This Month’s Featured Articles…

By Olivia H. May and Mary B. O’Neill, PhD | info@mainstreetmag.com Last summer Olivia May (18) and her mother Mary O’Neill volunteered with the non-profit Simply Smiles on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in La Plant, South Dakota, where they have worked since 2009. Olivia was a summer intern and Mary was one of the scores of weekly volunteers who come to the Reservation each summer. […]

By Christine Bates | info@mainstreetmag.com Why are we interviewing and, in effect, promoting what some might view as a direct “competitor” of ours? Local newspapers and magazines are after all fighting for much of the same readership and advertising dollars. But what some might not realize is that quite a few of our local publications work together in different capacities (i.e. reprinting stories, sharing camera-ready ads for our advertisers). I have known Parry since the inception of his Columbia Paper, and he and his staff have [...]

By Claire Copley | info@mainstreetmag.com Winter is closing in on us – again. For many, this means spending more time indoors. According to one government estimate, the average American spends 90% of his or her life indoors, and as we get older we can become even more housebound, especially in winter. Cold temperatures, icy conditions and snow – covered ground limits where and how we can spend time outdoors. But we should consider the health benefits we are sacrificing by foregoing outdoor activities. There is a [...]

By Dominique DeVito | info@mainstreetmag.com It’s January. It’s cold. The leaves are off the trees. Get outside and walk? It’s not exactly the most motivating time of year to get started – but it is the perfect time of year to get started. Why? Because it’s a new year, first of all; because you want to do something healthy after all the indulging over the holidays, right?; because it’s easier to start with short walks when it’s not quite so nice out – and you want [...]

By Mary B. O’Neill, Ph.D. | info@mainstreetmag.com As human beings, we are part of a Universe vibrating with an energy that conducts itself through our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual states. This energy comprises our overall vibrational energy, which defines how we engage with ourselves the world around us. If that vibration is high with positive energy, then we’re in a place of oneness and well-being. When our vibration is low and negative, energy is not flowing freely, and we find we’re operating against ourselves and [...]