Random Bits
Bit # 1: The other day, Happy was evaluated for Occupational Therapy. I knew he had some tactile, auditory, and sensory seeking behaviors that were likely off the scale of […]
The Beautiful You Trailer
Thank you to all of you who shared your pictures and stories in order to help inspire the Beautiful You trailer. I wish that I could have used every single […]
Mark Your Calendars for a fun September 28th BOGO event
So, because you may not have heard (smile!), I thought I would let you know that Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance will be released by Seal Press […]
Giving Up Beauty
So, I never intended to have a career as a writer and, most especially, did not expect to end up being a positive body image advocate (well, I personally was […]
Look What Came in the Mail
A few months ago, the final cover for beautiful you was sent to me and it was just thrilling. At the time, I mentioned that there are a few different times […]
Changes…
So, I had to do a very small, yet minorly public thing today for the new book. And I got paralyzed (even though no one will even I know I did […]
Operation Beautiful with Caitlyn Boyle
Earlier this year, I discovered Operation Beautiful and blogged about it here. Earlier this summer, Operation Beautiful went from being a global project to also being a book. Now, people everywhere […]
NPR and the Yard
As Happy and I were driving in the car on Tuesday morning, I had this concrete memory of a moment in the car with my dad when I was in […]
Random Bits
The random bits are coming early this week (because random bits are good when one has writer’s block and an imminent deadline for what you hope will become a major project […]
Let's talk about… a quarter?
I begged my way into my first real date at fifteen. I begged my mom, I mean. Not the guy, I promise. And as soon as permission had passed my mamacita’s […]