Most of the media often paints all businesses with a single stroke, but in our experience businesses are each unique and so many of them are focused on making the world a better place. We’ve highlighted a few such gems below.

Danielle Klein | Sound Artist, Meditation Teacher, Sound Healing Trainer & Seller of Sound Healing Instruments

I began my business because of my own struggles with mental and physical health. When I stepped on the path of holistic wellness and saw the incredible changes in my life, I knew I had to share it with others. My business truly started when I left my corporate job to become a yoga teacher, and from there, I kept growing – meditation teacher, sound healer, retreat leader, and now an online educator. But these aren’t just jobs to me; it’s a mission. Mental health hits close to home because I’ve seen the toll it can take. I’ve lost loved ones tragically, seen friends grapple with depression and anxiety, and wrestled with my own challenges. Read more>>

Lena McCain | Founder & Clinical Director of Interfaith Bridge Counseling, PLLC

Interfaith Bridge Counseling, PLLC is an online mental health organization for tweens, teens, and twenty-somethings in Colorado. When I think about how our business helps our Colorado community, I immediately think of our values: Accessibility, Community, Advocacy, Belonging, and Collective Liberation. It is through our values and our clinical approach that we are able to offer more affordable, liberation-based individual counseling and group therapy. At its heart, our therapeutic offerings offer a safer space for young people to practice therapeutic skills and social bravery alongside their community. Read more>>

Audra Holck | Holistic Nutritionist & Autoimmune Nutrition Specialist

Growing up, I always lived an active an healthy lifestyle, but I was diagnosed with an Autoimmune disease at 17 years old. I was told by multiple doctors that since there is no cure for an autoimmune diagnosis, I would have to live with symptoms and take different medications for the rest of my life. I began to dig into research about autoimmune disease and nutrition, and I knew there had to be more. Luckily, I found a function medicine practitioner that completely changed my life. I really learned how much control I have over my health by making nutrition changes and looking at my entire lifestyle. While I am a huge advocate for functional medicine, unfortunately, it is not financially assessable to everyone. Read more>>

Jade McBride | President, Ted Turner Reserves

We believe that, by sharing the restored and healthy ecosystems of Ted Turner‘s properties, we can educate, inspire, and even transform our visitors to have a deeper appreciation and love of nature. The solution to many of the challenges we face in this world boils down to us as humans. And when we reconnect ourselves with nature, it makes better people out of us. Read more>>

Jesse Cody | Founder and Director of Hike The Good Hike

As a mental health organization we work to bring awareness to wilderness therapy and it’s benefits on mental health. This day in age and with the state of mental health in our country we find it’s important to showcase other means, specifically getting in touch with nature, in which you can seek a different path to help improve your mental health. Read more>>