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As we begin 2020, a new decade, we set goals for what we want our future selves to be like and look like. We take a glance back at where we have been and what we have done, and we try to remember to extend ourselves grace.

January is a time to cleanse, to start fresh and not dwell on who we were 12 months ago. Last year, we shared a trip to Maui and how being in, on or around water can cleanse the mind, body and soul. In this issue, you can reboot and

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recharge much closer to home while connecting to the earth, riding horses, and awakening your senses at Ranchlands Stays.

So much change can happen in a year, so as we plan our future and commit to resolutions, we also leave some room to change our minds—to grow and be human.

After all, part of the thrill is enjoying where the journey takes us.

Here at Parker Lifestyle, we are so proud of the growth in our community through

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Happy New Year, Parker. Thank you for being a part of our story.

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INSIDE THE ISSUE JANUARY 2020 FEATURES 12 Finding Health and Wellness Dr. Tim Zittle of Treehive Chiropractic Uses Self-Care Practices To Promote Mental Health

16 Experience The Ranchlands Colorado Ranch Management Company Offers Guest Stays For The Great American Adventure

20 Healthy and Delicious Make Healthy Easy With These Whole-Food Recipes From Fresh Or Bust Blogger Bernie Jensen

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INSPIRED BY

O n T h e Pat h To W e l l n e s s DR. TIM ZITTLE, OWNER OF TREEHIVE CHIROPRACTIC IN PARKER, SAYS HE STRIVES EVERY DAY TO HELP PEOPLE LIVE PAIN-FREE LIVES AND TAKE CHARGE OF THEIR HEALTH, SOMETHING HE WORKS ON PERSONALLY EVERY DAY. “My mission is to see people at their best. I’m the happiest and most fulfilled when I see the people around me achieving their potential in their life,” Dr. Tim says.

You can find him on Instagram serenading his followers on his guitar, or adventuring on a mountain trail, or journaling at a coffee shop. And most often you’ll catch glimpses of his constant companion, his service dog Reese, the only clue that Dr. Tim has suffered from anxiety.

“She goes with me everywhere,” Dr. Tim says. “I would say she’s helped me in ways I wouldn’t have thought. Instead of putting all of my energy into my business, she forces me to exercise, which is really good for anxiety and depression. She forces me to socialize.”

In college, Dr. Tim had his first health scare when he started experiencing debilitating headaches and vertigo. Initially, doctors thought he may have a brain tumor, but he was diagnosed with a severe misalignment in his spine and recovered after months of chiropractic care.

Through it all, Dr. Tim says, he realized that he was overloaded with his doctoral program and working two jobs.

“If there’s such a thing as negative self-care, I was doing it,” Dr. Tim says.

“As a 20 year old, I had no symptoms, I looked great and felt great and then overnight I realized if I don’t have my health I have nothing. That’s why it’s important to maintain health, instead of waiting until something’s broken.”

Later, when starting a clinic in Ohio, Dr. Tim realized his workaholic tendencies again were taking their toll.

“If I wasn’t at work, I was afraid to come out of my home, afraid to go to the grocery store. I didn’t want to leave for any reason,” Dr. Tim says.

“I wasn’t building relationships or community. My hair started falling out, I was losing weight and not sleeping.”

Dr. Tim says his anxiety was causing him to run at 150 percent at all times, which was wearing him down.

DR. TIM ZITTLE OF TREEHIVE CHIROPRACTIC USES SELF-CARE PRACTICES AND CONSTANT COMPANION REESE TO WORK ON MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES

“It made me a machine. When everyone else looks at it, they think, ‘Wow, look at this guy, he’s amazing.’ ” Dr. Tim says. “My business had become my life. Sometimes the best parts of us can become the worst parts of us.”

For a time, Dr. Tim hid his mental health struggles, even though he had friends and patients who confided that they were struggling with similar issues. Now, he uses his role as a trusted health care professional to be open about his own mental health struggles and show his patients that this is a health challenge that can be managed through transparency, healthy living and doing the hard work daily.

