Shut Up: Bringing America's People to Reality
As a teacher and speaker on body image issues, I have the good fortune of going around the country to help people process the experiences that have formulated their body […]
We are all Susan Boyle
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY] If you own a television or computer, you caught wind of the Susan Boyle story last week. A 47 year old Scottish lady gets the chance to sing for […]
Make an Effort Take 2
We’re in the midst of parent boot camp, creating some structure around eating especially so our baby boy gets enough calories during the day so that he doesn’t need to […]
Lead by example
Loved this quote in either the February or March issue of O the Oprah Magazine: In bathrooms, boardrooms, buses, bagel shops, and everywhere else, we all need to imagine a […]
The recession and body image
I’ve done a few workshops this month in addition to my regular Friday morning seminar on body image and so I’ve been thinking about body image even more than I […]
Reflecting
So Mondays on Hijas Americanas are dedicated to reflection, self-awareness, self-esteem, identity (because all those things play into becoming our fully realized best selves; beautiful ‘us’es if you will). […]
The stuff people say
When we arrived at the Addis Ababa airport to begin our journey home, we were disappointed to see that our flight had been significantly delayed. Instantly, we knew that we […]
Peace
A few years ago, I came across a greeting card that read, “Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard […]
Good
From Eckhart Tolle’s Oneness With All Life (excerpted in O, the Oprah Magazine in the January 2009 issue): “You do not become good by trying to be good, but by […]
He Said, She Said
I took a hefty (read 15ish) stack of magazines with me on the plane to Ethiopia and collected some quotes about body image that I wanted to share with you. […]
