The Inspiring Bee

Finding purpose in climate action.

Category: Being Authentic

  • The Unspoken Rules That Keep You Living Small

    Tweet There is a reason you haven’t done the thing you’ve always wanted to do yet. You were groomed to excel at certain things. While those behavioral traits made you easy to get along with, and won you friends and acceptance from your family, they’re not serving you now. While some of these may be…

  • Feeling Like an Outsider

    Feeling Like an Outsider

    Tweet I’ll tell you a secret. If you’re not from Hawaii and you moved here recently, you probably feel like an outsider. You didn’t know this when you dreamed of moving to a tropical island. You didn’t expect it because Hawaii is a diverse, melting pot. How could you know that people who greet you…

  • 5 Things You Don’t Want But Need

    Tweet We spend a lot of time (too much of it actually) focusing on all the things we want. We want a new car, a house, a 4-person family, a new job, a spa day, a luxurious trip… Over the holidays, it’s even easier to fantasize about all the things we could have. Some of…

  • Using Art to Move Your Life

    Tweet I’m currently taking Brene Brown’s The Gift of Imperfection Life Class. That along with twice a day walks, listening to Oprah and Deepak Chopra’s free Destiny meditation and cutting out refined and processed carbs has completely changed me inside and out. It’s slowly lessening the gap between who I am on the inside and…

  • Loving What You Got

    Tweet It’s not always easy to look down at your cracked shoes, your too light wallet, your larger-than-life thighs and say to yourself, “Gee, I love my life!” But I’m going to tell you why it’s hard not to. Even though you could list hundreds of things you don’t like about yourself, your situation, your…

  • How Much of an Impact Do You Really Have in the World?

    Tweet Your True Purpose There will come a time when you doubt your influence and significance in life. Maybe in your twenties you thought you were invincible and believed that you had the power to change the world. In your thirties, your dreams began to shift a bit. You scaled them down as other things…

  • When Everything Stops

    Tweet When I first started blogging, I had an unlimited source of energy and enthusiasm. I flocked to people who took BIG risks in their lives, overcame seemingly impossible obstacles and became successful because of it. My excitement over finding them was much greater than my fear of contacting them. And so I did. That’s…