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What I Learned in Paris

Hello Beautiful, I have been thinking about you. I just returned from a week in Paris. It was one of the most deeply refreshing, fulfilling, and galvanizing weeks of my life. As you…

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Reveal the Body You Were Born to Shine In

Hello beautiful! My husband and I are on the train leaving Paris – always a sad moment! But France now brings me so much joy! If youโ€™ve read through the Nice Series, you…

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Lesson 5: Dealing with Body Shame Insecurities

Ok beautiful, we’ve come a long way. I don’t just mean my husband and I (we’ve moseyed our way over to Salzburg, Austria!) – I mean you! In this Nice series, we’ve talked…

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Lesson 4: The Big Reveal, and Parsing Shame

I’m walking through the airport on a 3-hour layover. Make that a 3-hour pastry hunt. I feel more hopeless and out of control than I have at almost any other time in my…

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Lesson 3: Body shame and the games it plays

I’m three weeks into this trip, and I already can’t fit into the pants I wore on the way over. I am almost constantly eating; it’s like my appetite knows no such thing…

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