From the editor: January 2025
December 27, 2024
We’re all obsessed with health and wellness come January of each new year. Taking stock, shedding bad habits (and picking up “good” ones), starting and sticking to healthy routines. Thankfully, there are folks in Charlotte who think about wellness year-round, so they’re there here for us when we need a little nudge.
In this issue, contributor Michelle Boudin highlights two Queen City entrepreneurs who developed products that promote a healthy lifestyle — Hope Skouras, aka the “Lemon Lady,” behind The Whole Hope, and Jamey Yon, the creator of Yon Bons — along with Morgan Smorgala, who acquired Sweet’s Elderberry from the Charlotte mom who created it and has since doubled the brand’s store presence.
Elsewhere, Krisha Chachra explores the viral head-spa trend — which is actually based on ancient Asian practices — and where to experience it in Charlotte. In our travel section, Vanessa Infanzon highlights the countless spas and outdoor activities in sunny Scottsdale, Arizona. And therapist Juliet Kuehnle is here with her semi-monthly dose of mental-health musings, this time with steps we can take to manage the most common U.S. mental-health concern: anxiety.
While we’re out there crushing our fitness goals and working to achieve our healthiest outcomes, sometimes life has other plans. At times like those, it’s essential to have great healthcare professionals by our side. In this month’s SouthPark Sit-down, Natalie Dick interviews Dr. Richard White, Atrium Health’s rock-star surgical oncologist who’s known as much for his bedside manner as his surgical expertise.
Stay healthy, SouthPark! SP
CATHY MARTIN
Editor
editor@southparkmagazine.com
IN THIS ISSUE:
1 – A cozy rattan hanging chair for a girl’s room designed by Pep and Palm
2 & 3 – An interview with Dr. Richard White of Atrium Health
4 – First look at Albertine, the new uptown restaurant from Joe and Katy Kindred
