blog Do It And Then You’re Doing It: Kirk Hensler Becomes A Ballerina – Wanderlust

Do It And Then You’re Doing It: Kirk Hensler Becomes A Ballerina – Wanderlust

Originally posted by Wanderlust on 3.20.14 This story is a part of a series called Do It And Then You’re Doing It, in which we attempt to inspire you to step out of your comfort zone and take your life to the next level. — “You just have to keep swimming,” said the twiggy teenage girl …

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blog Why 30 Days of Writing?

Why 30 Days of Writing?

30 Days of Writing : Co-hosted by Creative Rehab + Kale & Cigarettes There’s a good number of days, in fact most days, when I wake up scared to death at the thought of pulling down the covers and touching my feet to the cold floor. It means I have to start thinking for myself, …

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blog 30 Days of Writing: Write Yourself Alive

30 Days of Writing: Write Yourself Alive

Andrea Balt (Creative Rehab | Rebelle Society) and I (Kale & Cigarettes) are organizing a challenge – 30 Days of Writing! Simply put, if we don’t start writing more we are going to rot inside and die having left thousands of words unwritten and unlived. We want to write them out before that happens and try making a …

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blog 5 Things Adults Can Learn From Kids

5 Things Adults Can Learn From Kids

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela My last month of working with kids taught me a lot about education and my abilities as a teacher. After I learned a few key pieces of information on how the brain processes information and the different styles …

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blog friends with girls

friends with girls

I just got off the phone with my ex-girlfriend. I called her to tell her that on 3 separate occasions during our relationship I had other girls express interest in me romantically. Normally that wouldn’t be too big a deal, however, I remained friends with all 3 women after their confessions and never told my …

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blog i know your ghosts

i know your ghosts

Originally posted on Rebelle Society 1/29/14.   I’m gonna try to get to bed early tonight. No wifi, no cell phone, just a room in the mountains of Malaysia. Helping with a camp for kids, for their education and for their confidence as future leaders. I like not having a phone. I don’t feel pressure …

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blog Stop Pretending

Stop Pretending

I’ve been in Malaysia for the past few weeks working with Seeds Training – the world’s #1 provider of youth training programs, and they have been blowing my mind. The work they do with kids isn’t the rah rah crap that gets sold by the millions across the globe, but an actual truth seeking, scientifically …

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blog Modern Ballerina

Modern Ballerina

If there was nothing else to do – no emails to answer, no texts to write, no statuses to browse through, if there was nothing pulling us away from who we really are, and all we were left with was ourselves – then we could move freely and it would be beautiful. No matter how …

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blog i’m ugly, hopefully you are too

i’m ugly, hopefully you are too

I’m a part-time, semi-successful blogger in the sense that sometimes I write blogs and sometimes a lot of people read them. I’m an incredibly successful writer in the sense that every time I write something down I learn something about myself. I don’t give a fuck why we are here on this planet. I mean …

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blog Public Restroom Diaries: The Hot Girl & The Gassy Old Man

Public Restroom Diaries: The Hot Girl & The Gassy Old Man

I’m at the health foods store picking up some organic mac and cheese. I try to eat really healthy. I have to pee but I’m not anxious because I know they have two bathrooms here. I walk around the corner to the bathrooms and see that there are 2 people in line ahead of me. …

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