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Julie Knichel is an ICU nurse with Marcus Neuroscience Institute, part of Baptist Health at Boca Raton Regional Hospital. She suffered a stroke early last year and credits her colleague Dr. Brian Snelling with saving her life. Photo provided

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Dakota Dawkins provides healing sounds with a rain stick during a yoga session at the Coco Market wellness event in January at Old School Square. Jan Engoren/The Coastal Star

By Jan Engoren

Coco Market, an immersive wellness open-air event in Old Sc

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Jeera Shenoy enjoys the mind-calming effects of working in a Boca Raton community garden. Photo provided

By Jan Engoren

From Norman Vincent Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking to the Dalai Lama’s The Art of Happiness, and songs such as Annie’s (T

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13224018070?profile=RESIZE_710xJen Keough and her family participate in the annual Wreaths Across America Day at the South Florida National Cemetery, ensuring that all veterans’ graves are decorated. Photo provided

By Jan Engoren

One good way to make yourself feel good over the ho

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By Jan Engoren

It’s one of those things you take for granted, until you lose it.

Eating and swallowing are second nature for most people, but if you’ve had a stroke or suffer from Parkinson’s disease or some other medical conditions, swallowing may h

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7960930899?profile=originalMya Breman uses craniosacral therapy to relieve tension and pain. Breman (right) calls it ‘body psychology.’  Photos provided

By Joyce Reingold

7960931464?profile=originalIn her serene, sun-splashed patch of paradise in the Ocean Ridge Yacht Club, Gayle “Mya” Breman found bo

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7960834653?profile=originalRhyan and T.J. Dildine at the Delray Shores Pharmacy and Soda Fountain. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star

By Joyce Reingold

The Delray Shores Pharmacy and Soda Fountain on Northeast Fifth Avenue is a bright, cheerful family affair owned and operated by se

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7960833282?profile=originalPaula Henderson was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer
on a new 3-D mammography unit. Photo provided

By Joyce Reingold

In fall 2017, Paula Henderson, special events and communications director for the Bethesda Hospital Foundation, met with Dr.

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