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BOULDER COUNTY

Laurie Kaufman

JANUARY 2025

PHOTO BY JON DAVID ESTATESNAP ESTATESNAP.ORG

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Contents

PROFILES

16

Brandon Del Campo

22

10

COVER STORY

Laurie Kaufman

A NEW SHOPPING EXPERIENCE, SAME LOCAL FLOORING EXPERTS

IN THIS ISSUE Kari Kolicko 4 Preferred Partners 8 Meet The Team 10 Top Producer: Laurie Kaufman: A Realtor Who Really Cares 16 Realtor to Know: Brandon Del Campo 22 Realtor on the Move: Kari Kalicko 28 Health and Longevity: YOU ARE NOT SICK! YOU’RE THIRSTY!!

30 Featured Property: Best in Show

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If you are interested in contributing or nominating REALTORS for certain stories, please email us at john.mendez@n2co.com.

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Under New Ownership Boulder County Real Producers • 7

Contents

PROFILES

16

Brandon Del Campo

22

10

COVER STORY

Laurie Kaufman

A NEW SHOPPING EXPERIENCE, SAME LOCAL FLOORING EXPERTS

IN THIS ISSUE Kari Kalicko 4 Preferred Partners 8 Meet The Team 10 Top Producer: Laurie Kaufman: A Realtor Who Really Cares 16 Realtor to Know: Brandon Del Campo 22 Realtor on the Move: Kari Kalicko 28 Health and Longevity: YOU ARE NOT SICK! YOU’RE THIRSTY!!

30 Featured Property: Best in Show

30 Hearth & Stone Luxury Home Tour - Best in Show 3621 21st Street

If you are interested in contributing or nominating REALTORS for certain stories, please email us at john.mendez@n2co.com.

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Come Check Out Our Newly Remodeled Showroom and Our New Modernized Store Front!

CARPET HARDWOOD LAMINATE TILE & STONE AREA RUGS family-carpetone@gmail.com www.familycarpetone.com

303-651-2011

1401 Ken Pratt Blvd SUITE B Longmont CO. 80501

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Meet The Team John Mendez Publisher

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Kim Ash Ad Manager

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Jon David Photographer

Heads Up Head Shots jon@headsupheadshots.com

Dr. Felicia Santelli Writer

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CONTACT

US!

Joseph Cottle Writer

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DISCLAIMER: Any articles included in this publication and/or opinions expressed therein do not necessarily reflect the views of The N2 Company d/b/a Real Producers but remain solely those of the author(s). The paid advertisements contained within the Real Producers magazine are not endorsed or recommended by The N2 Company or the publisher. Therefore, neither The N2 Company nor the publisher may be held liable or responsible for business practices of these companies.

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Meet The Team John Mendez Publisher

john.mendez@n2co.com 303-596-1685

Kim Ash Ad Manager

ads.rpboulder@n2co.com

Jon David Photographer

Heads Up Head Shots jon@headsupheadshots.com

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CONTACT

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Joseph Cottle Writer

If you are interested in contributing or nominating REALTORS® for certain stories, please email us at john.mendez@n2co.com.

jsph.cottle@gmail.com

DISCLAIMER: Any articles included in this publication and/or opinions expressed therein do not necessarily reflect the views of The N2 Company d/b/a Real Producers but remain solely those of the author(s). The paid advertisements contained within the Real Producers magazine are not endorsed or recommended by The N2 Company or the publisher. Therefore, neither The N2 Company nor the publisher may be held liable or responsible for business practices of these companies.

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We’re thrilled to introduce Shine, a locally owned and operated business. Whether it’s window cleaning, gutter cleaning, pressure washing, screen cleaning, holiday lighting or one of their many other services, you will be proud of how great your home or business looks after they are done. Shine offers a variety of maintenance services that customers love and appreciate – while keeping your property and our environment safe with eco-friendly materials and practices. They know how to create a view!

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TOP PRODUCER

Laurie KAUFMAN

A REALTOR WHO REALLY CARES

WRITTEN BY JOSEPH COTTLE PHOTOS BY JON DAVID ESTATESNAP.ORG

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H

er clients aren’t simply in the hands of a seasoned professional; they’re in the care

of a true friend.

Business leaders and owners will understand a particular familiarity that comes with their daily grind: people start to fall into “types.” It’s not that people are inherently boring or uninteresting—real estate professionals repeat over and over again how they love meeting and helping new people, but even so, the pros can start to categorize people pretty quickly. If the pros couldn’t do that, they’d be bad at their jobs.

This business requires the discipline of reading people.

Laurie Kaufman will surprise you, though.

It’s not just her story but her way of being that draws you in. Spend time with

Laurie, and you’ll find it hard not to share your own stories—she’s the kind of person who genuinely wants to hear them. While her warmth and openness might be rooted in her midwestern upbringing, they’ve been carefully refined over her twentyplus-year career in real estate and even during her college days.

unsettling. I strive to take the pressure off my clients. My goal is to take a proactive approach to the process so it feels less daunting and overwhelming. I encourage clients to let me manage the process and take the lead, while trying to add a little laughter and levity to the mix,” she says.

The laughter and levity part is true. You don’t know you're sitting with someone trained in therapy, and you find yourself laughing and joking with her. She puts you at ease.

Underneath all that, however, you’ll find a remarkably hard worker who has intentionally shaped her career over decades of business savvy moves beyond her years.

“I started my real estate career while I was attending graduate school,” she remembers. “It gave me a chance to balance my studies with the countless hours I spent commuting in my zippy yet unreliable Saab hatchback, traveling between CSU in Fort Collins and CU Denver, all while managing a sizable portfolio of rental properties for a local investor.”

In addition, she had her own budding portfolio of properties in Boulder, which she managed as well, a smart investment she made when she saw the front range housing market heating up.

“Fortunately, I had the foresight to buy real estate in 2000-2001before the boom,” she says. “A four-plex in downtown Boulder—my first home— and a rental condo were my initial efforts at real estate investing.”

Laurie found her lane and stepped on the gas pedal.

“Soon after I graduated from CSU, my long-time mentor, Daryl Smith (RE/ MAX of Boulder), convinced me to get my real estate license,” she remembers. “As fate would have it, the day after I passed my real estate exam, I bumped into John McElveen (now a fellow milehimodern agent) at The Kitchen and, off the cuff, told him I got my license in case he knew anyone hiring. Two days later, he

“I encourage clients to let me manage the process and take the lead, while trying to add a little laughter and levity to the mix.”

“The job has allowed me to apply the skills I learned studying to be a therapist,” she says, “all of which I have found transferable to real estate.

Active listening, problem-solving, respecting confidentiality, advocating and advising, and being observant are all traits I find to be highly effective when guiding my clients through the complexity of a real estate transaction.”

What stands out just as much is her humility. Laurie isn’t one to shy away from talking about herself because of insecurity or shyness—she’s confident and self-assured, but without an ounce of pretense. This authenticity is a key part of her success, making her approachable, relatable, and someone you naturally want to connect with.

