I'm Kate. I grew up in Houston, Texas, got my Bachelor's degree in Public Relations and French at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and now live and write from Paris, France. I'm a traveler, runner, culture lover, and artist of sorts. My goal? Live joyfully.
Something’s happened over the past decade that has made us a culture of flakes. I’ve noticed lately that people have gotten incredibly picky when it comes to, well, pretty much everything. Sometimes it feels like our culture is high maintenance, hard to please, and, honestly, a little bit selfish. And I’m just as guilty of … More Curing Flakiness: A Generation Scared to Commit
“We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say we have lost our connection to nature, we’ve lost our connection to ourselves.” – Andy Goldsworthy I recently watched a documentary called Rivers and Tides that showcases the work of Andy Goldsworthy (pictured above – from google), who … More Listening to Trees: Life Lessons from Art and Nature
I’m running, taking two beats worth of breath into my nose, then slowly blowing it out through my mouth. I close my eyes. I feel the pound of my feet on the pavement, the warm caress of the sun hitting my face, and the cool fall breeze twisting the hairs around my face and delicately … More Show, Don’t Tell: Sensory Impact in Advertising
I’ve had a lot of friends tell me recently that they’ve been thinking about deleting their Facebook profiles for a number of reasons. I’ve heard everything from “I waste too much time” to “I don’t want employers to have that much access to my personal life!” In writing this, I’m not at all discounting people’s … More 5 Reasons Not to Delete Your Facebook
I have a hard time explaining the feeling I get before I travel somewhere, whether I’ve visited before or not. I get this little knot of excitement somewhere deep inside my stomach that almost makes it impossible to sleep the night before I’m set to leave. As I get closer to my destination, the little … More A World Too Big for Small Minds: The Beauty in Travel
A few weeks ago I had far too much time on my hands and found myself idly scrolling through pictures on Instagram. Every now and then when I get really bored, I’m a little ashamed to admit that I just Instagram stalk some random people just to see what their pictures are like (be honest, … More The Instagram Mirage
Sometimes I feel like I start to forget what it means to have “free time.” When I used to think of free time I’d picture myself with my friends, hanging out at a park throwing a frisbee, driving out to the lake to swim and jump off the cliffs, meeting up with people somewhere just … More Finding the Cure
I’ve honestly never really been one to notice great advertising or marketing campaigns, unless I feel that they personally speak to me. Sure, there are Super Bowl commercials every year that companies spend millions on, and those are supposed to be the best advertising we ever see. There are people who watch the Super Bowl … More The Key to Great Marketing
In a book we’ve been reading for my Social Media class, The New Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott, I’ve had the opportunity to read professional ideas about what it means to build a brand. Obviously, I don’t currently have a specific “brand” that I’m building in terms of a corporation or … More The Balancing Act
The primary reason that I’ve created this blog is so that I can examine and share thoughts on material that we’ll cover in my Social Media for Public Relations class this fall. I obviously haven’t had any posts as of yet that have related directly to that class, but I’m really excited to start picking … More Tying It All Together
The Transition Artist 