Red Plastic Hope: A Poem
By Kelsey Horton I don’t remember how to attract hummingbirds, but I still try.I read books about pollinatorsand wish for a red hummingbird feeder. I
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The Wedding Website Story I Didn’t Want to Write
After nine years of dating, my boyfriend and I are getting married next year. I stare at the little box on my wedding website that
3 Reasons Why Your Writing Feels Stuck
“Blogging just seems kindof easy for me, you know?” I told my friend over the phone, explaining my predicament. After years of creating positive social
7 Questions to Ask When You’re Feeling Jealous
“People want you to be happy.Don’t keep serving them your pain! If you could untie your wingsand free your soul of jealousy, you and everyone
I Wish You Rainbows: A Prayer for Self Acceptance
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
Three Steps to Find Your Voice
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?
Bring Your Dreams to Life Training Series – Video 3
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.
You Don’t Have To Blow Their Minds
“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
Seven Books I’m Loving Lately
“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
People Want to Support You
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
How to Reconnect with Your Creative Voice
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
Your Art Is Not Meant For Everybody
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
OCD and the Power of Books: My Interview with Agape Podcast
“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
Shedding Our Cocoons
“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
Start Before You Know Your Target Market
“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
Forge Your Own Comeback
“…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
Hover in the Hesitation
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
Listen To Your Impulses
“I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.” ~Sylvia Plath Epiphanies. Insights.
Taking Our Talents Seriously
“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
Forgiving Ourselves
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
Robot Coconut Trees: A Creative Timeline of My First Book
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
Calm: A Soulful Book Review
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
Goodbye, I Love You: An Ode to 2015
“I live in a state of joyous anticipation, as well as quiet realization” – Ernest Holmes At the end of each year I publish
When Fear Goes Into Hiding
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
The Story of Starting My Blog (dream now, begin now)
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
Blossoming, Doubting, and Writing a Book
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,
Au Revoir 2014: A Tribute
I try to imbue all of my blog posts with a sense of timelessness – I purposely leave out the daily drudgery and updates about
Chile Peppers, Trust, and Cutting Through: On Writing my First Book
“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
Fierceness and Bite: Honoring the Details of Our Lives
“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
A Prayer for Writers
By Kelsey Horton May you remember that there is no perfect word — just like there is no perfect boyfriend, no perfect eyelash, no
For Writers Who Don’t Know What to Write About
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” – Andy Warhol My blog has been frozen in
Our Common Molten Human Core – Where Expression Meets Service
“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
Swimming, Surrendering, and Shining: Lessons After Two Years of Blogging
“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
Don’t Think: When Writer’s Block Meets Self Doubt
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
Dear You, Love Spirit: A Transformative Exercise
“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.”
How to Daydream
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.” ― Edgar Allan Poe Unfocus your
Creative Writing as a Pathway to Self Love
“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
Au Revoir, 2013: A Tribute
I love the fresh start of a new year. Every December I daydream in the realm of possibility – I envision the person I want
So You Feel Called to Write: A Compassionate Creative Manifesto
“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way too.” – Mary Oliver I have spent
Feeling Our Fears Through the Autumn Transformation
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
Creative Respiration: Mining Your Life for Writing Content
“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
The Challenge (and Sweetness) of Slowing Down
“Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you.” – John De Paola At my church this weekend, we talked about
Different Than a Rose – Hidden Teachers and Our Individuality
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,
Seeking Healing through Conscious Storytelling
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,
Nesting In My Hair – An Eyelash Story
“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
11 Lessons from Blogging – From My Heart to Yours
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
Hatching Open
“I write to discover what I know.” – Flannery O’Connor Expression is one of the bravest things I know. It takes bravery to put
The Joys of Being Passionate
“All the great saints, in all the traditions, are beings who live absolute passion.” – Daniel Odier When we meet new people, one of the
Sabotaging Ourselves
“Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” – E. E. Cummings
Empowered Creativity
“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
Honoring The Muse
“Creativity takes courage. ” – Henri Matisse Do you spend five minutes a day checking your facebook? Do you spend five minutes a day living
Welcome 2013!
Every year, I hear the same round of complaints against New Years resolutions – “they’re lazy,” “no one sticks to them anyways,” “if you really
Help Me Write a Memoir!
Hello beloveds, I have severely neglected my posting on my blog — however, I have several half-written posts that I am looking to beef
Because We Love It
“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
On Writing
“When I write, I feel like an armless legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” – Kurt Vonnegut On my daily and nightly
Reviving my Post-Grad Spirit
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
Recommended Reading: The Books that Changed My Life
“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
Hello, dazzling world!
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