Tag: self love

The Wall

I’ve spent the last 3 years building a wall, brick by brick, layer by layer, lathering on the mortar extra thick to make sure the cold or danger wouldn’t creep through a crack, or that a brick wouldn’t fall out exposing the outside world aka fears and judgement and hostility. I vowed to myself to …

The Itty, The Bitty, and The Nitty Gritty of Breast Implants; Silicone and Saline: Is Breast Implant Illness Really “A Thing”?

…they’re plastered all over the media as an object and a body part that makes you more “feminine”, “beautiful”, or “sexy”. It wasn’t so long ago that the bigger the better were all the rage thanks to Playboy and Centerfold.  But, in recent years and the rise in popularity of bralettes and the eco/au natural-living …

35 Ways to Practice Self Care

35 Simple Ways to Practice Self Care : 1. Go for a walk; Listen to the sounds around you; hear the birds, the ocean, the wind through the trees…find solace in nature.  2. Start a new book 3. Get a mani / pedi 4. Meditate or listen to a hypnosis [never while driving] 5. Take …

Finding your True North

When your boat is rocked, adjust the sails and try to navigate to smoother seas If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past year, it’s that life is unpredictable, change is often unanticipated, difficult, and terrifying, but that every slowly closing or slammed door leads to a new journey, a new beginning, and a …

Dear Skinny,

Here’s the skinny on the adjective SKINNY….and this actually isn’t to anyone in particular, more of a memo to all womenkind out there in our crazy beautiful universe, because after the 239487th time of hearing the term “sooo skinny” used among conversation, I needed to go on a mini vent sesh… —   Dear Skinny, …