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9 Ways To Teach Your Daughter To Love Her Body

Growing up whenever I daydreamed about motherhood, I always thought I’d be a boy mom. I grew up with brothers, I went through a serious tomboy…

I entered adulthood with an entire luggage cart of baggage from a fractured childhood. There was the time from before my parents’ divorce and…

Years ago, I said yes to a big beautiful ballgown with a sweetheart neckline and layers of floating organza. I felt like a princess on my wedding…

I know life feels exhausting living this way. You put expectations on yourself that you would never put on other people. You speak to yourself like…

The first remark came two days after my daughter was born, as we stopped at the receptionist’s desk in the pediatrician’s office to make her…

I’ve always struggled with confidence. Ever since I was little, I remember being insecure about how I looked. I wasn’t overweight as a…

I was 12 years old when stretch marks first made an appearance on my body. While I had noticed them before, it was in a dressing room where…

It was a single picture of me that did it. I looked at it on my screen and saw “me” all over it. My spirit. My joy. My contentment. My…

To my (not-so) little girl, Here are 11 things I want you to know before you become an 11-year-old: 1. I will always love you, no matter what.…

He took the picture, just like I always ask (OK, nag) him to. My toddler and I were reading books in bed, his head on my shoulder and arms…