September is self improvement month and if there's a theme that suits Evolving better, I don't know what it is.  I believe conscious living includes the responsibility of continually working on the self and all it entails. To consciously evolve is to create and maintain a direction and flow in life that coincides with your beliefs.

Although I'm well aware of various modalities for conscious evolution-whether it's journaling, self care, healthy eating, meditation, exercise, spending time in nature or creative expression-I still have to give my subconscious a nudge and remind myself to work on these practices. I try to take inventory occasionally of who I've been, who I am and who I'm becoming. Awareness truly is enlightenment-and opens the door to self improvement.

To honor the self improvement theme, we have included a very special section this month: Self Improvement... Services and products to help you on your journey. Not only will you find healthy, nourishing, life-enhancing products and services listed, but the wide variety of advertisers will help to guide you in the direction of self care, as well. Please frequent the advertisers inside these pages  and throughout Evolving-and, tell them where you saw their ad! Our advertisers support this publication and enable us to continue to bring vital, informative, enlightening features and events each month. Thank you, as always,

                                                                               Jill Dutton