HOME SWEET HOME, our home décor section, will feature decorating ideas.  Plus, a different interior designer will be showcased each quarter.  Be sure to catch the premier issue where TLC’S TRADING SPACES design star, Laurie Smith will be featured.  Laurie has great style, and is known as a “modern classic.“  We’re delighted to share pictures of her work in the fall edition!  We will also be sharing some cool places to shop for your home decorating needs in the On the Storefront pages.

            Get inspired as you read the pages in ON A POSITIVE NOTE!  Our inspiration section is sure to please.  We will feature a review on an inspiring book each quarter, plus we have a regular columnist, Holly Thompson, who is sure to motivate with uplifting words of encouragement.  We are also delighted to have Buck Young as part of the Southeastern Charm team.  Known as yarnspinner buck, this author will entertain readers with his wonderful works of fiction.  Pick up your copy of the magazine in October 2008.

My family and I moved to middle Tennessee last year.  We were very much like the average family with four credit cards, two auto loans, a mortgage and a consolidation loan.  We went about our business and our daily lives without concern for tomorrow.  Everything was okay, and we were enjoying our lifestyle that we could pay off later…thanks to a really special relationship with our good friends Visa and MasterCard.  Have you ever had a friend who could tell you exactly what you needed to hear instead of what you wanted to hear?  No matter how mad he makes you when he tells you, deep down inside you know it is true.  You get mad, but you still go back for more.  Because, while the truth hurts deep down, everyone wants someone who will sit down and tell them the truth.

I came across a guy named Dave in Nashville, and we have developed a very honest relationship.  He tells me exactly what I need to hear, and I listen.  It’s sort of a mentor and protégé type relationship.  He has become my financial and credit advisor over the past year and has helped me to bring about some very beneficial personal development changes.  

When I first happened across Dave, I was a little put off by him.  He is very set in his ways, and if you ask the question…you better be prepared for the answer.  I was really not ready to hear the answers that Dave was giving.  You see while Dave is an entrepreneur, he is very successful and is very much against using credit.  He does not borrow money.  Why?  Because he has been rich, and he has been broke.  He has learned his financial wisdom and earned his fortune back the hard way!

It was very hard to hear day after day how stupid being in debt is, especially when I was not planning on doing anything about it.  Then I started hearing other friends of Dave talking about paying off their debt and becoming debt free.  This started to make a strong point with me and I started to think about the possibilities.  All because we were willing to open our minds and listen to Dave’s advice on a better way to handle our money, we were beginning to change our entire outlook on life.            

The good thing about this is that Dave is willing to sit down and talk to you and anyone else who is willing to listen.  As a matter of fact Dave sits down and talks about money and credit about four hours a day Monday thru Friday.  He has a radio talk show and a TV show on the Fox Business Channel and several best selling books.             

You see Dave has never met me, but for three hours a day Monday thru Friday, he sits down and talks to me thru the radio and tells me where I am screwing up my finances. So, after over a year of this I really feel like I know Dave.  Sometimes I know the answer he is going to give before he gives it, and I am now definitely better than I deserve. (You’ll understand once you know Dave.) 

Want to change your life?  Want to meet Dave? Click Here.  

A WALK IN THE PARK…sports & leisure 

            Whether you are a major sports fan or just interested in a leisurely walk along a trail, our sports & leisure section will have something for you.  A WALK IN THE PARK will feature sports, athletes and beautiful state parks such as Burgess Falls in middle Tennessee.  PGA pro, Brandt Snedeker, will be featured in an article in the upcoming edition of Southeastern Charm magazine.  Be sure to pick up your copy in October!

            Fitness, health and beauty are combined into one unique section called ALL ABOUT YOU.  This special part of the magazine will feature top-notch salons, spas, boutiques, recreation & fitness centers and more!  From our beauty experts and fashionista to our very own life coach, this section is all about helping you to look and feel your best.

         Southeastern Charm is a brand new, quarterly magazine being published by Ensor Media.  The premier issue is slated to come out in mid-October 2008.  Each quarter, a city spotlight will feature a different southern city.  Ten unique sections will enlighten and entertain readers with articles ranging from career and parenting advice to

cooking and home decorating ideas.  The ten sections are as follows:

AROUND THE AREA…destinations

COMFORT & JOY…food

CREATIVE JUICES…arts & culture

HAPPENINGS…special events

AWALK IN THE PARK…sports & leisure

LIFE WORKS…career

A-PARENT-LY…parenting

HOME SWEET HOME…home décor

ALL ABOUT YOU…fitness, health & beauty

ON A POSITIVE NOTE…inspiration

            Southeastern Charm is the brainchild of Kristy Ensor.  Kristy says the magazine was “God-inspired.”  She said, “At age 40, I prayed to find a passion and a purpose for my life and received the blessing of a magazine.  It’s God’s baby and my labor of love.”   Kristy earned a BA in Communications and had previous experience as a college newspaper editor.  Later, however, she studied Early Childhood Special Education and had primarily worked in the special education field where she enjoyed working one-on-one with children with autism.  Her career has obviously taken a major u-turn, and she now finds herself working in the magazine world as the Founding Editor-In-Chief for Southeastern Charm.  It is her desire to bring the best refined charm that the southeastern United States has to offer to the readers.

            Several regular columnists are on board writing articles, and fiction authors, Jenn Weithman and Buck Young, have also joined the team.  Atlanta-based artist, Angie Bowman, is creating artwork to add a whimsical element to the publication. “What makes Southeastern Charm so special is that it’s a one-of-a-kind publication.  There’s nothing else out there like it!  It’s sophisticated, hip and refreshing,” explained Ensor.  We hope you enjoy reading Southeastern Charm for years to come!