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How Pilates Helped One Wisconsin Woman Find Her Passion
LearnDiscover Haley New's journey to become a Pilates instructor and why she believes everyone and anyone can do pilates.

Compassion & Understanding: WI Mother Advocates Awareness for Mental Health and Addiction
LearnDiscover why Mary Rauwolf helps families who are affected by mental health and/or substance use disorders after the loss of her son.

Takeaways and Lessons Learned: A Wisconsin Woman Shares Her Cancer Story
Learn“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in awhile, you could miss it.” Ferris Buehler, “Ferris Buehler’s Day Off”
By Michelle Gormican Thompson
Work, kids, an insanely packed calendar…

How Healthy Eating Habits Changed the Life of a Wisconsin Educator
Learn Written by Steven Sedlmayr
I retired on June 30, after serving 33 years as a school superintendent, four years as a principal and three years as a classroom teacher. Since that time, I have found this to be quite challenging! I realized…

How the Pink Shawl Initiative Benefits Wisconsin Women
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The Wisconsin Pink Shawl Initiative has a mission of reducing breast cancer in American Indian communities through education, advocacy, and service, and to increase the number of American Indian women accessing screening opportunities.…

A Wisconsin Credit Union Advises on How to Take Control of Finances
LearnKim Sponem, CEO & President
Summit Credit Union
At its core, financial wellness is all about putting yourself in the best position possible to have your money work for you, instead of you working for your money. Here are a few…

Wisconsin Dentist Discusses the Risk Factors and Detection of Oral Cancer
LearnWritten by Jay Hazen, D.D.S.
Oral Cancer. Those two words put together can scare anyone. Cancer of the mouth can appear as a sore or growth that does not go away. This type of cancer includes cancers of the lips, tongue, floor of…

Wisconsin Business Owner Stresses the Importance of Prostate Cancer Screening
LearnDid you know that one in every nine men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime?
John Dirkse, a Wisconsin business owner, came face-to-face with that statistic. Dirkse serves as the Executive Vice President of…

A Wisconsin Woman's Five Tips for Simple Living
LearnWritten by Jodi Pliszka
Were you able to join my daughter and I, and our mini-donkeys, in our Discover Wisconsin and Group Health Trust video? The donkeys were the stars of the show! Let’s talk about something that is happening to us…

Cell Phone Use While Driving: A Wisconsin Woman's Message
LearnWritten by Kaitlyn Vegter
After partnering with Discover Wisconsin to tell my story, I was asked to write a blog about my whole accident experience and the aftermath. I responded with, ‘happily’. I have so many words, honestly, I’d…