Photo credit: Mr.Kypo #36 weeks I have a love hate relationship with my body. I have decided I need to call a truce. Throughout this pregnancy I am seeing all its magnificence my body offers. I know I was in awe of it when I carried...
In January 2003 I was diagnosed with "a thyroid problem" - which, don't get me wrong, was such a huge relief. The months before I was diagnosed were really hard. I was finishing up my last semester at college - taking seven classes and working...
(Picture by Timelessly Classic Photography) Those eyes, normally sparkling with mischief but now filled with tears. That kinky, curly hairs in a single Afro puff that you wear on the top of your head like a crown. Representing the princess you know that you are. Those...
Everyone has a story to share that makes them who they are, today marks two decades, a year and 2 months of my existence and I decided to share mine. I am enough, more than enough. I have not always felt that way but with time I...
It has come to my attention that two parts of me have been running the show for some time now and I’m not pleased with their performance. Meet Misses Fix-it and Misses Perfectionist; I like to think of them as the employees of Ariane Hunter Enterprises*. They work...
I am Ready. Not enough…. Really??!?! I thought that about myself most of my life, that I’m not enough, not good enough, not special enough, not smart enough, not lucky enough… but especially in the last 20 years despite: Being a single mom since 1991 and working on...
The Fantastic Ms. Lindsey For most of my life instead of trying to figure out who I was, I worried about how people perceived me. I got it in my head somewhere that if I looked the part I WAS the part. In school, I tried...
“I now see how owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do” – Dr. Brene Brown The news was delivered in a small, stuffy office. Like the monkeys at Uluwatu Temple in Bali that'll steal your...
I’ve struggled with feeling “enough” for most of my life. As a kid, I was told repeatedly that I was a mistake, a bad girl, that there were many, many things wrong with me. That I would never catch up, never fit in, never be...
‘i am enough’ at first sight the saying 'i am enough' sounds too pretentious, too overblown to me. and maybe there lies a key. when i grew up, i was told to be modest, self-effacing, gracious, and polite. not in a bad way, but in a good...