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A Caregiver’s Story: Learning On The Job

My mom is an independent Southern woman, raised in rural Kentucky, then raising her family in the suburbs. After their nest emptied in the late ‘70s, Mom decided if she and Dad could parent three wily kids from Lexington to Nashville to Memphis to Louisville and then back to my father’s hometown in South Central […]

A Caregiver’s Story: An Adjustment To Caring For Her Husband

Lynda Areheart, 84, became a nurse in her 50s, although she didn’t necessarily intend to become one. “Having always had trouble with math, I decided to clear up that patch in my education,” she says. She took remedial math and basic sciences and then just kept taking additional math and science courses, including calculus and […]

Take A Tour Of A Local Farm This Spring

Place: Woodland Farm Address: 4716 Greenhaven Lane, Goshen, KY 40026 Website: touroldham.com/woodland-bison-farm/ Phone: 502.222.7051 Hours of Operation: 8AM – 4PM Tuesday – Friday Basic Description: Woodland Farm has been a working farm for more than 150 years. Sustainability is the name of the game across the farm: there are no pesticides, insecticides, or herbicides […]

Get Out And About This April With Our Cincinnati Happenings Guide

Looking for something to do around the Cincinnati area? Today’s Transitions found a few options for you to consider this April. Every spring, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden transforms into a magnificent explosion of color with Zoo Blooms! As one of only two accredited botanical gardens in Ohio, the Cincinnati Zoo offers one of […]

Try Chair Yoga At Waterfront Botanical Gardens

After a long hibernation period in winter, we may feel a little stiff as spring approaches. Waterfront Botanical Gardens offers two kinds of yoga classes to help our bodies regain their elasticity: chair yoga each Wednesday and regular yoga every other Wednesday. Chair yoga classes are specifically geared toward individuals with limited mobility. Once all […]

Add Disc Sports As A Fun Way To Fill Your Free Time

Disc Sports If your dreams center around flying, then maybe a flying disc sport is your new hobby. Disc sports are games or sports that are played with, well…you guessed it, a disc or (its trademarked name) a Frisbee. Two of the most popular disc sports are disc golf and ultimate. “Disc golf is an […]

More Health & Fitness Posts

We All Have Something To Give One Another

Early in my pastoral education training I was assigned a patient in the hospital for one of the many horrendous effects of multiple sclerosis. This woman was young, maybe in her forties, and would have been in the prime of her life, but her disease had rendered her bound to a wheelchair, in constant excruciating […]

How Beauty And Wellness Can Work Together

Quarantine killed many businesses, but it was great for the aesthetic beauty industry. Many women found themselves working from home with more flexibility to squeeze in and recover from procedures they had placed on the back burner. Many women finally found the time and space to put their needs first,and some of these procedures offer […]

Feeding The Community

For Louisville native John Zickel, the COVID pandemic brought an opportunity to make a difference in the community. It started when John’s wife, Christine, saw a Facebook post from the newly formed nonprofit Feed Louisville asking for volunteers willing to pick up food donations from area restaurants and deliver them to the organization’s headquarters at […]

A Caregiver’s Story: Learning On The Job

Derby Spirits: Check Out These Sipping Socials

If you’re a local who usually avoids celebrating the Kentucky Derby thinking it is for other people, maybe you just haven’t found the right event. Today’s Transitions searched through the list and came up with some you should put on your calendar. Sipping Socials: BourbonVille: April 13, 6:30-9:30PM, Frazier History Museum Mix, mingle, and enjoy […]