www.icedanceinternational.org www.DesertHealthNews.com March/April 2025 Desert Health® The Valley's Leading Resource for Health and Wellness 2 Lauren Del Sarto Founder/Publisher Lauren Del Sarto* FOUNDER/PUBLISHER An Independent Publication www.DesertHealthNews.com lauren@deserthealthnews.com • (760) 238.0245 @DesertHealthNews Distribution: Desert Health is distributed at 350+ locations throughout the Coachella Valley, including but not limited to, grocery stores, doctors’ offices, cafes and restaurants, spas, fitness centers and clubhouses. Please call for delivery to your retail location. Desert Health® is a California Corporation. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form, in whole or in part, without the written consent of the Publisher is prohibited. The opinions and views expressed in these pages are those of the writer or persons interviewed and not necessarily those of Desert Health®. Desert Health® hereby expressly limits its liability resulting from any and all misprints, errors and/or inaccuracies any advertisement or editorial may contain. This publication is printed on paper sourced from sustainable forests and farms. Thank you to the Desert Health® team and all our marketing partners! Home delivery subscriptions available. Call (760) 238.0245. Get free delivery to your place of business. MADE POSSIBLE BY OUR ADVERTISERS THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THEIR BUSINESSES! Trish Lounsbury DISTRIBUTION Benjamin Katz WEB MASTER benjaminkatzcreative.com Doris Steadman A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING Carlotta Rinke,* MD, MBA CONTENT EDITOR James Thomas DISTRIBUTION Heather McKay GRAPHIC DESIGN mkaydesign.com Wendy Fink* LEAD EDITOR *Photo by Lani Garfield Featuring Olympic Champion Gabriella Papadakis, Alissa Czisny, Rohene Ward and a cast of world-class skaters and choreographers in an inspiring journey of artistry and athleticism A eatrical Ice Show Experience Hosted by Dorothy Hamill Junior World Champions Oona & Gage Brown Junior Champions Hosted Champion & Advocate Karina Mantra Champion & Internet Sensation Ryan Dunk TICKETS INCLUDE PARKING ICEDANCEINTERNATIONAL.ORG SUNDAY, MARCH 23 • 3PM BERGER FOUNDATION ICEPLEX $75 VIP SEATING INCLUDES POSTSHOW MEET AND GREET $40 ADVANCED EDGE SKATING CLASS WITH CAST MEMBERS 1:302:30PM $30 GENERAL ADMISSION Desert Health's Wendy Fink and Lauren Del Sarto with Dorothy Hamill and Ice Capades alum J. Scott Driscoll Welcome to our best time of year! Our clear desert skies are blue, the mountains shine in copper and gold and the crisp air brings calm with every deep breath. It’s a welcome sight in what has already felt like an overwhelming year. Have you found yourself dwelling on negative thoughts? With this year’s many tragic events and uncertainty, I’ll admit I have. They seem to captivate our brains playing over and over in a repetitive loop, spiraling into a storm of emotions that feels completely out of our control. Clearing my mind through meditation and focusing on beautiful things helps. Like the weather we are enjoying, and figure skating. I had the great honor of working with Dorothy Hamill over 30 years ago when she purchased the Ice Capades. A trip to meet her brought me to the Coachella Valley for the first time. 20 years later, life brought us together again through a chance meeting and figure skating came back into my world, along with the wonderful emotions that come with being a part of this warm and welcoming community. Then Acrisure Arena brought ice to the desert offering everyone in the valley a myriad of opportunities to come together, cheer on our team and lace up our skates. This edition is dedicated to their efforts and the beauty of ice skating, and also offers many tools to address negative thoughts and feelings. The search for deeper internal peace is global and this year’s wellness trends (p.5) may surprise you. We need to lean on each other more than ever as Alison Mullins shares in “The Value of Friendship” (p.11). Jen Yockey welcomes spring and the opportunity for our souls to bloom (p.13), while wellness coach Phillip Moore shares strategies to help ignite inner drive (p.4). Maintaining a healthy diet also directly affects mental well-being and you’ll find much inspiration from Edith Jones-Poland, MD, in “Eating a Rainbow” (p.21). As psychologist and philosopher William James said, “The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” Let’s all make a conscious effort to fill our lives with beautiful things that warm our souls. Thank you so very much for reading. We look forward to seeing you out and about this spring!
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