Amid a Cactus Landscape, These Arizona Wellness Resorts Melt Away Life’s Prickles

When work became too straining and tiring, the author decided to get away from it all to reset and rejuvenate.
Amid a Cactus Landscape, These Arizona Wellness Resorts Melt Away Life’s Prickles
A $40 million renovation turned this 1960s hotel into a wellness retreat. Benjamin Myers/TNS
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By Marlise Kast-Myers From Tribune News Service

Before marrying my husband, Benjamin, I had a habit of setting New Year’s resolutions of lofty goals-turned-faded letdowns. From publishing books to running marathons, those big dreams led to late nights, missed deadlines and self-inflicted exhaustion. A realist at heart, Benjamin taught me to crumple date-induced ambitions and simply find motivation in myself rather than a flip of the calendar.