Southern Utah Health & Wellness Magazine :: March/April 2026
Lost Art of Play: Finding Perspective at Hidden Springs RV
Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, many of us forget how to play. Life becomes about responsibility, productivity, and moving from one obligation to the next. Yet play—unstructured time in nature, moments of curiosity, laughter, and rest—is not frivolous. It...
The Whole-Health Puzzle
What Is Functional Medicine? Functional medicine is a holistic approach to healthcare that focuses on identifying and treating the root causes of illness and prevent-ing them from returning. In the following interview, Dr. Wayne Tompkins helps define a functional...
Governed By Purpose: How to Steady Your Life Amid Uncertainty
For decades, I have advocated being peacemakers in our relationships and mastering life management through a clear Governing Purpose. Today, I want to merge these two ideals. I believe every action we take is driven by a purpose, whether it’s fear, a need, or...
Prenatal Acupuncture 101
Pregnancy is a time of tremendous change—physically, emotionally, and energetically. For many expecting parents, acupuncture offers a safe and natural way to support the body through each stage of this transformation. Rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM),...
Cravings and Your Cycle
Have you ever wondered why sometimes you have plenty of self-control when it comes to healthy eating and other times you crave sweets more than usual? Let’s look at a few reasons why this happens and explore some simple tips to make the best decisions for your body....
5D Cancer Services: Southern Utah Welcomes World-Class Advances in Cancer Treatment, Why More Choices Mean Better Care for Patients
We’re proud to share that a major step forward in cancer care has arrived in Southern Utah. 5D Cancer Services is opening soon in St. George, Utah, bringing with it the most advanced radiation therapy technology available in the state. We are introducing the Akesis...
Phlebotomists Are More Than Just the One Holding the Needle
When a patient goes to one of Intermountain Health’s clinics for a blood draw, they spend an average of seven minutes with the phlebotomist, hardly enough time to understand the scope and importance of this step in the medical process. It is brief enough that many...
The Power Of A Balanced Plate: Simple Nutrition That Works
For more than twenty-four years, Movara has helped thousands of individuals see real, lasting results by teaching the fundamentals of movement, nutrition, and a positive mindset. Rather than chasing trends or quick fixes, Movara focuses on the basics: the habits that...
A Brush With Greatness
A few days before last Christmas, my ninety-four-year-old mother had a stroke. She was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at St. George Regional Medical Center, where she was whisked into the hands of amazing and wonderful doctors and nurses. There in the ER,...
How’s That Resolution Going?
Here we are, with you holding the March/April issue of the Southern Utah Health & Wellness Magazine in your hopefully trail-roughened, mountain-bike-handlebar-holding hands. Hands that followed your New Year’s resolution to ride your bike way more this year. Hands...
Building Oral Health On a New Foundation
The Health Department has turned the food pyramid on its head, emphasizing proteins, healthy fats, and plant-based foods over grains. This makes a lot of sense to me. I always keep in mind, however, that in the 1950s some of the best science encouraged smoking during...
Mayor’s Message March/April 2026
On January 17, 2026, our community came together for the grand opening of the new City Hall and the annual Heritage Day Celebration. It was a remarkable day filled with gratitude and reflection as residents explored the expanded City Council Chambers, new parking...
What the Pioneers Knew About Spring Can help You Prepare for Your Harvest
If you’ve lived in Southern Utah long enough, you know something about spring. It’s not just blooming trees and longer evenings. It’s not just warm air rolling across red rock and alfalfa fields waking up. Spring is preparation. Our pioneer ancestors understood this...
Your Thoughts and Emotions Have Changed Your Body: Here’s How You Can Change It Back
Your body believes everything you think. Not emotionally. Not symbolically. Biologically. Every thought you have triggers a small electrical event in the brain. Neurons fire. Neurotransmitters are released. Hormones follow. Chemistry shifts. Muscles subtly tighten or...
Goals That Stick: How To Get Back on Track This Spring
Every January, many of us get swept up in the excitement of new beginnings. We buy planners, write lists, and set ambitious goals, ready to transform our lives. But by the time March rolls around, most of those goals have quietly faded, crowded out by routines,...
