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love yourself. love others. love our planet. sustainable happiness.
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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 ...

2 days ago

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...

4 days ago

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...

5 days ago

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

YOU ARE STRONGER…

… than you think. Just sayin’.read more: “I’m just a fucked up girl who’s looking for my own peace of mind. I’m not perfect.” we all survive. we all heal. th...

30 jan 12 1 person likes this

this is what I want you to know

I want you to know that even though this world seems so lonely and scary, it is full of life and love and wonder if you open your heart to it. I want you to know that this heartbreak is temporary and...

26 jan 12

YOUR SURRENDER IS SIGNIFICANT

A lightning bolt of a post by the ever-intrepid Holly (the brilliant fellow warrior-friend of mine that inspiringly served as a catalyst for many of the ideas in this book) of Eating a Tangerine; I&#...

24 jan 12

you know what everyone’s greatest fear is?

Because sometimes I change my appearance, do things I say I never do, and contradict myself. And I don’t give a fuck. A wonderful warrior sent me an incredible passage to me a few days ago that...

19 jan 12 1 person likes this

how to free yourself from inbox overwhelm

My humble inbox after I’ve cleared it all out. A reader wrote to me a while back that she really wanted to subscribe to the Letter but hesitated because her inbox was so full of other subscript...

18 jan 12

I’ve been getting busy

I’ve also been getting busy propelling myself back into my first entrepreneurial creative venture and making sweet love to my camera after a semi-photography sabbatical last year. But that̵...

16 jan 12

give us what you’ve got

If you didn’t know, part of my inspiration for The Thing About Thin came from a so-humbly world-changing book called The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. I finished rereading it today, having b...

15 jan 12

we can’t see where we’re going

Past me surprises me often. As I impart onto Love, You warriors, “little acorns lead to mighty oaks.” The Mighty Oak within us is already there, we just haven’t rediscovered that pa...

13 jan 12

why I don’t believe in “you are beautiful”

Yesterday, I told you that you are already enough. You are beautiful, already, right now. The thing is, I don’t actually believe that telling people they’re beautiful really helps them. I...

12 jan 12

you are already enough

It breaks my heart to see so many of us live for too long believing the lies that we’re literally being sold, day after day. Believing we aren’t good enough. Believing that what we look l...

11 jan 12

my new book is here! read the thing about thin today ♥

Here it is. My madness. The most important work I’ve created so far. Won’t you take a look..? There is a deep-rooted and pernicious lie within our culture that hating our bodies enough to...

10 jan 12

if you never read anything else by me, at least read this.

An unabridged version of this letter was originally sent to the list. Don’t you wish you were one of the cool kids now? (Just kidding, you’re always cool.) I stayed up until 4 in the morn...

09 jan 12

beginning a gratitude practice

I was touched to receive this testimonial from warrior Khoi Phan, who took the Gratia journey. I also find it helpful for anyone who wants to begin a gratitude practice of their own. How many things ...

06 jan 12

guest post feature: an identity born of fire by josiah white

I don’t often publish guest stories on cynosure, but when I do, it’s to make space for voices that particularly touch me– oftentimes, the underground stories of friends I’ve m...

04 jan 12

how to get your perfect body this year

Are you unhappy with your current body? Do you want a “better” one– a perfect one? Is this the year you’re ready to do what it takes to get it? If you said yes to any of those...

02 jan 12

the best of cynosure in 2011

a slice of cynosure history in 2011 I designed and shipped the YOU DESERVE BETTER poster (currently unavailable due to my being out of the country!) I decided to make my Big Fat Dream of making this ...

31 dec 11

imagine a world where you loved yourself. (last chance to register for Love, You + start your new y...

Imagine a world where you loved yourself. Having confidence. Living your life with joy. Trusting yourself. Experiencing inner peace, knowing that as long as you are here for yourself, you’ll be...

31 dec 11

in 2012, I want the world to end.

In 2012, I want the world to end. The world where we believe in our insecurities and fears. The world where we define ourselves by what we lack instead of what we already have. The world where we hur...

30 dec 11

interview with cupcake-loving canadian warrior caitlin: a Love, You case study

This is an interview I did with Caitlin Henderson, a cupcake-loving Canadian love warrior who took the inaugural Love, You journey in September. In this interview, we talk about her past struggles wi...

29 dec 11

practicing a positive attitude

I’m going to admit something to you honestly: I’ve been feeling pretty depressed lately. “What is the purpose of me being alive” depressed. Depressed like I haven’t expe...

26 dec 11

it’s winter + fat keeps you warm

I have fat. You have fat. We all have fat. Let’s all have dances with fat! All jokes aside, this year I’m experiencing my first white winter. The first legit snow of the season fell last ...

23 dec 11

loving my body

Before this year, loving my body meant feeling good in my body when I was healthy (i.e. not ill) when I could fit into my clothes when I wasn’t stuffed past the point of fullnesss when I ate “healthi...

21 dec 11

what’s the point of it all?

In 2011 2011 was a great year. In 2011, I… shot a gun for the first time flew an airplane began sitting cut open two of my fingers and was whisked off to the emergency room shaved my head got a...

19 dec 11

how to give yourself empathy: so why go through the trouble, anyhow? [7/7]

This is the final installment of a 7-day series on giving yourself empathy. Here’s part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, and part 6. To recap, giving yourself empathy consists of these elemen...

18 dec 11

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