Deena Marie Manzanares

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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (Good Things Utah) — Jodi Pettit is a wife, mother of 5, medical laboratory scientist, and athlete. At the age of nineteen, she was diagnosed with severe rheumatoid arthritis. At the time a rheumatologist advised Jodi not to have children, saying she would be wheelchair bound within a decade. Dreams of a family and an active lifestyle with her husband were dashed. Not one to be told what to do, Jodi had three babies within three years, and eventually two more.

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SALT LAKE CITY Utah (Good Things Utah) — FanX creator Dan Farr stopped by to remind us this years’ event is just around the corner. He chats the advantages of getting a VIP pass, and drops four celebrity guest announcements. About VIP Passes and PerksThere are a lot of ticket options for FanX, including VIP Pass, Ruby Pass, Multi Pass, VIP Jr. Pass and daily passes (Thursday, Friday and Saturday). A VIP Pass really is the best way to experience FanX.

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) — Friend of our show, Austin Archer has over one million TikTok followers, has starred alongside Kevin Costner in the film, Horizon, and graced many stages in the theatre world. What his followers may not know, is that he’s also a long-time dancer and choreographer. He’s currently in town on not one but two gigs for local professional theatre.

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) — Husband and wife fitness duo Charles and Alicia Pigott talk healthy snacking, and demo an arm workout anyone can do at home. Both Deena and producer Krystal are now clients of the Pigott’s business, Changes Heath and Fitness, so our ladies happily jumped into today’s segment. We begin in the kitchen where seven-month-pregnant and glowing Alicia shows us how to make our own pickles, as well as discusses the benefits of the snack.

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) — Mother’s Day was just a couple of weeks ago, but there’s no reason we can’t honor mom afterwards. We talked about mother figures, and birth mothers with Ashley Mitchell, aka Big Tough Girl. She is the co-founder of Knee to Knee Post Placement Care, and stopped by to tell us about an upcoming event celebrating moms, and the bittersweet side of adoption.