by Uncustomary | Jul 20, 2015 | Body Positivity, Self-Love
You’re watching a TV show, and during the break you see a commercial for hair dye to “hide your greys”. You’re sitting on the subway car, and across from you is a poster plastered on the wall reminding you that you can “lose weight...
by Uncustomary | Jul 14, 2015 | Self-Love
Caring what other people think of you is a dangerous game. Doing or not doing something because you’re worried of what a stranger or your significant other might say is a slippery slope, because then you start living your life for others. Selecting your...
by Uncustomary | Jun 26, 2015 | Self-Love
Part of self love is accepting yourself for who you are. We all struggle with finding a balance between self love and self improvement. If there is something you want to improve about yourself like your muscle tone, tolerance, or organizational skills then go for it!...
by Uncustomary | Jun 12, 2015 | Self-Love
About a month ago, I had a semi-traumatic experience that effectively lowered my threshold for anxiety, meaning it’s become a lot easier to set me off with stress and triggers. I’ve worked pretty hard to develop coping mechanisms for the symptoms of my...
by Uncustomary | Jun 3, 2015 | Self-Love
Imagine you’re having one of those days where everything is going wrong. Every experience you have or piece of news you get seems bad, how could it get any worse? Days like that make it hard to be optimistic, but those are also the most important times to find...