three small questions
When I teach journaling workshops, I often give participants a series of prompts that I call Three Small Questions. The catch is that they aren’t small questions at all. They […]
Naming your passion and purpose
On the first day of each semester, I stand up in front of my students and tell them that what drives me in my body image and self-acceptance activism […]
What are you ready to give up?
It had started as a rhetorical question. “What are you willing to give up?” I had asked my students. “What standard are you holding yourself to that isn’t real or […]
dealing with my own defensiveness
Yesterday, I talked about a fundamental principle that I try to employ as much as possible when I face questions about who I am and how I am in the […]
Assume Right Intention
Over the last few days, I’ve been asked a couple questions that are completely different, but, as I reflected on them, I realized that I handled in mostly the same […]
Nice to meet you!
So, I am stealing an idea from Tami of Teacher Goes Back to School who stole an idea from Katy at the Non-Consumer Advocate. And that is that we’re going to have a […]
38 things update
My all-time favorite day in Beautiful You is Day 32: Celebrate Your Birth Day. Celebrating my birthday by writing this particular type of list (If you don’t know about the […]
The Kids are Alright Spring 2012 Part 2
Well, there was just too much goodness in those final papers to leave it at just one The Kids are Alright post this semester. We needed another one. So here […]
The Kids are Alright Spring 2012
At the end of each semester, my body image students write a process paper where they synthesize their learning- both personal and academic- for the semester. These papers are always […]
A self-care inspired Mother’s Day Gift Guide
One of my high school students once told me that his dad’s advice for gift giving to women was “never something with a plug.” Depending on what the plug belongs […]