“The home buying and selling process and logistics can be quite

A REALTOR WHO REALLY CARES called and offered me a job on his sales team. This is how I began my real estate career and the next twenty years at RE/MAX of Boulder.”

The decision to head to milehimodern came suddenly, but not reluctantly. She explains, “A year ago, after much contemplation, I knew it was time to challenge myself. As luck would have it, I connected with Jennifer Fly, the managing broker at milehimodern, who introduced me to their unique and cutting-edge culture, philosophy, and creative approach to marketing real estate. The fact that

—even feels slow— hey invest in their agents by offering a business coach made me realize this was the ideal place to advance my personal and professional development.”

Laurie is somehow a highly driven person but also not driven at all. You can’t have her success and not be driven, but nothing about her way of being says “driven.” Her unassuming manner supports a deep confidence in her skills and market knowledge, which gives her an ever-ascending stability, the sort of climb that looks slow—even —even feels slow—

“The home buying and selling process and logistics can be quite unsettling.

I strive to take the pressure off my clients.”

but isn’t slow at all, like a passenger jet ascending to cruise altitude. She’s moving fast, faster than most, but you’d never know it.

Beyond her professional life, she enjoys the perks of living in Boulder County.

“To unwind and connect with friends, I hike the open-space trails with my silly long-haired Dachshund, Pedro,” she says. “My favorite trails are Mount Sanitas, Coot Lake, and Chautauqua. Some people stop to smell the roses, but my motto is ‘stop to pet the dogs,’” she quips.

She’s admittedly crazy about dogs, “I am an animal advocate, and I support Rocky Mountain Lab Rescue, where I was a foster ‘failure’ and adopted my black lab, Harley. I also support Guiding Eyes for the Blind, and sponsor Frank and Bean, the adorable miniature donkey duo at Medicine Horse. This non-profit provides equine therapy to veterans and cancer survivors in need of healing through the connection and unconditional love of animals.”

“I am also a huge sports fan,” she says. “I am a loyal Cubs fan, and I love spending an evening in Denver at a Nuggets game. In the fall, the perfect day consists of a morning hike followed by a CU football game. I can't get enough of watching the best mascot in college football, Ralphie, storm Folsom Field. What’s there not to love about a spunky buffalo dragging her wranglers around a football field?”

In the end, Laurie says she feels very fortunate. “I am lucky to have a career that allows me to develop relationships with such an array of interesting, capable, and exciting people. It might sound cliché, but the best part of working as a realtor is the relationships I build with my clients, many of whom I now call friends.”

LAURIE KAUFMAN 303-579-3738 lauriek@milehimodern.com milehimodern.com

REALTOR TO KNOW

Brandon DelCampo WON’T STOP RUNNING

“I wasn’t going to have a regular job. and I was never going to want to do anything that didn’t allow me to continue training. When all that ended, it’s like ‘what am I going to do now?’”

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No obstacle will stop this realtor from achieving his goals

BY JOSEPH COTTLE • PHOTOS BY JON DAVID ESTATESNAP.ORG

In 2009, Brandon Del Campo found himself in Boulder at another crossroads in his life.

He had been vigorously training as a semi-pro and professional triathlete for the last four years, competing in the Hawaii Ironman twice and winning a half Ironman world championship for his age group. So what can stop an athlete like that?

“Nobody has really been able to figure out what it was.” Brandon explains about a chronic injury that developed in his left leg. “I have pins in my left hip that broke while running the steeplechase in college. I suppose it’s possible that it is related to that. It’s just some kind of wacky injury in my left leg that never really went away.”

He thinks back on that pivotal year in 2009, “I knew that the lifestyle of focusing solely on triathlon was not going to be sustainable, and I also knew I was going to stay in Boulder and not move back to Los Angeles, “he says.

Los Angeles was more or less his hometown, even though he spent the last three years between New Zealand and Boulder in an endless summer training for triathlons. Now that his athletic endeavor was put on hold, or at least relegated to a hobby, he had to figure something out.

“I wasn’t going to have a regular job,” Brandon remembers, “and I was never going to want to do anything that didn’t allow me to continue training. When all that ended, it’s like ‘what am I going to do now?’ I wasn’t going to go from being this outdoor animal to someone sitting at a desk nine to five. Looking back, I always knew the plan was to be in real estate. In fact, I dabbled in it in Los Angeles the year before I ended up going to New Zealand. I wasted no time and got my Colorado real estate license in three months. I did that when the market was bad for sellers and when short sales were gaining traction. It was a challenging time for a lot of people.“ That being said, getting into the toughest real estate market since the great depression was a great way to start. You can only go up from there if you’re willing to commit, and, boy, did Brandon commit, earning over $100,000 his first year. He credits a real estate coach that taught him how to prospect and call expired listings and for-sale-byowners, people who historically want nothing

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REALTOR TO KNOW

Brandon DelCampo WON’T STOP RUNNING

“I wasn’t going to have a regular job. and I was never going to want to do anything that didn’t allow me to continue training. When all that ended, it’s like ‘what am I going to do now?’”

16 • January 2025

No obstacle will stop this realtor from achieving his goals

BY JOSEPH COTTLE • PHOTOS BY JON DAVID ESTATESNAP.ORG

In 2009, Brandon Del Campo found himself in Boulder at another crossroads in his life.

He had been vigorously training as a semi-pro and professional triathlete for the last four years, competing in the Hawaii Ironman twice and winning a half Ironman world championship for his age group. So what can stop an athlete like that?

“Nobody has really been able to figure out what it was.” Brandon explains about a chronic injury that developed in his left leg. “I have pins in my left hip that broke while running the steeplechase in college. I suppose it’s possible that it is related to that. It’s just some kind of wacky injury in my left leg that never really went away.”

He thinks back on that pivotal year in 2009, “I knew that the lifestyle of focusing solely on triathlon was not going to be sustainable, and I also knew I was going to stay in Boulder and not move back to Los Angeles, “he says.

Los Angeles was more or less his hometown, even though he spent the last three years between New Zealand and Boulder in an endless summer training for triathlons. Now that his athletic endeavor was put on hold, or at least relegated to a hobby, he had to figure something out.

“I wasn’t going to have a regular job,” Brandon remembers, “and I was never going to want to do anything that didn’t allow me to continue training. When all that ended, it’s like ‘what am I going to do now?’ I wasn’t going to go from being this outdoor animal to someone sitting at a desk nine to five. Looking back, I always knew the plan was to be in real estate. In fact, I dabbled in it in Los Angeles the year before I ended up going to New Zealand. I wasted no time and got my Colorado real estate license in three months. I did that when the market was bad for sellers and when short sales were gaining traction. It was a challenging time for a lot of people.“ That being said, getting into the toughest real estate market since the great depression was a great way to start. You can only go up from there if you’re willing to commit, and, boy, did Brandon commit, earning over $100,000 his first year. He credits a real estate coach that taught him how to prospect and call expired listings and for-sale-byowners, people who historically want nothing

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to do with realtors and can be very hostile about the situation that they are in.

