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Whether it's helping individuals transform their health, earning the prestigious title of Mr. America, or building a life centered around purpose and service, Betty and Phil Thomas understand what it takes to pursue excellence. Betty Thomas, founder of Better Together Weight Management,

This dessert is perfect for any occasion, birthdays, graduations, or any holiday events. It’s something different and unique that will have guests wondering how they can get their hands on more of this delectable treat. The decadent strawberry cake is surrounded by a velvety smooth cheesecake & topped with homemade vanilla bean whipped cream and strawberry crunch crumbles.

Dr. Tanya Baldwin on leadership, Black women’s health, faith, sisterhood and creating a pathway for those who come next.

Spend a few minutes talking with Bishop Dr. Marcia Dinkins and one question eventually emerges. It is not a question about leadership, ministry, scholarship, advocacy, or organizational strategy. It is a different question: How is your heart?

This dish was first introduced to me when I worked at a restaurant in Buffalo, NY called Acropolis. I had the opportunity to travel to Greece later in life and had it there, as well. Often when I cook this dish, I will put on Greek folk music on and enjoy some of the Sauvignon Blanc I use to make the sauce with.

When people hear the words plastic surgery, they often think about appearance. They think about procedures designed to change how someone looks. But for Dr. Peter Koltz, the work has never been simply about aesthetics. It has always been about something much larger: helping people become healthier, more confident, and better equipped to live the lives they want.

Before she became Dr. La’Shardae Scott, President and CEO of the Scott Center for Observation, Treatment and Transition, she was simply a mother searching for answers. When two of her children were diagnosed with sickle cell disease at birth, the future suddenly became uncertain.

Entrepreneur Kathryn Tucker believes successful businesses are built on more than great ideas. They are built through strong leadership, operational excellence, and a willingness to roll up your sleeves.

Somewhere along the way, many of us learned how to carry heavy things so well that people stopped asking whether the weight was hurting us.

Over the past year, I've found myself having more conversations about women's health than ever before not only with healthcare professionals, but with friends, colleagues, and women I meet in everyday life. What has struck me most is how often those conversations sound very similar.

One in two children now lives with a chronic health condition. At first glance, it sounds like another healthcare statistic. In reality, it is reshaping families, education, the workforce, and the future health of an entire generation.

Food is more than fuel. It is medicine, prevention, culture, and community. For generations, food was never separate from health because families understood something we are rediscovering today: what we eat directly impacts how we live.

Music as a conduit to health and well-being became an American ideology in the late 19th century and continues momentum in this 21st century as a documented therapeutic approach. Early theories of music impacting health and wellness dates back to Ancient Greece when philosophers Plato and Aristotle discussed music’s influence on the mind, while Hippocrates speculated it could affect mental health and body functions.

Dr. Valerie Walston has spent more than thirty-five years in education, and she has the titles to prove it. What people in Toledo tend to remember, though, is how she makes a room feel alive. They call her Dr. Val. She can host a gala one night and lead a prayer-centered workshop the next morning, and to her the two are the same job: getting people to believe they can keep going.

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If experience is life’s best teacher and navigator, she’s taken me on a remarkable ride. I have always loved sport, but until recently I was more of a fan than a participant. My first and deepest love was, and always will be, music. Playing and singing from a young age in Canada, music meant many things to me over the years, though I had no idea at the time that it was laying the foundation for a lifelong engagement with innovation.

There is a special kind of disappointment that comes from closing a romance novel, staring at the wall for ten full minutes, and realizing that men like that do not, in fact, exist in the wild. Not at the grocery store. Not at the gas station. Not on dating apps. Not leaning against the bar looking mysterious in dark denim and bad decisions. Nowhere.

There are only two things that can happen in any community: it can be invested in, or it can be exploited. Either way, someone benefits. The question is whether the people who live and work there are gaining wealth or watching it leave.

History remembers sisterhood in pairs: Phylicia and Debbie. Venus and Serena. Women bound by blood, brilliance, and impact. In Los Angeles, another sister act builds a legacy, Heather and Ingrid Hutt. “When Ingrid was born,” she says, “my mother told me this was my gift… and that I needed to take care of it. And she handed me the baby.”

Evans transition on May 1, 2025 marked the end of an era in sports journalism. Howie Evans, wrote during a time when sports arena locker rooms had a distinct odor where after games, he heard the roar of victory and the riddled loud angry shouts of defeat. He resided in a bygone era when players trusted reporters to keep their word--when the phrase “off the record” was a silent bond that kept clandestine transgressions out of their stories.