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April 2011 |
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Nobody can make you feel inferior
without your consent.
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Something to think about....
To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself. On March 28th, I had an article posted on The Big, Bold, Beautiful Blog titled "Making Peace With My Body." The paragraph that got the most attention was the following. "We don’t come into
the world hating how we look. As babies and young children, we’re at total
peace with our body. Hating our body is a learned exercise. And we have
many teachers. Women’s magazines, television, movies and many other areas
are constantly sending the message that if we aren’t tall, thin and
beautiful, then we’re not adequate. But even the tall, thin and beautiful
ones are at war with their bodies." We need to be careful as parents, aunts, uncles, etc.,
not to be a part of that learning/teaching process for our children. In
other words, don't talk the talk. "Do I look fat in this?" "Man,
these pants make my butt look fat!"—You get the idea. And we need to keep
our eyes and ears open for any source that is sending negative
messages to our children, and try to do damage control as soon as we
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Hi everyone!
Okay, I have to admit that I'm excited about spring. While, as most of you know, fall is my favorite time of the year, with winter coming in second, I will say that there's just something spiritual about spring. The fresh green leaves popping out, seemingly overnight, the birds singing their joyous greeting to each new day, and the entire world in bloom.
I could almost
claim spring as my favorite season if I didn't know that summer
was right around the corner. Summer, with her heat, spiders, dry
weather, heat, spiders, bright sunlight, and did I mention heat?
Okay, enough.
I thought, "Okay,
what's up with this?" and went over to the heater and discovered
that the pilot light was out! I told my husband, Joe,
that "Lassie" had saved our lives!
Love,  Something
To Think About: Reflections on Life, Family, Body Image &
Other Weighty Matters by the Queen of Rubenesque RomancesDownload it for free at http://www.pearlsong.com/newsroom/patballard/somethingtothinkabout.pdf.
Visit Pat's Place at
www.patballard.com | Write me at
patballard@bellsouth.net |
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Click on the Bookbuzzr graphic (if visible on your computer screen) to browse an excerpt from Pat's book.
Your body is a unique work of art. |
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Weighty Matters I've taken excerpts from the article to tease you into reading it. Where Science Meets Sin According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, U.S. life expectancy just hit another all-time high. Is this
despite increasing weights of Americans, or because of it?
http://www.diet.com/dietblogs/ |
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Reader Review of the
Month See, I received a Kindle for Christmas—I always read, always! Most of the time it is Sandra Brown and Linda Howard—I have read all their books. So I typed in on my Kindle "plus size romance" and your books popped up. In the last 2 days I have read Nobody's Perfect (1st), Dangerous Curves Ahead (2nd), A Worthy Heir (3rd,) His Brother's Child (4th) and just finished Abigail's Revenge. They were all awesome. My favorite is Nobody's Perfect. I wanted you to know that you are now MY FAVORITE AUTHOR. Please tell me more books are coming. I have been overweight my entire life, I never thought that I was pretty— my husband tells me that I am, BUT until I read your books—WOW, I am telling you life changing. Anyway just wanted you to know that! Anyway thanks again for your life changing stories. God Bless you always!
Teresa S |
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Listen to
a Feb. 11, 2009 Conversation with Pat Ballard |
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Calendar of Events Now available from Pearlsong Press—Pat's newest book, the nonfiction Something to Think About: Reflections on Life, Family, Body Image, & Other Weighty Matters by the Queen of Rubenesque Romances. It's a FREE PDF ebook that can be downloaded at http://www.pearlsong.com/somethingtothinkabout.htm or via the link at the beginning of this newsletter. Pat is now co-hosting Radio Free Nashville's Health At Every Size show, which airs every Monday morning. The show is streamed live over the Internet 10-11 a.m. CST Mondays. You can also subscribe to the podcast of the show. Go to http://www.healthateverysize.info for more info, including archived recordings, or to subscribe.
You can also listen to or download recordings
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