To everyone who has sought to learn and unlearn the meaning of love… This is ‘What Love Is’, an original poem by Mary David in her AwareNow Magazine Column ‘Reflections’.

Featured in: 'The Heart Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Love, Abuse, Survivor

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written and Narrated by: Mary David

Podcast Soundtrack by: Thavius Beck

Episode Soundtrack by: Sol Rising (Deep Healing)

While scrolling through my feed on LinkedIn the other day, I came across a post that stopped me mid-scroll. It was from Dan Price, the Founder and CEO of Gravity Payments: “We laid off 0 people despite losing half our revenue. Our employees responded with voluntary pay cuts and record sales. We repaid all the pay cuts and are now giving out small raises and are financially healthy. CEOs like me don't get you out of a crisis. Employees do. Trust them.” I had the great pleasure of having a candid, honest conversation with Dan that made me pause to evaluate ‘normal’ when it comes to leadership.

Featured in: 'The Hindsight Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Leadership, Sustainability, Business

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Featuring: Dan Price

Interviewed by: Allié McGuire

Podcast Soundtrack by: Thavius Beck

Episode Soundtrack by: Sol Rising (The Opening)

My year began, on January 9th to be exact, with being terminated from my job. My dream job no less. Not because of workforce reduction. Not because of my performance. Not because of anything I had failed to do. But rather, because of what I DID do—which was to follow our company’s policy and report sexual harassment. And for doing the right thing, I received the ultimate wrong. Retaliation which culminated in the loss of my job. At the beginning of the pandemic, when there was not a job to be found. I spent days that stretched into weeks mired in self-despair. My identity was gone. I was no longer the Chief Marketing Officer of United Way, the world’s largest non-profit, but just Lisa Bowman, ordinary citizen.

Featured in: 'The Hindsight Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Equality, Social Justice, Sexual Harassment

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written and Narrated by: Lisa Bowman

Podcast Soundtrack by: Thavius Beck

Episode Soundtrack by: Sol Rising (Strength From Within)

When collaborating on the publication and distribution of original and organic content for positive social change on a global level, having the right people at the table is required for sustainable efforts to serve up the stories shared to raise needed awareness for the causes that tie us all together. Here enters Issuu, Official Partner of Awareness Ties.

Featured in: 'The Hindsight Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Partnership, Awareness, Humanity

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Featured Voices: Joe Hyrkin, Audrey Vandenbroeck & Allié McGuire

Podcast Soundtrack by: Thavius Beck

Episode Soundtrack by: Sol Rising (Deep Healing)

From life’s lows and highs, there are lessons to be learned. In this segment, 20/20 Vision, Isabella Blake Thomas explores personal insights gained in 2020 from all the good and bad that the year consisted of. From her feature story in ‘The Hindsight Edition’ of AwareNow Magazine, Isabella shares, "I’ve had so many highs and lows this year, that means my year looks like a heart monitor. Some of my highs were, teaching a 5-year-old to read, finishing writing a pilot I’ve been working on, filming two movies during a pandemic, etc. However, the highs have felt so high because of the lows that caused me to learn some of the most valuable lessons of my life."

Featured in: 'The Hindsight Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Personal Growth, Self-Help, Covid, Pandemic

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written by: Isabella Blake-Thomas

Narrated by: Laura Westcott

Podcast Soundtrack by: Thavius Beck

Episode Soundtrack by: Sol Rising (Float)

One can have a number of revelations while taking a Sunday drive. One of our columnists, Providence Bowman, shares an article appropriately entitled ‘Sunday Drive’ found in ‘The Hindsight Edition’ of AwareNow Magazine about revelations and insights gained from 2020 with the following excerpt: “I am writing this now with conviction as I think and sit about the present and how I will choose to live it. I do not write this with a mind clouded with the thoughts of what tomorrow may bring or regrets of the decisions that I have made today; I write this and think about the here, the now, and what I have in front of me. For the time being, that is all that my soul can handle, and that is okay. I am recovering and learning how to dance on my feet again. I am preparing to engage in normal life, and taking care of myself so that when I am able to see the world, I am ready.”

Featured in: 'The Hindsight Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Empowerment, Humanity

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written & Narrated by: Providence Bowman

Podcast Soundtrack by: Thavius Beck

Episode Soundtrack by: Sol Rising (I Will Love You)

The whole of creation is seen as an interconnected structure or interlocking puzzle. Every piece is of equal importance… having the right to exist and the responsibility to hold its place as a worker in this physically and spiritually living creation. It is beautifully ordered and perfectly interdependent. This piece is from the exclusive column, ‘From The Beginning To Now’, found in ‘The Hindsight Edition’ of AwareNow Magazine by Ogimaa (Acha-Kooh-Waay), Jim - Anishinaabe Knowledge Keeper, Chief of Foothills Ojibway on Turtle Island. He shares, “We don't just take and walk away. We need to put things back to heal themselves.”

Featured in: 'The Hindsight Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Humanity, Spirituality, Unity

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written by: Ogimaa (Acha-Kooh-waay), Jim

Narrated by: Allié McGuire

Podcast Soundtrack by: Thavius Beck

Episode Soundtrack by: Sol Rising (Floating)

“We are not defined by the challenges we face but by the way we react to them,” writes Lorraine D’Alessio, Founder of D’Alessio Law Group, in her column ‘Crossing’ in ‘The Hindsight Edition’ of AwareNow Magazine. Defining active empathy as an exercise of our shared humanity, Lorraine writes about her personal insights and learning gained during the pandemic sharing, “Each story comes with endless potential to broaden your perspective and understanding of the human experience.” Tune in for a beautiful account citing grace as the place where we begin to find our way forward.

Featured in: 'The Hindsight Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Humanity, Grace, Pandemic, Empathy

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written by: Lorraine D'Alessio

Narrated by: Allié McGuire

Podcast Soundtrack by: Thavius Beck

Episode Soundtrack by: Sol Rising (Deep Healing)

When it comes to becoming the person we want to be, what sort of exercise helps us prepare? Through ‘A Musical Exercise In Hindsight’, Ned Stranger, singer and songwriter, shares his experience. Ready to re-examine where you are, based on where you’ve been and where you want to be? Tune in as Ned examines life pursuits through the exploration of time as it relates to music. “Even the songs that aren’t about time are inextricably linked to the hold it has over us.”

Featured in: 'The Hindsight Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: Music, Time, Purpose

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written by: Ned Stranger

Narrated by: Allié McGuire

Podcast Soundtrack by: Thavius Beck

Episode Soundtrack by: Ned Stranger (Stream)

Why does stretching matter for MS patients? How can such a simple activity make a big difference in such a complex disease? Well, it all comes down to complex neuroscience. Tune in as Dr. Robert Pace explains in his column ‘Keeping Pace With MS’ in ‘The Hindsight Edition’ of AwareNow. “It may not be as sexy as the pharmacology of remyelination or serum biomarkers, but stretching is an essential part of a patient’s treatment plan,” writes Dr. Pace. “…if a patient actually made a daily practice of stretching, it would probably help more in the long run than any medication that I could prescribe.”

Featured in: 'The Hindsight Edition' of AwareNow Magazine

Topic: MS, Neuroscience, Stretching

Produced by: Awareness Ties

Written by: Dr. Robert Pace

Narrated by: Allié McGuire

Podcast Soundtrack by: Thavius Beck

Episode Soundtrack by: Sol Rising (Strength From Within)