a letter to my body image students on our last day of class
From the beginning, you have been something special. Individually eager, earnest, invested. Collectively trusting, comforting, accepting. You have shown up. Every single class. Not just physically (but that, too, never […]
You are meant to be boundless.
We know they are false images. Those photographs in magazine that make us think, I wish I had those eyelashes. I want skin like that. What do I have to […]
You can always make a different choice.
This is how it starts. We are unhappy about something (our education, our bodies, our relationship or relationship status, our careers, etc.). We decide we are going to do something […]
A self-acceptance starter kit
“If I could just change this one thing, I would be so much happier.” I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard this (and, heck, thought this). And, yet, […]
On the Road Again (or some tips for working in self-care when you travel)
Most of us struggle with self-care when we’re right at home. Put us in an airplane and fly us half-way across the country and self-care goes completely out the jet […]
you have to keep moving forward
It is the night before our college graduation. We gather on the porch of our apartment, boyfriends ditched for the moment, to imprint one more indelible memory. I grab paper […]
5 books for your self-awareness and self-acceptance journey
In 1996, my college roommate and best friend gave me a gift that would change the way I approached life. The Artist’s Way is billed as a twelve week course […]
Life is not a transaction.
“Well, it’s broken.” We are in the urgent care, after a day spent enjoying the snow and it seems that final sled run has put more than just an exclamation […]
A Body Warrior to Meet: Kathryn V. White
A regular feature on the blog years ago was A Body Warrior to Meet. In it, I featured women from around the world who shared insights on their relationship with […]
a recipe for sustaining ourselves
For the longest time, I only practiced self-care when I was forced to do so because, in some way, my body or mind couldn’t sustain me any longer. And while […]
