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2018 Year in Review
January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Kelsey Horton

2018 Year in Review

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Hi gorgeous readers, I meant to post a round-up of my 2018 sometime in December. An end of the year blog post… at the end

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I Wish You Rainbows: A Prayer for Self Acceptance
November 12, 2018 Kelsey Horton

I Wish You Rainbows: A Prayer for Self Acceptance

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Today I wish you rainbows. I wish you the bravery to take a deep breath and forgive yourself for being so you, so human, so

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Three Steps to Find Your Voice
November 5, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Three Steps to Find Your Voice

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Have you ever scrambled around trying to find your glasses, only to realize twenty minutes later they were perched on your head the whole time?

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September 20, 2018November 6, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Bring Your Dreams to Life Training Series – Video 3

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In this free video training we talk about time — how to manage it, how to drop the guilt over taking time for ourselves, and how to break our work into bite-sized tasks to cut through the feeling of overwhelm.

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September 18, 2018October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Bring Your Dreams to Life Training Series – Video 2

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Welcome back to my three-part training series on bringing our creative dreams to life! Today we’re talking about how to move through self doubt and

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September 10, 2018July 30, 2019 Kelsey Horton

You Don’t Have To Blow Their Minds

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“I have written 11 books but each time I think ‘Uh-oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re

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Seven Books I’m Loving Lately
August 27, 2018October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Seven Books I’m Loving Lately

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“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be

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People Want to Support You
August 22, 2018October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

People Want to Support You

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Have you ever thought about just how supported you are? Let’s take a moment to inhale, exhale, and consider this in full color: Have you

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Own Your Talents
July 6, 2018October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Own Your Talents

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The things that come naturally to you, the traits and talents that flow out of you so effortlessly… those are yours to do. You are

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Curious and Positive: Taking the Pressure Off Your Future
June 9, 2018October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Curious and Positive: Taking the Pressure Off Your Future

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Do you ever feel like your arms are being stretched in two directions, caught in a tug of war between worlds? Like you used to

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June 7, 2018 Kelsey Horton

How to Reconnect with Your Creative Voice

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Hey beautiful friends, I have been stubbornly clinging to the idea that each of my blog posts has to be a standalone piece of art

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I Trust This Day (A Prayer To Start Your Morning)
April 30, 2018June 5, 2018 Kelsey Horton

I Trust This Day (A Prayer To Start Your Morning)

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Dear God/Spirit/Universe/Higher Power/Life, I trust this day. I trust this space where I am standing, and I know that I’m exactly where I need to

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Sifting Through Words
April 8, 2018October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Sifting Through Words

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This is my sitting at my desk, wearing my “weekend outfit,” trying to figure out how to wrangle all of my soulful written content into…

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March 23, 2018October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Your Art Is Not Meant For Everybody

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Your art is not meant for everybody. Some people just aren’t going to like it. And the sooner you can accept this + embody this

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March 11, 2018November 17, 2018 Kelsey Horton

OCD and the Power of Books: My Interview with Agape Podcast

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“98.762 percent of my time is spent obsessing. About what? EVERYTHING.” ~Monica Devon, the main character in Janet Tashjian’s novel “Multiple Choice”   I don’t

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Back to Our Roots
February 26, 2018October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Back to Our Roots

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“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” ~ Edgar Degas   My very first blog post was the best

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Shedding Our Cocoons
December 15, 2017October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Shedding Our Cocoons

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“And then I said to the world: You will see me. You will hear me. I am not afraid. — The day I left my damn cocoon so I

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November 6, 2017October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

What Do You Really Need Right Now?

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“I stopped explaining myself, because I learned that making decisions is never about doing the right thing or the wrong thing. It’s about doing the

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October 26, 2017October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Start Before You Know Your Target Market

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“Stay afraid, but do it anyway. What’s important is the action. You don’t have to wait to be confident. Just do it and eventually the

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Hope and Light for 2017
December 20, 2016October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Hope and Light for 2017

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“The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside

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Forge Your Own Comeback
December 8, 2016October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Forge Your Own Comeback

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“…if you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer. It means you are so busy keeping

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Hover in the Hesitation
October 4, 2016October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Hover in the Hesitation

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Since my last blog post, I moved away from Illinois (where I have spent my entire life), and I’m writing this post from the couch of my

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Listen To Your Impulses
September 1, 2016October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Listen To Your Impulses

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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.” ~Sylvia Plath   Epiphanies. Insights.

