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Healthy Body Image

If We Were Friends…

By Curly Nikki 39 Comments
by Taneica of ShatterProofGlassDollsLet me set up the scenario. You’re sitting on a bus or waiting in your doctor’s office when you see a young woman, visibly upset, sitting by herself in a far corner. She looks shaken, tired. She may even look as though she’s been crying. Your initial reaction may be to walk over and whisper a kind…
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I’ve Never Seen That Before

By Curly Nikki 33 Comments
by Noni of Three Naturals It’s funny. Sometimes a natural girl just wants a little acknowledgement. Some positive reinforcement on the whole counter-culture natural hair thing. “Hey girl, that looks cute”, or “I’m gonna try that style when I get home” Always when we’re riding high… one innocent comment comes along. Was talking with a co-worker the other day and…
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How Have You Thanked Me Lately?

By Curly Nikki 49 Comments
by Taneica of ShatterProofGlassDollsNow, truth be told, I am not as much of a holy roller as some may think I should be, but I do love the Lord and talk to him often. Though I strive everyday to strengthen my relationship with Christ and strut fabulously down the path that he’s created for me, I’d be lying if I…
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Becoming a Certain Kind of Woman

By Curly Nikki 10 Comments
by GG of The Write Curl Diary There's always been something very attractive to me about uncertainty. Attractive and agonizing, that is. How so, you ask? Like my pattern of falling for men who were slightly aloof and emotionally unavailable. Even as I expressed my disdain for their opaque behavior, I secretly savored the mystery. I would ask myself over…
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What’s Holding You Back?

By Curly Nikki 11 Comments
by Kim Jackson of PeaceLoveandPrettyThingsThe simplest way to jump start progress in any area of your life, is to find out what’s holding you back and keeping you from seeing things through. Often we’re holding ourselves back, because of a fear or a lingering issue that we just can’t seem to move past. By way of example: I have a…
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