self esteem Archives - Page 2 of 10

[GUEST POST] Owning Privilege + Building a Body Loving Community

by Andrea Owen | Apr 18, 2012 | Body image, Guest post, self esteem

Guest post by Mara Glatzel Having conversations about our most closely held secrets is not easy, and often discussing our bodies, sexuality, or our relationship with food falls carefully into the category of impolite dinner conversation. However, more and more often...

7 Ways You’re Giving Away Your Power

by Andrea Owen | Apr 4, 2012 | Empowering Women, Featured, How to Kick Ass, Inner-critic, Relationships, self esteem

I recently received an email from one of my readers asking me about giving away power. That term gets thrown around a lot and it got me thinking: what does it even mean to “have power”? To me, power is the ability to create change in your life. Change for the better....

[GUEST POST] How I Used My Resentment To Find Love

by Andrea Owen | Mar 29, 2012 | Divorce, Guest post, Relationships, self esteem

Guest post by Ellen Hartson Letting go of anything in our lives can be difficult and painful, especially when it involves relationships. Most of us have had to make some tough choices involving relationships, or at least experience the effects of others making these...

Warning: That Perfect Body Isn’t Going to Bring You Jack Shit

by Andrea Owen | Mar 13, 2012 | Body image, Featured, How to Kick Ass, Perfectionism, self esteem, working out

I've been exercising most of my life. I've belonged to a gym consistently since I was 19 years old. Small gyms, all women's gyms, big chain gyms and body building gyms. In 2005 I worked corporately for the American Council on Exercise and during that time got...

Interview with Debbie Reber (+ book giveaway!)

by Andrea Owen | Jan 18, 2012 | Body image, Empowering Women, Kick-ass women, Motherhood, self esteem

This months “Kick-Ass Woman” is author, speaker and life coach Debbie Reber. I met Debbie in 2010 at an event for the Actionist (TM) Network, a special group of women whose efforts inspire and empower women and girls to live confidently and change the...

What makes you a badass woman? (+ Product giveaway!)

by Andrea Owen | Dec 21, 2011 | Empowering Women, Featured, How to Kick Ass, self esteem

I love Mr. T, Joan Jett, Charlie’s Angels, muscle cars, Linda Hamilton in ” Terminator 2″, Metallica and Roller Derby. And what do all these things have in common? They are all badass. At least to me. And I’ve been thinking about that term lately, mostly...