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What are your hopes?

What are your hopes?

On Day 1 of the Beautiful You journey, I pose these questions:  What are your hopes- personally and for the world- with regard to body image and beauty perception?  How […]

Beautiful You Book Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to Danielle who won the Celebrate Your Birthday Beautiful You book giveaway.  Danielle’s item to complete before her next birthday was really inspiring:  My birthday was in may and […]

Lost and Found: What Would You Do?

Lost and Found: What Would You Do?

Happy and I went pumpkin patching the other day with good friends.  While we were snacking under a tree, my friend, Jen, shared a story that had happened to her […]

Launch Party Cupcakes!

Beautiful You Blog Tour

Well, the book has been officially launched– thanks to my wonderful friends and family who came out on a beautiful fall night to celebrate.  And, now, Beautiful You is going on […]

Beautiful You Giveaway

Just a reminder that I’m giving away a copy of Beautiful You on Monday. All you need to do is share one thing you want to do before your next […]

reading something on my computer screen

Media Matters

  A few weeks ago- the week of television premieres to be exact- I had my students go on a media fast. For two days, they consumed media (internet, television, music, […]

On Hijas launch day, a shot of a local bookstore's stock.

Random Bits

# I find it both comic and apropos that I woke up the day before Beautiful You launched with a zit.  Love how the universe gets it right every time.  […]

from last year's list: plant a garden

Celebrate Your Birth Day

I am a girl with systems.  I’ve got a written calendar where I keep track of my appointments.  I’ve got a year-long to do notebook that allows me to list […]

Reading in Miami on Wednesday night!

Just a quick reminder that I am reading in Miami on Wednesday night at 8 pm at Books and Books, 265 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, FL, United States, 33134.  If […]

the infant version of Beautiful You

welcome to the world, beautiful you.

  I didn’t mean to become a writer.  Sure, I went to grad school for an MFA (let me note right now that while getting my MFA was an experience […]