Entries by LifeInNaples

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE and jewelry

The Beatles (some readers will need a tutorial on this) sang “All You Need is Love” decades ago. The world sang along—and agreed. This grand human emotion is still top of the heap for most of us. Of course, there are more kinds of love than merely the romantic variety. Parents, friends, school chums, co-workers, pet owners, may all experience and express love to one another. […]

Functioning with Spinal Stenosis

by Paula Allia Spinal stenosis is a condition of the spine that causes a narrowing of either the central vertebral canal where the spinal cord is housed or in the intervertebral foramen where the nerve roots exit from the spinal cord to supply both sensory and motor information to the many muscles in our body that require information […]

David Lawrence Center Receives Grant to Provide Specialized Addiction Treatment for Pregnant and Postpartum Women

Collier County’s only comprehensive, not-for-profit mental health and addiction recovery treatment center serving children, adults and families, will host the 6th Annual Sound Minds™ Mental Health Symposiumon March 23, Women’s Foundation of Collier County (WFCC) has awarded a grant to David Lawrence Center to expand the not-for-profit’s addiction recovery program by offering additional specialized treatment […]

GOT PAIN? MOVE IT OUT!

by Dr. Cynthia Vaccarino The most common reason a person seeks the help of healthcare professionals is for pain. We all want to enjoy life as comfortably as possible. Today, more than 100 million Americans live with pain. To treat pain, doctors can prescribe opioids, but now we’re seeing the unintended consequences. As you know, […]

Programs, Tours and Events in February at Rookery Bay Reserve

ONGOING Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center Hosts Science Saturdays Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center welcomes the entire family on Science Saturdays, 9 am to 4 pm, through April. Kids and grown-ups alike can explore and discover the plants, fish and wildlife that call Rookery Bay Research Reserve’s 110,000 acres home. Science Saturdays are a fun […]

The Crown Jewel of SWFL

The crown jewel of Southwest Florida attracted interest during the Florida land boom of the late 1880s. By 1887, Civil War General and U.S. Senator, John S. Williams, along with Walter N. Haldeman, publisher of the Louisville Courier-Journal, formed the Naples Company. Their ambitious vision was based on development (at $10 per lot) and tourism […]

karen larson talks about Wellness and Interior Design

by Karen Larson, Interior Designer Wellness is a comprehensive term incorporating many facets. The definition  according to the National Wellness Institute, is “an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existence.” With people spending on average 90% of their time indoors, leading professionals in medicine, science and the green building industry are developing new building standards, design concepts and material specifications in an effort to […]

Claudia Polzin on finding new Adventures

Finding new adventures or old adventures in unexpected places is part of the fun of living in Naples. Begin the month with an opera in a church – Don Pasquale – presented by Gulfshore Opera in First United Methodist Church in Naples. Consider the plot of this opera – it’s mid -19th century and old bachelor Don Pasquale plans to marry in […]