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Why You Can’t Make Everyone Understand You and Why You Don’t Need To

By GG Renee Sometimes I still wonder what people think of me. It crosses my mind less now than it used to, but my mind still goes there. When I post selfies on my social media accounts with long, musing captions, do people think I’m weird? When I share poetry or talk about anxiety and depress... View Post

The Key to Living a Luscious Life

By GG Renee I watch her knocking things over, mumbling under her breath, looking frantic. She’s wishing she’d prepared more last night, woke up earlier, made a list. She is beating herself up for running late (again) and imagining all the funny looks and sideways comments she will receive upon... View Post

The Art of Quiet Confidence

By GG Renee “Be more aggressive.” That was a goal of mine for years. Be more aggressive and less sensitive. I thought confidence was connected to aggression in a mutually exclusive way and that for me to find confidence I would have to go against my instincts and behave differently. I admired ... View Post

How to Build Hair Self-Esteem in Our Daughters

By GG Renee “I never get to wear my hair down.” Here we go again. The hair texture discussion. I have two daughters and this comes up often. My nine year old gets it now and is beginning to learn how to care for her own hair. But my five year old? She has questions and she wants answers. ... View Post

Why It’s Okay If Your Life Isn’t Going the Way You Planned

By GG Renee Looking at the calendar and realizing that 2015 is halfway over got me thinking about how fast time seems to fly by now that I’m an adult. When I was a kid, a week felt like a month and a month felt like a year. Summer vacations seemed to last forever and being an adult felt like t... View Post

4 Ways to Make Your Beauty Routines More Spiritual

By GG Renee It’s all connected. Our thoughts. Our movements and creativity. How we take care of our bodies, homes, and relationships. Everything is spiritual. Living with this perspective centers us and helps us find more pleasure and purpose in everything we do. Self-care and beauty routin... View Post

3 Ways to Embrace Your Beautiful Mess

By GG Renee Hill Sunday is a deep cleaning day at our house. Usually by Monday (read: Sunday night), there are already pockets of clutter here and there--the effects of having kids: a toy here, a sock there, crayons on the table. A cup left on the counter. I find myself constantly reminding eve... View Post

What You Can Learn from a Bad Habit

By GG Renee Hill When am I going to stop? Same question. Different day. From the mundane to the life changing, we all know what it's like to have bad habits that make us feel trapped. We can ignore and deny to save face, but deep down we feel conflicted. Maybe you want to stop spending time wi... View Post

Want to Look Better? First You Have to Feel Better.

By GG Renee Hill “You look tired. Are you feeling alright?” I’m fine actually. I just don’t have any makeup on today. “Is that what you’re wearing? We can go once you change your clothes.” Oh. Well, this is what I was going to wear. I just love unsolicited criticism, don’t you? It never ... View Post