Are You a Heart-Centered Rebel™?
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Hi Friends,
Recently, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, I’ve transitioned from the KCD Studio Letters (my email newsletter) to The Heart-centered Rebel™ Letters to better align with my purpose and goals.
For those of you who are already on my email list, you’ve received a handful of the HCR Letters the past few months. Recently, I switched my email/writing platform to Substack as I want to create a full HCR community with you! And I believe Substack will help give us that connection and relationship which I’m incredibly excited about! Read on to learn more…
My focus has always been being heart-centered in all that I do and using a heart-centered approach to my biz (brand and web design). I also do it with a bit of a rebel attitude! But I also have a mission - my Why:
Empowering you to own your voice and be heart-centered rebels so you can live authentically and change the world.
Stepping into my own creative entrepreneurial journey also aligned with my big WHY - I deeply believe in empowering people to be their authentic selves, own their voice, and stop listening to the world tell them how and what they “should” be.
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.
It’s my mission to help others who come from the same place that I did - To be a heart-centered rebel™, to give them the same “self-permission” that I needed so they can be who they are meant to be and SHINE.
This mission led me to start The Heart-Centered Rebel™ and HCR Letters. My hope is to build a like-minded community to encourage and push each other to be HCR’s with the passion and desire to change the world on a large or small scale.
So what exactly is a heart-centered approach and what does it mean to be a heart-centered rebel? I’m so glad you asked! (not that you had a choice…ha ha)
What is a “heart-centered rebel?”
Being a heart-centered rebel means you live your daily life and in your business with true alignment with your values, purpose, inner morality, personal experiences, and intuition. It’s a life where you use your authenticity (which I take to mean that you express your whole self genuinely and realistically) and powerful emotions like empathy, courage, kindness, inner resilience, strength, and integrity to be better people and leaders.
You believe in standing up for what is right (not just what you're told), in being an individual, not following the crowd, and not listening to the noise. You are straight-forward, question everything, and tell it like it is. You do what’s right for you and your clients, regardless of what the current trend is. If it doesn’t fit YOU, it’s a no-go.
READ THE HEART-CENTERED REBEL MANIFESTO HERE.
What does it mean to be heart-centered?
Being “heart-centered” means that you approach life from a place of inner strength, resiliency, courage, integrity, authenticity, and truth. When you are heart-centered, you can be better leaders, make positive choices, and impact your world in a more profound way because you make decisions and seek solutions in a way that is more purposeful, thoughtful, and open to the realities around you.
You focus on your WHY you do what you do and that drives everything. You are less reactive, judgmental, and unrealistic in your approach to life and business. You move from an ego-driven space to a relational and authentic space which makes all the difference. It’s all about connection and relationships!
Why is living a heart-centered life important?
Living a heart-centered life is so important because it’s the only way for you to be truly fulfilled AND for that personal fulfillment to flow out into the world at large so that in your own ways you create the positive change we need to see and experience in the world. (This is called being a Changemaker!)
To make the world a better place for those who will come after you and have your business and mission succeed, you need to be at your personal best and most fulfilled.
To be that, you begin by living a heart-centered life and incorporating a heart-centered approach to your business. Personal fulfillment first, then positive change in the world around you will follow.
Every week (or at least that’s the plan), I’ll share The Heart-centered Rebel™ Letters with thoughts on how to be a heart-centered rebel, occasional politics, social justice, religious trauma, standing up for human rights, behind-the-scenes looks at my creative entrepreneur life, heart-centered musings, guest interviews, a podcast, and often tackling the tough stuff in life. There is also a plan for a published book (that paid subscribers would have first access to).
Let’s change the world together.
Kat
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