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Random Bits

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

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

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

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 […]

The cousins

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 […]

15 year old me, none the wiser

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 […]