self esteem

Self Care

That’s What She Said | Dumb Lies You Need to Know During Hard Times

We tell ourselves dumb lies, especially when times are hard. The voices that live in our heads tell us lies about our value,

Kelly Wilson

Posted on August 29, 2018

Relationships

Burn the Pages & Keep Going

The past teaches us important lessons about where we do and do not want to go, but we also need to let go.

Emmie Arnold

Posted on May 25, 2018

Mental

Sweatpants & Sanity | Rejecting Shame

I’m a sex-positive, body-positive, non-traditional relationship, pansexual, kinky kind of gal. I know this sounds like it

Guest Author

Posted on December 25, 2016

Essays

Personal Essay | Invisible Disability

Jessica Grey talks about how anxiety, depression, fibromyalgia, and other invisible disabilities affect your relationship

Jessica Grey

Posted on June 23, 2016

Essays

Personal Essay | Recovering Beauty

A recovering anorexic gets real about navigating her way through the world after nearly twenty years of sickness.

Charlotte W. F. Smith

Posted on June 22, 2016

Essays

Personal Essay | Dear Body: Love, Me

How my dressing-room epiphany inspired me to remember that it's not me vs. my body - we're a team.

Christy King

Posted on June 19, 2016

Essays, Self Care

What Buffy Taught Me: Everything I Need to Know About Self-love

I’ve always approached the world head-on. It almost feels as if my whole body is attached to and held up by my jaw–my chin

Guest Author

Posted on December 3, 2015

Wellness

Remembering Me

At dinner, my mom turns to my husband and says, as she has many times over the years, “I prayed against all the other

Nanea Hoffman

Posted on June 1, 2015

Culture, Family, Mental

Love Me For Me, Not For My Leg Rolls

Earlier this week, a company called Wry Baby sparked controversy with one of their baby onesies, which read “I hate my

Emily Parker

Posted on March 18, 2015

Essays, Wellness

Personal Essay | Dear Body: Can You Give Me Time?

By Shandle Blaha Photo Credit: Greg Blaha Dear Body, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for starving you at all those lunch tables growing

Shandle Blaha

Posted on February 17, 2015