Golden Eye
WHEN ELIZABETH GARRETT, the daughter of famed sheriff Pat Garrett, composed what would in 1917 become New Mexico’s official song, she captured the natural essence of the state—stunning blue skies…
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Tag: Health
The Healing Power of Flowers
R OBERT WASHINGTON-VAUGHNS believes in psychological healing through flowers. “I was chasing success in the way that I was raised to do: Get a good job, get good benefits, have a nice car,” he says…
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2024 True Heroes: Nicole Gallegos
MANY OF NICOLE GALLEGOS’S patients, who have just received diagnoses for conditions like Parkinson’s disease, dementia, or aphasia after a stroke, come to her during the most difficult days of their…
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2024 True Heroes: Ruth Gonzalez
RUTH GONZALEZ got the idea for her soothing socks from a co-worker, who gave her a Christmas present: microwavable socks to ease her aches and pains. The concept stuck with her for more than a decade…
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2024 True Heroes
Meet New Mexico Magazine's 2024 True Heroes on YouTube: @newmexicomag Thank you to our partners KOB4, New Mexico Tourism Department, and the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department…
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Chip Thomas Honors the People with Art
SOMETIME AROUND 2012, Chip Thomas, a family physician with a practice on the Navajo Nation, began seeing an uptick in certain health issues in Indigenous men in their seventies and eighties who had…
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The Zero-Proof Zeitgeist
ONE EVENING THIS SPRING AFTER A long workday, I called my friend Maggie and asked a question she’d heard a hundred times: “Want to grab a drink?” She let out an exasperated sigh. Yes, she did, but no…
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A Deeply Practical Magic
"YOU HAVE A GHOST ATTACHED TO YOU," Marisa Santos tells me matter-of-factly. We’re standing in what she calls her “healing casita,” nestled into a quiet neighborhood in Albuquerque’s South Valley…
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True Heroes 2023: Mattee Jim
WITH MORE THAN 25 YEARS of experience working in social justice for the Indigenous LGBTQ+ community, Mattee Jim (Diné) has spearheaded change by speaking up for the people she represents with…
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Win Big at These Casino Spas
At Sandia Resort & Casino’s Green Reed Oasis Spa, in Albuquerque, visitors can indulge their senses at an aromatherapy blending bar, which features eight essential oil blends designed to enhance…
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