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This post has been whipped up by the fantastic Sarah Von Bargen, over at Yes and Yes, which is just one of my all-time faves. Run, don’t walk. Enjoy! Is it weird if I tell you that I have some very, very attractive lady friends? Well, I do. They’re my friends because they’re smart, funny, [...]

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I Love Your Guts Embroidery Hoop Art

Last month, I had the extreme pleasure of being the self-love ambassador for Sacred Self.  In this post, there was the promise of a giveaway, wherein I would choose a comment about a body image woe and I would write a post about it. WELL. Those commenters were just so wonderful and insightful that I [...]

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I just had to repost this here. Loving that little girl. What do you think?

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On Occupying Your Own Body

by Marzipan on December 14, 2011 · 11 comments

Are you taking up residence inside your own skin? Or, are you permitting others (loved ones, peers, multi-national corporations, and the like) tell you how to feel about yourself? Recently, I was watching the film Miss Representation, and I must admit, though I consider myself to be a media-literate person overall – I am still [...]

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Let the Healing Begin

by Marzipan on November 4, 2011 · 19 comments

You all know that I love a little Alexandra Franzen. I love her site. I love her words. I love her the things that she makes me think. But, most of all? I loved this post. It’s ok.. you can skip on over and read it, I’ll wait. Your unresolved stories are sick. More specifically [...]

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This week I was supposed to post about the Girl Effect, but things have been mayhemish (more on that tomorrow with a doozy – what to do when NOTHING goes your way). And I thought, well, the deadline has passed me by – let it go. Then. I read this post on White Hot Truth: [...]

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The fact of the matter is: how we present ourselves, even if we know that it is a white lie here and a carefully lit photograph there – has a remarkable influence on how we begin to see ourselves over time.  There are few realms where this is a more important consideration than when considering [...]

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Now, let me just preface this by saying, no I do not think that I am the most awesome person on the internet. However, I make a serious habit of closely watching those people (internet-famous AND little known), and thinking generally about how to not suck on the internet. That would have been my favorite [...]

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Or: Even Experts Get the Blues Or: Just Because You’re an Internet Sensation, Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Crack Up a Bit Or: Cracking up a Bit and Asking for Help Doesn’t Mean Spewing all Over Your Social Media and Freaking Everyone Out Or: What To Do When You’re a Coach/Blogger/Brand and You Freak Out Publicly [...]

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So.. A little hilarious blip occurred on Medicinal Marzipan yesterday, giving you a glimpse into what we spend our time doing here at the Marzipan palace. By COMPLETE accident, in yesterday’s body loving blogosphere I linked two of the posts not to the their intended subjects, but to a YouTube video of The Jolly Boys [...]

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