blogger, author, body positivity advocate

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I’m a writer living in Utah with my husband,

toddler Mason, baby boy Logan and pug Willy. I’m a mom,

wife, 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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Oh hey everyone! It’s been a minute since I did an intro post and I’ve got a few new followers so a little about me. I’m an author, blogger, wife, mom to two little boys, taco, coffee and wine lover, procrastinator, avid list-maker and huge body positivity and self-love advocate. ✨ Three fun facts about me: 1. I’ve never had a bloody nose 2. I love singing and once tried out for American Idol, even though I’ve never sung in public before 🤷‍♀️ 3. I always thought I wanted to be a doctor growing up but hated my first science classes in college and quickly switched to journalism. ✨ Let’s get to know each other. Tell me something fun about you!!
Where does confidence come from? ✨ I see comments all time like, "I wish I had your confidence” or “I wish I could be as confident as you are." Whether on my posts or some one else's, I always read those comments and think, "Why can't you?" ✨ As someone who has struggled with confidence for years, I get it, gaining confidence is hard. And it's something I'm still working on, but I do know this. Confidence comes from within. ✨ Confidence doesn't come from acheiving the ideals of someone else, it doesn't come from trying to hate your body into submission, confidence doesn't come from saying you'll love yourself when you lose the weight. ✨ Confidence comes from owning your unique and individual beauty, from showing up for yourself day in and day out and doing the hard work of achieving your goals, whatever they may be. Confidence comes from believing you are worthy of love and acceptance right this very minute. Confidence comes from flipping the haters the bird and doing things your own way. ✨ Maybe that means you post bikini selfies on Instagram. Maybe that means you lift heavy weights and push your body to new limits. Maybe that means you simply look in the mirror and don't hate what you see. Whatever it means to you, you can have the confidence too. You just have to believe you are worthy of it, and stop trying to fit your unique, amazing, glorious life into someone else's mold.
In case you needed a reminder. You are strong. You are talented. You are beautiful. You are worthy. You are loved. You are enough.
I might have a shopping addiction. According to my husband there is no might 🤷‍♀️. But I've decided I have a good reason to have a shopping addiction. 🛍 For the first time in my life, shopping is actually fun. I have hated shopping for most of my life because I hated the way everything looked and had a million critiques about everything. 🖤 Shopping is a lot more fun when the goal isn't to find something that will make me look 3 size smaller. It's a lot more fun when I embrace my body like it is right and recognize that it deserves to be clothed is things that fit and make me feel good right this very second, not when I've lost 20 pounds. ☀️ I’m buying all the summer things right now, in hopes that maybe winter will go away. What is your favorite thing to shop for?!
This is my @victoriassecret bra collection. I’ve been a Victoria‘s Secret bra wearer for years, they just fit me and I know what works and it’s easy. But I’ve decided it’s about time I put my money where my mouth is and stop supporting a brand that doesn’t embrace body diversity and doesn’t have a body inclusive range of sizes. Because if I’m going to preach body acceptance and positivity I need to back up those words with what really talks... my money. 💵 It’s not going to happen overnight because I don’t have $400+ to replace all these bras but I need to know what are your favorite body positive places to get bras? What’s your favorite style? I literally own 1 bra that’s not from Victoria’s Secret and it’s a bralette, so give me all the recommendations!!
Who wants a sneak peak at Confessions from Your Fat Friend? On the blog today (link in bio) is an excerpt from my upcoming book, but also a topic that is super important to me. No one's love can make you love yourself. ❤️ “"I used to think that if I had a boyfriend or someone who loved me all my insecurities would go away, I would be filled with confidence from their love and finally stop hating my body. I couldn’t have been more wrong. I have an awesome husband who truly loves me just the way I am and tells me regularly how beautiful I am, but his love and acceptance of me does absolutely nothing to help me love and accept myself."” ❤️ This guy has loved and accepted me from day one. Loving me through so many changes in our lives, through so much self-hatred and insecurities, through the rollercoaster ride that has been weight and emotions surrounding it. His love has been unwavering and I couldn't be more grateful, but that love didn't make any difference when it came loving myself. I had to find that within myself. I had to learn to love myself separate from the love that came from him. ❤️ Drop me a comment below if you can relate!