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5 Things I Love About Myself.
I wasn't always the most confident. I struggled just like every other young girl does when she starts to realize that her body grew a little bit faster than her understanding, and her perspective on life moved faster than what was happening around her. I was mature on accident but I experienced traumatizing things on purpose. I put myself into situations that I had no business being in. I am now very different. Yes, the things that happened to me, changed me and I can never go back but I choose to leave it in the past and focus on the present. Here are the 5 things that I love about myself:
By Relevance4 years ago in Viva
A Year of Women's History
Happy International Women's Day! Let's celebrate by remembering a few of the great women of history, who have achieved great things and made lives easier for women today.
By Tone Breistrand4 years ago in Viva
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel launched Kaushalya Matritva Yojana…
Chief Minister attended the state level women's conference Women honored for excellent work Raipur / Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has given a big gift to the women of the state on International Women's Day.
By Ojes 4 years ago in Viva
Is International Women’s Day Even Worth Celebrating?
Annually, March 8th is a day to honour female leaders, humanitarians, academics, innovators, ceiling glass breakers and other heroines. I’m not certain what I should be celebrating this year other than friendship and love amongst women. I’ve taken that for granted for too long, and always tended to pitch my intimate relationships, and familial relationships above my friendships.
By Antoinette Niles4 years ago in Viva
Why International Women’s Day March 8 is Important
You’re not alone if you haven’t heard of International Women’s Day (IWD). Many people, especially women, aren’t even aware that it exists, let alone know what it means and why it’s important to remember every year on March 8. IWD is an annual celebration recognizing the contributions of women throughout history and across the globe to society — and it’s essential to remember this day each year, both in our personal lives and in our businesses, because there are so many ways that women make things better in the world.
By Happy Life Official4 years ago in Viva
There are many forms of marriage, but it is not at all necessary to live together as sisters and brothers. ?
There are often times when the word marriage can make us laugh or weep; but then again, we must not be too hard on ourselves for having been married before. I was once married under what is now called day-to-day vows – that is where the phrase Day-to-Day-Love comes from. We are not obligated (or even allowed) to live our whole lives together as sisters and brothers.
By Bibhav 4 years ago in Viva
Body Acceptance. Top Story - March 2022.
Like most (if not all) women and girls, I have insecurities about my body. I’ve had these insecurities since I was nine years old. I take after the women in my mother’s family, curves everywhere. Even when I’ve been at my skinniest, I’ve had curves. Wide hips, big chest, and always a bit of fat around my belly, thighs, calves and upper arms. I’m 5’5, and my skinniest was 135lbs, wearing a size 2. My weight has gone up, then down, then up, then down, then up again. I’m currently 255lbs, wearing a size 20. I feel the same way about my body now, as I did then. As far as I can tell, those curves and that thickness is always there. The only difference is how obvious it is in photos, how big those curves are. I’ll never have a flat stomach. My arms and legs will never look skinny in proportion to the rest of me. These are facts.
By Erin O'Neil4 years ago in Viva
Female CEOs Reclaim Your Moxie!
My relationship with my own body was extremely complicated when I was in my twenties.. and so today I want to share with you how my own journey of overcoming this particular challenge changed my life, and transformed lives of hundreds of other women.
By Ela Staniak - Feminine Leadership Coach4 years ago in Viva
Black With a Pinch of Salt
Black with a pinch of salt He is back again, the same guy from last week who liked his coffee black with a pinch of salt. It was the strangest order of coffee I have ever had to make since I started working as a coffee barrister. Funny enough, the order was the hardest because I had to discover where we kept the salt in the café kitchen. I obviously have a crush on him but who wouldn’t with the way God made him. Today, however, he was in with a young lady who had moons in her eyes when she looked at him.
By Nneka Anieze4 years ago in Viva
I'm a woman, that's my superpower
I'm a student, a women, I'm 22 years old now and sometimes I feel like I'm taking on too many responsibilities. The pandemic caught me when I was in my first year of college, the second semester. Since then my whole life has changed completely, it has become as I never expected.
By Maria Ostasevici 4 years ago in Viva
Dear mirror, please tell me why should I trust you?
"For I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me. With every acquaintance I make, the population of phantoms resembling me increase. Somewhere they live, somewhere they multiply. I alone do not exist." - Vladimir Nabokov
By Bérengère Balteau4 years ago in Viva
Be Your Own Hero. Top Story - March 2022.
I’ve been pondering the subject of “Be Your Own Hero”. Here in the Western world, and maybe your part of the world also, we were told fairy tales in which a ‘hero’ came along and rescued the fair maiden who was in dire straits, be it a dragon, evil stepmother, witch, sorcerer, greedy king or whatever. This instilled in us as young female children, that we needed an outside influence to rescue us from whatever life brought us that was beyond our control to overcome.
By Jean Sumrall4 years ago in Viva