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ARTICLE JENNIFER STARBUCK PHOTOGRAPHY ELLE BLOM

“Hey, here’s how I’m navigating my health challenges and struggles and you can do it too,” he says.

Self-care is a priority for Dr. Tim, who loves to make music, exercise, read and journal.

“It’s just us living out our core values,” he says.

Dr. Tim says even as a kid he knew he wanted to help people for a living. His mother was a nurse/midwife and his father was in the mortuary business.

“If I had to sum up my music in two words it would be amateur

“I adjust people’s spines and from a scientific value, I’ve

hour. Music for me is an escape. I love the way music helps me

improved their nervous system. That’s a value,” Dr. Tim says. “But

express emotions,” Dr. Tim says.

the real value I provide for people is that we just love them. And

“That’s one of the most important parts of self-care is checking out

we listen to them.”

from some of the things that create stress and to do the things we really

“What we want to represent is a community of people who care

love and enjoy,” Dr. Tim says. “We’re not taking away from productivity.

for others in whatever way that they need it,” Dr. Tim says about his

We’re creating more energy and space for us to produce in our work time.”

mission with Treehive. “And we just so happen to be chiropractors.”

Community service is a big deal for Treehive and Dr. Tim, who

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regularly stops at SECORCares food market and resource center in Parker to give adjustments to the clients there.

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Photos on these two pages courtesy of Dr. Tim Zittle

W h at d o e s h e a lt h y m e a n to yo u ?

Health is a complete state of being, not just the absence of sickness and disease. When someone is physically, mentally and emotionally functioning at a high level — able to do what they love with whom they love — that's the ultimate picture of health. It goes so far beyond just feeling well or looking well. It's about functioning well and being able to do so in every area of life.

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TRAVEL DESTINATION

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ARTICLE JENNIFER STARBUCK PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF RANCHLANDS

AT THE ZAPATA RANCH, OWNED BY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND MANAGED BY RANCHLANDS, KATE MATHESON WAKES UP EVERY MORNING TO A VIEW OF THE MAJESTIC SANGRE DE CRISTO PEAKS OUT ONE WINDOW AND THE GREAT SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK OUT THE OTHER. She considers herself one lucky woman.

“Contributing to and working as part of something much bigger than myself is rewarding. It’s an incredible honor to be a steward and manager of Zapata Ranch,” Kate says.

“Ranchlands focuses on the preservation and conservation of these large landscapes and the Western lifestyle.”

Ranchlands is a conservation-focused ranch management company that also offers guest stays at the Zapata, where Kate lives, and the Chico Basin Ranch, which is 30 minutes south of Colorado Springs.

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Ranchlands Stays is the hospitality program that includes special weeklong workshops and clinics at both properties. You’ll find painting workshops with acclaimed artist Jill Soukup, and horsemanship clinics from famed cowboy Cam Schryver. There’s photography, hiking, birding and leather making.

And if you want your family to get their hands dirty on an old-school cowboy adventure, there’s a stay for that as well.

“A stay on either ranch is an incredible insight into these big landscapes. You get to feel, ride, hike, smell, touch, experience these very, very special places,” Kate says. “I think that’s the thing people walk away with is the privilege of being able to have done that.”

Most stays include tent camps complete with hot showers, beds, a cook and chef-prepared meals.

At the Zapata, where you can book a customized stay to include horseback rides in the Great Sand Dunes or among the huge wild bison herd, you’ll find the dark night skies that have been designated as an International Dark Sky Park, and catch a glimpse of the abundant wildlife including elk, coyotes, birds of prey, porcupines and antelope. “There’s also a really amazing ranch-to-table food program,” Kate says.

The Chico Basin Ranch offers a more rustic experience, where you’ll find yourself part of the work crew rounding up horses and working cattle, making your own breakfasts and sack lunches to eat on the trail, and joining the crew in their homes for dinner. “It’s the more working ranch experience,” Kate says.

