The Inspiring Bee

Finding purpose in climate action.

  • What’s Up With You Lately and How You Can Use It to Inspire Others

    Ah there’s something amiss. Did you see it? Have you felt it? It’s you. Covered under a wave of insecurity and oblivion. Too busy to notice the “you” that’s in process. I was watching Oprah the other day and admiring the women who courageously put themselves on the line to start change in life. It…

  • Guest Posting on Being Inspiring

    Sorry if I’ve been MIA lately! But I recently got a magazine article idea accepted and have been researching like crazy! I have also been hopping over and visiting other bloggers. Lucky for me a facebook friend I admire asked me to write something over at her blog Making Baby Grand and I happily obliged….

  • Getting in Touch With Your Inspiring Side

    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 desire…

  • The Blessings of Failure

    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 about…

  • Commit No Nuisance

    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 London…

  • 4 Ways to Infuse Inspiration in Writing

    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 every…

  • Impatience’s No Friend of Mine

    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. Reality…