Tag: selfesteem
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3.17 Too Confessed to be Stressed
Imagine you’re feeling yourself. You decide to take a selfie. Your Instagram page has been seriously lacking, so you feel like you want to post something. You look good, you feel good, everything’s good. So you take a picture. People always say, “a picture is worth a thousand words,” but what happens when the words…
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3.16 Hard to Swallow
It’s been a hell of a week. In case you didn’t know, this weekend marks the end of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. This is a topic that I’ve toyed with touching on for months and months now, but I’ve never been able to put my thoughts into words. But, if there’s ever a time…
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3.14 Trust the Gut (No, Really, Trust It)
If a muscle is not used, eventually it withers. Intuition is exactly like that: without food, without employment, it atrophies. Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, “Women Who Run with the Wolves” (The first installment of the Let’s Howl series, in which I do some reflecting on Dr. Estés’ book. It’ll be a great series. You’ll love…
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3.12 THAT’S a Stretch
I got to spend a little time with my family during Christmas, and I had an interesting exchange with my little brother. He goes to a military academy, and he’s working on getting…what’s the word he used? Oh, right: “swole.” He’s trying to pack on some muscles, and one day when he was prancing around…
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3.11 Box Checks, Faux-Concern and (gasp!) Normal Bodies
But I won’t let them break me down to dust / I know that there’s a place for us / for we are glorious. Keala Settle, “The Greatest Showman” (an awesome movie, do yourself a favor and watch it) Imagine that you’re me. You’re scrolling through Instagram on your lunch break. You follow the tag…
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3.10 Goliath-gate: A Giant Problem
Now I’m Goliath / I’m standing on the head of a giant / And I won’t be silent / until you hear me. Smith & Thell, “Goliath” I’m going to start this blog post with a lovely story. A real tugger on the ole heartstrings, so buckle up. Once upon a time, a girl named…
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3.5 Welcome Back to my Hill
“Bless your beautiful hide.” Howard Keel, 7 Brides for 7 Brothers It’s been just over a year since I started this blog. It’s not perfect; I don’t post as regularly (or consistently) as I should, I don’t have a specific focus and I sometimes find myself with not much to say. (Well, that’s not entirely…
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