A stay at one of the Ranchlands properties is an educational outdoor experience unlike any other.

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“It really ticks all the boxes,” Kate says.

“It’s about trying new things with your friends or family, and all of you learning at the same time. It’s an incredible bonding experience.”

Kate says one of the first things most guests notice is the quiet and dark, a reward for the hyper-connected modern American. Zapata and Chico offer great American landscapes — from the highest mountain peaks to the wide-open prairie plains — that are constantly evolving.

“It’s a living, breathing, moving, changing place of incredible beauty.”

MORE ABOUT RANCHLANDS Ranchlands is a conservation-focused ranch management company that runs fullscale cattle operations on five ranches in three states.

Ranchlands offers guest stays and special week-long workshops at the Zapata Ranch, a 103,000-acre ranch owned

by The Nature Conservancy in the San Luis Valley; as well as the Chico Basin Ranch, an 87,000-acre ranch southeast of Colorado Springs owned by the Colorado State Land Board.

Ranchlands also hosts thousands of school children each year on field trips; the Ranchlands Annual Art Show at The Nature Conservancy in Denver; and a concert each summer on the Chico that draws about 450 people. The Ranchlands Mercantile offers made-on-site leather goods. @ranchlands To book a Ranchlands Stay, or learn more about Ranchlands: Ranchlands.com

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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

Healthy and Delicious MAKE HEALTHY EASY WITH THESE WHOLE-FOOD RECIPES FROM FRESH OR BUST BLOGGER BERNIE JENSEN

Bernie Jensen, functional nutritionist and blogger at FreshOrBust.com.

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START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT WITH THESE HEALTHY RECIPES FROM BERNIE JENSEN, A FUNCTIONAL NUTRITIONIST AND BLOGGER IN PARKER. Find her at FreshOrBust.com.

S w e e t P o tat o & Z u c c h i n i H as h C a k e s Servings 4 cakes INGREDIENTS + 1 heaping cup shredded sweet potato + 1 heaping cup shredded zucchini + 1 egg, whisked + 1 tablespoon coconut flour + 1 teaspoon garlic powder + 1/2 teaspoon cumin + 1/2 teaspoon paprika + 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves or 1/2 teaspoon rosemary powder + 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt + 1/4 teaspoon pepper + 4 tablespoons Coconut oil, divided (could also use ghee or avocado oil) + 2 pinches coarse sea salt to sprinkle on top for serving INSTRUCTIONS 1. In a medium sized bowl mix together the heaping cups of sweet potato, zucchini and whisked egg.

2. Add coconut flour, garlic powder, cumin, paprika, rosemary, salt and pepper and mix well. Divide into 4 equal parts.

3. Heat a cast iron or nonstick skillet on medium high heat. Once hot, add 2 tablespoons coconut oil and allow cooking fat to melt before adding sweet potato & zucchini mixture.

4. One by one shape a cake between your palms with the mixture and add to pan.

5. Cook each hash cake for 3-4 minutes until edges are golden brown and it doesn't fall apart when you go to flip it. Flip and cook until golden brown on bottom.

6. Serve with a pinch of sea salt sprinkled on top of each hash cake. These pair perfectly with sausage, bacon, eggs, avocado, or whatever else you like.

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Servings 4 people INGREDIENTS + 1 Medium Spaghetti squash + 1 Pound Grass-Fed Ground Beef + 1 Medium Yellow onion, diced + 4 Cloves garlic minced + 2 Tablespoons Coconut oil or other cooking fat + 1 14.5 oz can Diced tomatoes + 1 15 oz can Tomato sauce + 2 Tablespoons Fresh basil, finely chopped and divided + 2 Tablespoons Fresh parsley, finely chopped + 1 Teaspoon Dried Oregano + 1-2 Teaspoons fine sea salt divided + 1 Teaspoon Black Pepper INSTRUCTIONS Spaghetti Squash 1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Cut the spaghetti squash in half, scoop out the seeds with a spoon and place inside down on a baking tray.