“That was a huge learning curve. I had clients in the beginning that were beyond tough, “Brandon says. “I’m an empathetic people-person that didn’t understand how to deal with clients that go off the rails. There were a few clients in the beginning that really made me question whether I wanted to stay in this business. I had the choice to be defeated or figure out how to grow from the experience. I studied some psychology on how to manage people that are stressed out, how to be helpful in all situations, and how not to take things personally. Over time, it worked, and of course there is something to be said for just time in the industry and sticking it out.”

“While I did have a coach that taught me how to prospect for clients,” Brandon continues, “he didn’t teach me how to not have anxiety about it. When you’re new in real estate, you can develop imposter syndrome pretty easily—I never liked feeling like a sales person. It took me a long time to figure out what would differentiate me in this business, and allow my personal strength to shine.”

Forgive the running pun, but Brandon found his stride, despite entering the real estate market right after the housing bubble popped. The last fifteen years have been, more or less, a steady climb upward for his career. He started with a few bigger brokerages, then moved to the extremely established Bernardi Group at Coldwell Banker for a four year stint, and was finally recruited to milehimodern (mhm) a few years ago.

Based on what other realtors have told Real Producers about working at mhm, it tracks that Brandon would find himself there as the culture fits his preferred way of doing business.

He says about those interim years before milehimodern, “The biggest thing that I learned was what I don’t want to do, how I don’t want to run my business. I’m not saying that anyone else is doing it wrong. I’m just saying that it’s not for me. For a lot of people, it’s all about high volume, and obviously, if you do high volume, you must be doing something right or you would go out of business soon enough.

It’s just that it takes away from the personal client experience that I prefer to provide. “ But, just how exactly does Brandon think about his business? What matters the most to him?

“I get up for my clients. Buying and selling a home is a huge deal for most people. Having experienced a fair amount of personal demons over the years, I recognize that this particular human experience of buying or selling a house, can bring out peoples stress and life traumas. While it’s crucial to help a client navigate the buying and selling process, it’s ultimately more about helping someone navigate a complex and potentially extremely stressful life event that contains many decisions. That’s where I shine today. I wake up thinking, ‘Ok, I get to help people feel less stressed today.’”

It’s no surprise that Brandon took what looked like an impossible situation—a global financial crisis and domestic housing market crash—and turned it into something successful.

As mentioned before, his life before real estate had some

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“I never liked feeling like a sales person. It took me a long time to figure out what would differentiate me in this business, and allow my personal strength to shine.” massive challenges. Combine that with the strength and tenacity it takes to do well at Ironman, and a solid human will form.

After running as a stand out athlete in high school, Brandon was awarded a scholarship to run for UCLA. That sounds like success, but that would be the start of some of his darkest days.

Brandon explains, “I would become, to my knowledge, the first openly gay male athlete at UCLA. You have to remember it was 1996. That was the “don’t ask don’t tell” era of the military, the tail end of the AIDS epidemic, and it was pre Will and Grace, which sounds silly, but it’s a small pop-culture reference that reminds us that people weren’t quite there yet with all of this.

“I was closeted up until that point, except for one person who happened to be a friend that I ran in high school with and was also on the team at UCLA, two years ahead of me. When I came out on the team, it was sort of a trickle event, and then it spread. I didn’t actually come out to everybody. It came out. A couple of people knew, but some people didn’t keep their mouths shut, and then I felt like I was in the middle of a hurricane. Ultimately, I knew I had to have the courage to come out to my parents, which felt insurmountable, especially as an only child.“ Brandon‘s parents were both elected officials in his home town of Thousand Oaks, a suburb in Los Angeles, and while they were supportive, Brandon could tell things had changed. A few months later, he tried to commit suicide. “It’s important to talk about this part of my life, because the rate of suicide in gay men has always been higher than most groups. Even though it’s 2024 and many things have changed we haven’t really seen that rate drop.”

“I thought that when I decided to run for UCLA that I’d be able to start fresh,” Brandon says, “but that’s the exact opposite of what happened. Anytime you suppress something that large inside of you, it catches up. The running was not going to mask it anymore, and it all fell apart.”

Those years after being outed, watching his running fall apart, and his suicide attempt, life felt listless. “Competing at the highest levels of running alongside multiple Olympians really isn’t possible when your mental game has been destroyed,” he says. AFter graduation, he figured he had also finished sports for good.

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to do with realtors and can be very hostile about the situation that they are in.

“That was a huge learning curve. I had clients in the beginning that were beyond tough, “Brandon says. “I’m an empathetic people-person that didn’t understand how to deal with clients that go off the rails. There were a few clients in the beginning that really made me question whether I wanted to stay in this business. I had the choice to be defeated or figure out how to grow from the experience. I studied some psychology on how to manage people that are stressed out, how to be helpful in all situations, and how not to take things personally. Over time, it worked, and of course there is something to be said for just time in the industry and sticking it out.”

“While I did have a coach that taught me how to prospect for clients,” Brandon continues, “he didn’t teach me how to not have anxiety about it. When you’re new in real estate, you can develop imposter syndrome pretty easily—I never liked feeling like a sales person. It took me a long time to figure out what would differentiate me in this business, and allow my personal strength to shine.”

Forgive the running pun, but Brandon found his stride, despite entering the real estate market right after the housing bubble popped. The last fifteen years have been, more or less, a steady climb upward for his career. He started with a few bigger brokerages, then moved to the extremely established Bernardi Group at Coldwell Banker for a four year stint, and was finally recruited to milehimodern (mhm) a few years ago.

Based on what other realtors have told Real Producers about working at mhm, it tracks that Brandon would find himself there as the culture fits his preferred way of doing business.

He says about those interim years before milehimodern, “The biggest thing that I learned was what I don’t want to do, how I don’t want to run my business. I’m not saying that anyone else is doing it wrong. I’m just saying that it’s not for me. For a lot of people, it’s all about high volume, and obviously, if you do high volume, you must be doing something right or you would go out of business soon enough.

It’s just that it takes away from the personal client experience that I prefer to provide. “ But, just how exactly does Brandon think about his business? What matters the most to him?

“I get up for my clients. Buying and selling a home is a huge deal for most people. Having experienced a fair amount of personal demons over the years, I recognize that this particular human experience of buying or selling a house, can bring out peoples stress and life traumas. While it’s crucial to help a client navigate the buying and selling process, it’s ultimately more about helping someone navigate a complex and potentially extremely stressful life event that contains many decisions. That’s where I shine today. I wake up thinking, ‘Ok, I get to help people feel less stressed today.’”

It’s no surprise that Brandon took what looked like an impossible situation—a global financial crisis and domestic housing market crash—and turned it into something successful.

