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This Is Your Life

By Joan Acocella — 2013

Adam Phillips, Britain’s foremost psychoanalytic writer, dislikes the modern notion that we should all be out there fulfilling our potential, and this is the subject of his new book, “Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life” (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Instead of feeling that we should have a better life, he says, we should just live, as gratifyingly as possible, the life we have.

Read on www.newyorker.com

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BBC Three: #SORRYNOTSORRY for the Way We Look —Harnaam Kaur

Harnaam Kaur gathers together inspiring examples, to speak on the topic of individuality and the power that comes from being yourself, regardless of others opinions.

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Harnaam Kaur
2017
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My Thinning Years: Starving the Gay Within

Jon Derek Croteau brings a heady mixture of raw emotion, pathos, and humor to his powerful journey from self-hatred and punishment to self-affirmation and healing as a gay man in My Thinning Years.

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Jon Derek Croteau
2014
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Finding Joy: With Geneen Roth

Something happens every time I stop fighting with the way things are. Something happens to every one of my students when they stop running their familiar programs about fear and deficiency and emptiness.

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Geneen Roth
2016
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Body Positive Yoga Talks to Rosie Molinary

Rosie Molinary on radical self-acceptance, living your purpose & the myth of effortless perfection.

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Rosie Molinary
2015
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Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina

In Hijas Americanas, author Rosie Molinary sheds new light on what it means to grow up Latina.

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Rosie Molinary
2007
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Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance

Every day, American women and girls are besieged by images and messages that suggest their beauty is inadequate, inflicting immeasurable harm upon their confidence and sense of wellbeing.

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Rosie Molinary
2016
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Autobiography of a Face

I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life.

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Lucy Grealy
2016
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Living Without Shame: How We Can Empower Ourselves | Whitney Thore | TEDxGreensboro

How do we handle self-perception when our bodies don't match the ideal social image? The answer is to find a way to live without shame.

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2016
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How I Learned to Love My Imperfections

Even though it may sound a bit weird, loving your imperfections is really important! What’s your favourite imperfection about yourself ?

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Iskra Lawrence
2019
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Iskra Lawrence Is Unapologetic About Her Curves | Fashion for All | Elle

Iskra Lawrence used to see herself as inferior. The images she saw in fashion made her feel like she wasn't welcome and didn't hold up to "model" standards. But, she didn't let other people's opinions - or a set of measurements - keep her from becoming one of the industry's rising stars.

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Iskra Lawrence
2017
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