Lake Norman Woman Magazine

jankristin

predict your future ...

{create it!}

kristin prochaska | mooresville dermatology center

Watching her father practice medicine all her life, physician assistant Kristin Prochaska, with Mooresville Dermatology Center, knew from the start that she wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps. “My talent and love for science fit perfectly with a profession where I could service the community and make a positive difference in people’s lives.”

“I am proud to work in a career that I love. My patients mean the world to me, and I treat them the way that I would want my family to be treated. Medicine was a perfect fit for me … just like it was for my dad!”

janstarr

2012 design resolutions

starr miller interior design

Each year we make resolutions about diet, fitness, time management, organization, charity, spending, or something else daunting and extremely difficult to do. Once I actually did give up french fries for an entire year.

I tried again last year but I failed miserably! Have you had the ones at 131 Main? Mmmmm....Oh yes, design....

This year I am going to challenge those of you insisting on making “designing a room” resolutions to add the following to your list:

janbonnie

framing her {business}

bonnie goethals | newbornk iNK

Often we assume that if we go to school for a discipline we love and begin working in that field, voilá! Happiness may now ensue. But if the fulfillment isn’t immediate—even if the success is—some of us second guess ourselves when all we really need to do is step back and evaluate how to improve.

Bonnie Goethals, photographer and owner of Newborn iNK in Mooresville, isn’t afraid to assess herself. After earning a communications degree and master’s in digital photography, both from George Mason University, Bonnie already was inspired by the hands-on experience in the darkroom. She appreciated the complete creation—from film to development to enlargement. By the time she began her master’s, the world began its love affair with digital photography; and Bonnie adapted her style.

Lose five pounds.
Learn to speak Spanish.
Save more or make more (preferably both).

Organize my closets, my house, my files, my finances, and … oh, who am I kidding, my life in general. Be a better wife, mother, daughter, and friend. Re-write my will. Put my photos in albums (last occurrence was when I was 26). Read better books, learn to play golf, and get some culture. Eat more broccoli. Become a best-selling author. Stop saying “like” as in “I’m, like, so hungry.” Become a much more patient, kind, loving, and charitable person. Stop making new year’s resolutions.

All of the above have appeared on my new year’s resolution list at some time or another. Some year after year after year, only I will sometimes change them a bit to reflect my progress. For example, check out my progress over the years regarding my weight (though I don’t like to brag!):

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The New Year is coming! What can LKNW do next year to make the magazine even better?

	More informational articles about topics I relate to.
	More success stories about local LKN women!
	More shopping guides or fashion spreads...
	A different look for the magazine...
	Include women-related community events in every issue...
	I wouldn't change a thing!

july2011

As the designer & photographer for Lake Norman Woman, I spend a lot of time behind my computer. I've grown to know our friends & clients through their unique signature placed at the end of each of their e-mails. As you all know, with the use of social networking & convenience of e-mail, we begin to relate to each other through the voice in the letters we type. So it is always exciting to put a face to the lovely people I talk to month after month, for years.

Kristine

This past year I have tried a variety of fitness activities- from hardcore gym workouts to P90X to dance classes. It was hard motivating myself to get to the gym on a regular basis and working out to videos wasn't any easier. When I started doing more dance style workouts, I not only looked forward to class, but I was seeing great results. Unfortunately, I was still not happy with my Stomach. That is what led me to my first Pilates workout with Kristine Bjornstad from Perfect Form!

June2011

The June issue of Lake Norman Woman is themed "All In The Family". I had the great pleasure of photographing 3 women who hold family very close to their heart, & their business.

Chelsea Bren, Art Director