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I’m a writer living in Utah with my husband, sons Mason and Logan, and pug Willy. I’m an author, procrastinator, sports fan, list-maker,

food lover, car-singer, and most of all a work in progress.

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I believe you and I are enough and that we are beautiful just the way we are, but it wasn’t always that way. Here you’ll find blog posts about body positivity, resources that have helped me, and people I love who share messages I believe in.

 
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In my other, not-so-secret, life, I write erotic romance novels full of swear words and super hot sex.

 

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Diving into another round of awesome books. I read nonfiction books a lot slower than I read fiction ones, but I'm loving books about mindset right now. 📖 I just started The Universe Has Your Back by @gabbybernstein, and I'm loving it so far. Not pictured here is Do Less by @katenorthrup, which I read on my Kindle app and it was amazing! 📖 What are you reading? What should I add to my list to read next?
Do what makes you feel good. Wear the clothes you want and the red lipstick, take 100 selfies a day and call yourself a badass. 😎 Whatever it takes for you to stop believing the lie that you need to be thinner, richer, have a better butt, love yourself more and have it all together before you can be happy. 😎 Don’t wait for permission from anyone else to follow your dreams, do the things you love and wear the things you want. Do it now! 😎 What makes you happy?!!
I thought about writing some poignant letter to my stretch marks to go with this photo but the truth is I don’t love these stretch marks. Most of them didn’t come from when I was pregnant, but from gaining 50 pounds in a short amount of them when I was in college. ✨ They don’t remind me of being pregnant and my babies, they just remind me of being fat. I’ve spent the last several years either actively trying to get rid of them or pretending they weren’t there. Some of them are white and faded, others are still angry and purple but the fact is they are never going away. ✨ I could choose to hate them and spend energy I don’t have thinking about them/wishing them away. Or I can just accept it. I’m not the only person on the planet with stretch marks covering my belly. I’m not the only person with tiny ones on my arms. ✨ I’m probably never going to love my stretch marks and that’s okay. Body positivity isn’t about loving yourself 100% of the time. For me it’s about accepting yourself enough to just live your life. To stop focusing on things that don’t matter and giving our energy to the things that do matter (hint: not stretch marks). ✨ Raise your hand 🙋‍♀️ if you have stretch marks too, so we can all let go of our hatred towards them together.
“I do my hair toss, check my nails. Baby how you feeling? Feeing good as hell!” 💥 If you don’t know/haven’t listened to @lizzobeeating before you need to go do it now! You can’t help but feel good when listening to her music and her confidence and self-love is infectious. I love following people who love themselves unapologetically and encourage others to do the same. 💥 Who do you love that I should follow?!
Sometimes a girl just needs a good motivational quote. This week on the blog I’ve got 27 body positivity quotes for you, not including my own you see here. I’ll share a few more in my stories! ❤️ Body positivity has truly changed my life and hope these quotes can inspire you to find love and acceptance for your body as well. But when it gets hard remember you have to make the choice to keep going. ❤️ What’s your favorite motivational quote (body positivity or otherwise)?
How do I stop feeling bad about myself? When I look in the mirror or at a picture and don't love what I see how do I stop myself from tearing my reflection apart? ❤️ I make the choice to stop those thoughts in their tracks. I have to consciously choose to have positive thoughts over negative ones. I make the decision to extend myself the same grace and love that I would extend to my best friend or sister. I'm not going to look at a picture of them and tell them how disgusting and worthless they are, so why should I do that to myself? ❤️ Self-love isn't about being perfect and loving every single thing about yourself and your body. Self-love is about making that choice every single day to tell the negative voices to sit down and be quiet. Self-love is about giving yourself compassion when it would be easier not to. ❤️ How do you stop from feeling bad about yourself?