When was the first time you ever felt ugly?
I grew up with the idea that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and even as a kid it seemed like utter bullshit.
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I polled my network with the title question and the responses shattered my heart into tiny little splinters.
You know how people tell you you should speak to yourself as if you were speaking to a good friend, as a way of identifying and stopping cruel self talk? It has never worked for me until I asked my friends, colleagues, and family members t…
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