Self Acceptance

Crying Saved My Life

Erin Joy Henry | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Fear, Spiritual Growth, Self-Acceptance, Crying, Strength, Fear of Intimacy, Vulnerability, Intimacy, Happiness, Becoming-Fearless, Women News
Erin Joy Henry

Crying was for the weak girls who couldn't be alone and needed boys to carry their bags for them. Crying was for the girls who sat out from P.E. because they had their periods and were too scared to participate in the game of life. Or so I thought.

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Getting A Buzz Cut Made Me Feel Braver About Everything

Kate Fridkis | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Women, Women With Buzz Cuts, Summer Hair Style, Body Image, Self Acceptance, Eat the Damn Cake, Beauty, Cake, Buzz Cut, Women News
Kate Fridkis

My hair won't let me not be bold. It won't let me not be brave. It won't let me hide. And so with it, or, I guess, without it, I am my bravest self.

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Lessons From Tenderness

Ellen Davis | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Acceptance, Awareness, Self-Acceptance, Empowerment, Consciousness, Emotional Wellness, Mindfulness, Tenderness, Tender, Healthy Living News
Ellen Davis

Tenderness is a great teacher -- coming to it in our culture is grace and wisdom. The tenderness of allowance and the allowance of tenderness starts with the way one is with oneself.

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Making Mistakes

Tim Freke | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Self-Acceptance, Personal Growth, Common Mistakes, Gps-Soul, Mistakes, Personal Development, Emotional Wellness, Imperfections, Making Mistakes, Happiness, Mistakes in Life, Healthy Living News
Tim Freke

On my spiritual journey I once believed that I could one day perfect "Tim" into some sort of enlightened being who was always at his best. Now it feels to me that the journey is about embracing all that I am.

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Consistency From Hypocrisy

Troy Roness | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Accepting Flaws, Self-Acceptance, Imperfection, Body Image, Emotional Wellness, Healthy Living News
Troy Roness

Although many individuals and organizations across the spectrum step forward in speaking out about their fight to improve self-acceptance, tons of mixed signals from those same outlets often scream insecurity.

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Meanness Isn't Motivation

Kate Fridkis | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: The Right Reasons to Exercise, Body Image, Career Anxiety, Self Acceptance, Kate Fridkis, Beauty, Weight, Eat the Damn Cake, Negative Thinking, Women News
Kate Fridkis

We need to stop believing that meanness is motivation.

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From One Mother to Another -- Am I Normal?!?

Jodi Ciampa | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Advice for Moms, What Is Normal, Postpartum Depression, Self-Acceptance, Finding Balance, Advice for New Moms, Personal Time, Normal Motherhood, Motherhood, Downtime, Parenting Advice, Me Time, Mom Anxiety, Parents News
Jodi Ciampa

Don't sit back and suffer thinking you are wrong in the way you feel.

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6 Reasons Meditation Appears So Difficult

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Meditation, Self-Acceptance, Inspiration, Mindfulness, Instruction, Meditation Help, Meditation Tips, Meditation Advice, Free Meditation, Healthy Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

After years of hearing a plethora of reasons why people find it hard to meditate, we have whittled it down to just a few.

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Keys To Self-Acceptance

Ocean Robbins | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Mindfulness, Acceptance of Self, Self Love Acceptance, Self Acceptance, Self-Acceptance, Unconditional Self Acceptance, Compassion, Healthy Living News
Ocean Robbins

Self-criticism is pretty common. After all, we are usually the world's number one experts on our own shortcomings. If finding fault with ourselves was a virtue, most of us would be saints.

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It's Brutal Honesty Time

Rita Schiano | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Self-Acceptance, Bulimia Treatment, Resilience, Self-Worth, Anorexia, Eating Disorders Help, Eating Disorders Recovery, Eating Disorders, Eating Disorder Recovery, Eating Disorders Treatment, Bulimia, Eating Disorder, Healthy Living News
Rita Schiano

For years I've written, spoke, taught and trained about the importance of understanding one's self-worth. I even coined the phrase that self-worth is one element of the equation that makes for self-esteem: Self-confidence plus self-worth equals self-esteem.

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The Long Kiss Goodbye

Randi Miller | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Loneliness, Self-Acceptance, Love and Relationships, Self-Awareness, Lesbian, Gay Voices News
Randi Miller

Finding out that Lisa loved me that long ago somehow validated me in a strange and wonderful way, and I feel like my emotional passport finally got stamped. I am now free to move about the universe.

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The Life Out Loud: Be Your Own Valentine

MeiMei Fox | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Valentine's Day, Christine Arylo, Self-Acceptance, Self-Actualization, Christine Hassler, Self Love, Singles, Conscious Relationships, Healthy Living News
MeiMei Fox

Happy Valentine's Day! Do those words make you shudder? Whether or not you belong to the 50 percent of the American population that is unmarried, it very well may. Like me, you may get turned off by the gluttonous commercialism of the occasion.

