It was 4 o'clock in the afternoon when Amanda Worthington lay her life bare for all to see."It was the worst day ever," she whispered tensely. "I was about to start my period, my boyfriend and I broke up the night before, and my sister called and begged me to pick up 10 two-liter bottles of Dr Pepper at the store for her kids' soccer practices. I wanted to say no, but she threatened to tell our mother about the time I ate her lipstick.""Mom's very protective of her lipstick," Amanda ... Continue Reading
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The Crunchy Day of Gift Giving and Radio Listening
Hello, strangers!By now, you're probably no longer wondering where I am, because you've given up on updates. I don't blame you. It's been ... odd, to say the least.The store has been bumping (read on for a goodie, by the way) and I've been lost in oils and creations and shipping and, more than anything at all, learning about the "new way" of looking at the world and our place in it.Have you ever just said to yourself, "What's the right way? The right thing to do next?" And then you ... Continue Reading
Making Friends With Reality and Zooey Deschanel
If there's any kind of blog post you'll want to stop reading immediately, it's the one that starts with the question, "What is reality, anyway?"Let me ask you people a different question.So ...Reality. What is it, anyway?Some people might say it's what the general population has preconceived and agreed on. Some people would say it's only what can be studied, measured, and labeled. Others, something unknowable except through faith.Or maybe reality is a vast government ... 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
Politics, The Crunchy Way
So, if you're not up on current world events, yesterday was Labor Day in the United States of America.This is a holiday dedicated to not working and drinking beer. Also, 6:39 p.m. on Labor Day marks the precise moment after which women are not allowed to wear white. This may or may not be law (I believe it is in the Hamptons).Labor Day, by the way, was a holiday invented by a person with the last name of Maguire. Historians debate whether it was Peter, Paul, or Mary Maguire. At their ... Continue Reading
You Have An Amazing Body: Lip-Loving, Gratitude Meditation
Hey, baby. You have an amazing body.Yes, you.I don't care if it's fat or thin or missing a limb, your body is rollercoaster amazing. How do I know this? Because you're reading this right now. Because you're breathing. Because that bag of mostly water that carries "you" around is the vessel through which you experience everything. Everything.Your body's with you all the time, so it's easy to take it for granted, or even hate it for not being what you think it should be. We're going to ... Continue Reading