5 strategies for boosting self-acceptance among girlfriends.
On Sunday night, I hosted book club. I love my book club. We read a book every month, but our book conversations rarely stretch for more than ten minutes […]
Guest Post: Dr. Ashley Solomon from Nourishing the Soul
I am often asked if embracing self-acceptance means “letting one’s self go” or a variation on the theme. And the answer is that I absolutely don’t think self-acceptance and caring […]
What has your body done for you?
On Saturday, as you know, I ran a 5k (okay, ran/walked it) for Circle de Luz. What you don’t know is that I’ve had bronchitis, a sinus infection, and an […]
Choose you. Love you. Fight for you.
In Beautiful You, on Day 90, I suggest that readers, if they aren’t in a thriving relationship, stop dating for a significant period of time, maybe even a year. The […]
What is radical self-acceptance? And does it give me an out on taking care of my body?
I get asked a lot what I mean by self-acceptance or radical self-acceptance and if I am promoting an out from taking care of our physical selves by promoting self-acceptance. I […]
What’s your announcement?
Years ago, there was a print ad (Nike?) that I just loved. It read: You are born. And oh, how you wail! Your first breath is a scream. Not timid […]
You are the one who cares the most
Last week, while I was visiting Dwight-Englewood school, I was faced with a comment that I’ve certainly heard before. “It’s all well and good to say that the way that […]
What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
The Summer Day Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean- the one who has flung […]
All Natural Day Redux
So, to my great pleasure and surprise- every one of my 44 students went all natural on Friday. And what came as no surprise was that each one of them […]
5 Rituals to Boost Your Self-Care
We so often want everything we do to have so much more redeeming value. It has to help us lose a pound or get a job. But doing things that […]
