How do you love yourself when you don’t like yourself?

Hello friends!

Sometimes there are people in your life who you just can’t stand. For no particular reason, this person just gets under your skin. Or perhaps there is a very good reason for your distaste towards this person. Unfortunately, as this is the real world and not some cartoon where you can zap them away, we must put up with these people. So we smile, grit our teeth and get on with it. But what do you do when you feel that way about yourself?

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10 worthwhile Wednesday reads

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Summer came flouncing in unannounced this week. I personally couldn’t be happier about it. I even attempted to take my study into the great outdoors, however it wasn’t so successful. The wind whipped up my papers and the bugs had a field day attacking my legs. I have but one final pesky exam to get through and then I will be free! Today instead of a recipe I’m sharing a round-up of my favourite links from across the big wide web…

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How to learn to love exercise…

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This post is a shout-out to all the couch potatoes. To all the would be runners (if it wasn’t cold or rainy and you had a sliver of motivation.) I know some of you would rather grow a mustache than go to a 7 am boot-camp class. But I’m gonna tell you 4 easy steps that will help you fall in love with exercise. Lace up your Reeboks…It’s time to break a sweat.

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The problem with labels…

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Remember when label makers were the latest and greatest invention? We’d go round slapping stickers on just about everything. The coolest kids in school were the ones with all of their colouring pencils labelled. I never did own a label-maker, but boy was I jealous of my friends who did.

Long before label-makers, there were human beings…and we really are the ultimate label makers.

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The truth about me…

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This is a very personal post. Today I finally feel that I’m ready to tell my story. I’m ready to share the struggle I went through and the way it continues to affect me today. I really want to be as transparent as possible, because then hopefully you will see I am genuine, and human. We all have our personal trials…and this is mine. I hope that you will take the time to read this, and that something I say will resonate within you.

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