By elizabeth patch, on May 6th, 2012
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic, on the market for over 20 years,
brags that it sold “1 1/2 million bottles last year.”
“Last year” was 1879.
I found this image in a book
“Advertising in America, the First 200 Years”
published in 1990 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
The book states that this image is
“typical patent
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By elizabeth patch, on April 15th, 2012
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It sounded like an easy weekend task
to clean out my over-stuffed closet,
jammed full of things I rarely wear.
A “style” magazine suggested setting aside a day
and trying on all of your clothes.
As you try them on,
just make 2 piles based on your gut reaction:
1. love
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By elizabeth patch, on April 1st, 2012
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How many times have you had
(or overheard) this conversation:
“I hate my hips, my boobs, my thighs, my butt” ?
I’ve lost count…
May women (regardless of size) fight an almost daily battle to learn to live in our bodies with confidence and positive attitude.
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By elizabeth patch, on March 17th, 2012
Healthy Attitude
Lose weight?
Maybe. Maybe Not.
I exercise for strength,
for health,
for fun,
for me!
© elizabeth patch,
from More to Love
Do you think of exercise only for the purpose of weight loss?
Is the joy of walking through a park in springtime measured by how many calories you burn?
Does the feeling of power you get when
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By elizabeth patch, on February 5th, 2012
It was Friday and I was exhausted from the usual week of…
well, you know, “lady stuff” like family and home and a job and relationships and etc.
So I thought I would have some “girly down time” with a glass of wine and a fashion magazine. But as I flipped through
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By elizabeth patch, on December 27th, 2011
In 2012:
Live a large life,
whatever
size you wear!
The interwebs are full of good ideas for New Year’s Resolutions
(and lots of reasons why they fail!)
so I’ll just give you one simple sentence to start the New Year off on a positive note:
I live a large life whatever size I wear!
2011 New Year’s
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By elizabeth patch, on December 18th, 2011
I have a terrible head cold and all I can do is think of tissues and sleeping…
not very inspiring!
So this weekend’s post is one from the archives,
about the media messages surrounding the holidays and our bodies,
and what lessons there are to be learned from those messages.
http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/12/holiday-and-everyday-lessons.html
Smiles!
elizabeth
By elizabeth patch, on December 2nd, 2011
I never let my size
determine the shape
of my dreams!
Go get a piece of paper.
Make a list of every single thing that you wanted to be when you were a kid.
Yes, even rockstar!
Get another piece of paper.
Make a list of every single thing that you would love to be now, as
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By elizabeth patch, on November 25th, 2011
I ate like a pig.
Now I feel like a whale.
Or maybe a hippo,
or an elephant or a blubbery walrus.
I am a disgusting, worthless big fat ugly cow…
A “food hangover” is a very real
physical feeling:
Your belly is bloated and your clothes feel
uncomfortably tight around the waist.
Maybe you are also gassy,
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By elizabeth patch, on November 12th, 2011
I just Googled “real woman”
and got over 4,000,000 results.
Sometimes “real woman” is a scientific description of chromosomes and hormonal levels,
sometimes it refers to religious or cultural ideas about how women should behave,
sometimes its about being trans-gender.
But more often than not the term “real woman”
is a reference to a women whose
body
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