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Healthy Body Image

Change Your Thoughts and Break Your Patterns

By Curly Nikki 15 Comments
source by GG of PeaceLoveandPrettyThings Ever since my mother was diagnosed with schizophrenia, I've been worried that I would eventually face the same fate. When you have a family history of mental illness, or any health issue/disease for that matter, you can easily become engrossed with the idea that you are going to get sick, too. You might mistake normal…
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Happily Ever After: Should It Really Be This Hard?

By Curly Nikki 19 Comments
source by GG of PeaceLoveandPrettyThings Over the weekend, a few of my girlfriends got into a discussion about relationships and marriage and the question emerged: Should relationships be hard work?   What do you think?  Naturally, a bunch of related questions will pop into your mind once you begin to think about it: If my relationship feels like hard work, does that…
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On the Couch with Cynthia

By Curly Nikki 31 Comments
   Cynthia writes:   Just thought to share this- I initially wrote this just for me, but I'm sure many of you, regardless of age or background can relate.    I have to admit, as I close in on 30, I find that for the first time in my life, I am truly happy with who I am, where I am and even…
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Perfect Imperfection

By Curly Nikki 15 Comments
by Shelli of Hairscapades Hi guys! Have you seen Curly Nikki’s interview with Tracee Ellis-Ross?!?!? If not, get yourself over there right now and check it out here!! What a great interview!! Anyway, the reason I’m pointing it out is something struck me about the above picture, which was the lead for the interview. After sharing M’s guest post this…
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Seven Sure Fire Self Esteem Boosters

By Curly Nikki 16 Comments
  by Taneica of Shatterproofglassdolls Have you ever woke up and just felt “blech”? If you have, you’ll recognize the feeling I’m about to describe. When you try to rise out of bed, you instead slide out of the bed like a fried egg off of a Teflon pan. #Ugh. Well, over the years, I’ve learned some tricks that have helped…
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