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Awareness Month

5 Ideas to Make You Motivated for a Plastic-Free July
3 years ago

5 Ideas to Make You Motivated for a Plastic-Free July

While recycling efforts can have an impact, less than 10% of plastic produced is actually recycled. To travel upstream is to decrease the plastics we purchase, bring them into our homes, …
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Voices to Amplify for Juneteenth
3 years ago

Voices to Amplify for Juneteenth

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States (Juneteenth.com/history). This commemoration goes back to 1865, on June 19th, when Union soldiers led …
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5 Ways to Stop Avoiding Painful Feelings
3 years ago

5 Ways to Stop Avoiding Painful Feelings

Let’s start with why we run away from painful feelings. It’s because they hurt! The last thing we need, especially with a busy lifestyle, is to interrupt our day with …
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Breast Cancer Awareness—The Facts, Early Detection, and Support
3 years ago

Breast Cancer Awareness—The Facts, Early Detection, and Support

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month—it’s important to educate women on what they can do to be proactive with their breast health as knowledge and early detection saves lives

In …
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How To Support Loved Ones During Mental Health Awareness Month
4 years ago

How To Support Loved Ones During Mental Health Awareness Month

The World Health Organization estimates that 264 million people worldwide struggle with depression. In the United States alone, nearly one in five adults experience mental illness each year, and rates are expected to increase …
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Earth Day—Educating Ourselves through Lessons in History and Current Events
5 years ago

Earth Day—Educating Ourselves through Lessons in History and Current Events

As Earth Day approaches us, I can just see the flood of Google searches of “what to do on Earth Day” and the influx of articles telling you 5 small …
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Signs Of Domestic Violence And How To Help
5 years ago

Signs Of Domestic Violence And How To Help

On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide. (National Coalition Against Domestic Abuse).

According to The Joyful Heart Foundation, a domestic violence …
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How to Empower Teens Who Are Being Bullied
5 years ago

How to Empower Teens Who Are Being Bullied

Today’s youth have it rough! Too many succumb to the pressures of fitting in with established social mores that have been set as the “standard way of life.” Most …
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Giving Tuesday: Holiday Gift Shopping While Serving The Greater Good
6 years ago

Giving Tuesday: Holiday Gift Shopping While Serving The Greater Good

The holiday gift giving season generally starts after Thanksgiving as we watch the advertisements offering the best deals on popular toys, electronics, furniture, clothing – you name it. Black Friday, …
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Hank Fortener, Founder of AdoptTogether, on Why We Need #WorldAdoptionDay
6 years ago

Hank Fortener, Founder of AdoptTogether, on Why We Need #WorldAdoptionDay

From his earliest memory, Hank can remember always having room for one more person in his home.

His family fostered 36 children over the course of 7 years, with varying …
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To Honor Those Who Have Battled Breast Cancer
6 years ago

Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To Honor Those Who Have Battled Breast Cancer

One in eight women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during her lifetime. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed worldwide. Of the predicted …
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World Cancer Day: Fight The Battle Alongside The Young And Brave
8 years ago

World Cancer Day: Fight The Battle Alongside The Young And Brave

My name is Matt Coulter and I’m the Co-Founder and Executive Director of The Young and Brave Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping today’s youth beat cancer. We aim …
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How To Help Fight Against Human Trafficking, Our Century’s Greatest Injustice
8 years ago

How To Help Fight Against Human Trafficking, Our Century’s Greatest Injustice

It is a daunting issue. It is a current issue. It is an issue that is not going away on its own. Human Trafficking affects millions of people and sadly, …
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Advocate For Our Future: Take Action Against Human Trafficking
8 years ago

Advocate For Our Future: Take Action Against Human Trafficking

I walked through the doors of the safe home for the first time, bracing myself for what I was about to see. But nothing could have prepared me for how …
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What You Need To Know About Human Trafficking Today
8 years ago

What You Need To Know About Human Trafficking Today

“The victims of this crime each have a name,” says Secretary of State John Kerry, referring to the victims of human trafficking. Just this past July, he released the 2015 …
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Why International Literacy Day Is Important
9 years ago

Why International Literacy Day Is Important

If you find yourself perusing the Conscious Magazine website, or any modern day media publication at that, it is more than likely you grew up with a surplus of reading …
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World Suicide Prevention Day: Reaching Out And Saving Lives
9 years ago

World Suicide Prevention Day: Reaching Out And Saving Lives

A few years ago, I was kayaking on the Chicago River. It was a much anticipated excursion and my second time in a kayak. Seeing Chicago from the water perspective …
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World Day Against Trafficking And The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery
9 years ago

World Day Against Trafficking And The Fight Against Modern-Day Slavery

The recruitment, transportation, transfer of human beings through use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, use of power or paying a person in control of the victim is known as …
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Mandela: A Symbol of Passion, Service and Strength
9 years ago

Mandela: A Symbol of Passion, Service and Strength

 “When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort …
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Celebrating Our Independence With  July 4th Inspiration
9 years ago

Celebrating Our Independence With July 4th Inspiration

The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And there is one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, …
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Tell Your Story: Day-to-Day Thriving With Bipolar Disorder
9 years ago

Tell Your Story: Day-to-Day Thriving With Bipolar Disorder

I am a mother of 3 boys and a wife who lives side by side with Bipolar Disorder Type 1. As much as it finds itself in my daily life, …
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5 Ways To Take Action During National Women’s Health Week
9 years ago

5 Ways To Take Action During National Women’s Health Week

National Women’s Health Week (NWHW), which begins on Mother’s Day, is an observance led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health according to womenshealth.gov. The …
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Five Earth Day Resolutions You Can Actually Keep All Year
9 years ago

Five Earth Day Resolutions You Can Actually Keep All Year

Earth Day often has the same result as New Year’s Day does. Lots of enthusiasm and resolutions that “really are going to last this time, I’m serious,” and often don’t …
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In Observance of World Health Day We Ask, “How Safe is the Food We Eat?”
9 years ago

In Observance of World Health Day We Ask, “How Safe is the Food We Eat?”

One of the most important questions we can ask ourselves is: how safe is the food we eat? From the farm to our plate, the process of how we get …
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Conscious x Colette Sol USA: Walk To Stop Human Trafficking
9 years ago

Conscious x Colette Sol USA: Walk To Stop Human Trafficking

This month, Conscious Magazine and Colette Sol USA launch the “Walk To Stop Human Trafficking” campaign to bring awareness to this issue as January marks Human Trafficking Awareness Month.

The team at Colette …
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