by Carol Hess on June 30, 2011
“You’re too thin. You need to gain weight.” I started laughing. “You’ve got to be kidding!” I exclaimed. But the doctor at the college infirmary wasn’t smiling. When I got back to the dorm, I told my roommates what he had said. “Isn’t that incredible? The guy’s a quack.” I laughed and shook my head [...]
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body image,
relationship with food,
self image,
weight loss
by Carol Hess
Categories Body Image, The Mind Game
by Carol Hess on June 27, 2011
Are you “weighting” for life? The dialogue in your head goes something like this: “When I weigh (fill in your goal weight) I’ll go on that trip.” Or ”When I weigh , I’ll do live speaking engagements for my business.”Or “When I weigh , I’ll start dancing again.” Or “When I weigh , I’ll look [...]
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deprivation,
diet,
health,
self worth,
weight loss
by Carol Hess on June 23, 2011
Here is my gift to you. A message of hope. Please look at, listen, and enjoy. 2012 – A Message of Hope Pay special attention to the end of the video. And remember that is how I see you. That is who you are – a brightly shining star illuminating the universe. (A special thanks [...]
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hope,
star polishing,
transformation
by Carol Hess on June 20, 2011
Everywhere I look, I see very busy women. I see women running, running, running. Women busy going to school, busy working, busy raising a family, busy volunteering, busy doing all of the above. Lots of activity. Lots of busyness. Lots of running. Lots of days flying by in a blur of doing, doing, doing. You know [...]
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choices,
happiness,
running,
stillness
by Carol Hess on June 13, 2011
Women have to stop apologizing so damned much. We say sorry so much that it starts to sound like we are apologizing for existing. And maybe we are. Have you ever noticed the way many women enter a room? Kind of sidling in sideways, hugging the walls, not making eye contact, sitting down in the first empty [...]
by Carol Hess on June 5, 2011
Most of my life, I polished other people’s stars and forgot to polish my own. Actually, that’s not true. I didn’t forget. I didn’t know how to polish my own star. Heck, I didn’t even know I had a star to polish! And even if I had known, I still wouldn’t have polished it. Why [...]
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late bloomer,
self empowerment,
star polishing