Natural Awakenings Chicago ~ June 2022

Allergen-free Recipe: Easy Summer Grilling For Father’s Day and Every Day

This easy recipe incorporates healthy vegetables that can be easily grown in the Chicagoland area, including bell peppers, tomatoes and zucchini. Read More »

Annual Women’s Mycelium Conference Weekend Set for September

The event provides inspiration and education about mushrooms for the health and healing of people and the planet. Read More »

Clear Emotional Blocks with Susan Curry

Susan Curry is an accomplished life coach who uses her intuitive skills to reveal the information that leads to direct and successful results. Read More »

Cultivating Guts Podcast with GF Mom Certified Features Owner of Milwaukee’s Holistic Med Spa

The Cultivating Guts podcast with Chicago native, Tiffany Hinton, explores all things gut health, gardening and homesteading, as well as tapping into our intuition to live healthy and joyous lives. Read More »

Delicious Edible Perennials Add Interest to Backyard Vegetable Gardens

Often thought of as the economizers of an edible landscape, edible perennials are recognized as plants that keep on giving, year after year. Chicago Botanic Garden horticulturist Lisa Hilgenberg offers advice and suggestions for incorporating these plant powerhouses into your garden. Read More »

Fathers Get Postpartum Depression Too

Fatherhood is one of the most joyful and life-changing times of a man’s life. Read More »

Find the Gifts of Being an Empath at Special Workshop

This one-of-a-kind, in-person, emotional and energy-centered workshop is ideal as a beginner’s class or as a refresher, as well as a jump-start option for more advanced empaths. Read More »

Girish Srinivasan on Behavidence's Data-Driven Mental Health Monitoring

Palatine-based Dr. Girish Srinivasan brings more than 20 years of experience in medical technology solutions as co-founder and the chief technology officer of Behavidence, a biotechnology company that created a mental health application that generates a daily mental health score. Read More »

Health Freedom Expo Returns to Tinley Park in October

The Trinity Health Freedom Expo, will offer resources to explore natural health care and health freedom rights. Innovative products and services will be available with presentations about holistic health care advancements and legislation. Read More »

Holistic Health Fairs Coming to Pleasant Prairie and Mundelein

Explore holistic health and metaphysical topics, local vendors, speakers and energy workers with a wide range of products and services: crystals and gems, sound healing, natural skincare, candles, herbs, psychics and mediums, jewelry, aromatherapy, reiki, chiropractic, intuitive and tarot card readers, animal communication and more. Read More »

Kids Learn About Biodiversity at Will County Forest Preserve Trail Exhibit

The family-friendly display engages visitors with bilingual (English and Spanish) signs that invite children to actively use their observation skills as they learn about biodiversity, from an invitation to search for insect pollinators to the fur on leaves or birds in the sky. Read More »

Learn Benefits of the Akashic Records with Sandra Anne Taylor

Sandra Anne Taylor will present a live, in-person or optional Zoom, daylong workshop about the Akashic records—a storehouse of inspiration, wisdom, discovery and healing. Read More »

Letter from Publisher

It’s June, a month of seemingly endless possibilities, with the long days of summer stretching out before us like an untraveled path. Read More »

Magical Retreat in the Sacred British Isles

All participants will stay seven nights at the Chalice Well and World Peace Gardens, in Glastonbury, England. Twelve-day retreat participants will also experience Scotland including Edinburgh, Roslin and the Isle of Skye. Read More »

Milwaukee-based Outwoken Tea Empowers Family-Owned, Sustainable Tea Farms

Ojeda sources unique teas such as Tumio Purple Tea, from Kenya, and African White Pearl, which is hand rolled by women in Malawi, a landlocked country in East Africa. Outwoken Tea’s African White Pearls tea is produced on a family-operated estate that is one of the remaining few not bought out by a large corporation. Read More »

Native Wild Roses Bloom Naturally in the Midwest Summer

Beginning in June, public and private rose gardens add beauty to the region with varied hues, shapes and fragrances. Read More »

New Hair Care Products Available at Organic Roots Eco Salon

Organic Roots, in Skokie, is offering two new product lines: Maraes and MK Biotin Therapy. Read More »

New Palatine Holistic Center Offers Unique Opportunities for Healing

The Psychic Holistic Center is focused on providing services, products and resources to awaken and heal our spiritual energy centers. Read More »

Revive Emotional Health at Women’s Wellness Retreats

Participants will be surrounded by the high-energy atmosphere of the Lindenwood Retreat Center, in Plymouth, to restore vitality and destress, and apply knowledge to use in daily life. Read More »

