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When the world feels full of darkness – both literally and figuratively – it’s easy to want to run away from it all. To cut…

Winter 2024-25 Inspire(d) We’re all in this together.  And despite all our differences – or perhaps in celebration of them – I’d like to remind…

17 Years of Inspire(d) Magazine! Thank you to our readers and advertisers for making Inspire(d) Magazine a possibility. We appreciate your support over the years!…

It’s taken resilience to promote positive news for 17 years. Negative news tends to take top billing in mainstream media, and this can lead us…

Fall 2024 Inspire(d)! Welcome to the 78th issue of Inspire(d) Magazine! We’ve been making this publication for 17 years, y’all! That’s bananas. It’s been a joy…

One act of compassion has the ability to shift your entire day. Maybe even week. Month. Year. Hey, I know it sounds ridiculous, but maybe…

Summer 2024 Inspire(d)! Ah summer. Throughout life, it’s meant different things for me. In my younger years it was a welcome break from school. Pool…

Eighteen years. It had been 18 years since I traveled off this continent, and got fresh perspectives and new inspiration from seeing the world. But…

Patience in Bloom: Build your patience with these tips I don’t know how many times over the last 16-and-a-half years (that’s how long we’ve been making…

Patience: We all bloom in our own time. I totally hated the phrase “late bloomer” when I was a kid. I had two cousins – both…

You are Worthy: Believing in Yourself! (Read the Winter 2023-24 Inspire(d) issue online here.) I know this affirmation stuff can feel a little (waves fingers) woowoo.…

Finding inspiration is, obviously, one of the main missions of Inspire(d) Magazine. We want to tell inspiring, relatable stories of our neighbors doing good things…