Category Archives: Liking Yourself

Accepting the unacceptable.

By Michelle | Published: August 14, 2009

This summer has been hard for me. I’m not going to lie. I started it off by turning 30, which I was extremely excited about. I’m a bit sentimental when it comes to numbers, and I was doing the whole clean-slate-fresh-start thing in my head. And there have been a lot of good changes recently, [...]

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Getting reacquainted.

By Michelle | Published: June 11, 2009

For the past week, I’ve been dealing with a semi-stressful situation that kind of knocked me off my foundation a bit and made me wonder “Oh god, am I really cut out for this whole writing/website/openly-being-who-I-am thing??” And I didn’t write anything, because, naturally, that’s what you do when you’re gripped with an irrational fear [...]

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How procrastinating is sort of like dieting. Or something.

By Michelle | Published: June 3, 2009

I woke up this morning feeling slightly terrified. Yes, I believe a person can be slightly terrified, though it might be more elegantly expressed as a feeling of dread, or impending doom. It’s quiet; it’s in the background — but it’s definitely there. It’s omnipresent. Since I believe in kindness and compassion, for other people, [...]

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What’s all this, then?

By Michelle | Published: June 1, 2009

It’s my blog about normal eating. You’re reading it. So, I’m working on this thing I like to call my Unified Theory of Kicking Ass. What that means is, I’m reading and learning stuff about normal eating and nutrition and how people change their behaviour. I have a pretty decent understanding of this stuff already, [...]

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Holier-than-thou, and getting holier.

By Michelle | Published: May 27, 2009

So, I just read this editorial-slash-book-review, or whatever it’s supposed to be. The most striking thing, to me, is the writer’s use of moralizing, sin-a-licious language: In theory, I’m a food libertarian and don’t believe the state should take responsibility for curbing individuals’ greed.” [Emphasis mine.] And her…colourful…use of hyperbole, which wouldn’t be entirely out-of-place [...]

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