Unwritten

When people meet me now, I think they assume I have always held the beliefs I have now, and I suppose on some fundamental level maybe I have. I have always believed in the power of love and the importance of working to make the world a better place, but those things used to look a lot different to me. When I was in high school, I was very religious. Actually, I don’t want to use the word religious because that implies there is something implicitly wrong with being religious, and there’s not. I know a lot of truly wonderful people who are also deeply religious. I guess maybe dogmatic is a better word? In high school, I said and did some pretty awful things in the name of religion. I told a new kid who transferred  to Avon that I didn’t care if he was gay, just don’t be gay in front of me. I joked with a friend about making and wearing anti-gay shirts to school. I used to use the word gay as an insult or the phrase, “she looks like a lesbian,” to describe someone’s personal styl...

I can talk all day about how incredible the SeneGence products are and how the science behind them is so cool, but we all know I have no problem spending money on good products, so why become a distributor and take on that added responsibility? Some of you may remember that several months ago, I wrote a really emotional blog post about leaving the theatre world and how ever since then I have struggled to find a place I fit in. In the last month or so, I began to realize that that feeling had nothing to do with “fitting in”. It was mostly about trust. Since I had left the theatre, I had not found a place where I felt safe and supported, where I felt like I could struggle and fail but also succeed, and people would treat me with the same respect and love. Don’t get me wrong, I love HKP, and the group of people I get to work with there is awesome, but corporate life is a major struggle for me. My ideas of what is fair and just, my need for flexibility in my day-to-day life just don’t ...