30 days ago i decided to accept a challenge to write a poem everyday for 31 days. it’s promise i kept mostly because i’m ornery and secondly because it gave me a chance to explore my first love – the written word. here i am at the end of the challenge, grateful for the journey and ready to dive in to where this awakening will lead me next.
Tag: Self-Care
In This Here AFTER
Today I stood in the full body mirror attached to my closet. I stared at my belly and my hips for full minutes in disbelief before huffing out a joke at my own expense to no one, Girl. You need to get it together. You looking like one of them ‘Before‘ pictures on Instagram! I…
Lies They Sold Us, Part Three: Happily Ever After
I didn’t believe in Cinderella. I didn’t believe in Sleeping Beauty. And I could not identify with Rapunzel. Not because they were white but because they were pitiful.
Lies They Sold Us, Part Two: Picture Perfect Friendship
We craft relationships with other women that help build communities, hold families together, and endure tragedy.
Lies They Sold Us and Why I Call Bullshit (Part One)
.thin is a lie we’ve been fed by an industry that has been made rich off of low self-esteem and manufactured self-hatred…
why you need an anti-defamation league of your own
your personal anti-defamation league would defend and protect you from the onslaught of guilt and regret you toss your way.
self preservation, love, and why you should fight for you
fearfree living is the profound principle that you have a right to care for the you you claim.
why fearfree living?
…20 years ago on a mountain ridge, i made the decision that i would not live my life full of fear.
when your to-do list includes bread, laundry soap and a blog domain
it didn’t occur to me that my businesses failed because i didn’t plan for their success. hmm…that applies to a lot of things, doesn’t it?
on boxes, bad music, and the drive to be more
what if everything you’ve ever been taught about yourself were true? what if you really aren’t good enough? what if you really are too short? or too tall? or too skinny? or too loud? what if everything that has been told to you were the absolute undeniable irrefutable truth of who you are? who would…
fearfree living 