Welcome to the world of “crunchy moms,” where cleaner living meets heartfelt intentions for a healthier family. From natural products to mindful nutrition, the “crunchy” lifestyle has gained momentum among women seeking to create toxin-free homes. To better understand this growing trend, we sat down with local mom Chelsea Matthews who shared her journey toward […]
It’s not Over: Marriage Support with Sophie Orozco Coaching
From the brink of divorce to a thriving marriage, Sophie Orozco uses her personal experience and professional expertise to turn around the most hopeless of relationships. Orozco was facing divorce with four kids under the age of five and was determined to find a way to save her marriage despite her therapist saying it was […]
Mother Knows Better: Alcoholic Mom Culture
Being a mother is hard, sacred work. The physical, mental and emotional requirements of bringing another human into this world and supporting them through all of life’s stages is undoubtedly one of life’s biggest, albeit most rewarding challenges. Mothers need an immense amount of personal grit, strength and determination to push through for their children […]
Glow Up: Self Care Isn’t Selfish
All of us want to look and feel great, to be our best inside and out. Why do we so often feel guilty taking time for ourselves, finding it nearly impossible to take the time needed to make it happen? We hear it all the time: self-care isn’t selfish, but we don’t know where to […]
COCO RECAP: Pegula Claims First Charleston Title; Navarro Fades In Quarterfinals
Any hopes of Emma Navarro winning her hometown tournament will have to wait until next year as fellow American Amanda Anisimova ousted her in the quarterfinals of the Credit One Charleston Open on April 4. The tightly-contested match opened with eight straight holds as the servers hit their spots early. That was followed by three […]
Equal Pay For Play: Charleston Open To Offer Equal Prize Money Moving Forward
Next year will mark another historic milestone for the Credit One Charleston Open as the tournament will provide equal prize money to players starting in 2026. Getting out far ahead of the curve, COCO, North America’s largest women’s-only professional tennis tournament, becomes the first standalone WTA 500 tournament to voluntarily increase prize money prior to […]
In the Company of Women: Networking is the Best Medicine
Delia Owens, best-selling author of “Where the Crawdads Sing,” spoke at an event on Kiawah Island a couple of years ago. She addressed a group of women readers about her novel, which chronicled the journey an abandoned young girl who turned to the company of nature for solace and survival in an isolated environment. The […]
Social Media Butterfly: Emma Navarro Embraces New Off-Court Personality
Charleston tennis phenom Emma Navarro is known for her stone-cold seriousness and stoic demeanor on the court. But off the court she has recently begun displaying a more jovial side to her personality on social media. At the Credit One Charleston Open Media Day on March 31, the WTA 2024 Player of the Year talked […]
Eras of Extraordinary Lowcountry Women: Well-behaved women rarely make history
ELIZABETH MATTHEWS HEYWARD AND LOIS HALL During the British occupation of Charleston from May 12, 1780, until Dec. 14, 1782, Charleston’s population was divided in half between loyalists and patriots, many of whom were arrested and sent to St. Augustine for imprisonment. One such nationalist was Thomas Heyward, Jr., a signer of the Declaration of […]
Pioneers for Women: Charleston’s Grimke Sisters
Where would American politics be without women? This doesn’t just apply to those intrepid souls of all parties who run for public office but references the voice of every woman who is an integral part of the political process. Women comprise the largest voting bloc in the country. That wasn’t always the case, of course, […]
