Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Blog » Self-esteem 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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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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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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Imagine the day when we laugh with our friends… And never once, not once, mention diets !

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I’m so fat. I hate my thighs. I really shouldn’t eat this. I need to lose some weight. I need to get some exercise. How many calories are in this? Diet, diet, diet, blah, blah, blah…

Many of us have

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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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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/perfect-beach-bodies-and-seashells.html/feed 3 10 Ways to Compliment a Woman, without mentioning her looks http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/10-ways-to-compliment-a-woman-without-mentioning-her-looks.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/10-ways-to-compliment-a-woman-without-mentioning-her-looks.html#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 14:30:34 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=5352 I confess. I secretly love it when someone compliments a new haircut or admires my outfit. But what really makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside is when I get praise for something other than my appearance. Notice my garden, ask me about my writing, compliment my children or my home, praise my drawing

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/10-ways-to-compliment-a-woman-without-mentioning-her-looks.html/feed 12 Daydreams and Down Time http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/daydreams-and-down-time.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2011/07/daydreams-and-down-time.html#comments Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:52:43 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=5441 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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