My entire life has been wrapped around a large longing: I want to be beautiful. I want the blonde wavy hair. I want the sun kissed tan. I want the size 6 hourglass shape. I want to feel good about myself when I look in the mirror. I want to be beautiful. I have spent… Read More
The other day, I nervously pulled out my new bathing suit and stared at it. I placed it on the bed. And walked away. I came back, tried it on, rotated in front of the mirror a few times, took it back off and placed it back on the bed. And stared. I sighed. And… Read More
To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. ~ e.e. cummings I am going to spend the majority of this post getting a little real here….… Read More
I don’t take selfies. I’m not against them. I’m not for them. I just don’t do them. Don’t worry: this isn’t a blog to discourage your selfie ways. Instead this is simply a blog of just truth about self-image. And the truth of why I don’t take selfies is simply this: I don’t like who… Read More
I remember that day, a few years ago, standing in the middle of my tiny apartment kitchen. With a new baby in the mix, I was now a mom with 3 kids under the age of 3. And I stood there, in that tiny kitchen, with tears pouring down my face. One of my toddlers was screaming. Another… Read More
I didn’t lose the baby weight. Two years later, almost 26 months to be exact, despite trying Whole 30 and Paleo then shifting back to Vegan, spending hundreds of dollars on products, and also, by the way, training for a 1/2 marathon, I didn’t lose the baby weight. In fact, I still have a LONG way… Read More
Hey friend, you’re enough. I know it doesn’t feel like it. I know you struggle to feel like enough. I know you struggle in your activities and duties to feel like enough. I know you struggle in your weight and primping to look like enough. I know you struggle to keep your house clean, on… Read More
Today begins the biggest reason I started Becoming… Your stories. It is a place for you to share what has happened in your life, how you pressed on, overcame, or held on. It’s your story of joy or pain, rejoicing or mourning… And it is a story that you can share to others that are… Read More