I remember the day that I was told, calmly and self-assuredly by a friend that I had made plans with that she was going to have to break her plans, because she had over-extended herself and had changed her mind about wanting to go out. At first, I was angry. I was all – are [...]
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Yesterday, we squared away your starting point in the post You Are Worth the Effort, but I bet some of you were reading that post wondering to yourself – yeah yeah but what do I do now? Well, now, you stack the deck in your favor. You gather your resources, your inspiration points, your support [...]
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This post was written by Ega Jones, who is just one of my absolute favorite bloggers. I feel really honored to have her permission to reprint it here for all of you. Let me tell you something about the world that I tried desperately not to know, but was forced to learn. No one else [...]
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Once upon a time, a reader of Medicinal Marzipan admitted that she was tentative of reading stories of self-love, because she was afraid of becoming “as fat as a house.” This concept was the driving force behind the Marzipan Manifesto – where I broke the ties between self-love and indiscriminate weight gain, and I was [...]
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I’ve got something really extra special for you guys today! I’ve been given the opportunity to take a sneak peak at the GORGEOUS Ebook Be Yourself. Be Beautiful. written by Julie Parker and illustrated by Emma Kate Codrington. This Ebook has been lovingly crafted by these two spectacular woman, and contains 34 pages of inspiring [...]
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Every once and a while, truly magical things happen. These are the kinds of events that you couldn’t even ask for – because you wouldn’t even dare to dream so big. These are the kinds of events that often materialize after you find yourself banging your head against the wall, thinking about conjuring up a [...]
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This guest post is brought to you by one of my body image heroes, Rosie Molinary. Rosie is the author of Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance. If you’re interested in learning more about her, check out this interview with her from last fall. As a lecturer in Women and Gender Studies at [...]
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On Monday, I was quickly perusing twitter, when I came across this tweet from the deliciously insightful Danielle LaPorte: This post got me thinking, and I felt the urge to get rid of some lingering negative thought patterns and behaviors from my life, written in the first person, because, you know, I love to dream [...]
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Affirmations are the mantras that we can tell ourselves daily, hourly, or minute by minute (if need be) that seek to re-pattern our negative thoughts. I have always been a big fan of affirmations. When I was in Puerto Rico at the Wigmore Institute, I came across a copy of Louise Hay’s You Can Heal [...]
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Now, as a body image blogger, and a human being, this week is always almost unbearable. Believe me, I love the promise of a fresh start just as much as the next girl. I love the new year. I love making plans and lists, and I love feeling like I’ve been granted a fresh start. [...]
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