This week has been one big life lesson after another – and now, I’ve melted into my couch like a jello-girl, watching Eat, Pray, Love and gearing up for the next wave. That said, I’ve been thinking about your Marzipanlings, and about our last conversation about decimating your (my?) comfort zone. And somehow, knowing always [...]
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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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Now this is not a traditional What IF Wednesday, but this topic is especially salient today because I just registered for classes for my Fall 2010 semester at Simmons School of Social Work. Thus, obviously, I already knew I was taking this next step. But, I made it this far in the process by kind [...]
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Yesterday Christine over at BlissChick wrote a phenomenal post about her relationship with her body and her gluten intolerance, in which she discussed how she feels a zillion times better when she doesn’t eat gluten – even though she loves gluten [who doesn't???]. Anywho, she merrily existed for a month or so, gluten free, when [...]
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And, magically, it’s Wednesday again! Things have been moving quickly here at Medicinal Marzipan, and the days just seem to be slipping away from me. But, I was pretty excited to wake up this morning with a bevy of awesome What If Wednesdays laid out for me by the ever fabulous Fitarella, including a post [...]
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This post could also be titled: What if I Was Able to Support Myself With My Blog and Freelance Writing Gigs? But, I decided to take a different approach on this What If Wednesday by introducing a MAJOR step that I took in the direction of making my What If questions a reality. Now, this [...]
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Something sort of humorous is happening here today at Medicinal Marzipan. Remember two days ago when I blogged honestly about how I eat french fries, never exercise, and think my personal definition of healthy living is loving your body regardless of where it falls on the weight/fitness spectrum? Well I totally forgot when I was [...]
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I have a confession: I’m having a really hard time feeling like part of the healthy living blogging community. I have another confession: I am prone to dramatic and absurd fears. The problem is: I don’t diet. I eat healthy approximately 65% of the time. The other 35% – ice cream sundaes and french fries. [...]
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So it has been two weeks since the start of Fitarella’s What If challenge. If you’ve missed the first two installments, catch up with What If? and What If: I Stopped Comparing Myself To Others? Want to get on board? Please do, because we are making serious power moves and taking names and we want [...]
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If you haven’t yet heard, Fitarella has started a new challenge wherein a group of bloggers will be working weekly towards answering “what ifs.” This challenge originated with Don Miller, and is based upon the idea that “what if?” is one of the most powerful questions you can ask yourself. He proposes that you start [...]
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