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Mental health counselor Olivia Lynn Schnur shares ways we can start to become radically inspired in our lives.

Beautiful things and terrible things exist simultaneously. Generosity and selfishness. Happiness and despair. Kindness and rage. Light and dark. One side does not negate the…

Editor Aryn Henning Nichols writes about the Spring 2026 Inspire(d) theme: Radical Inspiration - Lighting a spark in the darkness.

See Inspire(d)'s 2025 photographers for each mag's center spread spot (the very middle of the magazine). The Driftless is full of beauty!

Gabi Masek, licensed acupuncturist and diplomate of Oriental Medicine, puts together tips to help us thrive through the winter season.

Karen and Dan Hurst have been married for almost 50 years. They have five kids and eleven grandchildren. They were married on March 18, 1977, and have taught their family so many things about love and life and laughing.

Marge Loch-Wouters is a Minnesota Master Naturalist whose passion is the outdoors and hiking in the Driftless region.

During the last ice age the ebb and flow of glaciers forever changed the complexion of the Upper Midwest, creating the Driftless Area.

Lisa Lantz, owner of The Getup in Decorah, is a total ray of sunshine. So it’s no surprise that her store is a warm, welcoming place to shop.

Avery Garcia-Prats writes her Future Focused piece, "We Both..." based on the prompt: “What do we have in common?”

Elsa Propson writes her Future Focused piece, "Same Stars," based on the prompt: “What do we have in common?”

Viola Vrtis writes her Future Focused piece, "Butterflies," based on the prompt: “What do we have in common?”