Healthy Inspiration

Healthy Inspiration: Tim Totten

Lake County’s masked man comes to rescue with over 30,000 masks. Photos: Nicole Hamel Tim Totten, owner of Final Embrace, found a creative solution when hospitals and health facilities were quickly running out of personal protective equipment (PPE) and n95…

Healthy Inspiration: Hungry to help others

Needy get filled, volunteer couple in Mount Dora get fulfilled. For 18 years since retiring to Florida from North Dakota, Cal and Shirley Rolfson are pretty much living the dream. They enjoy a decent lifestyle in Mount Dora, they are…

Healthy Inspiration: The Healer

Clermont woman devotes life to healing mind, body and spirit by targeting trapped emotions. Photos: Nicole Hamel Salina Rubio’s curiosity was sparked the moment she heard about The Emotion Code, nearly two years ago. The Clermont resident was intrigued while…

Healthy Inspiration: Feel the beat

Clermont woman spreading the healing joy of drumming. Photo: Nicole Hamel Marcela Malvido is known for drumming on her African djembe, or anything else she can tap a rhythm on. Marcela drums daily, and recently started the Clermont Drumming Circle,…

Healthy Inspiration: Taking on a spiritual role

Yoga instructor Lakshmi Trambauer strives to create an atmosphere fit for her students’ mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical health. Photos: Nicole Hamel Tracey Trambauer instantly fell in love with yoga when she took her first class in the late 1990s.…

Healthy Inspiration: He’s got the power

Clermont man puts fun, flare and passion into shaping local warriors. Photo: Nicole Hamel For as long as he can remember, Power Casrock’s life has revolved around health and fitness. As a child, he always stayed active and organized little…

Healthy Inspiration: From fat to fit

Roly poly deputy rolled into new body, new life. Photo: Anthony Rao Looking at Shawn Lukens, one might consider him a good fitness role model. He eats healthy, he appears fit and trim and he is an avid cyclist. But…

Healthy Inspiration: Sister for Bailey

Abbotts open hearts & home to another girl with Turner syndrome. Photo: Nicole Hamel Ashley Abbott and her husband Chet talked about expanding their family through adoption, and once the Oxford mother saw a little orphan girl online with Turner…

Healthy Inspiration: Positive attitude

Teen confronts polyarticular juvenile arthritis with an autoimmune disorder head on by living a healthy lifestyle. Photo: Nicole Hamel Olivia Howard, 16, of Grand Island, is upfront sharing what it feels like to have polyarticular juvenile arthritis with an autoimmune disorder,…

Healthy Inspiration: Packing a healthy punch

Professional fighter David Derby gets his kicks helping himself and others stay healthy. Bulging biceps. Six-pack abs. A combination of speed, strength and endurance. For 48-year-old David Derby, those qualities are all wrapped into one lethal package. David, who lives…