As mentioned before, his life before real estate had some

18 • January 2025

“I never liked feeling like a sales person. It took me a long time to figure out what would differentiate me in this business, and allow my personal strength to shine.” massive challenges. Combine that with the strength and tenacity it takes to do well at Ironman, and a solid human will form.

After running as a stand out athlete in high school, Brandon was awarded a scholarship to run for UCLA. That sounds like success, but that would be the start of some of his darkest days.

Brandon explains, “I would become, to my knowledge, the first openly gay male athlete at UCLA. You have to remember it was 1996. That was the “don’t ask don’t tell” era of the military, the tail end of the AIDS epidemic, and it was pre Will and Grace, which sounds silly, but it’s a small pop-culture reference that reminds us that people weren’t quite there yet with all of this.

“I was closeted up until that point, except for one person who happened to be a friend that I ran in high school with and was also on the team at UCLA, two years ahead of me. When I came out on the team, it was sort of a trickle event, and then it spread. I didn’t actually come out to everybody. It came out. A couple of people knew, but some people didn’t keep their mouths shut, and then I felt like I was in the middle of a hurricane. Ultimately, I knew I had to have the courage to come out to my parents, which felt insurmountable, especially as an only child.“ Brandon‘s parents were both elected officials in his home town of Thousand Oaks, a suburb in Los Angeles, and while they were supportive, Brandon could tell things had changed. A few months later, he tried to commit suicide. “It’s important to talk about this part of my life, because the rate of suicide in gay men has always been higher than most groups. Even though it’s 2024 and many things have changed we haven’t really seen that rate drop.”

“I thought that when I decided to run for UCLA that I’d be able to start fresh,” Brandon says, “but that’s the exact opposite of what happened. Anytime you suppress something that large inside of you, it catches up. The running was not going to mask it anymore, and it all fell apart.”

Those years after being outed, watching his running fall apart, and his suicide attempt, life felt listless. “Competing at the highest levels of running alongside multiple Olympians really isn’t possible when your mental game has been destroyed,” he says. AFter graduation, he figured he had also finished sports for good.

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“But being complacent and inactive wasn’t really me. I decided to try and get fit and give triathlon a go“ Brandon remembers.

Over the years, the running didn’t fix the problems, but it always gave him an outlet to work through his anxiety and feelings of failure after college. Looking back now, as a successful man in his 40s, he’s come to terms with all of it.

“I would love to live in a world where being gay is not the centerpiece of my life because it really isn’t,” he notes. “It’s not what makes me me. I still relate, though, to the anxiety that people have around coming out because, even though I live in Boulder, I still find there is a coming out process with new clients. They often ask early on ‘So, do you have a girlfriend?’ I know that they are just being conversational because they see I’m not married. It’s hard to explain, but no matter how ‘okay’ you are with yourself, there will always be leftover anxiety about that.”

But he also notes that, even though real estate felt like his only option for a career after athletics, it turned out to be the best path to not only give him a rewarding career, but also overcome some of his past issues.

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“I think that my business has been a fantastic way for me to grow as a person, because this is a very human business, “he says. “The biggest thing that differentiates me from most agents is that I come in with questions and interest about my clients keeping their needs and goals center stage. I don’t think anyone wants an agent that comes in with some presentation about how wonderful they are or how many sales they did. We can certainly talk about that if a client specifically asks, but our meeting is always going to be 100% about them and their goals.

“The personal piece that helped me tremendously regarding being out is that with each new client I get to practice being genuinely authentic with them. I would say in the beginning that I tried, and—dare I say—was taught to change who I was for each person I came into contact with. I don’t do that anymore. Everyone gets the same version of me. I witnessed a lot of agents and real estate coaches preaching that you have to change who you are for each client based on their personality and, quite frankly, that grosses me out,” he chuckles.

Real estate aside, Brandon is still running and biking. He has finished the Leadville 100 MTB twice and is currently going back to his roots of 5K running in the masters division even with his injured leg. “I’d like to see if I could get a fast 5K at the age of 50, but who knows,” he says. “What I do know is that this time, it’s about enjoying the process and having some fun with it.” In fact, I coach BAM (Boulder Aquatic Masters) swimming one day a week at 6am just for something different!

Brandon isn’t running from anything anymore; he’s just running towards life, continuing to build a business on his own terms and going after athletic endeavors purely for the joy of it.

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“But being complacent and inactive wasn’t really me. I decided to try and get fit and give triathlon a go“ Brandon remembers.

Over the years, the running didn’t fix the problems, but it always gave him an outlet to work through his anxiety and feelings of failure after college. Looking back now, as a successful man in his 40s, he’s come to terms with all of it.

“I would love to live in a world where being gay is not the centerpiece of my life because it really isn’t,” he notes. “It’s not what makes me me. I still relate, though, to the anxiety that people have around coming out because, even though I live in Boulder, I still find there is a coming out process with new clients. They often ask early on ‘So, do you have a girlfriend?’ I know that they are just being conversational because they see I’m not married. It’s hard to explain, but no matter how ‘okay’ you are with yourself, there will always be leftover anxiety about that.”

But he also notes that, even though real estate felt like his only option for a career after athletics, it turned out to be the best path to not only give him a rewarding career, but also overcome some of his past issues.

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“I think that my business has been a fantastic way for me to grow as a person, because this is a very human business, “he says. “The biggest thing that differentiates me from most agents is that I come in with questions and interest about my clients keeping their needs and goals center stage. I don’t think anyone wants an agent that comes in with some presentation about how wonderful they are or how many sales they did. We can certainly talk about that if a client specifically asks, but our meeting is always going to be 100% about them and their goals.

“The personal piece that helped me tremendously regarding being out is that with each new client I get to practice being genuinely authentic with them. I would say in the beginning that I tried, and—dare I say—was taught to change who I was for each person I came into contact with. I don’t do that anymore. Everyone gets the same version of me. I witnessed a lot of agents and real estate coaches preaching that you have to change who you are for each client based on their personality and, quite frankly, that grosses me out,” he chuckles.

Real estate aside, Brandon is still running and biking. He has finished the Leadville 100 MTB twice and is currently going back to his roots of 5K running in the masters division even with his injured leg. “I’d like to see if I could get a fast 5K at the age of 50, but who knows,” he says. “What I do know is that this time, it’s about enjoying the process and having some fun with it.” In fact, I coach BAM (Boulder Aquatic Masters) swimming one day a week at 6am just for something different!

Brandon isn’t running from anything anymore; he’s just running towards life, continuing to build a business on his own terms and going after athletic endeavors purely for the joy of it.

BRANDON DEL CAMPO 310-739-8642 DELCAMPOREALESTATE@GMAIL.COM MILEHIMODERN.COM Boulder County Real Producers • 21

REALTOR ON THE MOVE

BY JOSEPH COTTLE PHOTOS BY JON DAVID ESTATESNAP.ORG PHOTO TAKEN AT SUTI & CO BOULDER COLORADO

KARI Kolicko Kari Kolicko is making her home in Boulder County. How the midwestern native has remade herself into a Boulder local.

