Steps to Confidence
Quick. What do you find beautiful? If you are like the hundreds of people that I have talked to over the years, you did not say tall, blond, and […]
How I figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up
Today’s post comes from a question I was asked on Facebook. How did I come to know what I wanted to be when I grew up? Was it opportunity or […]
What my intentional summer will look like…
Last week, I blogged about a plan that I had for this summer which I am dubbing The Summer of Intentionality. The critical first step in the summer of […]
On being imperfect
I am reading Portia de Rossi’s Unbearable Lightness, and I am struck by how she was paralyzed by, even at a young age, being perfect. It’s so heartbreaking to […]
Why our stories matter…
I recently came across this quote and just loved it… “My story is important not because it is mine, God knows, but because if I tell it anything like right, […]
The Kids Are Alright Spring 2011
Oh, my students are just so wise. With the end of the semester approaching, I am in the midst of reading their final papers- an assignment that’s called a process […]
Summer of Intentionality
For a number of summers, maybe 8 or so, I worked at an intensive, residential, summer enrichment program for high school students called Love of Learning. The program always began […]
Wellness Matters
Today, I am blogging over at The Me First Movement about how I learned that taking care of myself was essential if I was going to be effective at […]
Note to Self
Today is my last body image class of the semester. It’s also the end of National Poetry Month. At the end of each semester, I begin to panic. Did I […]
Want a signed copy of Beautiful You or Hijas Americanas?
Would you like a signed copy of Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance and/or Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina for yourself or as a […]
