Have you every thought about scheduling a boudoir photo session? If so, stop thinking about it and do it! Boudoir photography is much more than gorgeous photos. It’s about giving women — all women, an opportunity to feel beautiful regardless of shape, size or imperfections. It’s about celebrating your body and loving yourself when society…
“I’m not sure where I’m going, but will savor every step. The outcome is irrelevant. The pilgrimage is everything.” – KR
by Karen Rose “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi Chances are you won’t die tomorrow. But if you were to disappear from earth forever in the next 24 hours, what would you do differently today? I hear many people say they would…
I been thinking a lot about courage. Those who survive trauma are often called brave, as if bravery were a by-product of suffering- a purple heart for a psychological wound. Yesterday I rejected being called brave. I don’t feel brave, I feel pieced together. Then I realized bravery isn’t about surviving, bravery is about speaking out. Surviving is easy, exposing the…
by Karen Rose http://bigislandnow.com/2016/09/16/life-interrputed-left-for-dead-hilo-man-survives-and-thrives/#.V9x5w605_zw.facebook The date was Feb. 1, 2009—Super Bowl Sunday. Twenty-two-year-old Nicholas Iwamoto decided to skip the game and take on one of O‘ahu’s more challenging hikes, Koko Crater. Iwamoto, who now resides in Hilo, was about to enlist in the Hawai‘i Army National Guard and wanted to find out if he was…
by Karen Rose Originally published in Big Island Weekly April 2013 I loved Johnny Depp. Who didn’t? Abuse takes on many forms and all abusers do not fit the stereotype of disadvantaged, alcoholic losers. Abusers can also be rich, attractive and famous. In case you’ve been on a social media hiatus, you’ve probably…
