New Year, New You. I am not Buying Into That.

New Year, New You. I am not Buying Into That. new [njuː] ADJECTIVE Definition*: Shiny, straight out of the packaging, never used. New. *unofficial and for the purposes of demonstrating my point in this article The messages are everywhere. It is a New Year, time to be New again. New body, New mindset, New direction,…

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Forty Things I am Going to Do in my 40s

Forty Things I am Going to Do in my 40s. A guide to creating your MaximaLIST. My 2015 was a year of two parts. The first half of the year was consumed by fear, self loathing and doubt as I approached the big 4-0. However, as you well know, my faithful readers, I had a major…

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If You Peel Back My Layers, All You See is Spanx.

If You Peel Back My Layers, All You See is Spanx. Six years ago, I walked out of hospital with my third child and my stomach never went down. Not only did it not deflate, I put on more weight. And for the past 6 years the most common question I have been asked, aside…

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