Hope is Real.

I'm bipolar and recovering from anorexia and self-harm. With that being said, I'm also a writer, lover, and human rights activist. Even though I'm only 20 years old, I've had a whirlwind of experiences that almost sent me over the edge. Actually, I definitely flew over it a few times. However, if it weren't for those downfalls, I wouldn't be the strong, happy person I am today. I want to share my story. I want you to share yours. There is always a way out of the darkness and I want to show you the light.

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June 3rd, 2012
You’re the only you there will ever be. Embrace it.

You’re the only you there will ever be. Embrace it.

(Source: weheartit.com, via eatingdisorderrecovery)

June 2nd, 2012
It’s society who’s ugly - not you. Every body is beautiful. 

It’s society who’s ugly - not you. Every body is beautiful. 

(Source: theloveyourselfchallenge)

June 1st, 2012
Fuck the media and society. Those women in the magazines you’re striving to look like don’t even look like that - it’s all fake. If you want to be beautiful, be yourself.

Fuck the media and society. Those women in the magazines you’re striving to look like don’t even look like that - it’s all fake. If you want to be beautiful, be yourself.

(Source: simple-m0ments, via survivingsuicide)

We’ll leave it with this… If you struggle with self-injury, you are not “a cutter”. You are a person. You are not only your pain. You are not only wounds and scars. You are also better things. You are possibility and promise, hope and healing, daydreams, favorite books and favorite songs. You are the people that you love and the people who love you. You are hope and change and things worth fighting for. This is your entire story and your story isn’t over.
Jamie Tworkowski ♥ (via attemptingamazing)

(via rainydaysunrise)

Hey everyone! I wanted to apologize for my severe lack of posting. Between treatment and my new job, time has been a really hard balancing act for me to figure out. However, I am graduating from treatment (yay!) and I have quite the fight in me that’s raging to get out. Be prepared for lots of awesome body-positive, recovery-focused content that’s about to blast your dashboards! I love you guys and thanks for those of you that hung on while I was MIA!

Hey everyone!

I wanted to apologize for my severe lack of posting. Between treatment and my new job, time has been a really hard balancing act for me to figure out.

However, I am graduating from treatment (yay!) and I have quite the fight in me that’s raging to get out. Be prepared for lots of awesome body-positive, recovery-focused content that’s about to blast your dashboards!

I love you guys and thanks for those of you that hung on while I was MIA!

(Source: meredithinbrasilia.blogspot.com)

May 6th, 2012
another-hitchhiker: Because I have been informed infinite times before that “Real” women have curves, or that “Real” women are thin. Fact is, no woman is imaginary! Shocker, I know. We’re all real women, as real as can be, and equal in every way.Real women are skinny, fat, thin, curvy, shapely, gangly, muscular, short, tall, big, small, voluptuous, big-boned, scrawny, and everything beyond or in between. Tattoos, or cosmetic surgery? Still real. Has a penis, but identifies as a woman? Real too.This is what the positive body image movement is about. You do not need to dehumanize one body type just to respect your own. And I’m not excluding men from this. I hope to draw a male version too.

another-hitchhiker:

Because I have been informed infinite times before that “Real” women have curves, or that “Real” women are thin.

Fact is, no woman is imaginary! Shocker, I know. We’re all real women, as real as can be, and equal in every way.

Real women are skinny, fat, thin, curvy, shapely, gangly, muscular, short, tall, big, small, voluptuous, big-boned, scrawny, and everything beyond or in between. Tattoos, or cosmetic surgery? Still real. Has a penis, but identifies as a woman? Real too.

This is what the positive body image movement is about. You do not need to dehumanize one body type just to respect your own.

And I’m not excluding men from this. I hope to draw a male version too.

(via stophatingyourbody)

May 5th, 2012

“Confidence is the only key. I know a lot of people who aren’t traditionally ‘beautiful’ — not symmetrical or perfect-bodied or perfect-skinned. But none of that matters because all that shines through is their confidence, humor and comfort with themselves. I can’t think of any better representation of beauty than someone who is unafraid to be herself.” – Emma Stone

(Source: duerre-s, via spreadhappyness)

April 29th, 2012

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

-Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

(Source: quotabl.es)

April 27th, 2012
I just loved the simplicity of this.

I just loved the simplicity of this.

(Source: , via fighting--for--freedom)

This is so true. You can’t please everybody.

(Source: perksofbeingadrugaddict, via thetruthaboutthebody)