Natural Highs
When I taught high school, I always gave my students something I called a Happy Sheet on Fridays. It was a piece of mental goodness, a lens they could use […]
Please don't please me
‘I could date anyone.” That, I am ashamed and embarrassed to admit, is a concrete thought I had around the age of 18. This thought wouldn’t be so bad if […]
Cross a Finish Line
A few weeks ago, I ran a 5k race with various Circle de Luz volunteers and our Circle de Luz hijas. I specifically ran with Jenny, my longest friend (it […]
Beautiful You: the bumper sticker??
So, I am just starting to work on my part of the publicity plan for Beautiful You. When a book comes out, there are things that an author’s publisher will […]
heaps of gratitude
So, when we had people sign up for Run Big, Dream Big I, I was overwhelmed by the response of my friends from high school, most of whom I have not […]
Find Your Beautiful
So, the other day, I was shopping for a dear friend’s birthday when I came across this print by Cindy Wunsch. For the last few years, when concerning body […]
A word with Kate Moss (or nothing looks as good as confidence feels)
So, I had a guest column appear in the Style section of last week’s Charlotte Observer. It was editted down a bit so, in honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness […]
Operation Beautiful
Every Friday in class, a student presents a “current event” in the world of body image. This past Friday, one of my students told the class about Operation Beautiful, a […]
Hush!
This past Friday’s Body Image class was on Parents, Peers, and Body Image. Usually this class is a heartbreaker for me, personal stories illustrating how parents can go awry, negatively […]
Word Up
The words for the year shared here were just so inspiring (in fact, so inspiring that each person made me want to claim their word for my word for the […]
