Land O’Lakes Primary Care Wellness Center — A Different Spin On Traditional Care

The team of health care professionals at Land O’Lakes Primary Care, located off S.R. 54, includes (l.-r.) Dr. Peggy Watson, M.D.; Joy Drexler, ARNP-C; Jennifer Godshall, ARNP-BC; Valerie Buethe, ARNP-C; & Dr. Larnel Sultan, D.O.
The team of health care professionals at Land O’Lakes Primary Care, located off S.R. 54, includes (l.-r.) Dr. Peggy Watson, M.D.; Joy Drexler, ARNP-C; Jennifer Godshall, ARNP-BC; Valerie Buethe, ARNP-C; & Dr. Larnel Sultan, D.O.

By Matt Wiley

Looking for a new family physician, but looking for more than the traditional care services offered at most doctors’ offices? Consider Land O’Lakes Primary Care Wellness Center, just a few miles west of Wesley Chapel.

Combining the convenience of being able to see a family physician with the option to take part in additional services not offered by most typical internal medicine offices, including hormone replacement therapy and anti-aging treatments, Land O’ Lakes Primary Care Wellness Center (LOLPC) is one-of-a-kind.

Together, Dr. Peggy Watson, M.D., and Dr. Larnel Sultan, D.O., along with nurse practitioners Joy Drexler, ARNP-C; Jennifer Godshall, ARNP-BC; and Valerie Buethe, ARNP-C, LOLPC treat patients older than 13 for a wide variety of medical ailments. The office also offers non-traditional, aesthetic services.

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LCSW Kristina Martin Of Brighter Days Counseling Is Here To Help

LCSW Kristina Martin can help put traumatic experiences behind you so that your days are brighter.
LCSW Kristina Martin can help put traumatic
experiences behind you so that your days are brighter.

By Bonnie Mason

Do you often feel an overwhelming sadness or despair, or have a hard time focusing your thoughts? Are you anxious in crowds, or have a specific fear, such as being afraid of heights? Perhaps you have a compulsive habit or behavior like washing your hands too often or overeating? You are not alone — each of these examples may be considered as a mental disorder, or a form of mental illness.

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Energia Wellness Studio Offers A More Personal Approach To ‘Zen’

By Lauren Saslow

 

Energia Wellness Studio owner Virna Lichter (right) puts fellow Energia dance class instructor Astrid Santiago through her paces during a personal training session at the studio located in Wesley Chapel.
Energia Wellness Studio owner Virna Lichter (right) puts fellow Energia dance class instructor Astrid Santiago through her paces during a personal training session at the studio located in Wesley Chapel.

It’s 6 p.m. on a Monday. You want to make it from October through the holidays without gaining weight or feeling the stress of the season. You slide into the studio after fighting rush hour traffic just in time for a yoga class and manage to find a tiny spot on the floor amidst a class of more than 20 students. This does not feel very relaxing. You are not feeling very “Zen.”

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New Tampa Chamber Business Expo Draws A Crowd To Holiday Inn Express!

By Gary Nager

New Tampa Chamber of Commerce president Regina Ramalheira and VP Neil Heird gave away a variety of great prizes at the crowded Chamber Business Expo on September 26 at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites near Muvico.
New Tampa Chamber of Commerce president Regina Ramalheira and VP Neil Heird gave away a variety of great prizes at the crowded Chamber Business Expo on September 26 at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites near Muvico.

Congratulations go out to the New Tampa Chamber of Commerce, which hosted a highly successful Business Expo and annual meeting at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites on September 26.

More than 30 Chamber member businesses took part in the Expo, where everything from new area banks to Avon products to a newly opened boxing-for-fitness gym were on display for an estimated crowd of more than 200 attendees.Continue reading

St. Andrew Presbyterian Church Can Help You Keep God In Your Life

By Kathleen Schiop

Pastor David Shelor of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Tampa Palms leads a children’s service.
Pastor David Shelor of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church in Tampa Palms leads a children’s service.

We have many responsibilities in our everyday lives, including work, paying our bills, raising our children, maintaining our physical health, and so many more, that it can become easy to ignore our spiritual well-being in lieu of the more “earthly” concerns in our lives. Many of us are just concentrating on getting by without realizing that we need to nourish our souls as well. Faith in God can give us solace, courage and hope in times of sorrow, desperation and help us better deal with our daily challenges.

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