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The Search for the Perfect Panties
Leslee Horner, January 5, 2011
Comfort over Beauty
In this new year of owning and embracing all of me, I must admit when it comes down to it, I’m going to choose comfort over beauty 99% of the time. I can look in my closet right now and see short skirts and high heel shoes I purchased in an attempt to look sexy, only to wear them once and never again. I cringe just looking at women in spiked heels and skinny jeans. Somehow I just can’t bring myself to compromise the free and satisfying feeling of loose clothing and flip-flops.
Needless to say, and much to my husband’s dismay, my underwear drawer doesn’t hold many contents from the Victoria's Secret collection. I have spent a great many years searching for the perfect pair of panties, amidst the inner tug between wanting to feel comfortable and sexy.
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Leslee Horner, September 6, 2010
No Regrets?
I like to say that I have no regrets in life, that all of my mistakes and bad choices molded me into a better person or at least taught me some valuable lessons. But for a long time I did hold one huge regret.
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A Midwife’s Experience of Birth (and Life)
Stacey Curnow, June 8, 2010
Most of the instructions given to pregnant women are inadequate – not least because they encourage women to focus on the little things related to their pregnancy and miss the big picture. For example, early in my career as a midwife I was surprised by how many times women called me thinking they were in labor, not because they were having contractions, but because they lost their mucus plug. Then I picked up What to Expect When You’re Expecting and saw that it was listed as one of the common symptoms of early labor.
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Owning Our Wholeness: Epiphanies
Guest Author, November 7, 2009
Epiphany Times Three by Kathrin Burleson
Hiya Pinkies - please welcome back the incomparable Alice Langholt, Pink Reiki Rockstar and dispenser of great Pink wisdom. Today she writes of ephiphanies -- those pivotal moments in life that make us who we are. We drank in every word and know you will too. Thank you, Alice, for this gorgeous, thought-provoking piece.
Wounded Healers
Lissa Rankin, January 29, 2009
Why is it that our doctors have become so broken? “Physician heal thyself,” or so they say. But it seems we’ve lost the art of caring for ourselves as a profession. It saddens me deeply. Yesterday, Aviva Romm, a skilled midwife/herbalist/author/artist-turned-Yale medical student called me to process the decisions that lie ahead of her.
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