by Andrea Owen | Jul 3, 2012 | Empowering Women, Guest post, Motherhood, Pregnancy
Guest post by Ashley Mitchell When people hear my story-my entire story, they just shake their head. They have only seen people like me in the movies, or on Jerry Springer! The truth is in my life I have done things and seen things that I am not proud of but I am...
by Andrea Owen | Feb 7, 2011 | Body image, Empowering Women, Motherhood, Perfectionism, Pregnancy, Relationships, self esteem
Dear Body, A while back I wrote you a letter to tell you I was sorry for spending all those years hating you. I hope you accepted my apology, and today I want to tell you something else: how much I love you. Really? You’re surprised, did you say? I know I’ve been...
by Andrea Owen | Jan 12, 2011 | Body image, Empowering Women, Inner-critic, Motherhood, Perfectionism, Pregnancy, working out
You may have heard me rant before about the whole “body after baby” thing. This topic makes me crazy. Bat-shit-bananas crazy (did you know there was such a thing?). Without naming any names. There is a particular group of exercisers, that are marketing a “get your...
by Andrea Owen | Oct 30, 2010 | Body image, Featured Videos, Motherhood, Pregnancy
by Andrea Owen | Jun 7, 2010 | Body image, Divorce, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Relationships
Inspired again by my dear friend Karen Pery, she has invited her readers to think about their lives. If given the opportunity to have glimpses of your life flash before your eyes, what would you see? She describes 8 windows, from the outside looking into your soul. I...
by Andrea Owen | Apr 22, 2010 | Body image, Motherhood, Pregnancy, self esteem, working out
Recently, Jennifer Lopez was interviewed for US magazine. Not the most intriguing of magazines, I know, but they do have (what I am assuming is) hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and many, many more pick it up while waiting in line at the grocery store. The cover...