So, well, um ... if you haven't heard, there's quite a bit of buzz going around about our privacy (and not just the privacy of American's, but that of the world).It's a slight bit unsettling, y'know?Not just a little off-handedly, I suggested on the Crunchy Betty Facebook page that we should all take three days AWAY from our phones, computers, televisions, gaming consoles, and anything that could collect data on us, perhaps a little out of protest, but a lot out of reconnecting with ... Continue Reading
Conscious Living
Hear Me, For I Am The Nudge
Yesterday, I stood up in front of 500 people and asked a question that changed my life.And, you know, if you're going to stand up in front of 500 people, it had better be a danged good question. Or you'd better have a danged good reason for asking it. Or, mostly, you'd better be pretty brave and not at all self-conscious about excessive sweating.Or, there's another option. You feel something inside of you. A push, a nudge, a voice, or a concrete wordless knowing that you're moving in a ... Continue Reading
Oh, The Things You Can Make If Only You Try
There's a distinct possibility that the books in the Healthy Living eBook Bundle contain the secrets of motivation and inspiration. Nay, the secrets of the universe. (Except, of course, where the missing socks are stashed after running through the dryer.)Gaze at the fancy collage again. These are the gateways to awesomeness. These 34 diminutive ebook covers.The other night, as I was writing the post announcing this quick sale, I started to read the books. Really read. Before, I had ... Continue Reading
Wanna Love Your Body? Start With Loving Mine
Let's start the week off on a self-loving note! Today, we are SO blessed to have a body-image altering guest post from Melissa King, who blogs at Simply Flaw-Thentic and is a wellness coach at MyHeartDances.This is joyful Melissa. There's no way you can't look at her huge smile and give a giant grin right back.She's also the mastermind and creator of the video My Body ... Finally (which also happens to be THE most shared video ever from the Crunchy Betty Facebook page). After you've ... Continue Reading
The Runs In Your Pantyhose Are a Conspiracy!
We bought a new printer a few months ago. It only made sense, because the ink for my old, terminally dysfunctional printer (which started malfunctioning approximately 2.3 seconds after looking at it out of the box) was going to cost about the same as just buying a new printer. Plus or minus a farthing. Farthings, by the way, equal a haypenny and a sheckel, plus a bag of brussels sprouts. This is commonly known; look it up on any currency exchange site.The old printer is sitting in the ... Continue Reading
Community Question: What Would You Tell A Girl …?
Her name was Millie, the girl who sporadically made high school my personal nightmare.She'd stroll carelessly through the hallway with her pack of slightly quieter friends and go out of her way to brush by me and cackle out words like "pathetic loser," and "monster ugly" and other colloquial Kansas jibes about "breakin' the cam'ra when you get yer pitcher taken."In choir, she sat behind me, and when the director would ask me to try out a solo, she'd giggle and cough and kick the bottom ... Continue Reading