Thermography and Ultrasound Screening Lead to Hidden Health Discoveries

Thermography and ultrasound are screening tools like mammograms, but less invasive, says Erica Cody. Read More »

Vendor Spots Available for September TheosoFEST

Vendor applications for the holistic marketplace are being accepted to showcase wellness products and services to a targeted and passionate audience. Read More »

Will County Forest Preserves Honor Volunteers of the Year

2021 Volunteers of the Year by the Forest Preserve District of Will County. Read More »

Ban Plastics in National Parks

Nonprofit Free the Ocean is circulating a petition to Get Single-Use Plastic Out of U.S. National Parks. Read More »

California Canals Gain Solar Panels

To both conserve water and generate clean energy, solar arrays are being installed over canals in the Turlock Irrigation District to evaluate their impact on water quality and evaporation. Read More »

Classic Manhattan

A sustainable twist on the classic cocktail recipe. Read More »

Climate Change Causing Birds to Lay Eggs Earlier

About a third of the bird species nesting in Chicago are laying their eggs a month earlier than they did 100 years ago, and researchers think the culprit in this shift is climate change. Read More »

Cut Back on Booze to Protect the Brain

Even drinking as little as a few beers or glasses of wine per week will reduce brain volume, according to a new study. Read More »

Eco-Volunteering: Hands-on Ways to Help Our Planet this Summer

Helping nature while enjoying the great outdoors is a classic win-win opportunity. Here are a few ideas to join the fun while contributing sweat equity. Read More »

Frank Bruni on Living with Afflictions

New York Times writer Frank Bruni shares how he and others encountered and dealt with medical challenges in his new book, The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found. Read More »

Healing Trauma: Emerging Therapies Offer Fresh Hope

Trauma is widespread and deeply embedded, not only in our behaviors but in our bodies. Here are effective and ever-evolving approaches to heal what’s been broken. Read More »

How to Raise Empathetic Kids: Simple Ways Parents Can Cultivate Compassion

While we are all born with a certain amount of empathy, cultivating it is a skill that can be strengthened with practice, and it is critical that the learning process start early. Read More »

Misbehaving Dog Walks: Ways Humans Get It Wrong

Humans are just as capable of bad behavior during walks as dogs are. Here are the reasons why and ways we can correct to ensure a safe, fun and rewarding walk for both dog and human. Read More »

National Parks Enacting New Regulations

The National Park Service (NPS) has cracked down on some recreational activities to better manage the human impact on natural environments. Read More »

Planet-Friendly Pours: The Rise of Sustainable Wine and Spirits

Sustainable and socially responsible wines and spirits are becoming a major force in the market, though not all eco-friendly alcoholic beverages are as conscious as they claim. Read More »

Pump Iron to Boost Sleep

For those that are sleep-deprived, working out with resistance exercises to strengthen muscles may produce longer and deeper shuteye than aerobics, new research suggests. Read More »

Run Farther with Beetroot and Citrulline

Nitrate-rich beetroot extract and citrulline have been shown to reduce cortisol levels and increase the distance ran in a standard 12-minute Cooper Test. Read More »

South Pole Registers Historic Temperature

Antarctica registered record temperatures for March of 40.82° F at a time of the year when readings are usually already sub-zero. Read More »

The Exercise Power of E-Bikes: Get a Workout on an Easier Ride

Discover the health, environmental and other benefits of riding pedal-assist electric bicycles. Read More »

The Gift of an Imperfect Father

We inherit a lot from our wounded fathers, including an energetic opportunity to change the familial emotional code, and it can be beautiful. Read More »

The Healing of the Modern Man: Men Redefine Their Emotional Power

More men are taking responsibility for their well-being and learning how to embody emotional freedom, stepping up to the plate as strong, sensitive leaders. Read More »

Trauma Treatment Options

Dozens of approaches are available for treating trauma, and experienced therapists often mix and match cognitive and experiential modalities to meet a patient’s needs. Read More »

Try Neem and Walking to Ward Off COVID-19 Symptoms

Studies suggest that neem, a plant used for centuries in India to treat malaria, intestinal ulcers and skin diseases, may offer protection against COVID-19 and future variants. Read More »

Unplugged Adventures: Eco-Tripping for a Digital Detox

For those that want to truly unplug, unique off-grid, eco-options beckon. Read More »

Weeds Attract Pollinators to Increase Harvests

It turns out that the presence of weeds benefits trees and pollinators. Read More »

Whale Hello There

This refreshing cocktail combines citrus flavors with sustainable gin. Read More »