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this moment

this moment

  A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

photo by Jill E. Williams

Choose you. Love you. Fight for you.

In Beautiful You, on Day 90, I suggest that readers, if they aren’t in a thriving relationship, stop dating for a significant period of time, maybe even a year.  The […]

We are fit for everything t-shirt from Title Nine.

What is radical self-acceptance? And does it give me an out on taking care of my body?

I get asked a lot what I mean by self-acceptance or radical self-acceptance and if I am promoting an out from taking care of our physical selves by promoting self-acceptance. I […]

photo by Jill E. Williams

What’s your announcement?

Years ago, there was a print ad (Nike?) that I just loved.  It read:   You are born.  And oh, how you wail! Your first breath is a scream. Not timid […]

this moment

this moment

A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

photo by Jill E. Williams

You are the one who cares the most

  Last week, while I was visiting Dwight-Englewood school, I was faced with a comment that I’ve certainly heard before.  “It’s all well and good to say that the way that […]

Last year's Run Big Dream Big crowd after a celebratory brunch

Go the distance for girls!

For those of you who know me or have followed this blog for awhile, you know that I have a commitment to education and to justice and to those who […]

photo by Jill E. Williams

What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

The Summer Day Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung […]

All Natural Day Redux

All Natural Day Redux

So, to my great pleasure and surprise- every one of my 44 students went all natural on Friday.  And what came as no surprise was that each one of them […]

5 Rituals to Boost Your Self-Care

5 Rituals to Boost Your Self-Care

We so often want everything we do to have so much more redeeming value.  It has to help us lose a pound or get a job.  But doing things that […]