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Changing The Story
Each year at the annual EDRS conference we gather to bring awareness to, and change the story for people with eating disorders. The first evening reception of the conference was all about changing the story from self-loathing to self-love. The Body Positive premiered their new video “This is Beauty” campaign.Read More…
My Evolving Self-Love Practice: Fostering The Flow
I’m taking two classes at the local junior college this semester, Human Sexuality and Human Relations. My Human Relations class fits perfectly into the Self-Love Diet. It’s all about increasing self-awareness and cultivating a stronger relationship with myself, so I can then better interact with others. Last week I readRead More…
Rant
Let me say it; just let me get it out. I need to say it wildly and I need to speak vehemently. BLAH BLAH BLAH. I choose you. You are going to hear me rant for a minute and then we are going to pretend that it never happened. IRead More…
Where does Strength Come From?
“Good Morning Love Warriors, I’d like to share with you the progress that I’ve made this week. The past few days have been a challenge to my commit to make time for myself and my challenge of forgiveness. I began the week at a high point. Maya Angelou came toRead More…
Cultivating Stillness
Lately I’ve realized how easy it is to skimp on self-love. College life is rife with opportunities to cheat yourself of the care you deserve. Along with mass consumption of unhealthy food comes an anti self diet. Not sleeping, missing meals, and excessive drinking is routine and sometimes expected. AfterRead More…
Self-Love: Time Off
I’m leaving for a work/fun trip early tomorrow morning. I’ll be waking up at 4:30am and I still have to pack, prepare, etc. My schedule will be pretty full, and if I don’t have a lot of free time then I’m going to allow myself a pass from posting self-loveRead More…
Day 8 of the Self-Love Challenge
Everything is relative. As I read the title of this blog post I think to myself, “This is my kind of challenge! I get to focus on loving myself, write about it and hopefully inspire or motivate others to focus on loving themselves. What could be better than that?” AndRead More…
SELF LOVE IS …
SELF LOVE IS… Nourishing the body with nutritious food Giving the body plenty of water Exercising in a loving and compassionate way Allowing for rest and relaxation Listening to one’s hunger and fullness SELF LOVE IS … continuing reading SELF LOVE IS. “SELF LOVE IS …” is one of the self-loveRead More…
Changing My Thoughts, Changing My Habits
I go through cycles of balance and imbalance. These cycles of imbalance usually stem from the self-perpetuation of self-critical thoughts or false beliefs. False Belief One: I have to do everything now. Nothing can be put aside for later. What This Belief Creates: … continue reading Changing My Thoughts, Changing MyRead More…
We Are Human Beings, Not Human Doings
Self-Love Day 7 Monday is my “couple” day. My husband and I take one day off during the week as our day. Today we agreed to go in different directions. He needed to go to the DMV, and we both agreed to go with one of our daughters to twoRead More…
D5 Creation