Posts and pages related to loving ourselves and creating/maintaining happiness.
It amazes me that I have had haters since I was the ripe age of nine. I can recall being told I was not liked because I was stuck up and thought I was cute. It amuses me now, but at the age of nine it hurt. This was the case for a couple of reasons;… Read More Being Uniquely You…
It had been my desire to entertain the concept of shopping for body types in the pursuit of body consciousness and self-love as the subject of this post. As I was pondering over the subject, I stumbled upon an interesting article that influenced me to change my mind – slightly. After reading the aforementioned article, I began… Read More That Forbidden Fruit
What comes to mind when you hear the word, love? I immediately think of family and a significant other. To be completely honest, I didn’t immediately think of myself. I think that is the thought pattern for most non-narcissistic people. As women, we tend to make ourselves last on our list of priorities. “After I… Read More Are You In Love?
When I think of confidence, a particular person comes to my mind whom I think exemplifies confidence in spite of the negative words that have been stated about her. The person I am referring to is Gabourey Sidibe. …we’re back in fifth grade, and I just had been rejected by 28 kids in a row.… Read More Confidence: The Quintessential Accessory
Perfect – having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be. I have blemishes on my right cheek, and sometimes my knees crack when I walk. I have the tendency to repeat myself when I am talking, and I can be extremely junky. I am a habitual… Read More The Beauty of Imperfection
The butterfly effect is a theory that describes how small changes to a seemingly unrelated thing can affect large systems, meaning that an apparently minute influence on one part of a system can have a huge effect on another part. I think words can have a “butterfly effect” on people. Words are often seen as small and insignificant, but… Read More The Butterfly Effect
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things, love never fails. I Corinthians 13:7 If you have been following my blog, which I hope you have, you are very much aware of my push for self-love. I believe it is imperative that we love ourselves unconditionally. But, what does that really mean?… Read More Good Lovin’
Honestly speaking, I’m not sure how I feel about the term Plus-Size. What does the term Plus-Size mean anyway? And how is it even suitable? Why do we need to be labeled? Why does there need to be a separation between clothing below a size 16 and above a size 16? And please tell me why… Read More Is Plus-Size a Derogatory Term?
According to Merriam-Webster, beauty is the quality of being physically attractive. The qualities in a person or a thing that give pleasure to the senses or the mind. We often have different opinions from the people we know concerning various topics. So, why should beauty be any different? A few weeks ago I had an… Read More Who is Beautiful?
