Health + Wellness
Why I Built a Pickleball Club With My Daughter
My father showed me how to turn my love of sports into something lasting. Pickle at the Palms carries that lesson forward.
Looking back, I wouldn’t say my family teaming up to launch Pickle at the Palms—a new 20-court indoor pickleball club—was inevitable, but it may have been predictable. Sports have shaped my life for more than 50 years. I fell in love with rowing as a 17-year-old college freshman and went on to compete on two…
Meet the Top Doctors: Dr. Margo Kober, M.D.
Internal medicine, Providence Swedish
Every year, we ask a few of Seattle’s Top Doctors what led them to medicine, what they wish patients knew, and how healthcare is changing. These interviews are part of Seattle magazine’s annual Top Doctors feature, created with Castle Connolly. None of the doctors paid to be included—all are nominated by their peers. What led…
Meet the Top Doctors: Dr. Ryan Broderick, M.D.
Cardiology, Kaiser Permanente Bellevue Medical Center
Every year, we ask a few of Seattle’s Top Doctors what led them to medicine, what they wish patients knew, and how healthcare is changing. These interviews are part of Seattle magazine’s annual Top Doctors feature, created with Castle Connolly. None of the doctors paid to be included—all are nominated by their peers. What led…
Meet the Top Doctors: Dr. Oren G. Townsend, M.D.
Internal medicine, Providence Swedish
Every year, we ask a few of Seattle’s Top Doctors what led them to medicine, what they wish patients knew, and how healthcare is changing. These interviews are part of Seattle magazine’s annual Top Doctors feature, created with Castle Connolly. None of the doctors paid to be included—all are nominated by their peers. What led…
Meet the Top Doctors: Dr. Kristin Conn, M.D.
Family medicine, Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill Medical Center
Every year, we ask a few of Seattle’s Top Doctors what led them to medicine, what they wish patients knew, and how healthcare is changing. These interviews are part of Seattle magazine’s annual Top Doctors feature, created with Castle Connolly. None of the doctors paid to be included—all are nominated by their peers. What led…
Meet the Top Doctors: Dr. Jillian Worth, M.D.
Family medicine, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Bainbridge Island Medical Pavilion
Every year, we ask a few of Seattle’s Top Doctors what led them to medicine, what they wish patients knew, and how healthcare is changing. These interviews are part of Seattle magazine’s annual Top Doctors feature, created with Castle Connolly. None of the doctors paid to be included—all are nominated by their peers. What led…
Can political disagreement make you happier?
“Happiness” is the last thing many of us expect to find on a call with a stranger from the opposite political side. But when Axel Bouchon and his team placed one very unusual phone booth in deeply liberal San Francisco, California, and another in deeply conservative Abilene, Texas, that was exactly what they were hoping…
Aging in Grace: A Conversation With Male Supermodel John Pearson
Seattle magazine’s July/August cover star talks longevity and his newfound love of Seattle.
There are moments in putting together an issue of Seattle when you know you’ve managed to capture something both timeless and entirely of the moment. Featuring John Barnes Pearson as our cover model is one of those moments. For those who know the history of fashion and culture, John Pearson is not simply a familiar…
‘Can you love me if you don’t accept who I love?’
Anne Marie Denman was the “angel” of the family: obedient, attentive, with plans to become a nun. When she came out as gay to her conservative Catholic parents, a deep rupture drove them apart. How do you stay close to people who won’t share your worldview? Can love exist while someone feels rejected? And can…
How to Let People Offend You
For most of human history, offensive speech was equal to violence, and saying the wrong thing could get your tongue chopped off. Today, we aim to use words instead of violence. But what do you do when those words really hurt? This week on A Braver Way, Moni sits down with Greg Lukianoff, who she…
Powering Progress: Aina Abiodun on Climate Innovation That Serves Communities
As president and executive director of VertueLab, Abiodun is working to make climate tech more equitable, practical, and rooted in real human needs.
Meet Aina Abiodun, VertueLab’s executive director, who is championing equitable climate tech in Seattle and empowering communities to drive innovation.
Speak out or work it out: What’s yours to do right now?
With political tensions at a new peak, the pressure to take a stand — or keep the peace — can be intense. But how do you know the difference between the move that feels right and the one that is right? In our first episode after a long break, Mónica, a liberal, talks with her…
Seattle Founders Rethink the Weighted Vest
After getting into rucking, two business-minded friends grew frustrated by gear that seemed to cater to men. So they decided to create their own.
Esther Sedgwick and Cortney Bigelow’s idea for their Seattle-based fitness equipment brand, The Carry, came from a simple frustration: they couldn’t find a weighted vest that worked for them. “We fell in love with the workout,” Sedgwick explains of the duo’s experience with rucking, which is, in its simplest terms, putting some weight on your…
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