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here can be a pervasive sense of transience along the front range.

All year long, tourists pour into Denver and spill up and down I-25 or up the passes on I-70 to get their jollies doing touristy mountain stuff. Moving to the region can be hard for people trying to find a sense of “home” when so many people come and go, even non-tourists—some people move with the best intention to stay and then have to leave because it’s too far from family, they can’t afford housing, or maybe the front range just isn’t their thing.

Kari Kolicko is no tourist. She is a local, and wants to help newcomers and other locals find their home in Boulder County.

Like many others along the front range, Kari is a transplant from the Midwest, and she looks back with fondness on her Chicago roots, how she learned the midwestern work ethic and an unassuming way of carrying one’s self.

“I visited Winter Park for the first time in the summer,” she says “and that got me motivated, thinking that people live here all the time and enjoy these things.

There’s much more in the world to see.”

Her time in the suburbs meant she hadn’t spent much time outside, save summer stays at a lake house.

“There’s not a lot going on there. It’s like breweries and food and stuff like that,” Kari remembers. “I don’t think I had much of a passion for the outdoors until I moved here. Honestly, I think I got tired.

I think that’s one of the reasons why I wanted to move away—there was more to do here and just kind of more to see.”

Her move to Boulder coincided with her move into real estate. Kari had originally intended to be a therapist back in Chicago. “One thing kind of led to another,” she says, “where I realized what I’m doing now is not really a

good fit. So I actually got a marketing position at a Berkshire Hathaway office in Schaumburg, Illinois.

“I put my nose to the grindstone, getting to know these real estate agents, their marketing, their ideas, and I would basically be their go-to marketing girl for anything that they needed. I really had to get creative and put the puzzle pieces together, so I got

I really had to get creative and put the puzzle pieces together, so I got to know the back end of how to market as a realtor.”

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REALTOR ON THE MOVE

BY JOSEPH COTTLE PHOTOS BY JON DAVID ESTATESNAP.ORG PHOTO TAKEN AT SUTI & CO BOULDER COLORADO

KARI Kalicko Kari Kalicko is making her home in Boulder County. How the midwestern native has remade herself into a Boulder local.

22 • January 2025

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here can be a pervasive sense of transience along the front range.

All year long, tourists pour into Denver and spill up and down I-25 or up the passes on I-70 to get their jollies doing touristy mountain stuff. Moving to the region can be hard for people trying to find a sense of “home” when so many people come and go, even non-tourists—some people move with the best intention to stay and then have to leave because it’s too far from family, they can’t afford housing, or maybe the front range just isn’t their thing.

Kari Kolicko is no tourist. She is a local, and wants to help newcomers and other locals find their home in Boulder County.

Like many others along the front range, Kari is a transplant from the Midwest, and she looks back with fondness on her Chicago roots, how she learned the midwestern work ethic and an unassuming way of carrying one’s self.

“I visited Winter Park for the first time in the summer,” she says “and that got me motivated, thinking that people live here all the time and enjoy these things.

There’s much more in the world to see.”

Her time in the suburbs meant she hadn’t spent much time outside, save summer stays at a lake house.

“There’s not a lot going on there. It’s like breweries and food and stuff like that,” Kari remembers. “I don’t think I had much of a passion for the outdoors until I moved here. Honestly, I think I got tired.

I think that’s one of the reasons why I wanted to move away—there was more to do here and just kind of more to see.”

Her move to Boulder coincided with her move into real estate. Kari had originally intended to be a therapist back in Chicago. “One thing kind of led to another,” she says, “where I realized what I’m doing now is not really a

good fit. So I actually got a marketing position at a Berkshire Hathaway office in Schaumburg, Illinois.

“I put my nose to the grindstone, getting to know these real estate agents, their marketing, their ideas, and I would basically be their go-to marketing girl for anything that they needed. I really had to get creative and put the puzzle pieces together, so I got

I really had to get creative and put the puzzle pieces together, so I got to know the back end of how to market as a realtor.”

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to know the back end of how to market as a realtor.”

Kari found a groove that was working for her, but was still feeling ambitious.

“I was looking for other avenues for a similar position in Colorado, and I got interviewed as a marketing assistant for a broker in Golden.”

That was all she needed. She moved out to Boulder once she got the job, but her ambition kept pushing her bit by bit over the coming months. “I got really savvy with what makes realtors tick and thought, okay, I think I could be this, but I think I could elevate it even higher or set a different standard in the industry.

“After a couple of years, I remember having a long conversation with my dad about being unhappy in marketing and admin. You don’t really go much higher up the ranks. So I thought, well, I don’t want to do marketing and admin forever.

I think actually going into real estate would be really fun and challenging.”

She went for it.

Things started coming together for her when she switched roles at her first broker, but after a little while, she wanted something less corporate, so she joined a small local team just down the road from Boulder, which was what she calls a “boutique” real estate agency. “[Working with a] global brand was kind of great, but I wanted something a little bit more localized,” she remembers.

“I moved from a global brokerage to a teeny tiny boutique brokerage, and I needed something perfectly in between.

Milehimodern was that because they’re only Colorado based. They’re a young

I really had to get creative and put the puzzle pieces together, so I got to know the back end of how to market as a realtor.”

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company, but I think they’re very hip, kind of trendy, collaborative, and the relationships that I’ve grown—we’re very helpful towards one another versus keeping to ourselves and having our own systems and processes. It’s been something where now I feel very comfortable, where I’m pretty happy.”

Kari Kolicko’s ambition isn’t the sort of ambition we’re used to hearing about, the kind that wants to climb corporate ladders or the sort that drives politicians into double speak and back-door dealing.

Maybe it’s wrong to call it ambition at all, but ambition can be a good thing, and Kari’s ambition isn’t about banking away as much money as possible.

“I think it’s about the clients that I have,” she notes. “At the end of every transaction, I like to stay in touch or even become friends. Those are the best kinds of transactions when you kind of leave the table and you want to see each other again for a drink or something like that. It’s really about first time home buyers—they are really scared and they know nothing about this process. It’s my job to educate them, to make sure that they feel confident in the home that they’re choosing.”

Clients first. Seems simple, but the pull of transaction volume is hard to resist. After all, who doesn’t like money showing up in their bank account? Not for Kari. She has stuff she’d rather do.

Work is just a means to an end to her.

“I’m the person that tries really hard to set boundaries and take time for myself,” she says. “If I can go away on a camping trip or just get into the mountains for a couple of days, it’s a really good reset for me. That’s where I can actually think, and if I don’t have cell service, I’m happier that way. I’m a hundred percent happier if I’m able to get outside for a couple days.”

Camping wasn’t always her thing, but life finds a way. Her husband, a filmmaker and professor at CU, took her on her first camping trip. “Some people take vacations; we just go camping somewhere,” Kari says. “I think watching what it’s done to him and having me embrace it has been really good for mind, body, and soul. I’m a huge advocate for

people understanding and sharing that type of lifestyle with others.”

