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I had an informative and inspiring weekend surrounded by women. I went to a “Dee… Stress and Be Happy” conference for women on Saturday. The all-day event included lots of treats (healthy and not so healthy), four workshops and a nice lasagne lunch for $25. Is that a great deal or what? I thought so…
Taunia Soderquist is the entrepreneurial mind behind Big Diva Fashions. She has elaborated on an old idea morphing it into a new shoppe with the plus-size diva in mind. If you don’t already know, Big Diva Fashions (BDF) is an online consignment store for plus-size fashions. Recently, I had a chance to chat with the…
Don’t you just love shopping? Don’t you just hate shopping for someone else? It’s so hard to find the perfect gift. Sometimes we see what we think is the perfect gift for someone but really we are picking what WE think is perfect and not what THEY think is perfect. Wow, tongue twister. What is…
the tale of one woman’s breasts Do you remember the moment when you first became aware (or self conscious) of your body? I do. It was summer. Hot and sticky. I was probably five or six years old. I was running around the house in pink cotton panties and nothing else. A neighbor came over…
I like the word fat. It’s short. Easy to write. Requires no thought once so ever. When you say it people know what you mean. Sure I could use other words. Obese is a nice medical term but I’m not a doctor. Pudgy is an OK term but it reminds me of something my grandmother…
Erica Collins from Cherry Hill, New Jersey was crowned Miss Plus America on Saturday July 31, 2004 in Monroe Louisiana. Miss Plus America is a fairly new competition and an exciting advance to beauty competitions. Why? Because most beauty pageants don’t represent the majority of women, those being over size 12. We need to appreciate…
When you go about your daily activities what does the voice in the back of your head tell you? Does it tell you how beautiful you are, how wonderful an organizer you are or that you really know how to communicate with people? Likely not. Our little voices with the harsh words can actually be…
When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up? Chances are you weren’t thinking in terms of being thin. Those wishes came with puberty. From then on so much time has been spent focusing on the outside that we’ve forgotten to take care of the inside. While physical health…