15 Minutes to Myself

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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Practice Makes Imperfect

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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2012: Live a Large Life!

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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The Perfect Holidays

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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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Rock Your Dreams!

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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3 Words to Cope with Thanksgiving Stress

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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 am a Real Woman (and so are you!)

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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Holiday Insanity, 2011!

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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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Perfect Beach Bodies and Seashells

mother and baby on the beach

Two things I love about going to the beach are
finding seashells and watching people.

A perfectly flawless shell is a rare discovery,
but the shells that are tossed and worn by the tides
are far more interesting in their unique individuality,
because of the imperfections.

The variety of people

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Daydreams and Down Time

Do these two conflicting “to do” lists
sound familiar?

1. Things I MUST do:
the house, the kids, the job, the shopping, the errands, the bills, the yard, the cooking, the cleaning
(and on and on and on!)
2. Things I WANT to do:
hang out with my friends, read a novel, take a class,

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