Trading My Mask for Authenticity
I have always been someone who has been very attached to my relationships. I have a tendency, even after the relationship has ended or stopped serving me, to continue to cling to…
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Slowly, Then All At Once
Last spring, I saw “The Fault In Our Stars”. I haven’t read the book yet because frankly I haven’t been able to bring myself to do so. The movie made me cry…
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Learning to Speak My Truth
Learning to speak my truth, expressing what’s on my mind and in my heart, has been an amazing, scary and thrilling undertaking. Speaking from that place can be incredibly vulnerable and in…
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Haters Gonna Hate (Hate Hate Hate Hate….)
Some people say that once you have haters, it means you’ve somehow made it. And maybe that’s true. You’ve certainly caught the attention of enough people to start to separate them into…
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Carrying Your Brokenness
I’m pretty broken in places. You are, too, probably. We all are. Very few of us make it into adulthood without a few battle scars. A recent conversation with a friend has…
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#firstworldproblems
Over the last couple of days, I’ve been involved in a few conversations about wealth, poverty, and the vast inbetween that exists, and in those, I noticed something that has been poking…
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Jacqueline R. Hunsicker | Brave & Bright Spotlight
Today’s Brave & Bright Spotlight star wrote me a few weeks ago to share her story, and I thought it was one filled with a straight on sense of bravery, honesty, and an…
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If You Never Ask the Question, You Never get the Yes
How many times do you wish something in your life would go a certain way? How often? Once a month? Once a week? Once a day? When you feel that way, do…
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Sometimes I Get Stuck – You Have to Know When to Stop
Stephanie & I arrived in Atlanta, Georgia over a week ago. A flurry of activity happened – we spoke that night to the Atlanta Trigger Happy photographer group. We visited our friend…
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Get Inspired – Inspire Photo Retreat
Back in September, just before our big Vivid & Brave launch, Christine & I applied to speak at Inspire Photo Retreat 2014. Inspire is a retreat style conference for photographers that will…
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