Stephanie Wilson, Co-Founder and Editor & Chief Sensi Magazine

have been using since our inception —it appeared on every cover prior to our redesign in December 2019—roughly 200 magazines emblazoned with the phrase. We used it to highlight cannabis’s transition into the mainstream, and during the early days of COVID we watched it become the official catchphrase of the pandemic “The New Normal” How else could you describe it? 

With that I welcome you to Sensi’s new new normal, which looks a great deal different than some five months and a lifetime ago. Way back then, we were printing local magazines in 14 markets across the country with a 15th, Metro Maryland,  slated to launch April. Our creative team was in the midst of sending those editions to print when COVID-19  started to pick up steam.  After some hard conversations with our leadership team, we made the call to hit pause for a variety of reasons, namely that our points of distribution were not going to be distributing during a global pandemic. We were optimistic that we’d be back by June. Then we thought we’d return in July. I’m writing this on August 7th as those refreshed April editions work their way to being published in the next few days if all goes as planned.

Little these days is going as planned, for better and for worse. But if there’s a silver lining to this chaos, it may be that it’s forced us to slow down and examine our lives—to really consider the why and how behind it. It provided a chance to stop the constant doing and start thinking about whether those are the right goals to be aiming for at all. It allowed us to examine our business, piece by piece strip down to the basics and rebuild using the lessons we stumbled our way through. We’re guided by one mission, to serve our readers and communities by focusing on connection—to information to each other to businesses and brands that meet your needs.