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Tag: self love

28 Oct 2018 Mental health / Plus Size / tara lynn's boutique

Honest Moment: I Don’t Feel Positive About My Body

At least not at the moment. In a world that is becoming more and more vocal about “self love”, “body

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3 Oct 2018 Health / Mental health / Plus Size / self esteem / weight loss

Can We Talk About Plus Influencers & Weight?

It’s quite the time to be alive and existing in a plus size body! I remember growing up and never

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15 Aug 2018 Health / weight loss

Why Health Shouldn’t Be Taboo in the Plus Community

Let me begin by saying I realize that the things I’m getting ready to say might offend some. It might

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11 Jun 2018 Plus Size

Life After Thirties: Facing My Insecurities

I remember my twenties like it was yesterday [queues melodramatic music]. Ok, so maybe my twenties wasn’t that long ago;

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6 Jun 2018 body positive / Health / Plus Size

My Truth About Being Body Positive

I remember the first time I heard the phrase “body positive” (bopo for short). I remember thinking to myself that

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19 Oct 2017 weight loss

Weight! An Introduction to a Much Needed Conversation

The past few years of my life, my health has really taken me on a journey. From mental health to

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26 Aug 2017 blogging / body positive / depression / Health / life / Mental health / self esteem

Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Self Esteem After Rape

As the idea began to formulate in my mind how to address this topic; I found myself trying to decide

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17 Jul 2017 blogging / body positive / fat mom's closet / Health / life / Plus Size / satire / self esteem

Save Your Faux Concern: 4 Reasons I’m Not Here for Your Internet Shame

Recently I was having a conversation with a friend and they told me that an old male friend of mine

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26 Jun 2017 clothes / Clothing / Fashion / fat mom's closet / Plus Size / Plus Size Fashion / Style

Finding My Way in the Plus Size Blogger Arena

When I first started blogging in the days of yore i.e MySpace, I remember just needing an outlet to say

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22 Jun 2017 body positive / depression / exhaustion / hashimoto's thyroiditis / hypothyroidism / life / self esteem / thyroid / weight loss

Living In Spite of My Flaws

This morning the weather was dank and rainy; as a result my body was hurting so bad I found myself

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AP Young

AP Young

Alicia aka AP is a writer, blogger and public speaker who has built her platform on speaking her truth regardless of how unflattering it mightbe. Her advocacy includes Mental Health Awareness, Body Acceptance & Diversity, and Navigating life with Chronic Illness. AP also has a vested interest in teaching plus size women how toadvocate for their health care in the face of weight discriminatory culture within the health care field. AP also has a passion for fashion;and beauty, specifically for women of extended sizes! Through her blog and social media platforms; she attempts to encourage and inspire women to shed the stereotypes and step out of the boxes society tendsto set for women in the plus body community.

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