If you have grown up in this culture, you probably associate quite a few things with fatness and quite a few of the opposite traits with thinness. Almost every audience comes up with the same lists: Fat: Lazy Depressed Sick Out of control LoserBad Thin: Productive Confident Healthy Disciplined Sexy Good Even though these…
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body Acceptance Part Three: Moving into Body Acceptance for Women For women, body image issues can continue to dominate our acceptance of self throughout the college and adult years, ranging from focus on parts of our body we do not like to ways that we feel in our body movement. …
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body Acceptance Part 2 of 3: Teen Women Body Blues The teen years present a mix of fears related to body image for girls. This is magnified with normal insecurities regarding self-acceptance. Mixed messages are present from society’s view of what is beauty. Girls are transforming into women as their…
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body Acceptance Part 1 of 3: Beginning of Beauty or Beast? I came across a wonderful article in the March 2012 Real Simple magazine about a women’s journey in resolving her body image and recognizing her beauty (check it out; see resource below). It got me thinking about our individual…
Tax Season: Two words that make most people cringe (unless you’re a CPA). It’s that time of year again! This is a time of year that our budget and finances (which have always, most likely, been an issue) force their way into your brain and wiggle out in a frown. Don’t you hate it? I just…
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12: 2 NIV “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent and praiseworthy – think about such…
“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads. And…
Are you at your whit’s end with your kid’s defiance? Amazon Book Description states, ” In 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, child and family psychologist Dr. Jeff Bernstein has developed a ground-breaking 10-day program to help parents gain back control over their defiant child or teen. This powerful and exceptionally reader-friendly guide explains what…
As I was driving to work the other day, listening to one of Dan Allendar’s recorded sessions from his Wounded Heart series, he made a statement that really caught my attention: When you take away hope, you take away your identity. Once you stop desiring, you stop dreaming. Once you stop desiring and dreaming, you stop becoming. When you stop…
Grieving Past Seasons of Your Life Nature is a wonderful teacher if we will take the time to watch and learn. It is God’s way of showing us how life has similarities in all living beings. If you ever have had the sheer pleasure of watching brilliant bluebirds in your backyard, you have probably noticed…