Horses. Hope. Healing: a cancer survivors’ retreat
Horses. Hope. Healing for female cancer survivors is a one-day self-discovery and empowerment retreat inspired by equine assisted learning and the book, Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance. […]
What do you love to do? What has it taught you?
On the first day of Girl Power this summer, we asked the girls to share a few things about themselves during their introductions including what they most love to do. Play […]
Good morning, beautiful!
Last Wednesday, on a sunny afternoon, I woke up my boy from his nap and put him down on the floor. He looked at me for a second, before running […]
So, you want to be creative…
One of my favorite classes I’ve ever taught was a college seminar called Exploring the Creative Process. In the class, we explored the psychology and practice of creativity as well […]
this moment
A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. And, well, this was pretty sweet, too…
Hope. Horses. Healing: a female cancer survivor’s retreat
Hope.Horses.Healing for female cancer survivors is a one-day self-discovery and empowerment retreat inspired by equine assisted learning and the book, Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance. Offered […]
The price of vanity
Have you ever had a moment where you learned exactly what you knew deep down inside but something had been getting in the way of living what you knew? Recently, […]
Writing a wellness prescription for yourself
Love Your Body Day 2011 poster It’s like a riddle every semester. How do you care for your body each day, I ask my students in their very first […]
Invigorate, Inspire, Embrace, Abandon, and pack your tools…
What invigorates you? What inspires you? What are you embracing? What are you abandoing? And what tools are in your toolkit?
I am, I believe, I hope, I expect…
A few months ago, I was contacted by Amber Karnes, an amazing woman in Virginia who had found Beautiful You at her local libary. Amber had the idea of creating a body image […]