Shine Day 11: Take away the conditions
What do you want more of in your life? I love to ask- of friends, retreat clients, workshop participants and even here on the blog. I want more laughter in […]
Shine Day 10: You have a responsibility for your body (and mind and soul)
A few years ago, I was speaking at a school about self-acceptance when an audience member raised his hand. “Doesn’t self-acceptance just breed unhealthiness? Aren’t you just giving people the […]
Shine Day 9: Remember beauty is subjective.
On the first day of each new semester, I have my students get into small groups and introduce themselves. Along with sharing some details about themselves with their classmates, they […]
Shine Day 8: You have to teach people how to treat you.
Have you ever noticed one person in your life treat you one way but treat someone else an entirely different way? “What’s that about?” We think. And while there are […]
Shine Day 7: Understand that it is NOT about you
You have a mother who laments your weight all of the time- no matter your size. You can be at your thinnest and surely, she feels, you could look even […]
Shine Day 6: We have to change our minds.
If I could just lose twenty pounds… If I just didn’t have these worry lines… If I just had a bigger bust… We pin our hopes on our bodies. […]
Shine Day 5: We must stop the cycle of crippling consumption
“What’s the point of media?” I ask when I speak to women about self-acceptance. “To sell us something!” Everyone shouts back. “How do they convince us we need what they’re […]
Shine Day 4: Raising our Consciousness
I was in my early twenties, blowing my crazy, curly hair out as straight as I could with the relatively limited skills I had coupled by my general impatience for […]
Shine Day 3: Self-acceptance starts with a choice
Here is how we attempt to motivate ourselves: I am so stupid. So lazy. So fat. So ugly. So undeserving. So selfish. So awkward. So unlovable. The list goes on […]
