This past weekend was my puppy DeeOgee's 1st race. We attended the 2013 Wiener Dog Races at Hastings Race Track here in Vancouver. So much fun! There were 64 dogs racing in 8 different heats. It was awesome to see so many different variations of the breed. Lots of different sizes, colours and coats. I am a proud Mommy --my little guy came out of the gate first and straight for me, but stumbled […]

  In her new movie Help, the actress plays Skeeter Phelan, an ambitious young writer who suffers from low self-esteem in the beginning of the film. Emma says the role made her question how she defines attractiveness. “I think at the beginning, understandably, [Skeeter] is deeply affected by her appearance and her mother’s disapproval of it,” she said. “[Skeeter] was lucky enough to have [her maid] Constantine, who reminded her that she was beautiful and […]

What would Barbie look like if she were modeled after the average American woman? Very different, it turns out. Artist Nickolay Lamm of MyDeals.com used CDC measurements of an average 19-year-old woman to create a 3-D model, which he photographed next to a standard Barbie doll. Lamm then photoshopped the 3-D model to make it look like a Barbie doll. "If we criticize skinny models, we should at least be open to the possibility that […]

The Oscar-winning actress — who is widely viewed as one of the world’s most beautiful women — admits she isn’t confident in her own skin. “I think I’ve spent my adult life dealing with the sense of low self-esteem that is sort of implanted in me,” she said. “Somehow I felt not worthy.” Berry also revealed how her crusade to help domestic violence victims comes from watching her mother being abused by her late father. […]

1) Be authentic by having self-awareness: know who you are, what you like and what you don’t like 2) Know your core values and be in alignment with them, always 3) Be aware of your negative self-talk and focus on the positives 4) Focus on your talents and gifts, not your weakness and faults 5) Dress in a way that reflects how you feel on the inside (no black or gray!) 6) Be aware of […]