February 2012
17 posts
What are you holding your happiness hostage to?
WatchThis is a ted talk that challenges people the way we look at women’s bodies and how it’s all just a social construct.
- submitted by Michelle L (thank you <3)
“The answer is that love is inside us, just waiting to be unleashed. The darkness is an invitation to light, calling forth the spirit in all of us. Every problem implies a question: Are you ready to embody what you say you believe? Can you reach within yourself for enough clarity, strength, forgiveness, serenity, love, patience, and faith to turn this around? That’s the spiritual...
The Binge
Here’s the biggest tip I can offer. The absolute most important thing that healthy-minded girls need to remember, regardless of their goals.
If you set a calorie limit, you will fail.
Maybe not today, but sometime this week, unless you have an actual mental eating disorder (which I will not even begin to cover because there are very few out there actually have unbalanced chemicals in your...
“We do not have to improve ourselves; we just have to let go of what blocks our...”
– Jack Kornfield
Overeating
What is your reaction when you eat too much?
I know mine. There’s either: “Oh I should workout. I need to makeup for what I ate,” or “Oh great. Well, if I already ate too much for this meal, might as well keep eating and eat healthier tomorrow.” Subconsciously, I limit myself to two choices. In both cases, I think that I need to do something to compensate for what I...
“The truest and deepest pathos in this world is not that of suffering but that of...”
Free yourself
I found a message in my inbox and it said something along the lines of, “Why did this blog die?” and it got me thinking. Why did it? I was so passionate about this blog just a year ago, and now I return to it now and then and wonder where it’s going and if I should even continue it. At one point, it was a huge part of myself, and now it’s…not.
The reason is...
January 2012
5 posts
“That goes for old wounds, too, you know. I really wish we’d had the chance to...”
– Laura Wiess, Ordinary Beauty
December 2011
10 posts
“When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we...”
– Audre Lorde
letsjustlivee asked: i love your blog, seriously! Respect, keep doing the good work. x
The belated post on the VS Fashion show
I hear people say, “The VS fashion show is my motivation to workout” or “Seeing the models makes me feel so bad about myself” and to be honest, I’d say that’s the point of the show. The VS Fashion show is entertaining. People even have viewing parties for it! The music, the amazing clothes and lingerie, the backstage footage of all the models dancing and having...
Anonymous asked: can you write about the victoria's secret fashion show. after the tv airing, fb statuses were going crazy about their bodies, food, etc. we need confidence!
Today is a new day.
Don’t beat yourself up about yesterday. The present is not a potential past.
“I can’t feel bad about being who I am, just like the girl next to me can’t feel...”
– Miranda Kerr
toyourgraveispoke asked: I never promote but could you follow the blog a-lifetime-of-beauty :D Its a confidence promotion blog <3
November 2011
20 posts
“We all have the power to change our negative thinking. You may not be able to...”
– Josie Tuttle
“this is for the no becoming yes
for scars becoming breath
for scraping away...”
– Andrea Gibson
crashingcat asked: I cant figure out how to follow you
Anonymous asked: Your blog is so inspiring, so happy to have found it! Are you on twitter?
End the Fat Talk
Too often do our inner voices tell us that we’re fat. We look in the mirror, at pictures on Facebook, at our friends and families, at our food and somehow our thoughts link back to the word, “fat.” For some of us, we’re used to this kind of self talk. Positive thinking and being kind to our bodies are foreign. For others, fat talk happens on our insecure days, when we ate...
The Freshman 15 is a Myth
Who hasn’t heard of the freshman 15? With your friends, you joke about it. With your family, you’re warned about it. With yourself? You stress about it. You worry about it.You second guess yourself and what you’re eating. You worry about your weight, gaining weight, keeping off weight. The numbers on the scale seem to matter more than before, you’re moods shift according to...
“I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. Henceforth, I will repeat these...”
– Og Mandino