PUBLISHER
Mauricio Portillo
"Being healthy
and fit is not longer
a fad or a trend it's a
Lifestyle."
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Claudia Portillo
MARKETING DIRECTOR
Arnaldo Del Valle
COPY EDITOR
Lora Incardona
ASSISTANT COPY EDITOR
Andres Portillo
WEBSITE DIRECTOR
Maria Alejandra Wehdeking
ART AND DESIGN
Carolina Pedraza
PHOTOGRAPHY
Ricardo Cornejo
SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR
Maria Alejandra Wehdeking
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Joaquin N Diego, MD, FCCP, FACC
Joseph P. Litam, MD
Melinda Smith, MA
Jeanne Segal, PhD
Ted Hutman, PhD
Meg Meeker, MD
Jack Bandel, MD, FAAP, FACC
Amy Shapiro MS, RD, CDN
Judy Elbaum
Claudia Portillo
Sarah May Bates
Jenn Baxter
Rubel Shelly
Allie Casazza
Claudia Portillo
Editor in Chief
We are always inspired by change. With its promise of something new and better, year after year, we delight in
unending possibilities and look forward to all that Spring promises.
The concept of a fresh start makes us incredibly hopeful. New opportunities are just around the corner, waiting
for us to take them and run. But reinventing ourselves is a possibility many of us ignore. A redo. A do over. A
starting point. What could be better than that?
Walk barefoot in the park, listen to some upbeat music, let go of the idea that you must be the same person
you’ve always been. Simple out-of-the-box changes can make a major impact on how you see and deal with the
world around, and how you view yourself in the scheme of things. Do something that’s out of the ordinary for
you and let the sunshine in or let spring rains wash away whatever doesn’t add value to your everyday life and
what doesn’t give you a sense of pride or make you smile. After all, if it doesn’t do anything to make your world a
brighter place, then, why invite it back into your life?
This past January, I had the infamous mother-son talk with my son before he returned to college following
Christmas break. He’d been in school for two years, yet the pangs of loss still plagued me as I watched him walk
out the door. Saying goodbye—no matter how temporary—is never easy. For the first time in his “adult” life he
told me how he saw me. To him, I was the fussy one, the one who worried a bit too much, the parent who focused
too much on the future, the person who seemed to have forgotten how to have fun. After the initial shock wore
off, I came to realize that my bright boy was right. His words rang true. Somewhere along the path, in my life’s
journey, in between the minutia of errands, school functions, afterschool activities, I’d lost a part of myself.
You see, dear readers, I too had fallen prey to the idea of perfection at any cost. I’d lost touch with the things that
truly mattered. I’d chosen deadlines over happiness. And for those very reasons, I began a search for inspiring
writers and articles that will help not only me, but also you, my reader, to find perspective again, to take back
control of your life, and to find what makes you happier and healthier in the process. A ‘mini life lift’ is in order …
for all of us. We’ve survived the rollercoaster of the last several months. Now is the time to embrace all that good
that still exists in the world, and to explore all that we never thought possible for ourselves.
As we spring forward, here’s hoping you read every hand-picked article and find something that inspires you to
live better and strive for nothing but happiness and that which gives you your best life.
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