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came in for a weekend emergency. Dr. Habashy was gentle, funny, and able to get me out of pain quickly”

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Habashy is a great dentist! Always puts me at ease and takes care of me. I go wherever he is!” —Christina C.

Dr. Habashy definitely deserves 10 plus stars. This was me and my family first time visiting his office. He’s very gentle and caring. My kids loved him so he’s a winner in my books. So many great things to say about him. Book him you will not regret it.” —Yolanda W.

dental office I’ve ever been to. Calm atmosphere with top quality staff. You can even watch TV! Will definitely be coming back again.” — Kevin J.

root canal of my life! And the crown looks beautiful! Dr. Habashy is the best dentist” . — Eric L.

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BEAUTY

Absolute

Honor

Xterior

Pressure Cleaning 48

DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

Beneditti’s Pizza .............................. 24

Brio Italian Grille 25

Burrito Social 22

Copacabana ..................................... 23

Divine Treats .................................... 22

Plant Based Ma a 24

Poke N Go 25

The Grove.........................................26

Tiramisu Pizzeria and Trattoria ........ 28

West Palm Beach Antiques Festival 52

HOME IMPROVEMENT

Alliance Group Roo ng .................... 40

Allied Aluminum and Railing 42

Alternate Power Solutions 39

Apex Pavers and Pools 57

Brilliant Roo ng ............................... 55

Camco Custom Pools 63

Closets By Design .............................. 6

Coastal Closets and Showers 16

Complete Synthetic Turf...................45

Du-All Plumbing 36

East Coast Electric Screening .......... 16

Eco View Windows 53

Face of Wood ................................... 45

Fencing South Florida 21

First Impression Doors and More ...... 3

IMA Landscaping 58

JL Closets, Inc. ................................. 13

Jupiter Sod and Landscaping 55

K-Boys Construction 42

Kamrell Windows and Doors ............ 59

Kitchen Tune Up 63

Marzo Roo ng Inc ............................ 36

Max Guard Hurricane Enclosures 32

Max Guard Hurricane Windows ....... 34 North County Plumbing 58

Odums Sod ...................................... 48

OX Floor Coating 19

Plantation Shutters Florida .............. 54 Plumb Rite Plumbing 29

PS Flooring Inc. ................................ 51

Quality Air of America 15

Roo ng Systems of FL ..................... 52

Seaglass Window 28

Stott Brothers Electric ..................... 38

Stuart Roo ng 54

Sweet Industries Inc ........................ 60

The Closet Clinic 56

Total Image ...................................... 30

Tropical Pools 55

Windowz and More .......................... 41

Yard Lites ......................................... 59

Younique Custom Theater 28

INSURANCE & BENEFITS

Renee Allen Insurance 22

JEWELERY

M and J Jewelers ............................ 38

Oteri’s Wholesale Jewelry ............... 14

MEDICAL & HEALTH

Abacoa Podiatry 21

Alpaca Audiology 20

Appearance Implant and Family

Dentistry 43

Dentistry By Design 4

Dentistry By Design ......................... 46

Dr. Samuel Holcroft 37

Goals Weight Loss............................18

Habashy Dental.................................. 7

Jupiter Hair Center 29

MMJ Health ..................................... 10

Premier Dentistry 27

Stretch Zone 31

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

All Dry USA ........................................ 2

Dryer Vent Cleaner, The .................... 14

Group One Security 20 Momma B’s Monograms .................. 48 Mr. Tint of America 30

Boss Public Adjusting 59 Demented Graphics

REAL ESTATE

HAPPY NEW YEAR

YOU HAPPY NEW

By Gabby Gregory

Every 5,000 miles, like clockwork, you take your car to get its oil changed and tires rotated. It’s basic, routine maintenance, but that consistent attention and upkeep is vital for your vehicle to run e ciently, especially over a number of years. Your body, much like your vehicle, requires regular care and treatment to keep it healthy. And, again like your automobile, your body needs support from someone other than yourself, a professional who can guide it to achieving its utmost abilities and to retaining its peak performance.

Getting older, playing sports, or having a condition like sciatica or arthritis shouldn’t hold you back from living your life! You can feel like your younger self again, the one who didn’t feel any aches or pains when walking, running, jumping, or even sitting… all you have to do is visit Stretch Zone.

Drew Brees, former quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, is the newest partner at Stretch Zone who advocates for people to regularly get stretched. A er personally going to Stretch Zone for an assisted stretching session, Drew was impressed with the uniquely e ective and nationally accredited Stretch Zone Method®, which is administered by a highly-trained and Stretch Zone-certi ed stretch practitioner.

