Love, long-term, can have a powerful impact on our lives. It enables us to grow as individuals, families and communities. This weekend we learn how committed couples keep their love alive, through conversations with civic leader Eliot Cutler and Dr. Melanie Cutler; photographer Kevin Brusie and filmmaker Sharyn Paul Brusie; and musicians, and 2 Note Botanical Perfumery co-owners, Darcy Doniger and Carolyn Mix.
Eliot Cutler has forged a 40-year career marked by success in government service, law and business. As an aide to Senator Edmund Muskie, he helped craft the Clean Air Act, the Water Pollution Control Act and the National Environmental Policy. He was an independent candidate for Maine governor in 2010, finishing second by a margin of 9,000 votes; his 36.3% of the votes was the highest percentage of any independent candidate for major office in the United States in 2010.
Melanie Stewart Cutler, MD, JD, is a board-certified psychiatrist in private practice in Portland, Maine, where she sees adults and children for outpatient evaluation and care, in both psychopharmacology and psychotherapy. Dr. Cutler has sub-specialty training in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. She received her medical degree from the George Washington University in Washington, DC, and completed her residency training at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She also serves as a trustee of the Portland Museum of Art.
Kevin Brusie is the owner of Kevin Brusie Photography, part of ShaKe Productions. He is a commercial photographer & motion photographer based in Portland, Maine.
Sharyn Brusie is a filmmaker and artist from Maine who founded Wonder Dog Films in 2003. She directs, produces, writes, edits and often works with her husband, Kevin, a still photographer and cameraman.
Carolyn Mix and Darcy Doniger are the co-owners of 2 Note Botanical Pharmacy. Creators at heart, they are both musicians with a long-standing love affair with the art of bottling nature. In 2006 Carolyn and Darcy established 2 Note and introduced their compositions to the world – original botanical perfume designs and an array of natural products for bath, body, baby & home.
Our financial wellness tip of the week is brought to you by Tom Shepard of Shepard Financial. While Dr. Lisa Radio Hour business advisor, Marci Booth of BOOTH Maine, offers better business tips, Ted Carter of Ted Carter Inspired Landscapes shares important talking points, and Black Bear Medical covers health and fitness updates.
