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.

Liz Tenuto | The Workout Witch

Our mission is to heal the physical effects of trauma and long-term stress with somatic exercises. By providing the tools to release your trauma, regulate your nervous system, reconnect with your body, and reclaim your physical strength, we’re making somatic exercise programs easily accessible to every person regardless of geographical location or income level. Read more>>

Liz Jakoi | Mindset Transformation Coach

I help individuals and groups develop and grow their potential to build a more positive mindset in order to create a peaceful and calm life. When we are more peaceful and calm, we can deal with challenges, obstacles, problems in a positive way accessing our wise self within. Read more>>

Tatiana

I think of music as a universal language. No matter who or where we are in the world, music has this really special way of bridging the gaps between all of our stories. As a singer and songwriter, I hope that the stories I tell through my music not only make others feel less alone but inspire the bravery to share their own despite all the odds. Read more>> 

Ruoyue Wang | The founder of Zose Media and Bridge Pictures

Our business serves the community and the world in several meaningful ways. Firstly, through our marketing and promotional efforts, we broaden the audience reach for our clients’ brands, effectively communicating the benefits of their products or services concisely. This not only enhances brand recognition but also facilitates informed consumer choices. Read more>>

Chelsea Ainsworth | Executive Director of AOS/ Choreographer/ Dancer

Arts On Site (AOS) is paving the way for hundreds of artists to be seen by providing a safe and affordable way to create, join community, and perform to live audiences. As a women-led nonprofit organization AOS is run by a team of 10 women and hosts a community of over 8,000 artists. Read more>>

Aubrianna Kay | Soulful Business Coach & Strategist

I’m all about helping women in the world of entrepreneurship. It’s frustrating to see how the business landscape often sidelines emotions, intuition, and gut instincts, favoring a rigidly strategic approach. This leaves a lot of women feeling like outsiders in the business world. Read more>>

Jules Marsh | Co-Founder & CEO of Kelpful Cooperative Inc.

We’re a small worker owned cooperative run by women who began with a dream of farming seaweed. We say “This is What Climate Resilience Tastes Like” because seaweed embodies the qualities of a climate resilient resource- it is abundant, renewable, fast growing, and needs no fresh water or fertilizer to grow. Read more>> 

Alan Storeygard | Jazz pianist, songwriter, and Family Doctor

I really have 2 businesses. And I think they compliment each other and hopefully both have positive social impact. I am a medical doctor ( a family physician ) and a musician ( jazz pianist, composer, arranger, songwriter, and recording artist). I have told many people that “Music is Medicine for the Soul.” Read more>>

Jodie Carvalho | LCSW and Owner of Jodie Carvalho Therapy LLC

The world is filled with so much pain. I want to see less of it. As a mental health therapist, every session can make an impact in lessening that pain. There’s so much empowerment in that. Every day I get to go to work and make peoples lives a little bit less heavy. What an amazing opportunity. Read more>>

Tammy Takaishi | Board Certified-Music Therapist, Creator/Host of Creative Peacemeal Podcast

The social impact of my podcast is one of the post important components of why I do what I do. Creative Peacemeal is about telling authentic stories of life in the fine and creative arts, and with that, encouraging and inspiring people to be creative in their lives, however it works best for them. Read more>> 

Kate Mueller | Artist, welder, and coffin maker

My current work delves into the idea of creating a space for what connects us all. The steel structures I create echo the geometric forms found in places of ritual. Like Stonehenge and Mnajdra, ancient temples built to align with the stars, my work explores the relationship between form and the space it occupies. Read more>>

gara | Director/Photographer/Creative/ Musician

In my journey trying to find the motives behind my art, I quickly realized, all I wanted was to make myself feel something through the art I was and am creating; all of this in hopes to make people feel something as well. Read more>>

Selin & Brittany | Co-founders

Our dedication to sustainability is visible in all aspects of Fizi Active’s operations. We prioritize environmentally friendly practices to reduce our environmental impact, such as using compostable materials in our shipments and using recycled paper for the packaging of our Pilates grip socks. Read more>>