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Helping Christian Women Improve Their Body Image
Today I talk to my friend, Mary DeMuth – she's written dozens of books on a variety of topics – and we talk about several of them! Mary has a powerful testimony of enduring sexual abuse and shares her …
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True story: Getting rid of clothes that don't fit can be painful. I've written about my experience getting "shame" out of my closet here. But, last week, one of our Compared to Who contributors, …
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Last week I preformed a seasonal ritual. I call it the Semi-Annual Swapping Out of the Seasonal Clothing. Every year when I'm certain that Spring has sprung and my need for sweaters and …
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This is the story of a pair of pants. Shorts, really. They weren't anything spectacular, just a basic khaki Bermuda. They were the perfect style to wear in the minivan grocery store dashes necessary …
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Have you ever felt like a leper? I know I have. I remember when I was deep in the eating disorder and looked like mere skin and bones (as shown below). People would point at me on the road and …
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I have recently made a decision to be braver than I think I am. Have you ever made a resolution like that? To just believe in something even if you're swimming upstream? It started with hearing a …
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