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A woman in a bikini showing the rolls on her stomach
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Here’s something that might blow your mind: every body has rolls. Yep—mine. Yours. The woman you see on Instagram who looks “perfect.” We all have them. Rolls are literally just your body bending, moving, or existing like it’s supposed to. I recently took a few photos of myself at the beach that prove this point […]

Every Body Has Rolls: Why You Should Stop Hating Photos of Yourself

Body Image & Confidence

graphic of the word fat and alternative words that help by reclaiming the word fat
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Let’s talk about a word that makes people uncomfortable—fat. For years, it’s been thrown around like an insult, something to fear, something to avoid at all costs. But here’s the truth: fat is not a bad word. It’s just a descriptor, like tall or short, blonde or brunette. And yet, society has weaponized it, loaded […]

Fat Is Not a Bad Word: Reclaiming It and Ditching the Shame

Body Image & Confidence

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Let’s be real—raising a daughter with a healthy body image in a world that constantly tells women they’re never enough? It’s damn hard. But if we don’t actively work to break the cycle, she’ll inherit the same insecurities we did. The way we talk about our bodies, food, and beauty in front of her matters. […]

How to Help Your Daughter Build a Better Body Image

Body Image & Confidence

Villian and Princess Disney characters side by side showing the body image biases
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Let’s get real for a second—your body image wasn’t just poof created out of nowhere. Nope. It was built over years, brick by brick, through offhand comments, magazine covers, movies, and even the way your mom looked at herself in the mirror. The way we see our own bodies? It’s soaked in biases that we […]

How Our Biases Mess with Our Body Image (and What to Do About It)

Body Image & Confidence

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Let’s be real—Photoshop and beauty filters are wrecking our self-confidence. Everywhere we turn, we’re drowning in images of “perfect” people with glass-smooth skin, impossibly tiny waists, and curves that seem straight out of a cartoon. And the worst part? Most of these images aren’t even real. We scroll through Instagram and suddenly feel like we’re […]

How Photoshopped Images Are Destroying Our Self-Confidence & Body Image

Body Image & Confidence

Beautiful, slender woman, with long blonde hair, dressed in a white jumpsuit and a white hat outdoors in summer time, near the red car taking pictures of himself using a smartphone and selfie stick in the background the rocky shore of the ocean
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In today’s world, social media is more than just a place to share snippets of our lives. It’s a platform where we set trends, exchange ideas, and shape perceptions. The filtered photos that flood our feeds profoundly impact our tastes, aspirations, and ideas about beauty. This influence can be pervasive and damaging, promoting unrealistic standards […]

Deconstructing Beauty Standards in the Age of Social Media

Body Image & Confidence

happy single woman tourist looking at landmark harbor on summer holiday
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Being single is an underrated time in everyone’s life. Many people spend their single years wishing they had a partner, feeling envious of engagement announcements, and dodging the relationship status interrogations from nosey family members, all while neglecting the most important relationship of all; the relationship with themselves. If you can’t spend time alone feeling […]

5 Ways to Boost Your Self-Confidence When You’re Single

Body Image & Confidence

Beautiful smiling young caucasian woman with long hair standing near mirror, holding powder palette and brush, doing makeup and looking at reflection in bathroom at home.
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In a world where the standards for what a woman should look and dress like change every few years, down to the size of her bust to the length of her skirt, it’s no surprise that many of us feel less than or not good enough in terms of society’s beauty standards. This leaves women […]

3 Ways to Find Beauty in Yourself

Body Image & Confidence

Girl with white bra looking down with the word brave written on her chest
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The Decision Of Going Out Of My Comfort Zone I received an invite from a friend to join and follow The Pouting Room on Facebook. She showed me her personal boudoir photos that were done as a Brand Ambassador for 2020. Not only was I inspired from her photo’s and her story behind it, but […]

I didn’t let anxiety win – My Brand Ambassador Experience 

Body Image & Confidence

Happy plus size girl with smartphone in bikini. Happy body positive concept. All bodies are good text.
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The beginning of the new year can be daunting for many people. January is known for packed gyms and people shaking around their homemade salads at their work desks. There is enormous pressure to make new year’s resolutions, and many center around losing weight and getting healthy. Although there is nothing wrong with wanting to […]

Saying Goodbye to Your Dream Body

Body Image & Confidence