Here’s How It Works:

1.) Your rst session begins with lling out an intake form and having a consultation with your experienced and knowledgeable stretch practitioner. Based on your medical background and your personal goals, the stretch practitioner will personalize the ensuing 30-minute assisted stretching session to meet your individual needs. On subsequent visits, you’ll simply do a check-in with the practitioner to update your medical pro le with any recent changes and/or any new pain or discomfort that you might be experiencing.

2.) e stretch practitioner initiates the rst steps of the approved Stretch Zone Method®, utilizing Stretch Zone’s special patented

straps to encourage your body to relax and ease into the stretches. You won’t nd these straps anywhere else! Comparable to a thunder jacket for your pets, they are meant to calm your mind so that your entire body is perfectly loose, thus allowing the stretch practitioner to stretch your body to its full potential and, as a result, provide you with both preventative maintenance and pain relief.

STRETCH

3.) Assisted stretching (a/k/a passive stretching) is di erent from physical therapy in that your body is being stretched by someone else, you’re not actually doing any work. roughout your 30-minute session, the stretch practitioner will be steadily interacting one-on-one with you, ensuring that you are completely comfortable and not experiencing any pain. Ultimately, you are in control of the stretch, even as your practitioner guides your body through each and every step, because you tell the practitioner when you feel your best stretching position. e more you communicate, the better results you’re going to get!

Take advantage of Stretch Zone’s incredible New Year Special: get one FREE 30-minute stretching session! Anybody and everybody can and should be stretched. In fact, one Stretch Practitioner I spoke with at Stretch Zone says, “98% of the people I see in front of me really need to be stretched. is is something you should not live without.” Remember, it’s just like getting your oil changed! Plus, celebrities and professional athletes have been getting stretched for years, so it’s time for the general population to be clued into the secret!

Get Stretch Zone’s New Year Special for yourself or get them for a friend or loved one… what better way to say you care than to give the gi of making life easier, of feeling healthier, lighter, and younger, and of feeling like yourself again?

A NEW YEAR IS HERE.

For What It’s Worth

Happy New Year everyone. Let’s do our best to make it a good one! I thought I’d start out this year with some thoughts about our medical center. is is only my opinion, and the gossip of others that have mentioned this medical center to me over the past two years, so let me preface this column by stating that if you have been a patient in the emergency room, or in the hospital, and had a great, lifechanging experience, I’m happy for you. If you have a physician who you can regularly see whenever you have a medical problem, and they are a liated with this unnamed hospital, you’re fortunate, and again, I’m pleased. But for many of us, myself included, I am disappointed with my high expectations of what I believed would be medical care at a higher level. I mean a er all, it’s world renowned. I remember thinking that Martin County was the chosen county, the lucky one, to even have this facility considering our little town. I believed the already great medical care a orded here would escalate to a higher level, with physicians who delved deeper into the problem symptoms that didn’t necessarily t the four corners of their medical school textbooks, physicians the like of which I had worked with at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and Georgetown Hospital in Washington, D.C., where it was unheard of not to investigate a patient’s complaints to the fullest, with a treatment plan and follow up that actually worked. at is what I anticipated.

Unfortunately, I have been disappointed. Perhaps I raised the bar too high. Perhaps I was asking too much. Perhaps the doctors who have signed on with this facility feel the same way.

ey now answer, not only to their education, their oath, their own medical desire to ease su ering, but to the institution which pays

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their salary. My disappointments are not limited to me. I have heard the same complaints over and over, but there doesn’t appear a way to make things better. First, it seems to me, that if your physician is now on sta , by which I don’t mean have only hospital admitting privileges, but o ce practices where appointments are made by hospital sta ers. ere’s no longer a receptionist who knows you personally, who knows you by name, who asks about your family. So what, you might say? Well, here’s my personal experience. I have been a patient of record at a particular physician’s o ce for years. Now that he works for this institution, I was unable to get an appointment with him for four months, but was o ered an appointment with his Nurse Practitioner in three months. I’m all about nurses. I am one. But they’re not physicians, and my problem entailed more than a nurse practitioner could address, in my opinion. Let’s add that up. I had to endure my symptoms for three or four months, or else go to the emergency department. Unfortunately, my experience at that department was less than I had hoped, and I was told to make an appointment with my specialty physician, which is exactly where I started. I thought I could use my “in” with someone who was related to this doctor, to ask for a special favor, and get a message to him that I needed to see him sooner, if possible. Guess what? No, he couldn’t do that, because his schedule is set for him by the sta of the hospital. Now, let me again preface this by telling you that this is my experience, and not indicative of anyone else. Perhaps he just didn’t want to see me sooner, maybe he was burned out, working too late and too many hours, maybe he just didn’t like me, but what if the message I received is true? Suppose he actually can’t make his own schedule? All I can tell you is what my experience

was, but maybe it’s also been your experience. Maybe phone calls should be answered, or at least returned in a decent amount of time, which has also been a complaint of many people.

is is not to say the doctor’s aren’t top notch. I’m sure they are, and as in all institutions, some are better than others, but if you can’t get to a doctor, how can you decide?

