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 25th, 2012
The seeds of change I plant today
become the garden of my dreams.
No, I’m not just speaking of plants…
Whether it’s achieving a long term goal
or carrying on with a long term project,
tiny seeds sometimes take a very long time to
flower and bear fruit.
The big dreams in anyone’s garden take time.
A beautiful
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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 January 21st, 2012
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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By elizabeth patch, on January 8th, 2012
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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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 11th, 2011
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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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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 20th, 2011
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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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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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