- Hi, I am Rachél Payne, the quirky, dedicated heart behind Creativity Tribe. Welcome to my home away from home. I have decorated the walls of this space with words, ideas, images, and imaginings so that you will be inspired to celebrate your Creative Spirit.
Claim Your Creativity Grab the Button
<a href="http://www.creativitytribe.com/" title="Creativity Tribe"> <img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6159/6177827703_e46e568bce_m.jpg" width="125" height="155" alt="My Button" style="border:none;" /></a>Advocate for Artists
One of the values I uphold is being an advocate for artists. That means honoring their right to express themselves and their right to ownership of the images they create. Keeping that in mind, please honor that my words and images are copyrighted. All rights reserved. © 2010-2012 That said, should you be interested in reposting a blog post or in linking to a post, please feel free to do so with proper credit and links. rae(at)creativitytribe(dot)comMy Creative Connections
Touch the Moon
Mixed Media Art
I'm teaching at this retreat.
I'm a featured artist.
Join me as part of Jess Greene's Jumpstart Creativity Tour!
I Planted a Kiss!
I have joined these classes.
Love my Fly Tribe
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- February 2013
- January 2013
- November 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
Categories
- #Trust30 Challenge – Emerson
- 30 Days of Creativity
- AEDM
- Art Cafe
- Art Lunch
- Art Retreats
- ARTivity
- Celebration of Wellness Blog Party
- Connecting
- creative arts biz
- Creative Living
- creativity
- Creativity Spot Light
- Creativity Spotlight
- Curiosity Quest
- death
- Dream Seed Friday
- Dreams
- Expressive Art
- expressive arts
- fairy
- free stuff
- Full Moon Dream Board
- Intentional Art
- mandala
- Mandalas
- Poetry
- polyvore
- Practical Magic Blog Party
- rashamaria
- Self-Care
- self-improvement
- self-love
- Social Justice
- Spirituality
- Storytelling
- The Business of Business
- Touch Drawing
- TWEAKing
- Uncategorized
- Verbena Botanicals
- wellness
- Wheel of Wellness
- Wishcast Wednesday
- Wishcasting Wednesday
Let’s Connect!
Blog: Collecting Yourself Topics:Creativity, Art, Wellness
Tag Archives: fat girl in a fit city
Measuring Up….thoughts about weight loss.
Welcome to the playground, kids! This is where I have been hanging out. Over here, we have the see-saw…and over there, the merry-go-round…there is the slide….and there, the swings. This last year, I have been working on losing weight. And … Continue reading
Back to Fit
A few years ago, I bought a bike…well, really more of a trike…a recumbent. And started riding. A few months into riding, I hurt myself after taking on one of our cities biggest hills. My back hasn’t been the same … Continue reading
Posted in wellness
Tagged collecting yourself, Dance, fat girl in a fit city, Health, Nia, resiliency, Self-care, tricycle
2 Comments
Pretty Inspiring
I found strength in this video today. I wanted to share it with you. It is an honor to celebrate the voice of Katie Makkai. I hope you enjoy her as much as I do.
Autumn Equinox: In the Spirit of the Spiral
So I created a simple, yet powerful event to ceremoniously celebrate what was going on in my heart. My hubby joined in. The spiral became a very powerful tool for transformation for us. I say powerful because it was filled with meaning and heralded change in us individually and as a couple. Change, like the turning of the seasons. Those things in us that needed to come into balance did. Continue reading
Posted in Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged anniversary, art, Autumn Equinox, charm, collecting yourself, creativity, Earth, enchantment, Equinox, fat girl in a fit city, healing, intimacy, labyrinth, Magic, marriage, Oregon, Pike Place Market, Practical Magic, Puget Sound, relationship, ritual, SCA, seasons, Seattle, Society for Creative Anachronism, spirituality, the art of collecting yourself, United States, walking meditation, Washington, wheel of the year, wise woman, www.collectingyourself.wordpress.com
8 Comments
Fat Girl in a Fit City
Early this year, the news broke. Men’s Health magazine ranked my hometown, Corpus Christi, Texas, the fattest city in the USA. This week as I have started making plans to travel West to Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington, I have begun thinking about what it might feel like to be a FAT girl in a FIT city. Continue reading
Posted in Creative Living
Tagged Amtrak, anxiety, BBW, Big Beautiful Women, blog, collecting yourself, Corpus Christi, creativity, cultural creatives, culture, curiosity, dreams, fat, fat girl in a fit city, fear, fit, fitness culture, Health, men's health, obesity airline seats, Rachel Payne, resiliency, Seattle, Texas, thin, Timothy Ferriss, travel, travel creatives, TX, United States, Washington, Weight loss, whataburger, www.collectingyourself.wordpress.com
4 Comments
