Humble Beginnings Community Features Local Business Spotlight News by Rebecca Talbot - October 11, 2019October 11, 20190 written by Rebecca Engelhardt If you have driven by the intersection of Lebanon Rd and Nonaville recently, you’ve noticed a new face to the MJ scene! When the Humble Hoagie opens at the end of September, it will be so much more than a sandwich shop. The owners, Paul and Jess Maracci, want to ensure their customers have a hometown feel with amazing options. Paul has over 20 years in the industry and a very diverse menu in the works. He will even serve up sandwiches with his own smoked pastrami, corn beef and more! Thinking he could do a mean breakfast?? You’re in luck! They will open at 7
The Chicken Realtor?! Community Features Local Business Spotlight News by Rebecca Talbot - October 10, 2019October 10, 20190 written by Rebecca Engelhardt I’m sitting with Stacy Gee asking her basic questions for her the article, however, we drifted…and drifted…and drifted. You see, Stacy and I have been friends since Kindergarten at Lakeview Elementary. We reminisced about slumber parties and trouble we may or may not have gotten into! Stacy has lived in Mt. Juliet for almost her entire 43 years. She’s what we call a “Unicorn:” a mythical person who grew up in MJ and remembers the old days of gravel roads and fields as far as you could see. Not long after she graduated from Mt. Juliet High School in 1994, she met the love of her life, Chris. They were soon married and
It’s Summer ….. Get Out! Let's Get Healthy News by Rebecca Talbot - August 19, 2019August 19, 20190 I speak to so many people who hate to “exercise”! They don’t like the structure or feel that it’s a chore. I totally get it!! If you’re not used to working out or doing cardio regularly, it can be quite chore-like and yes, you’re tired! While getting regular cardio is best, break it up with things outside that you LIKE to do! Gardening? Fishing? Riding a jet-ski? Playing ball with your dog? So, after my past articles in Life Between the Lakes, by now you know I’m not your ordinary health coach. Yes, I believe in exercise, eating right and yada, yada, yada. You know what I also think is just as important? Doing what
Here’s The Deal – February Community Features Let's Get Healthy News by Rebecca Talbot - May 1, 2019May 1, 20190 Go on Facebook at any given time and see the latest “get healthy” trends! Go here…eat this….drink that….use this….take this pill! We’re constantly bombarded with the latest and greatest! There is always something new pushing us to “fix it fast!!” But here’s the deal, you didn’t get unhealthy fast. You didn’t wake up one morning with chronic pain, depression, anxiety, obesity, and so on. So, you can’t expect it to go away overnight either. And that’s totally OK!! Forward is forward!! No one is you, so don’t let anyone tell you how to do you! But, let me also help you out by letting you in on a little secret! There is more to being healthy than what you
Making Small Changes Let's Get Healthy News by Rebecca Talbot - April 17, 2019May 1, 20190 written by Rebecca Talbot It’s April! New month, new you! You clean out your fridge and replace everything with healthy options! You’re going to get up and work out an hour each morning before work. No more eating out, no more pizza, no more sodas, no more sweets, etc.. This is your new diet plan! I see people try this all the time. Let me give you a few reasons why radical diets fail. Food is addictive! They say sugar is more addictive than cocaine. When people with drug additions go to detox, they don’t drop them cold turkey. Even as bad as things are, your body is used to them.