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What an honor!

What an honor!

Beautiful You was chosen as the Most Body Positive Book of 2010 as part of the Nourishing Body Image Awards.

Creativity and Body Image

Creativity and Body Image

  Last week, I had the pleasure of doing a three part Q&A with Margarita Tartakovsky on her PscyhCentral blog, Weightless.  On a monthly basis, Margarita and other bloggers participate in […]

Beautiful You retreat

Beautiful You retreat

If the Beautiful You journey is really resonating with you or if it feels like you could use an intensive day of being in the BY world, I hope you’ll […]

Hope

Hope

A dear friend sent this quote to me last week.  Isn’t it gorgeous?  “Either we have hope or we don’t; it’s a dimension of the soul. It’s an orientation of […]

having visions of, well, visions

having visions of, well, visions

When I made my vision board in 2010, I was so proud of it.  In that board, I really focused on parenting, taking time to relax, making art, and doing […]

this moment

this moment

Every Friday, Amanda Blake Soule (or Soule Mama) has a ritual on her blog called this moment.  There, she posts a single photo with no words, capturing a moment from the […]

Savor

Savor

The days are long, but the years are fast.  This is a senitment I’ve heard a couple places including in The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin.  That’s probably never been […]

real beauty

real beauty

I am reading (and loving) Jonathan Tropper’s How to Talk to a Widower right now and came across this passage on beauty that I think so eloquently nails it:  She […]

Decisions

Decisions

  You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when.  But you can decide how you’re going to live now.  ~Joan Baez

Discipline Means Freedom

Discipline Means Freedom

A caveat before I start sharing this aha moment with you:  I am happy with my life.  I love being a mom.  I am grateful for the look and feel of […]