The Inspiring Bee

Finding purpose in climate action.

Author: Brandi

  • Getting in Touch With Your Inspiring Side

    Tweet In my twenties, two things happened to me that put me on a road to publication and shifted me to a career I never thought I deserved or believed to be possible. 1. My poem was accepted by Blue Mountain Arts in 2004. When I was in my early-20’s I had a deeply hidden…

  • The Blessings of Failure

    Tweet Failure. It’s something I’ve written a lot about. I wrote about here, for example. I write about it a lot because I have tons of experience at it. In fact, when my husband and I were racking our brain thinking up new article ideas for me to query, he said, “You have to write…

  • Commit No Nuisance

    Tweet As you may already know from this post, I’m a big lover of signs. Why? They are informative for one. Travel somewhere unfamiliar and you’ll quickly learn how important they are. But they also can be quite funny and creative. For example, here’s one of my favorite signs I saw when I was in…

  • 4 Ways to Infuse Inspiration in Writing

    Tweet You may have a blog, sell jewelry or work for a nonprofit. In all cases, writing something that inspire others is important. Inspirational writing is actually quite versatile. Even seemingly non-inspiring pieces inspire others in surprising ways. Think about what makes you bookmark a site or click through the pages of a particular blog…

  • Impatience’s No Friend of Mine

    Tweet While I was roaming around London taking a bike tour or sitting on the curb in Paris eating ice-cream and listening to a band play American songs, I was blissfully happy. Sure there were moments that tested me. But nothing tested me more than Ms. Patience who bothered me when I got back home….

  • What I Found Behind the Wizard’s Curtain

    Tweet {photo source} I haven’t been here for the last few weeks. And I’m still recovering from the effects. Want to know where I’ve been? I just returned from an adventurous few weeks in London and Paris. Two very glamorous cities. The trip itself was a lot more than I bargained for. But it wasn’t…

  • Writing & The Muse: 5 Ways to Catch Inspiration

    Tweet By guest blogger: Margarita Tartakovsky {photo credit} Inspiration comes in waves. I think it’s safe to say that all of us seesaw between having ideas ooze from every part of our bodies to feeling empty and wondering when, why and how the spark dimmed out. So for those days when you feel like you’re…