We are potters and poets, writers and energy healers, we are watercolorists, musicians, and one who has never ever picked up any type of art supply. We are a group of (10) creatives who have chosen to come together once a week and work towards encouraging and overcoming our creative blocks. Joining this group … Continue reading #justshowup – Vulnerability
Tag: Freedom
Metanoia – The Journey of Change
Metanoia - (n) the journey of changing one's heart, mind, self or way of life. We all desire it....a better way to live. We want to be free of the petty things, seek the simplicity, embrace happiness, delight in gratitude. There are those who will see the glass continually half empty, they spout that life … Continue reading Metanoia – The Journey of Change
I said I “must”….So I am.
This post is one in a series of three that I am doing for various Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness campaigns going live this next week, starting on September 21, 2015. All of my blogs will be reposted here, after they have been published on the organizations websites that I have been asked to write for. … Continue reading I said I “must”….So I am.
Bareback
Sometimes words escape me. I can't find the right ones that give voice to my current wanderings and wonderings. Then I find that someone else has been able to articulate the journey well. So it is with this poem by Mark Nepo. Bareback No question I’ve been knocked from my invisible horse and the one with … Continue reading Bareback
Why I am calling it quits.
Todayʻs post comes from Live Brave creator and founder, Lesley Glenn. This is not my typical "Live Brave" post, but then again, I never expected to be where I am at today, or to be walking this particular path on my journey. My weekend in Philadelphia, to attend the "Women Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer" … Continue reading Why I am calling it quits.
Let Me Entertain You
Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Mariah Neilson ************************************************************************ Let me entertain you. That would be easier. Easier than opening up to you. It would be easy to create a story, so you can't see my pain. Let me entertain you. Something - interesting. Enticing. Alluring. I will tell wild tales … Continue reading Let Me Entertain You
Courage NOT To Do Something
Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Toni Imsen ******* There it sits. A blank canvas. It sits there waiting like so many other things right now. Sometimes it takes courage NOT to do something. Right now I am choosing NOT to do several things. My life has so many other important things that … Continue reading Courage NOT To Do Something
The Rainbow Storm
Today's post comes from our Live Brave Poet, Tiffany Martin. The Rainbow Storm She walked in the desert, Kicking the small rocks aside, Head down, sweat pouring. Cracking the tumbleweeds under her feet. Glancing up to make sure she could still see. Hands were in her pocket, Defeat on her mind, Stuck in this heat. … Continue reading The Rainbow Storm
I Made The Change
Today’s post is written by our Brave Artist Toni Imsen ******* It was back in 1990, I remember it well. It was a strategic conversation and a pivotal moment in my life. I had just come out of a very broken home a few years earlier. I moved out of my childhood home at … Continue reading I Made The Change
Me {First}.
Today's post comes from Live Brave founder and creator, Lesley Glenn I am not sure when it happened in the 30 years of being a Christian. Or how it happened. I just know it did. The indoctrination of "giving it all away, in the name of Jesus." Maybe I did it to myself. Maybe I … Continue reading Me {First}.