This post is about building body confidence. I wanted to write the post because it is the beginning of the year. Around this time, we often feel a lot of pressure to start new eating and exercise programs, to go on diets, or to set new goals to change our body in some way. (Note:… Continue reading Five Awesome Ways to Build Body Confidence
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For Just One Moment…: A Poem
For just one moment, pause... And stop labeling yourself As fat, thin, short, tall, Ugly, beautiful, Desirable, undesirable. For just one moment, think... About your amazing body And how it carries you every day, And your heart pumps and your lungs breathe, Because your body loves you. For just one minute, refuse... To place yourself… Continue reading For Just One Moment…: A Poem
If You Feel Second-Rate Today
Somewhere at some point in your life, someone made you feel second-rate. They tried to make you feel like you weren't one of the cool or special people. Or they tried to make you feel like you were ugly or dumb or unfashionable or uncool or ungodly or lazy or impractical or a drag or… Continue reading If You Feel Second-Rate Today
The Worst Beauty Advice: A.K.A. My Undercover Work in the Secret Beauty Society
This post is about the worst beauty advice ever. I have recently obtained top-secret evidence suggesting that there is a Secret Beauty Society trying to control us, especially women, and make us perpetually miserable and afraid. Motivated by justice and a desire to liberate the masses, I recently went undercover and was able to infiltrate… Continue reading The Worst Beauty Advice: A.K.A. My Undercover Work in the Secret Beauty Society
Life is Not a Beauty Contest
Life is not a beauty contest. But sometimes it sure seems like one. Quite regularly from various sources people receive the message that the most important thing is that they look a certain way, wear a certain style of clothes, and weigh the right amount. These sources can be magazines in the grocery store, unrealistic… Continue reading Life is Not a Beauty Contest