Claim Your Care: A Challenge
Last week, I did cardiovascular exercise for the second time since August. This from a woman who champions self-care and who identifies moving her body as one of the best, […]
Making time for a time margin
This semester, I am fortunate to be partnered through a mentoring program with a thoughtful, funny college senior who is interested in writing. I find in these programs that the […]
Note to Self
Today is my last body image class of the semester. It’s also the end of National Poetry Month. At the end of each semester, I begin to panic. Did I […]
Blast from the past: How Can I Begin to Love Myself Again
So, I was looking for an old blog post to find the name of a book tonight when I came across this blog post originally published on November 23, 2008- […]
Reorganizing myself
The other day I dreamt that I joined the Army (I am an Army brat so maybe that’s not so terribly out of left field in my subconscious brain) and […]
nothing prepares you…
Nothing prepares you for the emotionally painful part of parenting. For when life is hard for your little one and you cannot just inhabit his body and make choices that […]
Read the book, don’t drive fast, and other advice
Yesterday’s blog post provoked some great additional advice for young women (and men, really) from readers. Here it is and feel free to add to it! No matter how fun […]
Take the pie in the face
When I was visiting my parents this weekend in South Carolina, I came across a video that made me pause. In my dad’s neat script up the side of the […]
Love Your Body (and win loot)
Love Your Body Day is Wednesday, October 20th, and my goal is to get ALL of you to sign a pledge to be your own body champion. Below, you’ll find […]
What are your hopes?
On Day 1 of the Beautiful You journey, I pose these questions: What are your hopes- personally and for the world- with regard to body image and beauty perception? How […]