2. Cook for 20-30 minutes or until you can push down easily in the middle of the squash.

3. After removing from the oven flip the squash over to let it cool before scooping it. Using a fork, scrape out the squash "noodles".

Meat Sauce 1. Heat a saucepan on medium high heat. Once hot, add the coconut oil.

2. When the oil is melted add the onions and a pinch of sea sal and cook for 2 minutes.

3. Add the garlic and stir to incorporate. Cook until garlic becomes fragrant.

4. Add the ground beef, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of pepper and stir, breaking up the meat into smaller pieces as it cooks. Cook until there is no pink left in the meat, about 10 minutes.

5. Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, oregano and salt to taste. Bring the sauce to a boil then reduce the heat and allow to simmer for at least 10 minutes.

6. Right before serving turn off the heat and add 1 1/2 tablespoons basil and parsley.

7. Serve over spaghetti squash.

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Dr. Kate Messana of Elevated Dermatology in Parker suggests to

natural collagen and increases your skin’s amount of elastin up to five

actively invest in your skin. Use sunscreen and focus on getting lots of

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water and sleep, of course. And there are great treatments to improve

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the tone and texture of your skin to leave it healthier and more vibrant.

With a Profound treatment, the areas to be treated are numbed

“I treat my patients with light and laser therapy to help rejuvenate

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Elevated Dermatology offers several skincare product lines, including Glytone, Elta MD, and Avene.

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SERENE AND CALMING B AT H R O O M

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BEFORE, THIS MASTER BATHROOM FELT CRAMPED, WITH A LARGE BOX TUB HIDDEN IN THE CORNER. But designer and general contractor Eryn Caskey of A Rustic Butterfly says a complete layout change made a standalone soaker tub centerstage while making the room appear more spacious.

“My favorite thing about this bathroom is the layout,” she says.

“We took an otherwise awkward design, relocated the tub making it the focal point in the room and utilized as much space as we could to build a large shower enclosure.”

The clean white shaker cabinets with quartz and shiplap make the space comfortable and inviting but keeps it simple and elegant. Every detail was looked after all the way down to the clean and somewhat modern black fixtures, the tiled wood-look floor, large white subway tiles in the shower and the hexagon marble on the shower floor.

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“Even planning finishing touches made me love this room even more,” Eryn says.

“Bath salts, apothecary jars and white towels are a must for a spa feeling.”

Eryn says go with your gut in picking out fixtures for your master bath. “Over-thinking and looking at too many choices oftentimes takes the fun out of planning and causes undue stress,” she says.

Some other tips for picking out serene fixtures and trimmings for your master bath: + Look for timeless styles and clean lines, keeping it simple makes it a much cleaner and enjoyable space. + For tile, larger format tiles give a more spacious and luxurious feel. + Nothing says relaxation like a long warm bath, so go for that stand-alone soaker tub. + Opt for a large shower enclosure with as much glass as possible. + Pair warm and cool. Whether it be on the walls in the paint color or the floors, bring something organic and natural into the space to break up all of the smooth white.

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WO R KO U T S F O R YO U R MOODS NEW YEAR, NEW US. We don’t mean to be cliché, but is there really any better time for working on yourself than when Jan. 1 rolls around—whether you’re focused on your physical health or your mental health? It sure seems like the perfect time, but there will also be days when you’re just not quite feeling it.

The holidays are over, the days are shorter and, let’s face it, there’s not really a ton to look forward to until spring sprouts. But, whatever

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FEELING ANXIOUS

A regular yoga practice can help to ease anxiety by increasing body awareness, reducing muscle tension, relieving stress and sharpening attention + concentration.

01 R AG D O L L Ragdoll pose is great for relaxation and to release tension. Stand tall + reach your arms up, then allow them to fall gently toward the floor. as you bend over

02 C H I L D ’ S P O S E This calming and restorative pose is a common beginner’s position. Starting from your knees, sit back on your heels then walk your arms forward, bringing your torso down until you can rest your forehead on the floor.

