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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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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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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Like, they come up to me now and they say, “Aren’t you afraid? Aren’t you afraid that you aren’t going to be able to top that? Aren’t you afraid you are going to keep writing for your whole life and you’re never again going to create a book that anyone in the world cares [...]
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I will just say it: more often than not, success makes me want to curl up in a ball underneath my bed and hide. Why is it that you can work so very hard for something, but then possess an inability to receive positive feedback? What is it about success that makes us so uncomfortable? [...]
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When you were a little kid what did you want to do with your life? How did you want it to look? What kind of adult did you want to be? What activity has been on the bottom of your to-do list for years? What are you procrastinating? If you could do anything in the [...]
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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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True story: this weekend I fell deep into a hole that seemed inescapable. I was scared, and I was allowing my future to be defined by others. And while this saddened me enormously, I could not help but falling deeper into self-doubt or questioning my goals as a writer, as social worker, and as an [...]
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