BodyBySona.com Mentioned on CNN 650AM, Houston Business Show

Noel Halgreen, President of Sona Medspa and Andy Valadez of Marketing Dynamics talk about BodyBySona.com on the Houston Business Show with Kevin Price. Listen to the podcast here: BodyBySona.com (audio stream)

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On Grandchildren, Children, Aging, and Health

Picture of me and Sasha here, pool side.

“We have the same tummy rolls, I have the discretion not to share them.”

This is my newest purpose, what else could possess me to board a plane aimed at El Paso? I am the Grandma Papparratzi and getting the picture is my joy. I have been video taping my grandbabies for almost 3 years and funny, I have never shared them with anyone… yet!

I am going to edit them to see the family evolve through the “Highlight Reel.” That is what we are doing with this year at Sona MedSpa. You will see – I hope, just the opposite though. We hope to see the appearance of time in reverse.

I look back at my own home movies and imagine knowing my parents when they were young to have a perspective kids never get with their own parents. Those pictures and movies are the only THINGS worth grabbing in a fire!

Picture of the kids with their eyes closed to say prayers.






Sasha is now included in prayer time at meals and you can see how important it makes her feel!

My Aliesha has little interest in material stuff and her faith and family put everything distantly behind that. The discussion of aging and maintaining youthful appearance is important, but not without perspective. She is 31 and I think back on how many times I told her not to furrow her brow or she would end up with those wrinkles. She thought I was crazy and obsessed looking young because of my job in front of a camera. But… now she brings a thoughtful discussion to the table.

She is obsessed with nutrition, exercise and naturally healthy products. She reads everything, listens to every expert and researches every claim. I don’t know where she came from! She is up and on the treadmill at about 5am and – well this will give you perspective. They don’t even own a micro-wave because it MAY—alter the foods value. So what is her take on this topic? As you might guess it starts with:

Proverbs 11:22 (from the Old Testament) –

“Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout, is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.”

What a way to end a blog post. I have asked Aliesha to provide her thoughts and that will be on the next post.

BodyBySona.com Discussed on TV Show - "Movers and Shakers" Business Segment

The Houston Manufacturers show airs on the downtown cable network, Business Channel 11 on Phonoscope. The Houston Manufacturers show recently added a "Movers and Shakers" segment featuring business hot topics. Noel Halgreen (right of center), President of Sona Medspa Houston was part of the panel and discusses "Body by Sona" with Kathie Turner. See video clip here (fastforward to the middle of the stream): Innovations in Marketing

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PART 1: A Mother-daughter Conversation at Estes Park, CO

The week has been a blur. I was sitting in a Mountain Micro Brewery in Estes Park, Colorado talking to my daughter Kristen (pictured above) about how the sun, cigarettes, (yes there were those days!) and time have saddled me with a price tag registered on every square inch of my exposed skin - aging on the installment plan. No it doesn’t hit you all at once, and when you are young, you think you will handle the signs of aging with dignity and grace. Wrong!

Laugh lines and the furrowed brows, over time, permanently mark our expressions. BOTOX® arrests muscle movements that created the lines. If maintained, it’s like throwing away the key.

Kristen is 26 and packing for the UK to spend the next few years doing things I would have loved to do. She is still so young I don’t know if she can picture herself at twice the age, but if she could, she would be hearing me clearly- while the days are long, time is running by. You just don’t see it until it shows up on a picture or in the harsh sunlight in your rear-view mirror, or worse- the triple threat of a 3-way mirror. So I was telling her, this week Sona MedSpa will start the laser treatments on my face and neck.

Bring it on!

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