Many of us live very neatly within the boundaries of what we consider ourselves capable of at any given point. This means, we stick to activities that we already know that we can be successful in, drawing our expertise and authority around us, and existing within the comfortable context of lived experience and perceived strengths. I [...]
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This week I have the distinct honor of taking part in the fantastic Rabbit Write’s No Makeup Week. Not only do I just adore Rabbit Write, but this project is something close to my heart as I strive to learn how to love my body exactly as it is, today, right the moment, without trying [...]
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Today, I am moving to Boston. I will tell you – I am scared. So today, instead of allowing myself to stew in my fears, I’m going to participate in a little project wherein I just lay all of my fears out there, thereby getting them out of my head and my heart so that [...]
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A couple of days ago I got an email from a friend, asking me to further explain a notion that I had touched upon in my engagement post. In that post, I stated: And it wasn’t easy – when we met Cookie told me REPEATEDLY that she didn’t want a girlfriend and would never/could never [...]
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Now this is quite a big What If Wednesday, and represents something that I am struggling with big time right now. I am struggling – almost daily, to take myself seriously. “Taking myself seriously” means several things to me.. First it means describing what I do to people with out belittling it. This means: no [...]
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Yep. You read that right. And today’s What If Wednesday is a major, major, major one, because this week is the deadline for a project I have been working up the bravery for, oh, since I was asked to take part. And I’m really effing nervous. I mentioned in Sunday’s Body Loving Blogosphere that you all [...]
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Now – if you’re new here, welcome to Medicinal Marzipan, where no topic is off limits and where TMI is both frequent and expected. Please, keep reading. Haha. Well now that we’ve gotten THAT disclaimer out of the way, lets discuss. I am a busy girl. I am busy moving and shaking and making insane [...]
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What if I didn’t allow myself to be crippled by the pressure of unrealistic expectations? What if I didn’t feel the need to overextend ourselves financially to feel good enough or to “keep up with the joneses”? What if I didn’t buy myself a new computer/camera/adobe software/thesis/necklace/purse/car? What if I didn’t subscribe to societal ideals [...]
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I am an overachiever. I have been an overachiever for as long as I can remember, and that, coupled with my constant need to people-please, has left me on many, many occasions over-extended, stressed out, and needlessly overwhelmed. Sound familiar? Keep reading. I like to add things to my plate. I won’t lie, I’m the [...]
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Now I know that this isn’t a true What If Wednesday, because DUH it’s Thursday. But, I was planning this post for yesterday, when I was too zonked out and weepy from actually taking care of my health that I was carted away in a little whambulance whenever I sat up and actually attempted to [...]
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