In a world obsessed with unrealistic body (and beauty) standards and relentless body shaming, my journey towards self-love and body acceptance became even more important to me! Through several years of personal growth, I’ve not only embraced my beautiful fat body but learned to love it! I challenge societal norms and advocate for fat acceptance and body positivity with a mission to encourage and inspire plus-size women to embrace their bodies just as they are ...
Body Positive Doctor and Ozempic
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware of the Ozempic craze running rampant across the world. I’m not going to bore you with my thoughts about it being used for weight loss. Instead, I want to share a fascinating article from Dr. Mara Gordon: I try to be a body-positive doctor. It’s getting harder in the age of Ozempic There are so many golden nuggets in this article, that I had the ...
Unleashing Self-Love One Body Part At A Time
I’m so over society’s body standards and the damage they’ve done with the narrative that thin is beautiful and if we just lose weight all our problems will be solved & we’ll live amazing, happy lives! 🤬 Newsflash – it doesn’t work that way!  I know because I lived that way for YEARS. In fact, I was killing myself trying to make myself thin – from fad diets to diet pills (and emergency room visits because ...
Money Makeover Magic: Changing How I Do Money Management
Grab a drink, sit back & get comfy! Shit’s about to get real. I’m always real but this is extremely vulnerable, and embarrassing. I’m gonna be talking about money management – or lack thereof might be a better way to say it. 🤷 This is a tough situation to see myself in. I know it’s dumb & something that could have been avoided. I can’t go back and change things. I can only go forward ...
Aging Gracefully – Accepting the Changes in Our Bodies
Feel Like My Body Is Betraying Me At the time I’m writing this, I am only 47. Some days I feel older. Some days I feel younger. Lately… I’ve just been really struggling with my body and how I feel like it’s failing me! What do I mean by that? Glad you asked cause I’m gonna explain (heck, even if you didn’t ask I was still gonna explain it) 😉 Mysterious Pain Went Undiagnosed For ...
Plus Size Health and Wellness: How to Feel Your Best
Plus Size Health and Wellness Can plus size and health & wellness go hand in hand? Had you asked me several years ago I would have adamantly told you “NO, it’s not possible to be plus size and healthy”! I grew up being taught that thin was healthy (and beautiful, acceptable, and the only way to find love, to be able to travel… on and on the list goes) and fat was unhealthy, unlovable, and ...
10 Signs Your Self Wants to Be Loved More (by you) (& A Gift to Get You Started)
For most of my life, I sat on the sidelines… watching life pass me by… I was so busy living in victim mode – feeling like the world and everyone was against me! I felt like I could never ever catch a break or get anything I wanted out of life! Looking back, I was accepting scraps of affection and had to do what those around me wanted in order to feel worthy. As a ...
Losing Weight Won’t Make You Happier Here’s 3 Reasons Why
Do you believe losing weight will make you happier and is an answer to all your “problems”? If so, you’re not alone! I used to believe that too… I thought once I lost weight, everything would magically change: I’d find the man of my dreams (one that treated me with kindness, respect & loved me for me faults & all) I’d start traveling I’d start wearing whatever I wanted (instead of dressing in big, baggy cover ...
You Can Do Hard Things
You Can Do Hard Things It’s a popular phrase these days, “You can do hard things.” But it’s true! I know for me personally, I’ve had to face a lot of hard things over the last 8-10 years… And hell, look at what we’ve all been through the last few years – I won’t even get into that! There was a time I would have never imagined myself as the confident woman I am today ...
A Christmas Like No Other
Christmas morning, 2021, turned out to be a Christmas like no other! It started normal enough… The boyfriend and I woke up. He walked the dog. We went downstairs to the simplest but cutest tiny tree with presents beneath – a few for me, a few for him, a few for Gary Lazereyes (our “baby” aka the dog), and the rest for his niece and nephews we would see later. I was excited… a few ...
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