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Inspiration Sunday

Inspiration Sunday

I came across this ad on Pinterest the other day and was reminded of how I had it pinned on my wall throughout high school.  I just had to share […]

Introducing Candice Roe + Guest Post: When I Found Beauty

Introducing Candice Roe + Guest Post: When I Found Beauty

I am absolutely honored to introduce you to Candice L. Roe today.  Candice was one of my students in body image class this semester and, from day one, I was […]

the opening page of one of my many journals...

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

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?

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 […]

parenting in the midst of advice

parenting in the midst of advice

On Monday, I talked about my golden rule in human interactions based on the premise “assume right intention.”   I shared it because of two questions I had recently been […]

dealing with my own defensiveness

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

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 […]