Resolve to Be the Best You Possible… Right Now.
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are!” – Kurt Cobain Like many other families, this year for Christmas my family received a wii fit. While I have had a fantastic time...
View ArticleGreat Graffitti
Graffiti has been around as a form of expression for centuries – dating back as far as ancient Greek and Roman times (if not farther!) Some graffiti portrays negative messages and images but there...
View ArticleA Quick Shot of Compassion
This is a fairly old story, I read it at the beginning of this year, but it never ceases to strike me as amazing. It’s about a man who gets mugged on his way to dinner after a long day of work. Instead...
View ArticleHealthy Relationships (For You)
Yesterday I wrote about how to recognize and develop healthy relationships with others, today I want to talk about the relationships we have with ourselves. Realistically, this post probably should...
View ArticleQuick Quote
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View ArticleNothing to Fear but Fear Itself
* Disclaimer: I was reluctant to cover an issue as depressing as this but this blog is not all sunshine & daisies. I want this blog to challenge social norms, to help us confront our prejudices...
View ArticleRadical Radiance: Yoko Ono
“We are all dreamers, creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.” —Yoko Ono This week I’d like to highlight Yoko Ono for our Radical Radiance section. John...
View ArticleBeating the Blues
I’m not doing a huge post today because its been kind of a bad few days emotionally for me. It’s my own fault, really – it was not smart to watch Les Miserables, Bridge to Terebithia, Seven Pounds,...
View ArticlePersonal Inventory
In preparation for the day ahead (Mondays always seem to be just a little painful by nature… no matter how well they go.) let’s do a little something to pick up our moods. Take out a piece of paper and...
View ArticleMirror, Mirror…
I remember coming home in tears, hating myself over the fact that I’d been made fun of on the bus in middle school for my hairy legs. I remember wearing jeans even in the summer because my “thunder...
View ArticleWeighing In
Watching True Beauty today I was unsurprised to see the contestants freak out when they were told they weighed ten pounds more than they actually did. I was, however, a little surprised and unsettled...
View ArticleMaking My Triumphant Return to Blogging!
So it has been quite awhile since my last blog post. This past semester was awful. My classes were fine, work was fine, but the amount of drama that erupted in my personal life over the last few months...
View ArticleMy Secret to Keeping it Together: Dream Big, Act Small
So you’re sick of excuses, I’m sick of excuses, we’re all sick of excuses… but this semester (my last semester of undergrad, incidentally) is testing me in ways I had not anticipated. Between awesome,...
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