Body Image, Health and Wellness, Positive Vibes
I mean, I struggle to even come up with something to say, here. I’ll admit that I used to fall prey to it, as well. What are the things that I can do this year to make it better than last year? exercise more (get back into my favorite jeans) drink less eat better (even though I don’t even really …
Positive Vibes, Style
Update as of June 2018: Edited to note that I’ve now broken up with Tara Lynn and her small country sized tribe. There were a few reasons and in the end, it came down to customer service. I had a 20% off coupon code with no expiration date. I tried to use it and it wouldn’t work. Upon emailing them, …
Body Image, Positive Vibes, Style
So, I’m not going to start in and tell you that looks don’t matter, but I’m also not going to tell you that looks are everything. Because neither is true. I feel like, and maybe you do too, I’m in this weird place in the middle where I don’t love the way that I look, but I still want to …
Body Image, Motherhood, Positive Vibes
It came out of my mouth before I could stop it but as soon as I said it, I’d wished I hadn’t. “Your belly is cute. Mommy’s isn’t so cute. No one wants to see Mommy’s belly.” My almost two year old, with the bottom of my shirt clutched in her one hand, took the other hand and made a …
Body Image, Motherhood, Positive Vibes
I told you that I would be real, with y’all. Here is my body, 8 days postpartum. I’m not going to get them out to compare them, but I’m pretty sure you could compare this to my 15 or 20 week belly shot. Ugh. So, this time around in pregnancy, I vowed to be better. I didn’t vow to eat …
Body Image, Positive Vibes
So yesterday I started out a little “ranty” about the expectation that being a size zero has something to do with your being beautiful or valuable or worthy. Honestly, and I’ll say it until I’m blue in the face, the size that’s printed on the inside of your clothes has literally no bearing on the person that you are. Literally. …
Body Image, Health and Wellness, Motherhood, Positive Vibes
“Oh, please don’t take my picture.” I get it. You just had a baby. Or you didn’t. You’re *just* a mom. You’re tired. You feel fat, you feel ugly, you hate your hair, you have wrinkles. You haven’t lost those 50 pounds, yet, that you said you were going to lose before you got your picture taken, again. You don’t …
Health and Wellness, Motherhood, Positive Vibes
Sometimes I feel like a broken record. I say it over and over again to my girlfriends – the ones that also have these little dictators running around and running them ragged, almost all day, almost every day. And I always get the same reply. “They just don’t understand…” “No, they really don’t.” Our husbands work long hours. We are …
Positive Vibes
Valentine’s Day sure has changed over the years. Last night, before I went to sleep, I whispered to my husband, “I didn’t even get you a card, this year”. He doesn’t do cards, barely even does gifts (did I tell you about my first birthday when we were engaged when he got me an electric toothbrush?!), but I do. So …
Body Image, Positive Vibes
I understand it, because it used to be me. Five years ago, I would have had some comments about Lady Gaga’s midriff baring number from the Super Bowl halftime show. Granted, I don’t think I would have spread them all over the internet but I would have told whoever was within earshot, at least. And the next thing to add …
