Yikes! Today’s body loving blogosphere is laaaate, BUT I have been working on on my application to Marie Forleo’s Rich, Hot and Happy B-School scholarship. So, I’m sure that you’ll forgive me. Bonus: Now you get to check out my wicked geeky entry video below this week’s lovely link round-up.
I just love this post from Julie Parker with Tips for Building Confidence.
Have you ever been terrified to take HUGE, BIG steps towards the life of your dreams, even when it means leaving so much behind? Read this post.
Do you do yoga at home? This post from Anna Guest-Jelley is about how creating a home yoga practice is a powerful tool for body acceptance.
Fear and Shame are NOT good motivators for Change, Marsha Hudnall breaks down the controversial documentary The Weight of the Nation.
Do you take the time to chew your food thoroughly? So many of us don’t and it is so important for our digestion! Check out Teeg’s The Art of Chewing.
“Grief is a stalker that sneaks into your everyday, prying open a door you’d rather never existed.” THIS post by Margarita Tartakovsky.
Have YOU broken up with your self-doubt? What the heck are you waiting for?
What are you holding on to that is no longer serving you? As per usual, Jenn Gibson hits this post out of the park.
Absolutely fantastic: Beauty Parlor Politics.
Learning to Believe What You Only “Believe.”
It is heart-breaking how often people refuse the simple act of asking for what they want. Read this, and then promptly stop doing that.
In honor of Mother’s Day – I encourage you to read Mom Enough by Hannah Marcotti. Also, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! You are fantastic lot and I hope you had a magical day of celebration + revelry.
How to get Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable. Read it.
And, as promised:
Thanks for the shout-out! Good luck on the scholarship!! xo
Mara, thanks so much for linking to my post on grief! It’s a post I needed to write and it means a lot that it resonated with you.
I LOVE your video. I hope you get the scholarship!
You absolutely deserve it.
I am mom enough. Love that! Also love being reminded to ask for what I want. You just convinced me to ask someone to do a guest post when I had nearly talked myself out of it. Fear and shame can’t motivate anything! They tried to tell us fear and shame would motivate women to buy clothes (give them an ideal they will never attain) and Ben Barry has proved them wrong with his PhD research which shows women want to buy more when the model resembles themselves.
The writer who abandoned her PhD course is not alone – the vast majority of students who embark on their PhD don’t complete it.