For What It’s Worth I long for the small town of Stuart I came to years ago, where the population was smaller, where doctors were in solo practice, where one bad review could close them down, but these days, I personally feel lost in the crowd. I am not targeting this or any other hospital for their reputation or physician talent. Obviously they are a well respected entity, but I wish there could be more empathy within their sta who are the front line, who must be tired of hearing that we need an appointment sooner than later, but some words of compassion would make the wait for care easier. Maybe the hospitals I once worked for, whose memories are of “patients rst”, are wishful thinking now, but all I’m saying is that I think we can do better. People are sick. ey’re hurting.

ey’re alone and frightened. Our elderly population could use some kindness when they’re told they can’t have an appointment for months, and maybe even a follow up call, to let them know that someone cares to see how they’re doing while they wait. Kindness goes a long way toward healing. Is that really too much to ask?

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KITCHEN & BATH

By Gina Zuk

According to a survey by Trulia, “Around 90% of people remodel their homes at some point.” ere are various reasons for home or commercial renovation. Most of them have to do with the general improvement of the current living/working conditions and aesthetics. Renovation projects, however, can be overwhelming and timeconsuming, not to mention costly. ere are so many choices and decisions to make... how do you know where to start?

Let Sweet Industries, LLC, an honest, local company, manage your residential or commercial improvements so that you can have the nished product of your dreams!

Sweet Industries, LLC was founded by Eric Sweet in 2016. Eric grew up in the North River Shores neighborhood in Stuart, and later attended the University of Florida, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management. Eric began

his career in the project management sector of the industry in 2006 when he worked for a commercial builder out of Washington D.C. Eric is a fully-licensed general contractor in Florida operating under his license, #CGC1524682.

TRIED-AND-TRUE PHILOSOPHY

Today, Eric is delighted to own and operate his general contracting business, Sweet Industries, LLC, and reside with his family in his hometown of Stuart, where he maintains an honest, down-toearth business approach. e company’s philosophy is simple: “To provide clients with honest and valuable service at a fair and reasonable price.”

Sweet Industries, LLC manages residential and commercial building projects, from bathroom renovations to new construction of residential and commercial buildings and everything in between! Regardless of the size or

complexity of a project, Eric listens to his client’s needs and works diligently to ensure that those needs are met and that expectations are exceeded. Eric states, “I learned early on that a good project manager simply treats a client’s money as your own.”

Sweet Industries, LLC operates on the premise that general contracting is all about managing expectations, remaining realistic, and making sense from a nancial aspect. “I want to be honest about what people already have and look for ways to achieve [the end result] without breaking the bank,” explains Eric. For instance, just re nishing good-quality grade cabinetry instead of replacing it can potentially save a customer thousands of dollars! Additionally, Eric advises his clients to visit multiple showrooms for things like cabinetry, countertops, plumbing supplies, etc., which helps them to stay within budget.

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

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Eric and his loyal crew believe that the true measure of a successful project lies in customer satisfaction. Sweet Industries, LLC is a full-service general contracting operation with residential and commercial clients ranging from St Lucie County to Palm Beach County. e company coordinates everything for you, including scheduling, nancial management, timeliness, and quality assurance.

Sweet Industries, LLC has worked with the same group of honest subcontractors that value ne workmanship since the company rst started. Eric states, “I wouldn’t hire people to do work in homes if I didn’t trust them to go into my own home.”

When you hire Sweet Industries, LLC as your general contractor for your commercial or residential construction needs, your experience begins with a home/o ce visit consultation, where Eric takes measurements and photographs of the space to plan for an overall estimate and scope of work. Eric prides himself on the fact that he has multiple repeat customers. He attributes this repeat business to always doing the right thing and being accountable.

Keeping on schedule in the project management world is a priority, but lately, timing has been quite a challenge with our supply chain crisis. Eric is mindful of this (hopefully) temporary problem, and has been proactive about ordering supplies, such as windows and roo ng materials. He has also adjusted design plans accordingly to both keep his customers satis ed and keep projects moving according to schedule.

Sweet Industries, LLC provides honest service at reasonable prices. Become one of the many satis ed customers of this reputable and

reliable local business by contacting Eric Sweet and his expert team for all of your renovation and construction projects!

Sweet Industries, LLC. 750 NE Jensen Beach Boulevard in Jensen Beach. It is open Mondays-Fridays from 8AM-5PM Appointment Only. For more information or to schedule a complimentary consultation, email sweetindustriesllc@gmail.com, or visit sweetgc.com, or call