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{Love Yourself Up} Day 3: Dream & Act
Welcome to Day 3 of Love Yourself Up. This day is all about dreaming and acting. Instead of dreaming up big, lofty goals, let's begin small and focus on the way we want to feel on a daily basis. So, as soon as you get done reading this post, take a few moments for...
{Love Yourself Up} Day 2: Feel Your Body
Today, we're going to focus on our magical body. Yup, I've said it: the body is magical. I truly believe that we are so blessed with the bodies we've been given - no matter how we feel about them. Think about all the things your body does for you on a daily bassis....
{Love Yourself Up} Day 1: Commit to (Self-)Love
It's Day 1 of the Love Yourself Up Challenge and we're beginning our dive into self-love and self-care with the single most important thing when it comes to this topic: the commitment to yourself. If you're like me, you've spend most of your life beating yourself up...
5 Unconventional Ways To Start Liking Yourself
Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Joanna L K Moore. Body love, self-love, confidence, and self-esteem are abstract terms that no one ever really defines. We all know we’re supposed to be confident and like our bodies the way they are, but most of the self-love...
That Thing Called Motherhood – Having Johann After Years of Anorexia
„Pregnant.“ My gynecologist looked at me in surprise. She’d known me for more than a decade. Had gone through my eating disorder with me, had seen me at my worst and knew that I had just separated from my husband. Again. Mere 2 days before I sat on her chair. I...
Beginning to Love Yourself Again: A Guide To Build A Relationship With The Most Important Person In Your Life
You used to have it. That rock solid confidence. That playful way of engaging with yourself. You used to be fascinated with your feet, your fingers tasted like honey on a buttered bread. You used to feel light, excited, free. Most of all, you followed your inner core,...
Transforming Your Relationship With Food Won’t Make You Happy
There’s a lot of talk about how to change your relationship with food in order to finally be free, happy and healthy and it got me thinking: Do we have to have a relationship with food? Whether good or bad, is a relationship with food healthy and even sane? I say NO....
Free eBook: A Guide to Body-Acceptance- Real-Life Stories About Making Peace With The Body You Have
For most of my life, I’ve hated my body. I grew up wishing to be skinnier, wanting to look like Britney Spears, with toned abs and a perfect butt. I longed to have upper arms like Heidi Klum and long legs like Giselle Bundchen. All in all, I wanted to be everyone but...
Body-Love & Self-Care After Cancer
Today, I am super excited to share an interview with Llinos Mai Thomas with you. Llinos Mai Thomas is a writer, cancer survivor, mental health warrior and creative soul from Cardiff, UK. She shares her health journey to inspire others on the road to healing, and has...
{Body-Confidence Makeover Challenge} Day 10: Break Up With Your Body-Love Frenemies
Vogue. Elle. Vanity Fair. Cosmopolitan. Shape Magazine. Bravo. Seventeen. Marie Claire. Glamour. Allure. The list of magazines published on a weekly basis is huge. Every week, you see new pictures of beautiful, flawless, skinny, (often) teenage models--on the way to...
{Body-Confidence Makeover Challenge} Day 9: Pay It Forward
Day 9 of the Body-Confidence Makeover Challenge is here and today - as you've guessed - it's Summer's turn again! Take it away, Summer: http://summerinnanen.com/10daybcm-day9 SHARE YOUR MAKEOVER SUCCESS! I want you to report your actions in the comments or on social...
{Body-Confidence Makeover Challenge} Day 8: One Act of Self-Compassion
Self-compassion is a skill most of us women lack. Every day, we beat ourselves up for little things, big things, unimportant things and critical things. No matter what we do, we feel we never quite measure up, right? You are late for work because of a big traffic jam...