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May 17, 2016October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Taking Our Talents Seriously

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“What begins as something like a dream will in fact stay a dream forever unless you have the tools and the discipline to bring it

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Forgiving Ourselves
March 31, 2016October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Forgiving Ourselves

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It occurred to me that I haven’t made this life-altering announcement on my blog yet: I published my first book! I planned on promoting Robot

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February 1, 2016October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Robot Coconut Trees: A Creative Timeline of My First Book

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Every creative project has a backstory, a truth behind the curtain, a core reality that deviates from the flashy final product we see at the

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January 21, 2016October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Calm: A Soulful Book Review

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Every now and then, I think about changing my blog and featuring completely different topics. There are so many pieces and people that make up

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December 30, 2015October 29, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Goodbye, I Love You: An Ode to 2015

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“I live in a state of joyous anticipation, as well as quiet realization” – Ernest Holmes   At the end of each year I publish

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October 5, 2015October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Let It Be

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  Let it be easy. Let it happen slower than you wanted, let it frustrate you, let the existential realizations hit you in the produce

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August 20, 2015October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

When Fear Goes Into Hiding

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Lately I feel like I’m up-leveling, on the cusp of everything, gaping wide-eyed at my life as it finally starts to resemble the life I

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July 30, 2015October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Darkness, Moths, and Flinging Ourselves Towards the Light

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When I was 14, I had a dream about a moth. In my dream I chase the moth around a white room with a fly

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June 9, 2015October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

The Story of Starting My Blog (dream now, begin now)

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This week, I celebrate two anniversaries in my creative life: Four years ago, my mentor and I created a farmers market. We spent several years

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April 24, 2015October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Peacocks, Holy Gratitude, and Almost Getting Hit by a Bus

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I often say “You know what — I could get hit by a bus tomorrow,” as a way of portraying the immediacy of acting on

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April 13, 2015October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Magic, Pink Dresses, and Reviving Our Sense of Wonder

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In June 1998, my elementary school hired a magician to perform tricks at an assembly during the last week of school. My second grade class

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March 23, 2015October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Blossoming, Doubting, and Writing a Book

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I announced last month on my facebook page that I am self-publishing an e-book this year, to be released on October 13th 2015. Since then,

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February 18, 2015October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

The “I Don’t Have Time” Lie

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One of the biggest lies we tell ourselves is “I don’t have time.” We say this constantly. We say it to the fundraisers who wear

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January 27, 2015October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Don’t Put On The Brakes

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So you’ve hit a moment in your life when everything is falling into place. You landed the boyfriend, the job, the apartment, the publicity opportunity

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January 13, 2015October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

My Liebster Award and Shining the Light on Others

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Rachel Stolzman (an amazing writer at rachelstolzman.wordpress.com and author of The Sign for Drowning) nominated my blog for a “Liebster Award.” I didn’t even know

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December 31, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Au Revoir 2014: A Tribute

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I try to imbue all of my blog posts with a sense of timelessness – I purposely leave out the daily drudgery and updates about

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December 29, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Dear Dancer: You Are Enough

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In my post Fierceness and Bite, I wrote about my desire to write a letter to young dancers — a letter that would glow with

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November 26, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Being the Light in the Cold Messy Darkness

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“Travel Light, Live Light, Spread Light, Be The Light.” – Yogi Bhajan   Sometimes spirituality is easy. The Law of Attraction works. We pray for

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November 18, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Chile Peppers, Trust, and Cutting Through: On Writing my First Book

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“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to

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Fierceness and Bite: Honoring the Details of Our Lives
October 16, 2014November 18, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Fierceness and Bite: Honoring the Details of Our Lives

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“We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded. This is how writers must think, this

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September 23, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

A Prayer for Writers

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By Kelsey Horton   May you remember that there is no perfect word — just like there is no perfect boyfriend, no perfect eyelash, no

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September 15, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

20something profile: Kelsey

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A piece I wrote for “20somethings in 2014” — on navigating post-graduate stuckness, deciding between multiple passions, and creating a bold new life. And, of

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August 7, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

For Writers Who Don’t Know What to Write About

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“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Andy Warhol   My blog has been frozen in

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July 10, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Holy and Messy: Letting Your Life Purpose Find You

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“They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life

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June 25, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Our Common Molten Human Core – Where Expression Meets Service

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“If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for.” – Alice Walker   I unfollowed my favorite self-help author on my

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June 9, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Swimming, Surrendering, and Shining: Lessons After Two Years of Blogging

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“Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment

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May 19, 2014October 13, 2019 Kelsey Horton

You Are Not A Broken Toy

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You are not a broken toy. Your arm is not imprinted with the bite marks of a brother or friend or dog or frazzled mother.

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4 Truths That Every College Graduate Needs to Hear
May 7, 2014May 26, 2019 Kelsey Horton

4 Truths That Every College Graduate Needs to Hear

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Graduation season brightens my heart. When I walk into bookstores and see Oh The Places You’ll Go prominently displayed, I remember the excitement and hope

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April 22, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Don’t Think: When Writer’s Block Meets Self Doubt

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I have dozens of half-written blog posts that linger on my computer, posts on beautiful topics like post-graduation devastation, the insecurities that emerge in our

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March 20, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Anxiety, My Teacher: Gentle Strategies to Look Fear in the Eye

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There is a frantic young child inside me who screams and shakes. Her name is Anxiety, and I can feel her quivering in my chest.

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February 27, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Dear You, Love Spirit: A Transformative Exercise

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“Perhaps someday I’ll crawl back home, beaten, defeated. But not as long as I can make stories out of my heartbreak, beauty out of sorrow.”

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How Alive Are You Willing To Be?
February 13, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

How Alive Are You Willing To Be?

