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cynosure
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love yourself. love others. love our planet. sustainable happiness.
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10 apr 12

my last notes on love

Notes from my notebook. I equated loving my body and healing my eating disorder with loving myself. I thought my body was what I hated the most, but that’s a lie. I was more ashamed of somethin...

09 apr 12

P.S.

I did get out of bed. (I realized that that wasn’t obvious in my last post, and I’m not saying this to brag about rising above depression so easily or something, but because I don’t...

08 apr 12

my last honest post.

Last honest because I don’t think I’m going to blog anymore (though I’m still going to be honest ;)). Last because this is my last post, here on cynosure. The past three days, IR...

08 apr 12

burning down cynosure. setting myself on fire.

When there’s nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire. I have not been honest to myself. If anything, honesty is a pure form of love, and in that case, I have not been very loving...

06 apr 12

all I know is that I’m not perfect, and that I do my best

A few weeks ago, I wrote a letter to the list claiming that I was going to stop writing about self-love. I said that it was second-nature for me, by now. First-nature, even. My recovery: I eat what I...

03 apr 12

letting go of happiness: an addendum to anger

Sometimes, I feel incredibly angry. And seemingly for no reason. When I published “I’m not perfect” a couple of months ago, I received a flurry of different messages. Some wrote to ...

29 mar 12

I’m an introvert, not an alien

This is my contribution to Medicinal Marzipan’s Teen Week. Last year, I wrote about my first university heartbreak: a secret. I thought I was abnormal in high school. I thought I was abnormal b...

26 mar 12

oh, the places you’ll go…!

My neighbor of 16(!) years sent this to me. Though we don’t actually live across the street from each other anymore– no longer do even our families– I still love him very much. Than...

21 mar 12

(a new) welcome, and letting go of the past

My dear fellow warrior and revolutionary, The things around here, they are a-changin’… and tomorrow, starts SPRING! Before I start revealing what’s in store (and of course, the love...

19 mar 12

letting go of the v-word

Saturday night. Fifteen minutes before the chain supermarket at the end of my block (of the third apartment I’ve nested in after less than a month of living in New York) closes, I rush in with ...

15 mar 12

letting go isn’t pretty.

Letting go sucks. Letting go isn’t pretty. Letting go ain’t sad. Sometimes it’s bad. Letting go isn’t about birds and cages and things coming back if they truly love you. Letting go is about heartbur...

12 mar 12

The Thing About Thin is now $12 (30% off) for the month of March!

Good day, beautiful warrior! I’m excited to let you know that my book on body image, eating disorders, resistance, and doing what REALLY matters (following your dreams!), The Thing About Thin, ...

10 mar 12

walking the path of compassionate, world-changing revolutionary: an interview with raam dev

If you aren’t acquainted with him yet, Raam Dev of the appropriately named RaamDev.com is awesome. He quietly inspires me to act more responsibly, ethically, and sustainably for the greater goo...

07 mar 12

NEVER apologize.

(Yaaap, I’ve used this photo before. And am I going to apologize for that…? Um, fuck no!) NEVER APOLOGIZE: a message to, mostly, my fellow women… and, myself. Always, always, always...

03 mar 12 1 person likes this

Today’s the last day to register for Love, You : March 2012!

Dearest warrior, Today’s the last day to register for Love, You and learn to love yourself more in March! The current discounted price is $155, 20% off the full price, but the next session̵...

02 mar 12

I rewrote the page for the Letter

I rewrote the page for the Letter to better reflect what I’m offering and what it’s all about. (It was kind of ridiculously vague in the past!) Won’t you take a look? I also wrote a...

01 mar 12

free! The BETTER BODY IMAGE Book: classic cynosure posts on loving your body + letting go of bullsh...

I am happy to reveal a little treat for you today: The Better Body Image Book, a free digital collection of “classic” cynosure posts on loving your body, body image, and letting go of bul...

28 feb 12

you are not your fears

you are not your thoughts you are not your beliefs you are not your fears you are love always read more: in 2012, I want the world to end. why I let go of having expectations the man who didn’t...

26 feb 12

there’s less than a week left to register for Love, You + learn to love yourself more in March!

Dearest warrior, There’s only six days left to register for the next session of Love, You and learn to love yourself more and find your inner strength in March 2012! The next session is limited...

25 feb 12

Breakwater and the Broken Sea : a story of loving yourself + realizing you are already enough

This piece was first published to the letter and then to SOL.ITAIR.ES. Breakwater and the Broken Sea Once, a broken robot named Sea lived. Half-empty pieces, yellowed memories and lost dreams compris...

23 feb 12

I bought a pair of pants today.

I bought a pair of pants today. I don’t think you understand. I haven’t bought a pair of pants that fit me since a year ago. A year ago I started relapsing. The pants I bought (secondhand...

21 feb 12

love anyway.

Loving is scary. Living is scary. Do it anyway. You must know that you can swim through every tide and change of time. (the tag on my ginger tea) I’m sitting in Brooklyn on the bed in the room ...

19 feb 12

men, body image, + eating disorders: max rubenacker’s EDNOS story

Happy February 14th! I’m enjoying being single and unplugged. By the time you read this, I’ll have gone YUL –> SFO –> SAN –> LAX –> JFK. A few minutes before it tu...

14 feb 12

the letter is $17 for the entire month of february to celebrate the fact that we’re ALIVE!

Enough said! We’re alive, I’m super grateful for that; therefore, the price of the Letter this month is a mere $17. Here are some recent reader reactions to the letter: “I read the ...

10 feb 12

open space, and your open heart

What happens when you allow yourself to feel the full capacity of your heartbreak? You shatter. You feel terrible. It hurts, it hurts like hell. Yet, it only lasts for a moment. Maybe an excruciating...

08 feb 12

unveiling: Kindness Sprouts, a collaborative book of kindness + self-care. all proceeds go directly...

from the intro: As I write this before letting this beautiful book go forth into the world, I have to tell you that the month leading up to its publication has been one of the most tragic and painful...

07 feb 12

this is the only moment you have to live.

What are you going to do with it? read more: YOU ARE STRONGER… just in case you needed the reminder… the answer is YES.

05 feb 12

artist crush: interview with bodacious, body-loving coreena lewis

And so begins a new (interview) series here on cynosure– where I interview all my body-loving artist crushes. (As of yet, that number is less than three, but who cares.) I don’t remember ...

02 feb 12

“I’m just a fucked up girl who’s looking for my own peace of mind. I’m not perfect.”

This is what I didn’t tell you. I didn’t tell you that within 24 hours after writing flying or falling, my heart shattered. I didn’t tell you that I spent the next three days unbeli...

31 jan 12

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