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Promoting Passion Week 54: Motivation & Competition

Promoting Passion Week 54: Motivation & Competition

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“I was wondering if you ever thought your success in photography which in turn contributed to your wonderful successes in writing, blogs and altruistic causes, needed that initial drive to ‘compete’ (for lack of a more graceful term). And without that -future minded drive – they wouldn’t have been achieved?” This last year of my life has been very focused on peace and kindness. It was something I felt was missing from my life in some capacity and I wanted…

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Promoting Passion Week 52: Cracked, Flawed, and Powerful

Promoting Passion Week 52: Cracked, Flawed, and Powerful

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I am in love with endings. They are beautiful, tragic, hopeful and sorrowful all at once. They are death. They are roads ending at walls. They stop us where we are and force us to question what that place has become. To put it simpler: They are beginnings. They are life. They are rebirth. This end of another year does not symbolize the end of one thing as much as it does the beginning of another. And with all beginnings,…

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Promoting Passion Week 49: Overcoming Anxiety

Promoting Passion Week 49: Overcoming Anxiety

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15 years ago. I was going into middle school. I wanted to throw up every single morning. 10 years ago. I was picking out colleges. I intentionally looked at schools that had private housing so I didn’t have to room with someone. 5 years ago. I was just about to start my business and decided not to deal with clients for fear of puking all over them. Today. Still feel a little queasy, but doing much better. Let’s talk about…

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Promoting Passion Week 48: Find Your Compassion

Promoting Passion Week 48: Find Your Compassion

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Here in America we are celebrating Thanksgiving this week. It has always been my favorite holiday, not for what it represents but for the kindness it can breed. I can get into any holiday that promotes kindness and generosity. Here at my house we don’t technically celebrate Thanksgiving, we celebrate ThanksLIVING. When I was visiting a vegan restaurant in Phoenix we saw them promoting the idea of a cruelty-free holiday, and have fallen in love with the idea. I have…

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Are You Stinky?

Are You Stinky?

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Funny story… A couple days ago I was in Portland, and I was flying home with my friend and sister. On the flight we got separated, so I sat toward the front of the plane while they sat toward the back. In order for them to sit beside one another, they asked a man if one of them could switch seats, and he obliged. Not only did he oblige, he also made a comment along the lines of how grateful…

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