03 S AVA S A N A Relax one body part at a time, one muscle

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at a time + one thought at a time through a daily Savasana practice.

RUNNING There’s a reason people who are active runners describe something called a “runner’s high.” Studies show that aerobic exercises release

FEELING DOWN

mood-boosting endorphins.

BEGINNERS If you want to get into running but aren’t sure where to start, check out a couch-to-5K program to ease into it.

C A S UA L R U N N E R S Challenge yourself by switching up your running routine. Whether you’re changing your route or upping your distance, a new twist could give you a nice refresh.

ENTHUSIASTS Whether you’re into 10K’s or half marathons, consider signing up for a new race and decreasing your time.

When your head is full of thoughts, it can get overwhelming. High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) provides a break from that with short bursts of 100% focus followed by rest. Here’s a quick circuit.

01 K E T T L E B E L L SW I N G S Do as many reps as possible in 45 seconds, followed by 15 seconds of rest.

02 H I G H K N E E S Climb it out for 45 seconds, followed by 15 seconds of rest.

03 P L A N K Hold your plank for 45 seconds, followed by 15 seconds of rest.

Repeat the circuit three times for a quick workout that touches on strength, cardio + core.

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Youth basketball camp to enhance skills in the game and ability to work on a team. Visit online for pricing. ParkerRec.com

16-19 THE OUTSIDERS

PACE Center, Pikes Peak Avenue

American Academy of Performing Arts Presents

Castle Pines Campus Cast: The Outsiders at the Schoolhouse theater. Enjoy the classic tale of the Greasers vs. the Socials. ParkerArts.org

18 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

Family Discovery Series: Little Red Riding Hood – The Case of the Little Hood in Red is presented at the Schoolhouse Theater. Parker brings a unique take on the classic fairy tale – watch out for the wolf. Visit online for pricing and times. ParkerArts.org

18 CROSS THAT RIVER

Lone Tree Arts Center, 10075 Commons St, Lone Tree

"Cross That River: A Concert About the Black West": Composed by Allan Harris, book by Allan and Pat Harris, and directed by Regge Life. Experience 1860’s West, with an insight into a new life and the dreams of a runaway slave. LoneTreeArtsCenter.org

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LOCAL’S CHOICE

Dry January Favorites WHAT TO DRINK THIS MONTH

CHAI FIRE BREW APPLE PIE MOCKTAIL + 2 Tablespoons Chai Fire Brew + 2 Tablespoons apple juice + 6 ounces sparkling water + 4 drops liquid vanilla stevia Stir all ingredients together. Serve over ice.

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IF YOU’RE TAKING THE MONTH OFF ALCOHOL FOR DRY JANUARY, WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED. Dry need not be boring.

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FIND YOUR FRESH START AT FOX HILL

• Fresh year • Fresh food • Fresh lifestyle

• Fresh home elements • Fresh design and architecture

• Fresh starts at Fox Hill

Proudly offering Fox Hill residents fresh produce grown from Fox Hill Farm, a fully sustainable farm located on-site complete with orchards, row gardens, aquaponics, free-range eggs, farm classes, and more, Fox Hill is the new era of fresh farm-to-table living.

Presenting 1.5 – 4.4 acre homesites starting in the $200s and custom homes in the high $900s, Fox Hill is more than just a community – it’s a lifestyle.

Learn more about getting your fresh start at Fox Hill by visiting www.LiveInFoxHill.com.

Exclusively marketed by: Paige & Doug McLaughlin Tel: 303.620.6677 | www.LiveInFoxHill.com Exclusive Preferred Builders: Camerata Homes, Gladstone Custom Homes, Nicholas Custom Homes and TM Grace Builders 12/10/19

Sales Office is located in the original farmhouse appointed at the top of the hill and accessed by Fox View Trail.

2743 Flintwood Road | Franktown, CO 80116