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This week on Around Town with Linda: Amy Heydlauff

This week on Around Town and continuing with the Strong Women in Chelsea theme is Amy Heydlauff, recognizing her retirement, and to honor her years serving as head of Five Healthy Towns. “Around Town” with Linda Meloche can be seen … Read more

What’s Kintsugi?

By Amy Heydlauff In the past two weeks, I randomly heard kintsugi mentioned twice. So, I looked it up. It’s the art of repairing broken pottery with seams of precious metals. This pottery is considered more beautiful and valuable because … Read more

5 Healthy Towns Foundation making changes

By Amy Heydlauff, 5 Healthy Towns CEO I’ve been thinking about risk lately. Maybe that’s because 5 Healthy Towns Foundation (5HF) is about to take another big one and not all our big decisions have turned out the way we … Read more

What’s the secret to a long and meaningful life?

By Amy Heydlauff This month I attended a memorial service for my Grandmother, who was closer to 104 than 103 years old when she died earlier this year. Not surprisingly, all in attendance spoke of her long and satisfying life. … Read more

A good community is like a good quilt

By Amy Heydlauff I’ve heard people say a good community is like a good quilt. Every piece is critical to building a functional, durable, beautiful whole. Quilting is thought to be a quaint, rather cozy endeavor. Yet good quilts are … Read more

This week on Around Town with Linda: Amy Heydlauff

This week’s guest on “Around Town with Linda” is a re-airing of an interview with Amy Heydlauff (CEO of Five Healthy Towns) in a nod to people starting the year off in a healthy way. “Around Town” with Linda Meloche … Read more

One plus one is more than two

By Amy Heydlauff When I was a director of a small department at Chelsea Community Hospital my boss (Maggie Morehouse) taught me one of the best things I ever learned about leadership and life. She said some people lead with … Read more

There’s local help for dealing with addiction

By Amy Heydlauff Do you watch the television show, Mom? How about This is Us? Both shows deal with the topic of addiction. One is humorous and the other dramatic. Both are realistic in their portrayal of the turmoil brought … Read more

What’s functional fitness?

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Amy Heydlauff for the information in this column.) Lately you may be hearing about ‘functional fitness’. I asked Brett Pedersen, a certified group fitness instructor and weigh management specialist to help us understand what … Read more

Explore your inner toddler

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Amy Heydlauff for the information in this column.) It is likely your top priority, day to day, isn’t your long-term health. Assuming that’s true, and for most of us it is, here’s something we’d … Read more

New beginnings can happen any day; how about Monday?

(Chelsea Update would like to thank Amy Heydlauff for the information in this column.) It’s February. All of us who decided to start taking better care of ourselves or our families in the New Year are succumbing to the realities … Read more