Just The Way We Are
Listed under: Good News! Disney is officially welcoming Merida from Brave as the 11th princess! Listed under: What the HELL, Mickey? Disney has also decided that Merida needed lipo, a facelift, and a “come hither” look to look just right for her coronation! For serious, people. Let’s take a look at the Before and Afters, [...]
My name is Pauline M. Campos. I have a right to happiness, to ask for what I need in life, to choose with whom I sit and how I want to spend my time and energy. It is my responsibility to pursue this happiness and wholeness. Your opinion, your value judgements on me, my [...]
The child calls Bullshit. It’s time to Pony Up. If The Catcher in the Rye had a sequel based on a Spanglish-speaking Mexican-American homeschooling, allergic to everything, eating-disordered writer mama of one, I’d be a happy girl. Because then, at least, I could just hand people a copy of the book when they ask [...]
By: Holly M. Thatcher, MD Is it healthier to be pleasantly plump? Or should you skip all desserts and work out twice a day to be a ‘lean-iac’? No sooner did many of us make resolutions to exercise more, eat less, and either lose weight or vow to at least not gain weight in the [...]
A friend recently sent me a link to an article on Ed Bites regarding the author’s thoughts on the media and eating disorders. The article, to be published in Emirates Woman magazine, is well-written, thought-provoking, and importantly (to me, anyway) written from personal experience. The author, Carrie Arnold, recounts her own experience as an [...]
I have mental illness. Before motherhood, major depression and anxiety. After the kids came, things have started to look quite a bit like bipolar 2. I’ve struggled with self-worth and body image issues for years and suffered through bouts of terribly low motivation and lack of drive. I’ve even been suicidal. But today, I’m glad [...]
I have been many shapes and sizes throughout my life. Fat kid no-one wanted on their team. Superskinny teenager who smoked and starved herself thin. Pushing a size 14 (UK sizes) in my 20s. Boyfriend troubles returning me to skinnydom in time for my 30s. Soon followed by marriage (not to the boyfriend) then children [...]
I just had a 20 minute argument with The Husband about his need to be excited about EXERCISE and GOING PALEO because he just read A BOOK and now he sees the proverbial light. He wants EXERCISE and is full of suggestions for what I NEED TO DO and and it’s all in [...]
Strong Like Butterfly contributor Lissa Rankin, MD,. is the creator of the health and wellness communities LissaRankin.com and OwningPink.com. She also is the author of Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself (Hay House, 2013), a TEDx speaker, and Health Care Evolutionary. Join her newsletter list for free guidance on healing yourself, [...]
Tonight, I was sitting on my couch minding my own business when 60 Minutes came on. The segment was on African Mercy, the largest civilian hospital ship on the sea. The ships bring medical care to mostly West Africans who “suffer from diseases unseen in America-illnesses that can make you believe in curses.” The [...]
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