PODCAST & BLOG
PODCAST & BLOG
Taking a moment of self-love
I am a true blooded, firey Aries woman through and through. I’m quick to start, do things with intensity, live passionately, talk fast, walk fast and am always looking at the step ahead of me. I’ve always dreaded the “Let’s celebrate what we’ve accomplished!” because...
read moreTip & Tool #3: Getting out of Victimhood
The Cost of an Eating Disorder
This week news spread of the death of Isabelle Caro. Isabelle was a very sick anorexic woman who died of complications from her disease. Caro became famous for posing nude in Italian ads, in hopes that she could help other anorexics as well as discourage the fashion...
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Recently I ran across Brook Castillo’s blog. In a particular post, she writes: “Thinness was the answer that was going to solve everything. More specifically, as it is for most of us who have loathed ourselves, if I could just be something other than what I am, I...
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What being a girl means to me
Re-posting. Originally published in February, 2010. I have been called a lot of things in my life. Off the top of my head they are: sassy, agressive, obnoxious, loud mouthed, too-smart-for-your-own-good, fiesty, tough and bitch. As I was growing up and trying to find...
read moreTip & Tool #2: Open Your Eyes
In Defense of the Skinny Girls
This is one of those posts I “should” stay away from. Just sort of skip over as if it were some kind of puddle in the street that I don’t want to ruin my shoes with. I distincly remember getting advice from a seasoned coach who told me, “You can ruin your reputation...
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Does Your Little Girl Think She’s Fat?
I recently came across a blog post where a mother talked about her precious 8 year old daughter and the little girl's feelings about becoming fat. Although I know this is happening every day to little girls all over America, as well as other parts of the world, it...
read moreTIp & Tool #1: Shift Your Mindset: The Choice is Yours
Body After Baby
A big fat life lesson for a first time triathlete
Last Sunday I participated in my first sprint triathlon. (I find it humorous that it's called a "sprint", insinuating that the people participating are actually sprinting their damndest the whole time.) For the record, I am not a strong swimmer. And as the trithlon...
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When being a mom sucks
Before I had kids, I thought being a stay-at-home-mom would be as beautiful and special as unicorns farting rainbows.
read moreAdvertising is feeding you horseshit
My first vlog! Hope you like it. Going to work on the sound next time...
read moreA Big Effing Deal
A video was released recently from the SPARK Summit, one that I was so moved by. Please take a few minutes to watch it here before you read the rest of this post: People: This is so important. If I could type this entire post in all caps, I would, because the words...
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Courage and love are like chocolate and peanut butter
A friend of mine recently said, “Your intuition first tickles you with a feather, if you don’t listen it hits you with a stick, if you still don’t listen, it hits you with a brick.”
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