Body Loving Blogosphere 01.15.12

Note from Marzipan: Happy Sunday! You’re going to be hearing a little more about this later in the week BUT if you’re feeling either a) really quite curious about my mother OR b) like 2012 is the year that you’re going to become a micro-philanthropist - check out the Kickstarter for my mom’s book.  Its pretty amazing, and [...]

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Giving Myself Permission to Eat

I have always used food to shut myself up. I remember a day when I was 21, and I was in a relationship that was a really poor fit for me.  I thought to myself, I have to keep myself really quite small to fit into the box that this person has me in. Well, [...]

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On Loving What Is

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After yesterday’s post about grieving your body fantasy, I spent the whole day thinking about what I was left with.  For example, you decide to let go of the person that you spent twenty-thirty-forty-some-odd years wishing desperately that you could become, what do you do next? Though it was well received by you guys (THANK [...]

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Grieving the Loss of Your Body Fantasy

I am going to assume that I was not the only little kid, teenager, or, adult to fantasize about what it would be like to live in a body that wasn’t the one that I was living in. The body that I imagined myself in was effortlessly thin. She was so gorgeous, and her skin [...]

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Body Loving Blogosphere 01.08.12

Necessary: How to Start Projects [and Sort of Finish Them]. So! Proud! To be included in this amazing post of body-loving-resources compiled by Debbie Scribble. 15 Skills Every Woman Should Know. These meatballs sound crazy delicious, and I am making the ASAP. I just love this gorgeous post about learning to strike a balance and [...]

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