It’s not just camping, though. She loves to get on the slopes in the winter, snowboarding at Winter Park or Mary Jane, and sometimes she ventures outside of the state for good powder, places like Tahoe or resorts in Montana. And she caught the travel bug, booking a couple of trips outside of the country for the first time, and it opened her eyes to the world outside of Boulder and Chicago.

When she is in Boulder, which is where she lives and works, she has one particular hobby that really does it for her—“In the past year I’ve been sharing Instagram stories of Boulder County coffee shops. It’s gotten a lot of attention to where people know me now, so I call it ‘Spill the Beans Coffee Reviews,’” she says.

“It’s very casual—‘this is what I ordered, this is the menu here,’ and then some photos. It’s fun to share where I’m going, and now people are always asking me, ‘where’s the best place for this?’ or ‘I’m going on a date. What’s the coffee shop that you recommend in Louisville?’ I think that’s been a really fun thing, and people remember me by it.”

And it’s literally just for fun because Kari likes people, coffee, and coffee shops. “I’m not monetizing it. I just reach out to some of the small businesses and say, ‘Hey, this is what I’m doing—is it okay if I showcase you?’ And of course they say, ‘Oh yeah, this is awesome. We’ll share your story!’ So it’s helping me get a little bit more localized that way.”

Localized. A neighbor, a good friend.

Sure, Kari has made a heck of a career for herself in an impressive amount of time, but it’s being a local that matters most to her. She says, “what makes me want to hustle harder is to be someone at home in Boulder County.”

Kari Kolicko

PHOTO TAKEN AT SUTI & CO BOULDER COLORADO

630-740-6050 kari@milehimodern.com milehimodern.com

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to know the back end of how to market as a realtor.”

Kari found a groove that was working for her, but was still feeling ambitious.

“I was looking for other avenues for a similar position in Colorado, and I got interviewed as a marketing assistant for a broker in Golden.”

That was all she needed. She moved out to Boulder once she got the job, but her ambition kept pushing her bit by bit over the coming months. “I got really savvy with what makes realtors tick and thought, okay, I think I could be this, but I think I could elevate it even higher or set a different standard in the industry.

“After a couple of years, I remember having a long conversation with my dad about being unhappy in marketing and admin. You don’t really go much higher up the ranks. So I thought, well, I don’t want to do marketing and admin forever.

I think actually going into real estate would be really fun and challenging.”

She went for it.

Things started coming together for her when she switched roles at her first broker, but after a little while, she wanted something less corporate, so she joined a small local team just down the road from Boulder, which was what she calls a “boutique” real estate agency. “[Working with a] global brand was kind of great, but I wanted something a little bit more localized,” she remembers.

“I moved from a global brokerage to a teeny tiny boutique brokerage, and I needed something perfectly in between.

Milehimodern was that because they’re only Colorado based. They’re a young

I really had to get creative and put the puzzle pieces together, so I got to know the back end of how to market as a realtor.”

24 • January 2025

company, but I think they’re very hip, kind of trendy, collaborative, and the relationships that I’ve grown—we’re very helpful towards one another versus keeping to ourselves and having our own systems and processes. It’s been something where now I feel very comfortable, where I’m pretty happy.”

Kari Kolicko’s ambition isn’t the sort of ambition we’re used to hearing about, the kind that wants to climb corporate ladders or the sort that drives politicians into double speak and back-door dealing.

Maybe it’s wrong to call it ambition at all, but ambition can be a good thing, and Kari’s ambition isn’t about banking away as much money as possible.

“I think it’s about the clients that I have,” she notes. “At the end of every transaction, I like to stay in touch or even become friends. Those are the best kinds of transactions when you kind of leave the table and you want to see each other again for a drink or something like that. It’s really about first time home buyers—they are really scared and they know nothing about this process. It’s my job to educate them, to make sure that they feel confident in the home that they’re choosing.”

Clients first. Seems simple, but the pull of transaction volume is hard to resist. After all, who doesn’t like money showing up in their bank account? Not for Kari. She has stuff she’d rather do.

Work is just a means to an end to her.

“I’m the person that tries really hard to set boundaries and take time for myself,” she says. “If I can go away on a camping trip or just get into the mountains for a couple of days, it’s a really good reset for me. That’s where I can actually think, and if I don’t have cell service, I’m happier that way. I’m a hundred percent happier if I’m able to get outside for a couple days.”

Camping wasn’t always her thing, but life finds a way. Her husband, a filmmaker and professor at CU, took her on her first camping trip. “Some people take vacations; we just go camping somewhere,” Kari says. “I think watching what it’s done to him and having me embrace it has been really good for mind, body, and soul. I’m a huge advocate for

people understanding and sharing that type of lifestyle with others.”

It’s not just camping, though. She loves to get on the slopes in the winter, snowboarding at Winter Park or Mary Jane, and sometimes she ventures outside of the state for good powder, places like Tahoe or resorts in Montana. And she caught the travel bug, booking a couple of trips outside of the country for the first time, and it opened her eyes to the world outside of Boulder and Chicago.

When she is in Boulder, which is where she lives and works, she has one particular hobby that really does it for her—“In the past year I’ve been sharing Instagram stories of Boulder County coffee shops. It’s gotten a lot of attention to where people know me now, so I call it ‘Spill the Beans Coffee Reviews,’” she says.

“It’s very casual—‘this is what I ordered, this is the menu here,’ and then some photos. It’s fun to share where I’m going, and now people are always asking me, ‘where’s the best place for this?’ or ‘I’m going on a date. What’s the coffee shop that you recommend in Louisville?’ I think that’s been a really fun thing, and people remember me by it.”

And it’s literally just for fun because Kari likes people, coffee, and coffee shops. “I’m not monetizing it. I just reach out to some of the small businesses and say, ‘Hey, this is what I’m doing—is it okay if I showcase you?’ And of course they say, ‘Oh yeah, this is awesome. We’ll share your story!’ So it’s helping me get a little bit more localized that way.”

Localized. A neighbor, a good friend.

Sure, Kari has made a heck of a career for herself in an impressive amount of time, but it’s being a local that matters most to her. She says, “what makes me want to hustle harder is to be someone at home in Boulder County.”

Kari Kolicko

PHOTO TAKEN AT SUTI & CO BOULDER COLORADO

630-740-6050 kari@milehimodern.com milehimodern.com

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HEALTH & LONGEVITY

You Are Not Sick!

Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.”

You’re Thirsty!!

– Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, M.D., discoverer of Vitamin C.

HERE ARE SOME REASONS OUR BODY NEEDS WATER: 1. It lubricates the joints Cartilage, found in joints and the disks of the spine, contains around 80% water. Long-term dehydration can reduce the joints’ shock-absorbing ability, leading to joint pain.

2. It forms saliva and mucus Saliva helps us digest our food and keeps the mouth, nose, and eyes moist. This prevents friction and damage. Drinking water also keeps the mouth clean.

