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Red Plastic Hope: A Poem
August 1, 2020September 22, 2020 Kelsey Horton

Red Plastic Hope: A Poem

Poetry

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
August 19, 2019September 22, 2020 Kelsey Horton

The Wedding Website Story I Didn’t Want to Write

Personal

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

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3 Reasons Why Your Writing Feels Stuck
February 25, 2019August 14, 2019 Kelsey Horton

3 Reasons Why Your Writing Feels Stuck

Blog

“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

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7 Questions to Ask When You’re Feeling Jealous
December 11, 2018October 9, 2020 Kelsey Horton

7 Questions to Ask When You’re Feeling Jealous

Self Help

“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

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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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 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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January 7, 2013September 22, 2020 Kelsey Horton

Welcome 2013!

Personal

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

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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 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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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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