gut, exchanging information along the way. What happens in your gut affects your brain. Food and mental health are intertwined. Studies have shown that people with irritable bowel syndrome have twice...
by Southern Utah Health and Wellness Magazine | Jul 1, 2026 | Author, Lyman Hafen, July/Aug 2026 cover 3, July/August Issue 2026, Relationships & Connection
If you grow up in a small town like I did, and if your father tells stories with the intensity of spirit that mine did, you will be overwhelmed by a sense of place. There will not be a plot of ground anywhere in that town that does not have a story tied to it. There...
by Southern Utah Health and Wellness Magazine | Jul 1, 2026 | Author, Tiffany Gust, NBC-HWC, July/Aug 2026 cover 1, July/August Issue 2026
Across Southern Utah, more residents are discovering that wellness does not always begin inside a gym. Sometimes it starts on a morning bike ride along the Virgin River Trail, a walk through a neighborhood pathway, or a commute to work on two wheels instead of four....