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BY DR. FELICIA SANTELLI

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his may sound like ‘fake news’ but the truth is, the title is correct! It comes from the book, “Your Body’s Many Cries for Water”, by Dr. Feydoon Batmangelidj.

Healing is more than getting rid of symptoms.

Symptoms are telling us about an imbalance in our lives, whether it be our spirit, consciousness energy, or the environment we live in. We may choose to take a drug to reduce the effects of whatever is making us sick.

But, if we’re not addressing the root cause, the cycle will repeat itself.

One of the root causes of chronic illness today is surprisingly, not drinking enough water!

More than two thirds of the human body is water.

Water serves many functions to keep the body healthy.

Every bodily process, every living cell, depends on water to function properly.

Water transports nutrients, regulates body temperature, lubricates joints and internal organs, supports the structure of cells and tissues, and preserves cardiovascular function. We cannot survive long without water.

Did you ever wonder why so many of us love to walk along the ocean?

Studies have shown that people who live near or next to a body of water are happier. Researchers from the University of Exeter, England, found that people who lived within a mile from the sea were less likely to experience mental health disorders — such as anxiety or depression.

Just being close to these ‘blue spaces’, as scientists refer to them, increases our happiness. Marine biologist,

Wallace J. Nichols, calls the “immeasurable sense of peace that we feel around water” our “blue mind”, a mildly meditative state characterized by calm, peace, unity, and a sense of general happiness and satisfaction with life in the moment.

Water gives and teaches us so much — but the simple everyday-ness of it makes it easy to take water for granted. That said, we all know there’s nothing quite like that feeling of drinking cool, clear water when you’re parched. Or the sheer joy of diving into a crystal-clear lake on a sweltering day.

We need H20. Water is crucial for human survival.

Water is vital to our health – and -so important for human life!

It forms the basis of blood, digestive juices, urine, and perspiration, and is contained in lean muscle, fat,

and bones. Since the body can’t store water, we need fresh supplies every day to make up for losses from the lungs, skin, urine, and poop.

The truth is, without water, we can only live a matter of days — that’s how critically our body relies on water to survive. Food on the other hand? We can get by without eating for weeks so long as we’re drinking at least 1.5 liters of water per day.

But to truly thrive and live our best lives, some experts believe we really should be hydrating way more than that — as much as 15.5 cups (3.7 liters) of water a day for men, and 11.5 cups (2.7 liters) a day for women.

To function properly, all the cells and organs of the body need water.

Sources of water Water required by the body can be taken through foods with a high-water content,

such as oranges, watermelon, and spinach, but most come through drinking water.

During everyday functioning, water is lost by the body, and this needs to be replaced. We notice that we lose water through activities such as sweating and urination, but water is lost even when breathing.

Since the body has no way to store water and needs fresh supplies every day, it is the best source of fluid for the body whether from a tap or bottle.

What is dehydration?

Dehydration happens when your body doesn’t have enough water. Being dehydrated can affect your physical and mental performance. Your body does not work as well when it is dehydrated.

Symptoms of dehydration: thirst, headaches, lethargy, mood changes,

3. It delivers oxygen throughout the body Blood is more than 90% water, and blood carries oxygen to different parts of the body.

4. It boosts skin health Water intake improves skin barrier. Without hydration, the skin can become more vulnerable to skin disorders.

5. It cushions the brain, spinal cord, and other sensitive tissues Dehydration can affect brain structure and function.

Prolonged dehydration can lead to problems with thinking and reasoning.

6. It regulates body temperature Water that is stored in the middle layers of the skin comes to the skin’s surface as sweat when the body heats up. As it evaporates, it cools the body.

7. The digestive system depends on it The bowel needs water to work properly.

Dehydration can lead to digestive problems, constipation, and an overly acidic stomach. This increases the risk of heartburn and stomach ulcers.

8. It flushes body waste Water is needed in the processes of sweating and the removal of urine and feces.

9. It helps maintain blood pressure Dehydration can cause blood to become thicker, which is associated with decreased blood pressure.

10. It prevents kidney damage The kidneys regulate fluid in the body. Insufficient water can lead to kidney stones and other problems.

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HEALTH & LONGEVITY

You Are Not Sick!

Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.”

You’re Thirsty!!

– Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, M.D., discoverer of Vitamin C.

HERE ARE SOME REASONS OUR BODY NEEDS WATER: 1. It lubricates the joints Cartilage, found in joints and the disks of the spine, contains around 80% water. Long-term dehydration can reduce the joints’ shock-absorbing ability, leading to joint pain.

2. It forms saliva and mucus Saliva helps us digest our food and keeps the mouth, nose, and eyes moist. This prevents friction and damage. Drinking water also keeps the mouth clean.

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BY DR. FELICIA SANTELLI

26 • January 2025

his may sound like ‘fake news’ but the truth is, the title is correct! It comes from the book, “Your Body’s Many Cries for Water”, by Dr. Feydoon Batmangelidj.

Healing is more than getting rid of symptoms.

Symptoms are telling us about an imbalance in our lives, whether it be our spirit, consciousness energy, or the environment we live in. We may choose to take a drug to reduce the effects of whatever is making us sick.

But, if we’re not addressing the root cause, the cycle will repeat itself.

One of the root causes of chronic illness today is surprisingly, not drinking enough water!

More than two thirds of the human body is water.

Water serves many functions to keep the body healthy.

Every bodily process, every living cell, depends on water to function properly.

Water transports nutrients, regulates body temperature, lubricates joints and internal organs, supports the structure of cells and tissues, and preserves cardiovascular function. We cannot survive long without water.

Did you ever wonder why so many of us love to walk along the ocean?

Studies have shown that people who live near or next to a body of water are happier. Researchers from the University of Exeter, England, found that people who lived within a mile from the sea were less likely to experience mental health disorders — such as anxiety or depression.

Just being close to these ‘blue spaces’, as scientists refer to them, increases our happiness. Marine biologist,

Wallace J. Nichols, calls the “immeasurable sense of peace that we feel around water” our “blue mind”, a mildly meditative state characterized by calm, peace, unity, and a sense of general happiness and satisfaction with life in the moment.

Water gives and teaches us so much — but the simple everyday-ness of it makes it easy to take water for granted. That said, we all know there’s nothing quite like that feeling of drinking cool, clear water when you’re parched. Or the sheer joy of diving into a crystal-clear lake on a sweltering day.

We need H20. Water is crucial for human survival.

Water is vital to our health – and -so important for human life!

It forms the basis of blood, digestive juices, urine, and perspiration, and is contained in lean muscle, fat,

and bones. Since the body can’t store water, we need fresh supplies every day to make up for losses from the lungs, skin, urine, and poop.

The truth is, without water, we can only live a matter of days — that’s how critically our body relies on water to survive. Food on the other hand? We can get by without eating for weeks so long as we’re drinking at least 1.5 liters of water per day.

