Acceptance is often misunderstood. It isn’t giving up or apathy. And it certainly isn’t about pretending we love every single thing we see in the …
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Dust on the Lipstick Tube
There comes a stage in grief where anger has burned itself out, bargaining has collapsed, and even denial feels too exhausting to maintain. What’s left …
Bartering with the Body We Love and Fear
If anger is a war cry, bargaining is a back and forth dialogue with the Self: Maybe if I just… We strike deals in the mirror …
War Paint: Anger in the Mirror
If denial is a veil, anger is a blade. Beyond grieving the passing of time, we can also rage against it. The mirror becomes an …
Painted Veils: Denial in the Mirror
Denial doesn’t always sound like No. Sometimes it sounds like Not yet. In beauty, denial shows up as a soft-focus lens we place over reality. Denial lets us …
How Grief Shapes the Way We See Ourselves
Grief and beauty may seem like distant concepts, but they share a deep, tangled root: loss. Grief can dull beauty in the way our eyes appear …
The Anomaly
Our brains love patterns. They keep us safe, efficient, and comfortable. But when something doesn’t fit — an anomaly — we notice. That double-take is where fascination …
“If I Were You” — But You’re Not
People say “If I were you” like it’s a shortcut to wisdom.But if they were you, they wouldn’t be them anymore — with their history, preferences, insecurities, …
The Two Gazes
We think beauty is something we have, we are, and we keep.But in Beauty and the Beast, beauty is something else entirely: A war between two ways of looking. …
Beauty Beyond Diagnosis
One of the most rewarding parts of my work in beauty is about restoring confidence where it’s been shaken. Look Good Feel Better is a free, nationwide …