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My Night With a Con Man
Part of me didn't really believe there were liars like him in this world. I'd seen them on TV and such, but the bad guy was so easy to spot in those stories. People who fell into the sticky web of news-making con-artists exuded obvious naivety. I'd never do that. I...
Are You Willing to Be Better? When You Feel Like a Leper
Have you ever felt like a leper? I know I have. I remember when I was deep in the eating disorder and looked like mere skin and bones (as shown below). People would point at me on the road and laugh; would pass mean comments about me assuming I was deaf; and people...
Pregnant Over the Summer? 5 Tips to Combat the Body Image Struggle
I am 5 months pregnant with my fourth son. That means in the middle of the summer I will be 8 months pregnant. This isn't my first time being pregnant over the summer. No, in fact I've had three summer pregnancies, and have been hugely pregnant in the dead heat once....
Three Ways to Find an Answer to: Am I Enough?
Fear, imposter’s syndrome, inadequacy, performance anxiety, or identity issues. Whatever you want to call it, it’s that aching fear in my heart that I am just not enough. This heart ache colors so much of my life: my relationships, work, sense of well-being, ministry,...
It’s Just Hair: Does Our Hair Affect Our Value?
“Stay calm. Just breathe. It’s going to be okay.” I repeated this to myself several times over on the way home. Truthfully, I was on the verge of tears. The source of my great upset was my new haircut. As David greeted me, “Oh, you’re hair looks so good!” The...
An Important Fight: Keep Fighting For Your Body Image
Five months before I wrote my first post for Compared to Who?, I spent a summer at home in Uganda with my family. Which included three and a half months of drinking water, no cookies, late night talks with ginger tea, laughing hard, and taking long uphill walks. When...
Would You Love Me More if My Body Was Perfect?
My struggle with body image began at a very young age. I grew up in a dysfunctional family and was not taught about God’s unconditional love and acceptance as a child. As a victim of emotional abuse, I have struggled with knowing my own worth my entire life. My...
Wrestling Donuts: Hope for Dieters
When my brother and I were in elementary school, we looked forward to one reward for cooperating during a grocery store trip. A donut. For me, it was Boston Cream-filled--the top covered in chocolate and the middle oozing with a creamy, pudding like deliciousness....
Brave is the New Beautiful
I didn't really know what to expect when I agreed to check out a new book by Lee Wolfe Blum called Brave is the New Beautiful. I knew a little about Lee, that she wrote about body image and eating disorders. And, I knew I liked her writing. (She's a part of my...
What Stops Us From Saying, “Come on In!”
The doorbell rings and my seven-year-old answers. He's our most out-going child, counting everyone a friend. Because it's usually someone under the age of ten ringing the bell anyway, I keep working and happily allow him the privilege of being doorman. But, this time...