The Inspiring Bee

Finding purpose in climate action.

Author: Brandi

  • Rules That Were Meant to Be Broken

    When you were a kid, you were imprisoned by rules. No bubble gum. No talking back. No running on the street. No standing in your chair. Those rules for the most part were to keep you safe and your parents sane. But as you got older, some of these rules stick. It’s the unspoken rules…

  • 15 Ways Magic Shows Up In Your Life (And you didn’t even know it.)

    We often equate magic with the airy-fairy or it conjures up images of evil and sinister things. Mostly because adulthood erases the automatic wonder that comes with being children. Also because a lot of the things we knew about magic were either fairy tales or scary Halloween stories that we learned were untrue. There’s not…

  • Can You Tell Me This?

    I want to ask you a question. It’s a personal one. How well do you treat your postman? How kind are you to your dentist? Is it just me or do you squander an unnecessary amount of time rehearsing the thing you’ll say to your boss or your doctor so that you come across as…

  • It’s All Lies

    And I’m not talking about politics. I’m talking about all the things you see on social media, the influencers, and your co-workers. They’re all selling it. Tasty, yummy, fabulously glamorous, shiny, sparkling lies. But they all mean well. Well most of them. Some are trying to get you to spend money. Others truly believe in…

  • Transferring One Problem for Another

    You hear this a lot with addiction. A smoker, for example, becomes addicted to eating or an alcoholic can’t stop shopping. We do this in relationships too. We trade one toxic boyfriend for a highly critical friend or say goodbye to a hurtful relative only to befriend a narcissist. It’s not that we’re addicted to…

  • I Might Regret This, But

    I’m going to share something, something that’s difficult to admit. Strike that. It’s so excruciating to reveal that I hope I might not regret it later recovering from what it is, a truth hangover. It took years to realize I had been doing it. But I had also been doing it for years. When I…

  • The Surprising Reason Why You’re Super Busy

    I was flipping through the recent issue of O magazine. Just days ago, I was scrolling through Instagram and saw the same thing. It wasn’t just these activities that were keeping me busy, it was the makeup ads, free online classes, and 20 percent off sales. Every time I clicked open my email something else…