On a mission
Writing a personal mission statement is something that I always had my college and summer students (who were in high school) do. Mission statements allow you to voice what it is […]
Don't You Know You're Beautiful?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzyV1hm0c18] I found this gem of a song the other day in the midst of an internet search for something else. Kellie Pickler’s a North Carolina girl and I drove […]
How do you feel about your body?
I am beginning work this week on a new body image project. There are more details to come on it, but, for now, I’d love for you take part in […]
Be Well!
What a great day! Today, we kicked off a week-long Wellness Day Camp for the Circle de Luz girls. This week, they will try yoga, Pilates, Zumba, and circuit training. They will learn […]
Break into Blossom
Suddenly, I realize that if I stepped out of my body I would break into blossom *** James Wright, From “A Blessing” When I was looking for inspiration […]
Best of Beautiful You
Tuesday, May 5th is the 2 year anniversary of the Hijas Americanas blog. For awhile the blog was all things Hijas Americanas and in two years, it’s grown to include insights […]
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 […]
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). […]
