Shine Day 4: Raising our Consciousness
I was in my early twenties, blowing my crazy, curly hair out as straight as I could with the relatively limited skills I had coupled by my general impatience for […]
Shine Day 3: Self-acceptance starts with a choice
Here is how we attempt to motivate ourselves: I am so stupid. So lazy. So fat. So ugly. So undeserving. So selfish. So awkward. So unlovable. The list goes on […]
shine day 2: Embrace self-acceptance and abundance
“What is self-acceptance?” I often ask towards the beginning of my 10 Truths for Your Self-Acceptance Journey talk. “Self-love!” People often shout back. And while self-love might be one’s expression […]
shine day 1: the world has been waiting for you
I am not a body image activist. Well, I am, but not for the reasons you might think. As a lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of […]
