This is a guest post written by Erin Nieto featuring the 2nd edition of her phenomenal book How Much Do You Weigh?: The Stigma Defying Photobook. I have had the pleasure of checking out this ebook myself, and am super excited that Erin has decided to offer two days of free Kindle downloads for Medicinal [...]
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I have felt absolutely honored to work with this month’s premium sponsor, Sacred Self, over the past couple of months. In November, Michelle contacted me to be November’s self-love ambassador, and I have just been madly, truly in love with her and her business ever since. As a thank you Michelle sent me a set [...]
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Thank you so much for checking out this month’s gorgeous group of sponsors! I feel very lucky to be able to support the inner workings of this site by showing off people and products that I just know you’re going to love. Karina Dresses: Dresses for Every Body Karina Cousineau began her professional career as [...]
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An important lesson about being inventive, running your own business, and believing in yourself even when no one else does. Yes I know it’s ten minutes – you will thank me, I promise. For those reading in your google reader – click through if you can’t see the video below, just this once, you won’t [...]
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You are always moving, sometimes forward and sometimes backwards, if only momentarily. You are reacting to the world around you. You are learning your lessons, and you are taking them into account. You are striving to be a better lover, sister, mother, child, student, boss, person in the world. You are busily digging deep, making [...]
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This is a guest post written by Carrie Hensley, who writes and coaches over at Realize Your Potential. Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. ~Viktor E. Frankl I have crafted a beautiful story for [...]
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This is a guest post written by Rose of The Phoenix Mind. Enjoy! Relationships are different for everyone. Some are simple, others are complicated. Some are positive, loving and close, others are distance, negative or harmful. There are so many ways to begin to love yourself; your personality and your body, your style or your [...]
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Let me tell you a little story about my teeth. I have 14 fillings. My mouth is made of metal, literally. While on the outside my teeth are straight and white, if you look just below the surface I have wildly soft enamel, which no matter what tender care I take of my teeth brushing [...]
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Portia Nelson wrote one of my favorite poems, There’s a Hole in My Sidewalk, an Autobiography in Five Short Chapters. I’m going to use it to help illustrate the story of my journey with my body. Chapter I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I [...]
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When I was 13 I was different than I am now. I had pink hair. I was pretty, but I didn’t believe it. I hid my body beneath layers of clothing. I stole a copy of the Atkins Diet from Costco. I lost weight, and then gained it back again. When I was 14 I [...]
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Medicinal Marzipan is a blog about learning to love yourself a little bit more every day - to the best of your abilities and without any regrets.
