International Women’s Day is Friday, March 8th. International Women’s Day has been observed since 1909, with the first National Woman’s Day (NWD) held in the United States. What started as a grass roots movement to ensure women’s rights to work, vote, be trained, hold public office, and to end discrimination has grown into an international …
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In our previous blog posts “What Your Hemline Says About You” and “Teaching Self Respect Through Clothing Choices”, we discussed how the world makes assumptions about us from our clothing choices and how the way we dress communicates the way we feel about ourselves to the world. Does this hold true for the tattoos we …
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As a little girl, I was never into the “princess” thing. I never dressed up like a princess, I never dreamed of a white knight coming to rescue me and my favorite movies did not involve Cinderella, Snow White or Aurora. So when I asked my brother what my niece wanted for her 2nd birthday, …
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As I approach university graduation, I can see how much I’ve grown towards maturity. Stepping cautiously into adulthood, I can see a huge change in me in the past four years, the combined effect of time away from home, more freedom as an adult, learning to manage my time, and so many experiences with interesting …
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Here’s another reason to show respect for our bodies by eating healthy. Turns out that drinking more than 4 sweetened soft drinks a day comes with a 30-40% increased risk of depression. And drinkers of artificially-sweetened soft drinks aren’t off the hook, either. Researchers speculate that aspartame may be the culprit in the low-cal drinks, …
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