But to truly thrive and live our best lives, some experts believe we really should be hydrating way more than that — as much as 15.5 cups (3.7 liters) of water a day for men, and 11.5 cups (2.7 liters) a day for women.

To function properly, all the cells and organs of the body need water.

Sources of water Water required by the body can be taken through foods with a high-water content,

such as oranges, watermelon, and spinach, but most come through drinking water.

During everyday functioning, water is lost by the body, and this needs to be replaced. We notice that we lose water through activities such as sweating and urination, but water is lost even when breathing.

Since the body has no way to store water and needs fresh supplies every day, it is the best source of fluid for the body whether from a tap or bottle.

What is dehydration?

Dehydration happens when your body doesn’t have enough water. Being dehydrated can affect your physical and mental performance. Your body does not work as well when it is dehydrated.

Symptoms of dehydration: thirst, headaches, lethargy, mood changes,

3. It delivers oxygen throughout the body Blood is more than 90% water, and blood carries oxygen to different parts of the body.

4. It boosts skin health Water intake improves skin barrier. Without hydration, the skin can become more vulnerable to skin disorders.

5. It cushions the brain, spinal cord, and other sensitive tissues Dehydration can affect brain structure and function.

Prolonged dehydration can lead to problems with thinking and reasoning.

6. It regulates body temperature Water that is stored in the middle layers of the skin comes to the skin’s surface as sweat when the body heats up. As it evaporates, it cools the body.

7. The digestive system depends on it The bowel needs water to work properly.

Dehydration can lead to digestive problems, constipation, and an overly acidic stomach. This increases the risk of heartburn and stomach ulcers.

8. It flushes body waste Water is needed in the processes of sweating and the removal of urine and feces.

9. It helps maintain blood pressure Dehydration can cause blood to become thicker, which is associated with decreased blood pressure.

10. It prevents kidney damage The kidneys regulate fluid in the body. Insufficient water can lead to kidney stones and other problems.

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“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”

– H. Auden.

dry nasal passages, dry or cracked lips, dark colored urine, weakness, tiredness, confusion, and hallucinations. If dehydration is not corrected by water intake, eventually urination stops, the kidneys fail, and the body can’t remove toxic waste products.

How to get enough water in your diet Tea can also be an important source of fluid. Tea can help you meet your daily fluid recommendations, and is a source of antioxidants and polyphenols, which can protect against heart disease and cancer.

Commercially bottled mineral water contains salt, which can lead to fluid retention and swelling, and can increase blood pressure in susceptible people.

If you prefer bubbly water, think about getting a home soda water maker

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so you can just use tap water and make it fresh when needed.

Pioneering US physician, surgeon, and clinician, Dr. Roger Stone, MD., is quoted as saying, “Drinking water is like washing out your insides. The water will cleanse the system, fill you up, decrease your caloric load, and improve the function of all your tissues.”

Dr. Batmanghedj believes that 60% of medicine is simply medicating

dehydration which relates to the fact that “You are not sick, you are thirsty

Disclaimer: This article is not meant to provide any medical advice to any person. Each person’s condition is different, and the proper treatment depends on your own body and its needs. Consult a doctor or alternative medical practitioner if you feel you have a medical problem that needs addressing.

References: • • • • • • •

BatTmanghedj, Feydoon, Dr., Your Bodies Many Cries for Water https://aquaclara.org/benefits-of-dring-water/ Nick Polizzi, Host of Remedy: Ancient Medicine for Modern Illness & Founder of The Sacred Science https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/ water-a-vital-nutrient#dehydration-and-water https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/ healthyliving/water-a-vital-nutrient https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ articles/290814#sources-of-water https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/drinking-water-andyour-health Boulder County Real Producers • 29

Brahms Symphony No. 2 Saturday, February 15, 2025 at 7:30 pm Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 2:00 pm Dairy Arts Center Márquez “Danzón No. 2” with Niwot High School Symphony Orchestra & Lucas Richman “Paths to Dignity” Violin Concerto featuring Mitchell Newman

Buy your tickets today!

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.”

– H. Auden.

dry nasal passages, dry or cracked lips, dark colored urine, weakness, tiredness, confusion, and hallucinations. If dehydration is not corrected by water intake, eventually urination stops, the kidneys fail, and the body can’t remove toxic waste products.

How to get enough water in your diet Tea can also be an important source of fluid. Tea can help you meet your daily fluid recommendations, and is a source of antioxidants and polyphenols, which can protect against heart disease and cancer.

Commercially bottled mineral water contains salt, which can lead to fluid retention and swelling, and can increase blood pressure in susceptible people.

If you prefer bubbly water, think about getting a home soda water maker

28 • January 2025

so you can just use tap water and make it fresh when needed.

Pioneering US physician, surgeon, and clinician, Dr. Roger Stone, MD., is quoted as saying, “Drinking water is like washing out your insides. The water will cleanse the system, fill you up, decrease your caloric load, and improve the function of all your tissues.”

Dr. Batmanghedj believes that 60% of medicine is simply medicating

dehydration which relates to the fact that “You are not sick, you are thirsty

Disclaimer: This article is not meant to provide any medical advice to any person. Each person’s condition is different, and the proper treatment depends on your own body and its needs. Consult a doctor or alternative medical practitioner if you feel you have a medical problem that needs addressing.

References: • • • • • • •

BatTmanghedj, Feydoon, Dr., Your Bodies Many Cries for Water https://aquaclara.org/benefits-of-dring-water/ Nick Polizzi, Host of Remedy: Ancient Medicine for Modern Illness & Founder of The Sacred Science https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/ water-a-vital-nutrient#dehydration-and-water https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/ healthyliving/water-a-vital-nutrient https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ articles/290814#sources-of-water https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/drinking-water-andyour-health Boulder County Real Producers • 29

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Presenting a rare opportunity to own one of Boulder’s most distinguished luxury residences—an architectural masterpiece that exemplifies refined elegance and masterful craftsmanship.

Set within the exclusive Carolyn Heights neighborhood, this custom-built home is a harmonious blend of sustainable materials, including rich wood, natural stone, expansive glass, and sleek steel, each element meticulously chosen to evoke a sense of timeless sophistication. The open floor plan living area seamlessly integrates indoor and outdoor spaces, offering a glimpse of the splendid living experience that awaits.

The grand, open-concept main level is a symphony of light and space, featuring soaring ceilings, wide plank white oak flooring, and expansive windows that invite abundant natural light into every corner creating an inviting, airy ambiance. The architectural grandeur is highlighted by a striking three-story open-tread staircase, crafted from wood and steel, serving as the home’s stunning centerpiece.

The kitchen, designed for the culinary connoisseur, is a masterpiece in itself—outfitted with the finest custom cabinetry, premium appliances and an oversized walk-in pantry. The elegant main floor primary suite offers a level of tranquility rarely found, with wall-to-wall windows overlooking the heated pool, a spa-like bathroom, lavish finishes, and a discreet outdoor shower to complete this private oasis.

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