About Us

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We're Glad You've Found Us!

Welcome to ​Sanctuary, an online magazine for women who want to learn more about themselves and their world, to experience creative vision and to learn how to improve their overall well-being. Our community is a place to explore and discover, to grow and reinvent - a quiet space where readers can find beautiful works of art, interviews with those who have made a difference in their communities, articles discussing the latest in women's health, and a place to share their own ideas and inspirational stories.

Mission: To empower and inspire women with compelling and provocative stories, educational content, and engaging works of art.

Vision:  To create a global, interactive community in which women are connected, celebrated and empowered to live their best lives.

View from the Beach (Maui)
Photo Credit: Myrna Haskell

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”
~ Maya Angelou

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TO NAVIGATE OUR SITE:

OPEN BOOK: Interviews with female artists, humanitarians, entrepreneurs - those who have inspired others or made a difference in their local or global communities.

BLANK CANVAS: Featured artist pages and selected reader submissions covering a wide range of creative outlets.

BODY & SPIRIT: Articles concerning physical and emotional health, including alternative therapies, personal safety and nutrition.

INSPIRED LIFE: Find our TRAVEL JOURNAL column where you'll be inspired to travel to places you never thought of. Meet female movers and shakers in our CAREER section - women who have made a difference through their life's work and passions. Find financial advice in our MONEY section. SMART STEPS is a space where women leaders and entrepreneurs share their advice/tips in a quick-read format.

GUEST ROOM: This space is for our readers - to share their thoughts, suggestions and inspirational stories. You will also find giveaway information, submission information and our Ask an Expert interactive question/answer page.

EVENTS: Gallery owners, musicians, business leaders, and others who wish to post an upcoming event should view this page.

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Interviews

The editors interview a variety of remarkable women:

humanitarians, business leaders, entrepreneurs, artists - anyone who has used their talents and skills to make a difference in their local or global communities. If you would like to be considered for an interview or you would like to recommend someone else to be interviewed, please contact us.

Interviews are posted in our OPEN BOOK section.

Newsletter

Sign up for our FREE, monthly newsletter HERE.

Newsletters will alert you to new content, upcoming news and features and requests for reader feedback as well as interesting facts.

Stay in the loop with us!

Submissions

We welcome guest submissions. Readers may submit work to be considered for our BLANK CANVAS section in the following areas:

photography, fine art, poetry & essays, music & lyrics, dance & choreography, and play & book excerpts.

Please see submission information in our GUEST ROOM section.

Tidbits
of Wisdom

FIRST WOMAN
Emma Willard
(1787-1870)

Besides being the founder of the first secondary school for girls in the U.S., Emma Willard is known as the first female map maker in the United States. Her concern with the visual dynamics of learning and the importance of geography fueled her interest in cartography. She found maps unmatched for their ability to convey complexity, visualize the nation, and help students gain a more holistic view of the past. Maps placed history, she argued, and this physicality and emphasis on location would foster memory. Her historical Atlas was published in 1828, and was one of the first to treat American geography and history as interdependent subjects,