Answering The Call From Your Wild Heart: Interview with Dominque Warfield

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| By James Navé | When Sandi Tomlin-Sutker mentioned she’d chosen Adventure as the theme for August 2016’s WNC Woman, I immediately thought of Dominque Warfield, a citizen of the world who has chosen Asheville as her home. I first …

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One Plus One Equals Power

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| By Lisa Thomas | How often are you feeling stagnant in a sea of concern that your message is not being conveyed to those who have the final say? How many times have your ideas fallen on deaf ears? …

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This is a Hospital Gown?

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| By Samantha Healy | There is a young lady who is making the world better for us. Here is her story:

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Stephanie Swepson-Twitty: Visionary with Patience

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| By Bonnie Schell, MA | Stephanie Swepson-Twitty, President and CEO of Eagle Market Street Development Corporation (EMSDC), can look down The Block from her office at 700 S. Market St. in the South Pack Square Community Center. Completed in …

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Chancellor Mary K. Grant: UNCA Prepares Its Students For The Future

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Several months ago I read a compelling article about the future of work given the rapid changes in technology we are experiencing (especially robotics and AI). I wondered how UNC Asheville is focusing its curriculum to support students as they …

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Voice for Compassion

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| By Brynda Bechtold | Maybe it’s because he stands so tall or it’s his smile and heartfelt warmth, or it might be his name that makes him so memorable. Rowdy. It makes you wonder, but Rowdy Keelor was named …

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A Hero’s Journey of Healing

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| By Kristine Madera | Kevin Peer is a sacred storyteller, but not in the warm and fuzzy, Kumbaya sort of way. As a documentary filmmaker for National Geographic and the National Parks Service, Kevin’s films portrayed the archetypal forces …

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Roberta Wall: Cultivating Peace with Compassionate Communication

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| By Polly Medlicott | “In my daily life as a parent, grandparent, social justice and peace activist, and trainer in Nonviolent Communication and Mindfulness, everything that happens is an opportunity for me to live and work for relationships and …

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Honoring Nature, Gathering Seeds, Building Community

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| By Kate Stockman | At eight years old, Lena Ruark-Eastes had a beloved pet rabbit. “Creating herbal cakes for her was how I started working with herbs,” she smiles in memory. Lena is the founder and director of Earth …

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Women Making Music: Playing by Ear – Amy White

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Renowned award winning multi-instrumentalist, progressive folk singer-songwriter, Amy White came over to my house a few weeks ago and we spent over two hours getting to know one another. We packed everything into those two hours. We laughed, we contemplated, …

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A Tropical Paradise in Appalachia

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| By Rosalyn Wasserman | “Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, Cattleya… :” The scientific names for orchids flow easily for Appalachian Tropicals owner, Demelza Smyth Kittles. She speaks gently as she lovingly caresses the orchids, as if touching a baby. In some ways, …

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The Urban Gaia

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| By Sarah Graves | As the Founding Director, Janell heads up the Ashevillage Institute located in Asheville, North Carolina. It is a hands-on institute that provides the skills and education needed for students to gain an understanding of how …

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Women Making Music: The Moon And You – Newlyweds Making Music Together The Old Fashioned Way

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Theirs is music you can prance around the house to, lay in someone’s loving arms to, drive down the country road with or take on a road trip and listen to. Their harmonies soar or zoom; natural and instinctive. Melodies …

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Julie Miles: Painting the Landscape of Her Childhood

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| By Lauren Rosenfeld | When Asheville artist, Julie Miles, thinks about her earliest memories of her grandfather, she gazes into the mid-distance as tears begin to well in her eyes and a gentle smile forms on her face. It …

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