by Andrea Amador | Dec 1, 2009 | Coaching, Creating Confidence, Inspiration, Setting Boundaries
Today I came across this incredibly inspiring 4 minute video advertisement for Pantene hair products and wanted to share it with you. It’s about a young deaf mute girl from Thailand who yearns to be able to play the violin. As with all of us, she is faced with...
by Andrea Amador | Nov 20, 2009 | Binge-Busting, Bust Out of Body Shame, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Coaching, Creating Confidence, Make Peace with Food, Mind/Body Connection, Power of Role Models, Raising Body Happy Kids, Self-Compassion As Strength, Setting Boundaries, Stress-Relief, Supreme Self-Care, Tame Your Inner Critic, The Power of Forgiveness
On certain occasions, especially big holidays like Thanksgiving everyone tends to overeat. That’s no big deal. But here are a few ways to stay in touch with your natural hunger signals and honor your appetite so that you can enjoy this day to the max: 1) Eat...
by Andrea Amador | Oct 14, 2009 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Make Peace with Food, Self-Compassion As Strength, Stress-Relief
Most of us are disappointed or angry with ourselves when we overeat. We assume our tendency to binge means that we have no self control. Nothing could be further from the truth. In order to tame your inner critic and break the cycle of self abuse, you have to start...
by Andrea Amador | Jul 18, 2009 | Power of Role Models, R.E.C.L.A.I.M. System
As you may have heard, I’m taking steps to get covered in national media, TV, radio, and print. My message of empowerment for women and kids is way too big to be kept small any longer. As a sexual abuse survivor, and body image/self esteem expert, I’m...
by Andrea Amador | Jul 15, 2009 | Sexy At Every Size
I’ve got to say, now I really dig the phrase being a “bad girl”, because to me it is so incredibly freeing to be able to look at an old former limiting belief of mine stemming from a history of sexual abuse where I spent years thinking that I was indeed a bad girl. By...
by Andrea Amador | Jul 15, 2009 | Creating Confidence, Sexy At Every Size, Stress-Relief
According to relationship expert, Marcia Martin, most women in the United States have grown up a little prudish, a little conservative, fearing their sexuality, judging women who like sex as “bad girls.” We cover ourselves up. We don’t talk about it. We pretend it...
by Andrea Amador | Jul 14, 2009 | Sexy At Every Size
“Not tonight, honey. I have a headache” How many times have you used that very phrase or some other variation on that theme, as a sneaky way of getting out of being intimate or having sex? Not tonight, honey,… ! I’ll bet dollars to donuts we’ve all said that and can...
by Andrea Amador | Jul 12, 2009 | Body Respect, Sexy At Every Size, Supreme Self-Care
Last year I walked into a Lane Bryant store to do some shopping, and for the first time, I noticed a poster of a woman shapely and curvy like me wearing a variety of outfits the store carried. I later learned this is a plus model. (Pictured left is professional plus...
by Andrea Amador | Jul 12, 2009 | Power of Role Models
Recently I’ve been altering the direction of my book, “Lovin’ the Skin You’re In: The Juicy Woman’s Guide to Making Peace with Food and Friends with Your Body” Because I am a practical woman seeking to provide easy do it yourself solutions for you, I’ve decided...
by Andrea Amador | Jul 11, 2009 | Binge-Busting, Body Respect, Bust Out of Body Shame, Creating Confidence, It's All Just Energy
If you want to feel better about anything in your life, you have to change the way that you think about it. Remember, your body’s listening. In your body, you have chemical messengers that tell your brain how you will feel about the thoughts that you think....
