Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Blog http://elizabethpatch.com Art & Inspiration for All Sizes! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:58:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 15 Minutes to Myself http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/01/15-minutes-to-myself.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/01/15-minutes-to-myself.html#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:23:34 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6493 I often find myself dreaming of the perfect, simple, quiet, beautiful life free of drama and stress… It involves long, unbroken stretches of quiet time where I can write and draw and paint and garden. In this dream world, I take long walks in picturesque and unspoiled countryside. I am in great physical condition from

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It can be very inspiring to admire and emulate those who are the best in their fields: athletes, artists, masters of anything from cooking to dancing to fashion design. But it can also be very disheartening: No matter how much I try, or how how I work at it I’ll never be as good as  (name

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2012/01/practice-makes-imperfect.html/feed 5 2012: Live a Large Life! http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/12/2012-live-a-large-life.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/12/2012-live-a-large-life.html#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:24:47 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6438 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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Smiles! elizabeth

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So very much of our lives as women are colored by feelings that everything must be “perfect”: the perfect body, the perfect face, the perfect hair, the perfect home, the perfect clothes and the perfect holidays.

Must buy the perfect gift! Must bake the perfect cookies! Must have the

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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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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/12/rock-your-dreams.html/feed 5 Ate Like a Pig. Feel Like a Whale. http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/11/ate-like-a-pig-feel-like-a-whale.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/11/ate-like-a-pig-feel-like-a-whale.html#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:28:35 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=6232 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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Thanksgiving brings it’s own unique stresses. whether you are cooking at home or traveling as a guest. Preparing for a feast with dozens of traditional dishes and a houseful of guests requires major planning and hours of work. Being stuck in traffic for hours, or delayed/overbooked flights is no

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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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The 3rd Annual Lady Land Holiday Insanity illustration is here!

The holidays can be an enormously stressful time of year.

There’s pressure to spend money you may not have, pressure to shop for gifts out of obligation rather than need, and the added pressure to bake, decorate and entertain around your already busy life.

And

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