Guest Post from Candice: I Survived
Another amazing post from Candice Roe. Missed her first post? Check it out here! Today, I sat down and thought of all the unfortunate episodes that have played through my […]
finding your path…
How do you find your path to happiness when so much else (making a living) rides on it? Well, that’s quite a question with which to start a week, […]
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
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 […]
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
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?
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
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
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
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 […]