Resist the Box
Last night, I had the honor of being the keynote speaker at Loyola University in Baltimore for Hispanic Heritage Month. One of the things I was asked to speak about […]
Horses. Hope. Healing: a retreat for female cancer survivors
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. Offered […]
Say No
So you know how I am a firm believer that life keeps handing you the lesson you need to learn until you learn it? Well, consider me the girl who […]
this moment
A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. Looking back at the summer of 2009
loving, noticing, appreciating, anticipating, looking, thinking, enjoying, wishing, welcoming
So, I’m been drowning in work of late and thought I could benefit from an exercise that would take my thinking to a more magnanimous, expansive place. To that end, […]
Lighting a fire
It occurred to me the other day that I am just two months away from my birthday and, yet, I am certainly not 5/6 of the way through my annual […]
Your Life Tells Your Story
A couple Fridays ago, we said goodbye to a 100 year old friend. It was bittersweet. In July, we celebrated her 100th birthday with a fun party. In mid-August, our […]
Get Some Perspective
Today’s post is adapted from Beautiful You. So, today, we’re going to get our Day 70 on. Here we go: One morning, I was eating my bowl of oatmeal while […]
How do you feel about your body?
I was asked the other day how I feel about my body. What a good, direct question to ask; perhaps, especially of someone who does body image work. And […]