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PHOTOS: Beautiful Scars

Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Beautiful Scars, Scars, Video, Beauty-and-Skin, Self-Acceptance, Beauty and Skin, Valentine's Day, Scar, Beauty, Scar Photos, Scars Photos, Demi Lovato, Padma Lakshmi, Beautiful Scar Phtos, Scar Acceptance, Healthy Living News

We live in a society where looks are very important. No matter what we believe makes someone beautiful, first impressions are often made on our outwar...

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Self-Acceptance: Are You an 'Alchemist' or a 'Leopard'?

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Acceptance of Self, Self Acceptance, Happiness, Self-Knowledge, Character, Self-Acceptance, Personality Assay, Quotes About Acceptance, Healthy Living News
Gretchen Rubin

As a student of human nature, one of my favorite exercises is to try to divide people into two camps.

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Living In 'Peaceful Coexistence' With Our Neuroses

Robert Levithan | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Spiritual Practice, Self-Compassion, Self-Acceptance, Mindfulness, The Inner Life, Mindfulness Practice, Self-Love, Inner Peace, Mindful Living News
Robert Levithan

Ambition can pin me to the wall, or it can fuel my work and my desire to be useful. Equally, I long for quiet and ease, but if can lead me to stasis and paralysis. I need to be in constant dialogue with these parts of my psyche.

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Learning To Love The Lines On Your Face

goodmenproject.com | Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Acceptance, Aging, Youth, Self-Acceptance, Living in the Moment, Symmetry, Smiling Benefits, Coping, Smiling, Fifty News

I’m sure you’ve heard it when you’ve wished someone happy birthday. Maybe you’ve even said it yourself. “Oh, please, don’t remind me; I fe...

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Come Home to Yourself for the Holidays

John-Manuel Andriote | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Home for the Holidays, Self-Acceptance, Accepting Oneself, The Inner Life, Gay Voices News
John-Manuel Andriote

Home has taken on new meaning for me since I gave up my "big-city" life. It means not just a special place or people I love who also love me. Now it means embracing the life that has been given to me, and the man I was made to be.

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Byron Katie: Who Would You Be Without Your Story?

BJ Gallagher | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Mental Health, Self-Acceptance, Peace of Mind, Self-Love, Enlightenment, Inner Peace, Healthy Living Spirit, Self-Help, Healthy Living News
BJ Gallagher

Stories. We all have them: "My father was a critical perfectionist and I was never good enough to please him." "My mother was jealous and competed wit...

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Womanhood is a Work in Progress

Erin Joy Henry | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Spiritual Evolution, Self Acceptance, Femininity, Girl Power, Womanhood, Women News
Erin Joy Henry

The feminine part of me laid dormant for so many years because it was a side I associated with weakness.

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Six Quick Tips to Raise a Sizeist Child

Penny Love Hoff | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Weight Loss Discrimination, Weight Loss, Children's Health, Healthy Eating, Self Acceptance, Parents News
Penny Love Hoff

How many times have we heard the embarrassing story of a child in a store pointing and blurting out "Mommy, why's that lady so fat?"

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Celebrating, Not Lamenting, My Birthday

Daylle Deanna Schwartz | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Aging, Self-Acceptance, Self-Love, Women News
Daylle Deanna Schwartz

While many people spend their birthdays looking wistfully back on the youth they believe they've left behind, I revert to the feelings I had as kid and enjoy myself completely.

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How Summer Can Teach Us To Accept Our Mistakes

Roger Fransecky | Posted 10.06.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Embracing Yourself, Self Acceptance, Embracing Oneself, Consciousness, Healthy Living Spirit, Accepting Oneself, Accepting Yourself, Healthy Living News
Roger Fransecky

Our challenge: To stop constant multitasking and begin listening and paying attention. We can, if we try, become a person on whom nothing is lost. We can choose to enter our own life again.

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The Value Of Mistakes And Imperfections

Janice Taylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Value of Imperfection, Embracing Mistakes, Embracing Imperfection, Inspiration, Value of Mistakes, Accepting Mistakes, Accepting Imperfection, Self-Compassion, Self-Acceptance, Self-Love, Healthy Living News
Janice Taylor

Perfection is a fruitless endeavor. It causes much suffering. More precisely, it causes optional suffering, the kind you inflict upon yourself when you really, really do not have to.

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The Power Of Self-Compassion

Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Judaism, Self Help, Self Improvement, Self Compassion, Ben Assai, Self Acceptance, The Golden Rule, Rabbi Akiva, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman

We always walk a fine line when we try to create our self-image and examine our own actions. Is there a more effective way to help us accept our human failings and be motivated to improve?

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Are You Too Stingy With Your Love?

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Relationships, Valentine's Day, Self-Acceptance, Caregiver Advice, Family Relationships, Healthy Relationships, Self-Love, Love Stingy, Love Advice, Relationship Advice, Love Tips, Caregiver Tips, Relationship Tips, Stingy Love, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

No matter how many items you may have checked off your "to do" list in the name of love, if you are not more loving in your heart, then nothing really clicks.

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