Spring Is the Season for Preventitive Care
Spring is often associated with fresh starts: opening windows, clearing out clutter, and spending more time outdoors. It’s also an ideal season to reset something even more important: your health. Preventive care focuses on addressing health needs before they become...
Vista Healthcare is Transforming Specialty Care in Southern Utah
For people living with pain, long waits for specialty care can make an already difficult situation harder to manage. Pain doesn’t stop while you wait for an appointment, and for many patients, delays mean continuing to live with discomfort, limited mobility, and...
Key Components of Strength and Mobility for Longevity
As we age, the movements we perform every day—like sitting, lifting, reaching, and walking—become increasingly important not only for performance but also for independence and quality of life. Functional fitness focuses on training the body to move efficiently and...
Spring Spring Clean Your Schedule: Reclaim Your Life
I recently learned that spring cleaning has been a long-standing tradition throughout the world for thousands of years, with roots in many cross-cultural and religious practices. It is symbolic of spiritual renewal: sweeping out the old and replacing it with purity...
The Day I Stopped Fearing My Body and Started Listening to It
For over a decade, I lived inside a cage made of symptoms. I experienced debilitating autoimmune flares, neurological symptoms, crushing fatigue, and chemical and food sensitivities that shrank my world smaller and smaller. I became a student of my own body. I...
How to Find Your Power When Life Feels Out of Control
You know the feeling: life is coming at you at mach speed, personal catastrophes pull the rug out from under you, or life threatens to overwhelm and swallow you whole. At times like these, when life feels out of control, it’s all you can do to hold on and keep...
MDR, The Human Component to Cybersecurity
As the owner of Preston Office Solutions, I spend a lot of time talking with business owners about cybersecurity. One thing I hear often is, “We’re a small business in a small city. Are we really at risk?” Because our city is smaller, it’s easy to assume...
Medical Insurance:Rachel Kuykendall Helps Hospital Plan for Catastrophic Events
Rachel Kuykendall spends many of her hours thinking about what could go wrong. It’s not that she’s an inveterate pessimist. On the contrary, her disposition is one of the sunniest and most positive imaginable, despite life challenges that might send many off a cliff....
Rare Market Events Can Ruin Lives-And They Aren’t That Rare
Most people nearing retirement today can remember the 2008 Great Financial Crisis, at least if they stop and consciously think about it. However, few account for it in their investment framework for a couple of reasons. Adjusting for demographics, many were still in...
Heart-2-Heart: An Experiential Wellness Event Showcasing the Power of the Subconscious
The Heart-2-Heart Live Experience was created as an invitation—not to fix, but to remember. Held in Southern Utah, this immersive wellness event brought together people from across the region and beyond for a day centered on awareness, connection, and the wisdom held...
What’s the Hurry? Why Slowing Down Might Be the Healthiest Thing You Do
Life moves fast, and most of us are trying to keep up. Between work, family, and the endless stream of commitments we feel compelled to say yes to, our days fill before we’ve even caught our breath. The constant rush is quietly taking a toll on our health. Over time,...
Better Together: Why a Buddy System Changes Everything on a Health Journey
As a pharmacist, I’ve witnessed countless changes in patients and customers over the years. I’ve seen people struggle, succeed, restart, and sometimes surprise themselves in the best possible ways. But what I’ve witnessed within my own workplace has been truly...
Desert Casades
A minuscule bead of water coalesces at the tip of an icicle. Despite the chill, warming rays ninety-three million miles away radiate onto a row of tendril-like frozen spears on the brow of a sandstone ledge. A constant drip, drip, drip—a hundred thousand times...
Itchy, Scratchy, Sneezy: Your Pet Might Have Seasonal Allergies
Seasonal allergies aren’t just a human problem. As the seasons change and pollen, dust, and environmental allergens increase, many dogs and cats begin to feel uncomfortable, and they don’t always have an easy way to tell us what’s wrong. Instead of sneezing or watery...
Blazing A Global Trail: Utah Tech Pickleball Crowned First-Ever World Champions
The Professional Pickleball Association partnered with Adidas to host the first-ever Adidas Collegiate World Championships, held in Dallas, Texas, Oct. 31–Nov. 2, 2025. Utah Tech competed in the three-day event against athletes from Poland, India, and Malaysia to...
