Rooted in self-compassion
Happy Love Your Body Day! I encourage you to sign the Body Warrior Pledge as a conscious commitment to love your body (added bonus: someone who signs it is going […]
38 things October update
The list is a way to encourage myself to try new things, branch out, do what I need to do. And, so, ambitiously, I open up a document on my […]
the weekly spark: use 25 words to describe you
One of the things that has been most helpful to me in my development of self-awareness and, ultimately, self-acceptance is journaling. For years, I journaled long hand and still have all […]
Get ready to go all natural
The other day in body image class, we were looking at all sorts of photoshopped images in order to increase my students’ media literacy. When I showed a photo of […]
Consciously Committing: Love Your Body 2012
Love Your Body Day is Wednesday, October 17th, and my goal is to get ALL of you to sign a pledge to making a conscious commitment to be your own body […]
The Weekly Spark: Picture Yourself Fulfilled
From Day 88 of Beautiful You: The picture captures me as a first-year teacher and coach, age 23. In it, I am lying across desks in my classroom, dressed […]
your thoughts, please
It started with a little flash in the library. Happy and I were at the library and he was playing a computer alphabet game while […]
be particular
Last week in class, we were talking about the media. We talked about what it teaches us, what messages it gives off, why we engage, how it affects us. As […]
Back to school inspiration
There is a certain little thrill I get when the calendar flips to September. It’s not just that football season is kicking off. It’s not that there is just the […]
