personal growth

Humming and hermits and big washes of color

by rosedeniz December 21, 2012 creativity

For the first time in my life, I show up late to things, dawdle when I am supposed to run out the door, and let people do stuff for me – you know, like help.

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52 weeks of breakthrough

by rosedeniz January 15, 2012 creativity

Tweet Ready for your very own personal adventure? Sometimes something comes along right when we need it. Right when we need that push. Or nudge. Or maybe even just that whisper in our ear to trust our instincts, don’t hold back, stretch out into our truth. A Year With Myself is that very thing […]

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A Quiet Day {Soul Compass #ayearwithmyself Prompt}

by rosedeniz January 9, 2012 creativity

Where do you find your soul’s compass? Goddess Leonie asks on #AYearWithMyself. This is my answer. {Photo: Pinterest Kelley Pye-Dancer}

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Coiffed. Are You?

by rosedeniz December 3, 2011 creativity

I was 21, a junior in college, and living across the street from the Thai restaurant that gave me and both of my roommates indigestion whenever we ate it (weekly), when I found my first gray. Where were you?

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This room is boobytrapped. {Look for the pink lines.}

by rosedeniz November 26, 2011 creativity

Last week it was my makeup splattered on the bathroom floor. This week it’s the living room – boobytrapped with pink string.

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The Teen Reader ala Turka

by rosedeniz October 11, 2011 books

Inspired by everyday teen girls in my neighborhood, this post shares thoughts on the Turkish teen reader and The Girl Effect Blogging Campaign.

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5 Questions for Makers

by rosedeniz July 3, 2011 art

Being creative means being savvy, trusting the hands that draw you to create in the first place. You’ll dig deep when you need to. Make something out of nothing, though you never for one second believed it didn’t exist. It already existed in your mind before you ever made it.

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