writing

Note from Marzipan: Good morning! Today you all get an extra special treat – a guest post from my mother, the love artist. I asked her to post here to get a little well deserved attention for the kickstarter campaign that she’s created in an effort to finish her memoir. I assure you, she is [...]

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2008: Learning How to Bow Out of the I-Love-You-Competition Contagious Happiness Learning to Be Good Marzipan Loves Loves Loves Peggy Munson Learning to Love My Body, Re: Healthcare Learning to Love My Bank Account How to be Loved, Even When You Don’t Love Yourself 2009: A Body Recovered Swine Flu Left Holes in My Relationship, [...]

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Inspiration for the Weekend

by Marzipan on September 23, 2011 · 15 comments

I know that at this point, this quote has gotten a little, over-played, but I’ve been thinking about it since I opened my eyes this morning. Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens [...]

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am i?

Once upon a time, I wrote a post about learning how to say no, but this week I was reminded in no uncertain terms about what it means to be the kind of person who says no. This kind of person is definitive. They are able to assess the situation, be mindful of their own [...]

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Alright friends, I admit it – this week I fell hook, line, and sinker into Pinterest.  I finally checked it out. I spent at least ten hours since then looking at pretty things, yipping with glee, tagging with delight, and reposting to my followers. What a second… what IS Pinterest? Typical Marzipan, putting the cart [...]

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Last weekend at Fitbloggin’ there was a particular panel that climbed in under my skin, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it – Blogger Responsibility. The panel was formed partially in response to the now-infamous Marie Claire vs. healthy living blogger incident of 2010, and included MizFit, Lisa Johnson, and Tina Haupert.  [...]

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Today the lovely Kendra over at Voice in Recovery wrote about taking a blog hiatus, and what it meant to take a break from the internet and participate actively in your own life.  This post appealed to me, because I think that it is extremely important for anyone who has blog or active twitter account [...]

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Change happens

I cannot tell you how unbelievably blown away I have been by the posts that people have written for this month’s Self-Discovery, Word by Word: CHANGE. If I were you, I might very well bookmark this page so that I could refer back to this glorious bunch of posts whenever I was freaking out or [...]

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CHANGE

Last October, the lovely Ashley of Nourishing the Soul kicked off an epic blog series – Self Discovery Word by Word. The series was created to encourage the blogging community to focus on one word a month in an effort to engage in self-discovery and self-reflection. This month I have the unbelievable honor of hosting! [...]

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So, once upon a time, I used to do this post on the first day of every month where I would bring back some good old posts from the last couple years on Medicinal Marzipan. I will say, it is amazing how even your most favorite posts get hidden in the archives! Also, on a [...]

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