or: Why I Wake Up Every Morning Still Passionate About This Work. On Monday, I guest posted over at Stop Chasing Skinny about “the” moment when I realized that I had to start learning how to love my body exactly as it was, or face complete and utter self-destruction. It is sort of funny to [...]
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A LOT of people ask my why I named this blog Medicinal Marzipan. It’s one of those “branding” things that you really need to have a good quick elevator pitch to describe, but to this point it’s something that I’ve fumbled with. I’ve said things like, well my nickname was Marzipan in college, and um [...]
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Alright y’all, I won’t lie, I created Fatshion Week sheerly because I wanted to talk to you about lingerie for curvy chicks. Have you ever felt like you wanted to get all gussied up and slip into something sexy, but you just couldn’t find anything in your size? Been there. THANK GOODNESS WE’VE FOUND ONE [...]
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Question: If my spouse told me he isn’t “as attracted to me since I’ve put on weight b/c he doesn’t like the body type I have” and we only have sex once a month or so (so like very little intimacy) and he shies away from physical affection and I can’t get passed this lack [...]
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If you don’t read anything else I write this year, please read this. There has been a conversation simmering beneath the skin around here at Medicinal Marzipan, and it is something that I can no longer choose to ignore because it makes me uncomfortable. The abbreviated version is this: “No, I’m afraid to read her [...]
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To get straight to the point – this post will make you uncomfortable if you are a) my mother b) my aunt c) anyone who has a genetic tie to me and is not under 25. Feel free to keep reading, and we’ll just chalk this up to one of those things you read and [...]
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[Now, please don't be offended by my unabashed use of the fat in the title - it is a word that I simply refuse to be afraid of anymore and intend to continue to use it here, but please know that this my understanding of this word is a body type that elicits negative reaction [...]
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Now, this post was originally entitled Believing You are Worth It, but y’all asked me to get really basic and really specific with you about how to “get there.” Presuming “there” is: a perfectly imperfect, always evolving, state of unconditional self-love and building a compassionate, kind relationship with your body – You’ve come to the [...]
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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 and ugly [...]
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Dear Maura Kelly, You’ve broken my heart. It seems as though, no matter how hard I work – NOT to carve myself up or diet myself down – but instead to love myself exactly how I am, embracing my flaws, and sweetly reminding myself of all that I have to offer, someone comes along who [...]
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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.
