Get Ready to Fall in Love with Our October Issue!

This month we focus on helping you create your best life with stories to encourage and inspire you! Find out how some amazing women are changing and investing in themselves to create a life free of pain and stress. Plus, with October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we've featured empowering women who have survived and battled the one diagnosis every woman has to fear.

Our October Issue Is Out!

Our October issue is both encouraging and spirit lifting:
• 10 ways to think positively and deal more effectively with life’s negatives.
• Find help in coping with depression.
• Learn how to move on emotionally and find new ways to channel stress.

Read about these women and their inspiring stories in our Breast Cancer Survivors Supplement here.

Our August Issue is Out!

Read about and be inspired by fit women of all ages in our August Issue:
• What motivates our cover model, Amy Siegel, to keep pushing?
• Why son Nate Stein is so proud of his mom!
• Who is too fitness-motivated to be caught sitting…at age 80!

Our July Issue is Out!

There are so many summer events and activities to pursue in this issue. Take a look.

Our May Issue is Out!

Our May issue inspires you with so many fresh ideas:

• Clever tips on amping up your party.

• What to wear ideas for any occasion.

• Last-minute Derby hat and outfit inspirations.

Plus, find out how you can nominate a Way to Go Woman, and celebrate with our Most Admired Women in June.

Our December Issue Is Out!

Make this a December to remember with party inspirations you will love:

• How to host a memorable party.
• What to wear to be festively ready.
• Cookie decorating and recipes to treasure!

Plus, our Perfect Endings supplement will help you end the year perfectly!

Best Husband: Voting Round Three

A new day, a new round of awesome guys! ROUND THREE of voting begins today for our Best Husband contest! You've got until midnight to vote for one of these lucky men...

Connections with Cathy

Did you know that publisher Cathy Zion switched careers from banking to journalism when she bought Today’s Woman? Learn more about Cathy in this video from Renee Shaw of KET as part of Renee’s Connections series.

For Hire: One hunky wedding date, please!

Now that spring is in full bloom, your schedule suddenly starts getting busy with weddings, graduation parties, barbecues, high school reunions, your second cousin’s daughter’s eighth birthday party – you name it, when the weather is warm, people start doing things.

Of course, when you start doing things, you might need a date for an event or two. Single? No problem. We came across an interesting option you might not have considered: Renting a date. This trend is becoming more and more popular among professional women. Don’t freak out - we don’t mean Richard Gere in American Gigolo.

Betsey Johnson Takes Louisville

By Alissa Hicks

Energetic and ever-creative fashion designer Betsey Johnson paid Louisville a visit this past week. Von Maur shoppers and visitors got a chance to meet and take photos with the icon, and we at Today's Woman also got a chance to catch up with Betsey. See how she got her career start and where it has led her thus far.

22 Things Revisited

In this month’s issue, we featured jewelry designer Janet Wolanin Alexander who makes bracelets and necklaces using horse hair. But we forgot to mention the photographer who took those great images (pg. 26). Dede Jones, whose photos were shown in this article, specializes in animal and nature photography. Find out more about her business and services at BebyDede.com.

Local Derby Favorites: Fresh foods found in Louisville

This year, whether you're planning a Derby party or going to a small get-together, try buying your food fresh and local. Louisville offers a numbers of farmers markets and places to buy unique items to spice up any kitchen, party, or meal.

Derby Fashion: Spring dress trends

Spring dresses have been in the stores for months now, and I cannot wait to dig in and find some looks for the Derby festivities! A major trend we are seeing this year is pastels. I love pastel colors for spring; they are fresh, feminine and look great with several different skin colors.

Top Tips for Thunder

Our Girls Want to Have Fun panel chimed in to tell us their best tips for Thunder: What to wear, what to take, and how to manage the crowds. Here's what they had to say!

Skin Care Answers for Spring

We talked with our Wellness Advisory panel to see what they had to say about their tips for skin care. From sunscreen to adult acne, these tips can help keep your skin protected and nourished all season long.

Just Ask Joyce: "My husband constantly pressures me for sex."

Q: “My husband pressures me constantly for sex. I feel guilty when I don’t give in because he pouts. He also hangs it over my head that he could get it from any woman at work if he wanted to, so that leaves me insecure. We’re in our mid-30s and have two small children. I work a full-time job. He doesn’t understand that sometimes I just want to go to sleep! There has to be a good middle ground, but how do you get there when you have a husband who’s never satisfied?”

Did you go to these amazing Derby events?

Arts Insider Gioia Patton shares her experience of last year's Taste of Derby Festival and Taste of the Oaks events. Learn more about this year's events at kentuckyderby.com/tasteofderby.

2013 Annual Taste of Derby Festival
Benefiting Dare to Care Food Bank
Story & photos by Gioia Patton/Arts Insider

Taste of Derby 2013 (L to R) Louisvillians Jennifer Meinhart, Brett Oppenheimer, Laurie Oppenheimer, Chris Meinhart, Sara Mills and Julie Cooper

I’ve attended the annual Taste of Derby Festival event, which is the largest fundraising event for Dare to Care Food Bank, for six consecutive years. The thing that stands out most in my mind about this fundraiser (yummy food and beverage samples notwithstanding) is that no matter what time I arrive at its Louisville Slugger Field Hall of Fame Pavilion location, the Pavilion is always jam-packed with smiling ticket-holders enthusiastically waiting in line for samplings from more than 50 of Louisville’s finest restaurants and beverage companies.

Last day to vote for our Most Admired Woman awards!

If you haven't picked up a copy of our March issue or gone online to look, be sure to cast your vote now! We want to know who inspires you most. Voting ends at noon today so get in your last minute votes now!

Pamper yourself for Derby! Enter to win 8 indulging prizes

Get yourself looking your best for Derby this year by entering our Countdown to Derby contest starting April 3rd!

5 ways to get the most out of consignment shopping

Louisville is a gold mine for consignment shops, and if you haven’t been to one yet, make it your next trip out! I made a personal goal to be more conscious of how I shop this year, and ever since I’ve found the Clothes Mentor store off Hubbards Lane, I have been hooked! Here are a few tips on how to shop consignment.