Welcome to The Heart-Centered Rebel™ Letters!
I'm Kat Collins, a web designer, illustrator, artist, and writer. I deeply believe in empowering you to be your authentic self, own your voice, and stop listening to the world tell you how and what you “should” be so that you can become effective changemakers.
I know what it’s like to be stuffed into that tiny box. I grew up in a very conservative religious environment and all the expectations that come with that. I believed I had to hide who I truly was because I was told that my true self, my authentic self, was unacceptable. Until I met someone who repeatedly told me and showed me that “I MATTER” which changed my life. Once I believed in myself, I realized I had the power to effect change, big and small.
It’s my mission to build a community of Changemakers, of Heart-Centered Rebels, to empower you to own your voice, speak up, speak out, and get into “good trouble.” These letters are meant to inspire, make you think, challenge the status quo, and to push us to use our collective power for transformative social change.
Without social change, we cannot progress as a society. With education and community, we can have difficult conversations that can lead to social change. It has been done before, and it will happen again. It’s how society has changed not only laws but cultural norms and expectations, leading to more acceptance and tolerance. Of course, there will always be opponents to different types of social change, no matter how far we have come.
Change begins with how and when we interact with others and is usually inspired by ideological, political, and economic movements. Social change usually starts at the bottom and works its way up, first to society on a mass scale, and eventually, lawmakers and people in power. But, sometimes, it can move from the top down, like when a new leader comes into office.
We have to listen to the opinions of others and have what could be difficult conversations in order to make a change. It’s about listening to another person’s perspective on a given issue, even if you don’t necessarily agree. It’s also about being persistent and fighting for what you believe in, even if it’s not easy.
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