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    Finding balance

    We all know them — women who make life look effortless. They appear to have it all together, flawlessly juggling their various roles at home, work and in the community, while the rest of us wonder: “What’s her secret?!”  Here, five busy, successful women share how they navigate through a typical day and what it […]

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    Maybe you need to talk to someone

    Everyone needs a psychotherapist. That’s a broad statement, but as a mental health clinician, I’ve seen evidence-based research that supports a significant increase in the demand for mental health treatment due to the pandemic and global health concerns. These times have challenged many of us, given the impact of COVID-19 and how it has compounded […]

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    Three tips to reset your finances in 2022

    At the start of a new year, people often make resolutions about things they want to change going forward. Finance is one area in which resolutions are made — and often fail. It’s good to make a resolution to make positive financial changes, but without a sound plan, we set ourselves up for failure.  Here […]

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    How I built my business: Flowers by Karen

    I discovered my love for flowers during my childhood. As a senior in high school, I worked at a florist after school. I earned a degree in retail florist management from Mississippi State University while working in the campus florist. After graduation I worked in Mobile, where I taught design classes. In addition to teaching […]

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    Living in alignment

    Photography by Brandi Stage Portraiture As a high school junior and aspiring cheerleader, Maria Scafide Barr dreamed of doing back handsprings across the gym and wowing the whole school.  “Little did I know that those back handsprings would turn into group fitness classes, and that my reach would go way past the school gym and […]

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    XO Clothing Co. — a stylish success story

    XO Clothing Co. began with a dream — and a lot of prayers — in Jamie Rhodes’s home.  The timing of March 2020 posed unforeseen challenges, coinciding with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the online boutique took off nonetheless. The business, which Rhodes launched with her stepdaughter, Tristan Whorton, and her daughter’s best […]

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    Meet the Coast’s Cutest Kids 2022

    Purchase tickets   Hundreds of proud moms, dads, grandparents and others answered our call to enter their beautiful babies in Gulf Coast Woman’s 2022 Cutest Kid Contest. We were overwhelmed with all the adorableness and are pleased to introduce the top vote-getters in four categories: BABY: AGES 0-11 MONTHS  WINNER: RHETT ADAM  5 months  Diamondhead, […]

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