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A Love Letter to the Terrified

June 26, 2011

As you know, I haven’t been writing here for a long time. I’ve been finishing up my photography course and preparing to start a brand new career. I was considering whether I would wrap up the Drama Queen’s Guide blog and move on to a photo blog on my own website. Then I got this [...]

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Monday Mantra – Stretch

November 29, 2010

A few Mondays ago, I set myself the weekly mantra of Expand. I wanted to create a space in my life that I could grow into. I wanted to expand into that definition of “yoga teacher” or “photographer.” This week I’m building ontop of that. As I’ve mentioned many times before, I’ve been slightly disappointed [...]

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Monday Mantra – I am Comfortable With Uncertainty

November 22, 2010

I am really enjoying the great gift of being able to spend my mornings, afternoons and evenings thinking about, talking about and engaging in taking photos. I sometimes can’t quite believe that I get to do this, while other people have to go to work in an office. It feels like such a blessing. Which [...]

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Monday Mantra – Nourish

November 15, 2010

Anyone else get really bummed out during the winter months? I really struggle with the short grey days and the long dark nights. I just want to curl up in bed and each as much carbohydrate as I can fit into my stomach! I get very lethargic and almost depressive at this time of the [...]

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Why Facing Your Fears Isn’t Always the Right Thing

November 10, 2010

Last week I wrote about how I was having a particularly hard time with a project for my photography course. The project was “Street Fashion” and the idea was to take an image that could illustrate an article about how designers take inspiration from what people are wearing on the street. I immediately thought of [...]

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Saving Your Fuck it Fund

November 4, 2010

One of the reasons I have been able to take this year off to study photography is that I had a big fund of money behind me when I left my job earlier this year. It mostly happened unconsciously, but I had been saving for years, living well below my means. I think, even before [...]

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Brave is as Brave does

November 3, 2010

In January 2004 my husband left me. I was living in Boston in the USA and all of my friends and family were over 3000 miles away. For several weeks I had no idea where he was and if he was ever coming back. He did. Then he left again, came back again, and finally [...]

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10 Simple Rules for Living an Authentic Life. Rule Number 10: Be Kind to Yourself

October 28, 2010

People ask me all the time where my positive energy comes from. Many of them think it’s because I quit my job in April and that’s definitely part of it, but it’s not the whole story. For the last two years I’ve been on a huge self exploration binge. I’ve had life coaching, I’ve indulged [...]

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Monday Mantra: Don’t Worry, Be Happy

October 25, 2010

I am totally exhausted right now. My photography course started earlier this month and I’m taking in a huge amount of information right now and meeting lots and lots of new people. I’m naturally an introvert, so I find meeting new people takes a lot of energy. At the same time, I’m teaching my first [...]

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10 Simple Rules for Living an Authentic Life. Rule Number 9: Make Time for What Matters Most

October 21, 2010

People ask me all the time where my positive energy comes from. Many of them think it’s because I quit my job in April and that’s definitely part of it, but it’s not the whole story. For the last two years I’ve been on a huge self exploration binge. I’ve had life coaching, I’ve indulged [...]

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