Category: identity

Cosmetic surgery’s dark side

October 27, 2006 | 2 comments

With the surge of people racing to cosmetic surgeons for liposuction, tummy tucks, botox injections and a myriad of other surgical and nonsurgical procedures to alter their bodily appearance, it’s heartening to find one articulate voice warning people to think

What is beauty?

October 27, 2006 | No comments yet

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart. ~Kahlil Gibran Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic. ~Rosalind Russell I’ve never seen a smiling face that was not beautiful. ~Author Unknown You don’t

What do you see in others?

October 2, 2006 | 4 comments

When being trained as a speaker for public audiences, I had a coach who never pointed out my faults when I rehearsed. She always focused on what I did well and encouraged me to do better. I was distressed about

Magical existence

September 28, 2006 | No comments yet

From Marianne Williamson’s book “Everyday Grace.” I have always had a sense that something is missing in this world – that at the very least there is something important we’re not discussing. I believe that hunger for a “lost dimension”

Too thin models

September 21, 2006 | 2 comments

“Thin is not in—at least in Madrid,” AP reports. Fashion models with a BMI of less than 18 were turned away from Madrid’s Fashion Week show recently because they were unhealthy and promoting an image that young girls try to