The Struggle = The Prize
January 30, 2012

Things We Forget does it again! I'm in the middle of a life-changing muddle right now. I have, as we like to say around our...

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Wonder And Camels
January 25, 2012

I'm about to draw parallels between comedian Louis C.K., my favorite Victorian character Jane Eyre, our Saturday Hatha Star yoga class, and camels. Hold on...

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The Best Version of Us
January 01, 2012

Last year, I decided to stop setting goals and to live like the person I wanted to be. The post below was originally published last...

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A Healing Experiment
November 11, 2011

Last January, I bared my soul and my body in what I hoped would be "before" photos. My plan was to live as the best...

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Hunger vs. Emotional Appetite
October 31, 2011

We humans are complicated creatures, and we eat for all kinds of reasons not associated with hunger: happiness, sadness, boredom, excitement, stress, exhaustion, dehydration. Some...

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Friday Flashback: Shut Up And Put Up?
August 12, 2011

I've been blogging here since 2008, and – if I do say so myself – there's some good stuff in my archive that you might...

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Pretty Like You
April 19, 2011

The woman in this video is Katie Makkai. She's a poetry slammer, and in this piece, goes to town on the word "pretty." She works...

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Beautiful Bodies
March 09, 2011

Sociological Images has a cool post today – with kickass photos – about the variance in Olympic athletes' bodies. Man! I love the different sizes...

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Barbell Love
February 25, 2011

Stephanie at Radical Hateloss has a totally kickass post today about "Barbell Love." Definitely do yourself a favor and read it.A tasty snippet:We do the...

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Learning To Sail
February 22, 2011

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship."– Louisa May AlcottAlcott is best  known for her semi-autobiographical novel Little Women....

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New Legs
February 08, 2011

Yesterday I had a less-than-awesome review of my thyroid situation with my endocrinologist. I was disappointed and allowed myself to wallow last night: pajamas immediately...

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Right On
February 04, 2011

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