✝️ Writer · Coach · Speaker · Mama in the Caucasus 🎨
Welcome to Edifying Pen
This is a space to be encouraged through creativity and faith. I’m Anna — a Canadian writer, teacher, and follower of Jesus, living and doing ministry in the country of Georgia. I write about faith, creativity, mental health, and the beauty of ordinary life surrendered to God.
Whether you’re a fellow creative, a seeker, or just someone who stumbled here — you’re welcome. Get a tea or a coffee or really any drink lol, and pull up a chair 😊☕
Recent Posts
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Apply the abundance mindset to your creativity
What is the abundance mindset?The term “abundance mindset” came about in Steven Covey’s book “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”. It means “to believe that the world is full of enough resources and time for you to accomplish your goals“. How did I discover the “abundance mindset” myself? Well, if there’s anything I’ve learnt…
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when friendships go through life changes
A lot of change happens in our twenties. I’ve seen those funny posts go around saying that we have friends in every stage of life – friends who are single, friends who are married, friends who are parents… and I think that is so true! All jokes aside, we are never really taught how to…
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Self-Confidence vs. Self-Righteousness
There’s a difference between self-confidence and self-righteousness. Sometimes I have been afraid to be confident out of fear of coming across arrogant or self-righteous. I would go to the other extreme and talk down to myself to keep myself “humble”. But humility is not self-deprecation and confidence is not arrogance. Both are sometimes heart-postures that…
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Truths from 2021: God Prepares
“We’re getting threatening angry calls because people think you are over the limit in your guest count. You’re not over the limit and are clearly following the rules, but we think you better call off the reception” – the day before our wedding. “We do not have your PCR test results yet” – only minutes…
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How I Discovered My Creativity and How You Can Too
I discovered my love for creativity at an early age. My parents quickly stopped asking where I was when they were calling for me because they always knew they could find me tucked away in my room, dreaming up lands of castles and creatures. I wrote my first chapter book when I was 12, after…
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Some Thoughts on Insecurities
“I don’t think you know how gorgeous you really are,” I told my friend, who I just spent several minutes trying to convince her of her OWN beauty. Really, I thought, How can you be so blind to your OWN beauty? “I don’t,” she said in her teasing sassy tone that she always gives me. …