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Natural Awakenings’ Family of Franchises Keeps Growing
at corporate headquarters in Naples, Florida. The NAPC training staff spent several days with the entrepreneurs now launching new Natural Awakenings magazines in Chicago Western Suburbs; Rochester, New York; and Hawaii. Company CEO Sharon Bruckman launched the fi rst edition of Natural
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Awakenings in 1994 and began franchising it in 1999. The company currently publishes 90 Natural Awakenings magazines throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico, with a collective readership exceeding 3.5 million.
“Interest in naturally healthy living that’s good for people and the planet
Sending Blessings Lori Portka
A former counselor and educator, fi ne artist Lori Portka delights in the favorite things that inspire her: nature, traveling, animals, yoga and friends. She lets her art pour out in boldly rendered images that burst from each canvas via saturated pastels, paints, chalks and inks to forge a visceral connection between artist and viewer. “I make artwork that is a refl ec- tion of gratitude and joy in the world,” says Portka, whose expressive works fulfi ll her mission of spreading happiness through art.
A personal loss led Portka to begin painting again at 30-something for the fi rst time since the tenth grade, a process she says has opened her heart even more deeply. Inspired by Aus- tralian photographer and fi lmmaker Hailey Bartholomew’s documentary, 365 Grateful, about living on the sunny side of life, Portka embarked upon her own project, A Hundred Thank-Yous, creating and giving away 100 paintings to 100 people that have touched her life, she says, “in a beautiful way.” “I feel like I am on the right path,
doing what I am supposed to do,” she explains. “Art feels like home to me.”
View the artist’s portfolio and follow her blog at
LoriPortka.com.
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is now infl uencing mainstream America, thanks in part to our active and growing readership,” says Bruckman. “The Natural Awakenings’ dedicated family of publishers, supported by loyal advertisers, connects readers with a wealth of national and local resources mapping out alternate routes to a healthier, happier, longer life.” For a list of locations where Natural Awakenings is publishing or to learn more about franchise opportunities, visit NaturalAwakeningsMag. com or call 239-530-1377.
atural Awakenings Publishing Corp. (NAPC) recently welcomed a group of new publishers that completed an April training program
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