I am generous. I am insightful. I am powerful. I am curious. I am thoughtful. I am confident. I am intelligent. I am gracious. I am safe. I am difficult, often. I am beautiful. I am slow. I am complicated. I am brave. I am strong. I am serious. I am silly. What [...]
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We all have it at one point in our lives – the grimy, cruddy, shame build up. The corrosion of anger and resentment. The little bits of loathing for parts of ourselves and others, that we just can’t quite seem to scrape off. We all have moments in our own personal histories that we would [...]
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This week I’m in Washington DC participating in a course on political advocacy and social action, and have been spending my days immersed in theory and political jargon. However, when I’m not writing a zillion papers, or figuring out how to ask Congressional aides questions that don’t make me sound like an idiot, I have [...]
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Y’all this has been a GOOD month for people who are running on over to me just begging to give you fancy presents. Last week, we hosted a giveaway for Beautiful You’s gorgeous Ebook of affirmations and art, which you should still totally check out even if you missed it. But this week? This week [...]
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I will just say it: more often than not, success makes me want to curl up in a ball underneath my bed and hide. Why is it that you can work so very hard for something, but then possess an inability to receive positive feedback? What is it about success that makes us so uncomfortable? [...]
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There is this girl who lives next door to me in my dorm, who, after my repeated answers, still seems to ask if I am a vegan/vegetarian, if I work out a lot, and she frequently comments that I eat “so healthy” and it makes me uncomfortable. I have a groin pull, and she’s always [...]
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So the other day I was having a conversation with someone about their body image an feelings of self worth – feel free to imagine me doing this all day everyday, as that is basically accurate. The conversation went kind of like this: “I just feel bad about myself all the time. I am fat [...]
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Or: Being Sexy When You Don’t Fit The “Ideal” Beauty Standards Either title will do – because the idea is exactly the same. Lets ask a couple of questions shall we? Do you feel like men/women/yourdesiredsexpartner look at you like a friend instead of potential mate because of your size? Do you feel like you [...]
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So, for those of you who are new readers here, and I know there are a few, WELCOME! I am very excited to have you, and envision this blog to be like a really comfortable living room where people are settled into big deluxe armchairs with cups of steaming coffee and having delicious conversations about [...]
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So a couple of days ago a friend of mine emailed me asking about how to become comfortable speaking your mind on your blog and not caring what anyone thought. She aslo wondered about whether or not I thought blogging was egocentric. I’ve been cooking on these questions since then, and it seems to me [...]
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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.
