Know what breaks my heart? When a friend I haven’t seen for months tells me she was super nervous picking out an outfit to wear for our lunch date. That is NOT how I want anyone to feel, about me or anyone else. Because although I talk a lot about how...
Reader Nancy e-mailed this question to me: I think it would be great if you would write an article about shopping with others. I have problems with this, stemming from shopping with my mom as a teenager. I have had more body issues from those awkward times than from...
[This post discusses dieting, exercise, and fat-shaming.] A friend sent me these infographics about cultural paradigms. The two featured are shame/honor which is described as a central paradigm in some Eastern cultures and guilt/righteousness which is attributed to...
What’s the matter with your life? Why you gotta mess with mine? Don’t keep sweating what I do Cuz I’m gonna be just fine. ~ Salt-n-Pepa, “None of Your Business” A dear friend of mine teaches fitness classes out on the West Coast. She...
Many of you have requested some guidelines for dressing to suit your chronological age and although I’ve touched on some loose guidelines for women over 40, I wanted to address this topic from a more general standpoint. But first, the caveats: There are about a...