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Stop Being Insecure! Start Loving Yourself!

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Get your coffee cup ready. This post is long . I'm already wordy and long-winded, but give me a topic I'm passionate about? You're in trouble. I wanted to write this post because I'm an insecurity fighter! I've done battle with the beast for far too long. I feel like I'm on the cusp of vanquishing him, or at least shrinking him down to ant sized where the most he'll do is bite my toe every so often. These are the things that need to be said because so many of us struggle. I'm so tired of hearing my friends bash their own bodies, or call themselves mean names, or think that they don't measure up for any number of reasons.  Maybe it's the Leo in me, or my Pentecostal upbringing, but I'm mad. I'm mad at the state of women. Of little girls that think they don't matter if they don't look, act, feel, dress, a certain way. I'm ready for a wave of women's self love to roll down all across our planet. Women are the givers of

Berry and Beet Morning Smoothie with Ground Flax Seed and Pineapple!

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The way our bodies feel and the level at which they operate has a lot to do with what we put in them. I definitely have my guilty pleasures and indulge in buffalo chicken, tacos, and a host of other comfort foods from time to time.  As the mom and primary cook in this house, I feel responsible for the health of my family! Sure they share the responsibility for their own health and have to make good choices, but what comes out on the plate each night is mostly up to me. Lately I've been feeling like I want to switch our diet to a more raw foods diet. Less processed, more fruits and veggies, etc. To keep myself and my family somewhat balanced, and in an effort to put more fruits and veggies in our diet, I make morning smoothies. Usually my fiance and I take them on the way to work. I also try to force our kids to drink them whenever possible.  My smoothies mostly always include spinach, banana for sweetness, and some kind of frozen fruit to make sure they are cold. I