Look Good … Feel Good

Ryan Pharmacy & Orthopedic Supply
Timothy Ryan
3340 Dorr St., 419-531-2836.
Ryanpharmacy.com

What gives you the greatest sense of accomplishment?

The best part of the business is the customers. There are so many people that struggle with daily activities. When we can help them live a better life everyday, that makes it all worthwhile.

What are the two biggest reasons for your company’s success? Our employees have the knowledge and compassion for others to really make a difference. 

What are some small things that make your life better?

Toledoans are very loyal to a business if you treat them with dignity and respect. That is what we try to do at our store. That is what helps to keep the doors open.

What’s your favorite way to spend the weekend? Sitting by the pool with good friends, listening to good music, and enjoying the day.

What job would you be doing if you weren’t running your own business? I was considering going into teaching. In fact, I was just about done with my master’s in education when my father, who began the businesses, asked me to come back to work for him. I made the right decision for me.

Essence Mind – Body Studio
Diana Spiess
Fitness and wellness
725 Ford Street, Suite B
Maumee
419 873 6463
essencembs.com

What’s your best advice for starting a new health or wellness routine?  Staying the course pays off.  There will be times you’ll want to stop, cheat, or doubt the process.  Staying the course will require persistence, patience, and perseverance but nothing has meaning without the work.  Being aware of this allows us to see the challenging times clearer and gets us through them.

How does looking good relate to feeling good? It all starts on the inside.  Just like happiness is an inside job, so is health and wellness.  What appears on the surface begins on the inside…care for your whole well being and looking good comes naturally.

What makes you happy? Living my joys, my family and helping others improve and sustain their health all bring me so much happiness.

What’s the best thing about your job? The best thing about my job is that it’s my passion.  I work hard but it also brings me so much joy.

How do you make healthy habits stick? Setting up healthy habits one at a time and remembering it should all become a part of our lifestyle…not just a temporary fix.

What can you do to feel better immediately? Practice pranayama (conscious breathing), meditation, reiki, sound therapy or a yoga practice based on what brings you balance now.

What are the three things that you do for yourself every day? 

Eat healthy and plant based, meditate, and spend time journaling positive affirmations.

What do you do to look, or feel, better when you have: one hour?  I exercise somehow when I have an hour that comes free.

How do you make sure to exercise your mind?  I read and study all the time.  There’s never too much to learn.

Your best advice on aging: Live a healthy lifestyle. Eat well, sleep well, exercise regularly, schedule wellcare visits with your doctor and dentist. Remember to brush and floss everyday.

What makes you happy? Making others happy is my key to happiness.

What’s the best thing about your job? Giving people healthy beautiful smiles. It is life changing for my patients. There is nothing better!!

What would be the title of your book? Changing Lives a Smile at a Time, a Multigenerational Approach to Dentistry.