by Andrea Owen | Jan 25, 2010 | Body image, Empowering Women, Inner-critic, Perfectionism
Last summer I wrote a post entitled, “The truth about my skinny jeans” in which I confessed that I still had my skinniest of skinny jeans. I knew it was time to get rid of them, but I didn't want to give them away to a friend (and see that friend walk...
by Andrea Owen | Dec 15, 2009 | Body image, Empowering Women, working out
Recently Reebok has been running commercials that I don't like. To say the least. (I will post the ads at the bottom of this post). The first time I saw them I said, “Ew, yuk, how sexist!” and moved on about my business. The second, the third, and so...
by Andrea Owen | Nov 23, 2009 | Empowering Women, Motherhood, Perfectionism, Relationships
I remember when I was 25 and it was the year 2000. That birthday was hard for me, because I remembered 10 years prior, when I was 15 years old thinking of all things that I wanted for myself when I was 25. I thought I would have it all. I would definitely be married,...
by Andrea Owen | Nov 11, 2009 | Empowering Women
I read somewhere on a list of rules for bloggers never to start a post by apologizing for not posting to your blog if it's been a while. So, while I won't apologize, I did want to mention it because thinking about it is what brought me to open this blank page and...
by Andrea Owen | Oct 15, 2009 | Body image, Empowering Women, How to Kick Ass, Inner-critic
October 19-23 marks the 2nd annual Fat Free Talk Week; an international 5- day body activism camapign to draw attention to body image issues and the damaging impact of the ‘thin ideal’ on women in society. Please watch the following powerful video: So I've been...
by Andrea Owen | Sep 26, 2009 | Empowering Women, Motherhood, Pregnancy
September 15th, 2009 was by far the most adventurous day of my life. If you've read the birth story of my son, you'll hopefully understand my thoughts and feelings concerning the upcoming birth of my daughter. I was in personal predicament, being pulled in two...
