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Stepping Out

April 23rd, 2013
It was one of those wet blustery days where if you own a pair of purple patent faux leather boots, you must wear them. I like purple, and I like shiny. Nobody loses when one wears such boots on a grey afternoon. So our family and my boots dashed in the rain from our  car ... Continue Reading »
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Learning To Stay In The Middle

January 20th, 2013
Author and activist Terry Tempest Williams wrote about “staying in the middle” in Leap. In the middle of my life, I am coming to see the middle path as a walk with wisdom where conversations of complexity can be found, that the middle path is the path of movement. . . . In the right ... Continue Reading »
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SEED OF BODY APPRECIATION

July 17th, 2012
Your face tells the story of your life; your changing body is a history of incredible experience. Wrinkles are character lines, scars a gallery of adventure. Stretch marks map your life journey, love handles tell a love story. Appreciate your changing body, love your evolving story, and see the big picture. It all fits together.
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SEED OF SELF CONFIDENCE

June 21st, 2012
Shout it in your best Gloria Gaynor voice- I am what I am And what I am needs no excuses I deal my own deck Sometimes the ace, sometimes the deuces. There’s one life and there’s no return and no deposit One life so it’s time to open up your closet Life’s not worth a ... Continue Reading »
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Learn To Love Yourself

February 22nd, 2012
What’s your relationship with validation and praise? Do you seek it, sidestep or dismiss it? And what’s the relationship between praise and ego? Give the ego a fish, and you feed it for a day. Give the ego a fishing rod, and it will happily fish for compliments for a lifetime. It’s like feeding a ... Continue Reading »
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About a Boy

February 21st, 2012
He told me while I was in the kitchen. Stirring something, soup maybe, onions or boiling potatoes, doesn’t matter really, whatever it was, my stirring soon became furious. “They told me I wasn’t really a boy today.” His 12yr old voice tried to remain detached. “Really” I replied, trying to match his detachment, while searching ... Continue Reading »
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Guilt Trip

February 7th, 2012
Have you ever bumped into it? You know, the wall?  The one between the mothers who work and the mothers who, well, work…. 
what can’t see tell the difference? Well, let me just point it out to you. One has a whole lot of guilt, and well, the other one has a whole lot of ... Continue Reading »
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Be YOU to the FULL

February 4th, 2012
This is a short video about embracing and thriving in ALL aspects of your humanity. Be inspired by the example of Alice Walker. Shine. BE YOU TO THE FULL! Let your authentic beauty be an inspiration to all around you to claim their bodies and live their beauty
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No Laughing Matter

January 31st, 2012
I’m not the funny one. Oh I can be funny even without a glass of chardonnay in hand. But I’m not the funny one. Put in me in a crowd and I’m rather silly if you catch me in the right mood, yes I’m may have heard a chuckle or two in my presence. It’s ... Continue Reading »
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Body Essentials- How Do You See Yourself?

January 19th, 2012
Do you ever catch your own reflection and think to yourself, “Is THAT what I look like? Is that how other people see me?” Scary isn’t it? The thought that is, that we can be so critical of ourselves. You leave the house for the night thinking you are looking okay, but die a thousand ... Continue Reading »
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