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“Because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself, How alive am I willing to be?” – Anne Lamott

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February 6, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

How to Daydream

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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” ― Edgar Allan Poe   Unfocus your

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January 30, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Creative Writing as a Pathway to Self Love

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“Once you have learned to trust your own voice and allowed that creative force inside you to come out, you can direct it to write

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January 21, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

My Relaxed is Brave: Letting Go on New Years Day

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“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled.” – Ray Bradbury   “Relaxed” is a word

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January 2, 2014October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

An Answered Prayer on a Tuesday Train: The Kindness of Strangers

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“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a

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December 26, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Au Revoir, 2013: A Tribute

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I love the fresh start of a new year. Every December I daydream in the realm of possibility – I envision the person I want

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December 2, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

So You Feel Called to Write: A Compassionate Creative Manifesto

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“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.” – Mary Oliver I have spent

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November 19, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Authenticity Meets the Little Puzzle Piece

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“We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.” – May Sarton One winter when I was

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October 24, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

At 23 – Passion, Peril, Confusion, Resurrection

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“…It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer

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October 3, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Feeling Our Fears Through the Autumn Transformation

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Autumn is upon us, bringing with her the rainbow of seasonal decay, the heat of oversized sweaters, and the warmth of tenderhearted boyfriends. My facebook

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September 19, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Creative Respiration: Mining Your Life for Writing Content

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“Write What You Know” seems like the most repeated writing advice out there. It can also come off as the most confusing and the most

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September 5, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

The Challenge (and Sweetness) of Slowing Down

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“Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.” – John De Paola At my church this weekend, we talked about

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August 22, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

“I Want to Feel Good” – Why We Fiercely Cling to Our Struggles

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After I wrote a blog post that dabbled into my experiences with trichotillomania (trich), the compulsive pulling out of hair, a friend reached out to

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August 8, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Different Than a Rose – Hidden Teachers and Our Individuality

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I watched a video of an intuitive life coach the other day, and it scared me. It scared me because of how slowly she spoke,

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July 30, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Seeking Healing through Conscious Storytelling

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Stories make up the latticed marrow of my bones. I want my stories flushed out for the world to see in their flaws and imperfections,

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July 17, 2013November 18, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Nesting In My Hair – An Eyelash Story

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“You can’t keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair.” – Sharon Creech

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July 11, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Knowing What You Know – Part I

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“At the center of your being you have the answer: you know who you are and you know what you want.” – Lao Tzu  

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June 26, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

How to Receive Life Guidance from a Younger Version of Yourself

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When I feel stuck, I often ask people what advice they would like to give to themselves when they were my age. “If you could

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June 11, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

11 Lessons from Blogging – From My Heart to Yours

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Happy first birthday to my blossoming little blog! If you have ever spent a moment on this website, I thank you from the depths of

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May 31, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Hatching Open

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“I write to discover what I know.” – Flannery O’Connor   Expression is one of the bravest things I know. It takes bravery to put

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May 15, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Tending to the Flock

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“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is

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April 29, 2013March 29, 2019 Kelsey Horton

The Joys of Being Passionate

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“All the great saints, in all the traditions, are beings who live absolute passion.” – Daniel Odier When we meet new people, one of the

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April 12, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Stuckness and Revival

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Everyone is a multifaceted expert who is talented in ways both celebrated and secretive, useful and quirky. I don’t know what people think I’m an

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April 2, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Sabotaging Ourselves

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“Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” – E. E. Cummings  

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February 26, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Empowered Creativity

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“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The

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January 27, 2013October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Honoring The Muse

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“Creativity takes courage. ” – Henri Matisse Do you spend five minutes a day checking your facebook? Do you spend five minutes a day living

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November 23, 2012October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Adoring Nonsense

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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells.” – Dr. Seuss We need to revive the habit of purposely doing things that we are

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October 24, 2012October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Help Me Write a Memoir!

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Hello beloveds,   I have severely neglected my posting on my blog — however, I have several half-written posts that I am looking to beef

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September 3, 2012October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Because We Love It

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“I was starting to wonder if I was ready to be a writer, not someone who won prizes, got published and was given the time

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August 19, 2012October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Unleashing Happiness

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“We do not need the sheltering wings when things go smoothly. We are closest to God in the darkness, stumbling along blindly.” — Madeleine L’Engle

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August 1, 2012October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

On Writing

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“When I write, I feel like an armless legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” – Kurt Vonnegut   On my daily and nightly

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July 15, 2012October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

When You’re Holding onto Me

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“Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can’t see the tiny outstretched

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June 23, 2012October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Reviving my Post-Grad Spirit

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After seventeen years of endlessly sitting in classrooms, this jump from college senior to young professional is less glamorous than it sounds. People told me

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June 18, 2012October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Recommended Reading: The Books that Changed My Life

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“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” – Oscar Wilde I

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June 10, 2012October 26, 2018 Kelsey Horton

Hello, dazzling world!

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Several years back, I received a nudge of inner guidance to start a spirituality blog. It was 2009, I was a freshman in college, and

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