By Kristyna Moore Healing What the ’80s and ’90s Forgot To Teach Us
As children of the '80s, we grew up in a culture of suppressing feelings and keeping up appearances. We didn’t…
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By Nicole Meyer The Weight I Carry Is More than You Can See
Some mornings I wake up already behind. Not just on the laundry or the dishes—but on myself. I know the…
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By Kamryn Higgins Pregnancy and an Eating Disorder: It’s Still Complicated
Something I never expected? For pregnancy to heal my eating disorder. Okay, maybe that’s not completely accurate . . .…
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We Need To Start Talking about Perimenopause and Menopause
This one is for all the ladies out there. The topic that is still so veiled, so mysteriously and globally absent,…
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Dear Daughter, The Mirror Doesn’t Reflect the Beauty I See in You
I knew this was coming. From the very first moment the doctor said, "It's a girl!" I knew I'd have…
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By Megan Kewaza I’ll Look in the Mirror for Her
I used to avoid mirrors. I vividly remember going to Walmart with a friend in high school and finding ourselves…
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By Deborah Ackerman Take In the Good and Throw Out the Rest
Within the last year, our house has welcomed a baby and a puppy. As wonderful and magical as that is,…
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By Emily Stevens I Choose to Love This Body Today
Have you ever heard the advice that a healthy marriage entails choosing to love your partner every single day? You’re…
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By Danielle Lacourse Vaughn The One Word I Won’t Use Around My Daughter
We’ve all said it. Whether it was out loud, in your head, directed at someone else, or looking in the…
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This is the Heaviest I’ve Ever Been and I’m Content
This is the most I have ever weighed in my life. The number when I step on a scale is…
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By Brittany Olson Dear Daughter, about That Other 4-Letter Word
As my kindergartner came bounding through the door back from the park, she seemed ecstatic to tell me all about…
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By Winnie Munroe When a Friend Says She’s Fat, Say Something
I made a mistake the other day. My beautiful friend told me she felt fat and might skip a summer…
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