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What If You Stopped Fighting Your Body and Yourself?
What if instead of berating your body all day every day, you thanked it (at least once or twice, here and there)? What if you stopped fighting your body? What if you stopped seeing it as an enemy or...
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Writing to Finally Express and Stand Up for Yourself
There is a line in Natalie Goldberg’s book Writing Down the Bones that is especially meaningful to me: “I write because I kept my mouth shut all my life….” It is meaningful because there have been...
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Self-Care Sunday: Feeding Your Soul
“Going through life hoping other people will make you happy is like walking around in a fully stocked kitchen, never reaching for food but hoping to be fed. Reach. It is your responsibility to feed...
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Celebrating Girls Exactly As They Are—And Celebrating Ourselves
When I found out I was having a girl, I got scared. Because I remember what it’s like to be a girl, a teenager, a young woman. I remember vividly the insecurity; the deep desire to look like everyone...
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A Big Myth About Healthy Body Image
We think that in order to have a healthy body image, we must love our bodies. We assume we must celebrate our physical traits every day. Basically we assume we must love every inch of our skin. We...
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You Don’t Have to Explain Yourself
I can’t attend that event because I’m swamped with work. I know I work from home, which means I can work at any time. But the tasks have been piling up. I probably need to work faster and be more...
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Reflecting on Our Days, Reflecting on Ourselves
A healthy relationship with ourselves starts with self-reflection. It starts with telling ourselves the truth. Which we start doing by exploring our days, by exploring the smaller and bigger parts of...
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75 Things You Can Control
There are many things in life we can’t control. We can’t control what other people think of us. We can’t control the weather. We can’t control losing a loved one. We can’t control how others behave or...
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What Self-Love Really Is
There are many myths and misconceptions about self-love—that it’s selfish and self-absorbed, that it’s superficial and silly, that it’s about small waists and even smaller thighs. Today, I’m sharing...
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Other Ways to Focus Less on Our Bodies and More on Our Lives
It’s so easy to get caught up in weighing our food, in weighing ourselves. It’s so easy to get caught up in counting calories, in swearing off dessert forever. It’s so easy to spend hours cooking food...
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Why Our Family Triggers Us—And What to Do
A stranger or even a friend makes the same remark to you as a family member. But it’s your family member’s words that sting the most. Somehow our family has a way of pushing our buttons—and that’s...
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An Essential Part of Self-Care
How many times do you say yes at your own expense? How many times do you say yes because it’s the “right” thing to do? How many times do you say yes when you’d much rather say no; the yes slipping out...
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When We Pretend It’s All Perfect
You post pictures on Facebook and Instagram with captions that illustrate your flawless life. You post about your wonderful spouse. You post about how #grateful you are. You post about how easy grad...
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Navigating Rude Food and Weight-Related Remarks at Your Holiday Meal
Someone—a family member, friend, colleague, acquaintance or even a stranger—comments on what you’re eating or how you look. Maybe it’s a subtle remark. I’ve heard about such and such diet. You should...
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A More Meaningful Way to Practice Gratitude
Gratitude can easily get dismissed. After all, it’s everywhere. The articles are especially rampant during the holiday season. And after a while, all those tips and tricks and tools turn to noise....
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Signs You’re in a Toxic Relationship–And What You Can Do
A significant part of taking compassionate care of ourselves is one we often overlook: having healthy romantic relationships—relationships built on honesty, respect, trust, safety and kindness....
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Embracing Your Darker Side Using Play
You get jealous easily. You can be cynical and sarcastic, even with the people you love most. You can be petty and narrow-minded. You gossip. You say mean things you don’t mean. Sometimes, the words...
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Do You Regularly Stay Silent to Avoid Conflict?
How many times have you stayed absolutely silent when someone hurt your feelings, when someone crossed the line? How many times have you ignored a behavior because you didn’t want the discomfort of a...
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How to Really Disconnect from Your Devices
Here’s a statement that’s become as overused as, “I’m sooo busy”: I check my phone way too much. Also, similarly unoriginal: I check my phone while I’m working, in the morning as soon as I open my...
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A Simple Way to Start Living a More Satisfying Life
What does a satisfying, fulfilling life look like to you? What kinds of activities, actions and experiences make up that life? Have you thought about it? One of my favorite podcasts is Best of Both...
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