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“How I learned to accept compliments with zero awkwardness”
Hypnotherapist Chloe Brotheridge used to shyly bat compliments away – but now she’s taught herself to accept them like a boss.
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Face Equality Day: This is what it’s really like to live with a visible difference
Burns survivor Tulsi Vagjiani opens up about learning to love herself
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- Moya Lothian-McLean
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Jada Sezer talks catcalling, societal pressures and sweaty hot yoga sessions
“I feel the most sexy that I’ve ever felt after a hot yoga class, it makes me feel super confident and like I’ve got my life all together”
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- Michelle Elman
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Emily Atack gets real about dealing with fat-shaming bullies on Twitter
"I won’t bow to a stranger who felt a desire to call me out on my double chins”
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- Michelle Elman
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- Michelle Elman
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Iskra Lawrence gets real about being fat-shamed as a 14-year-old model
“I learned there was something wrong with my body and the size of it,” explains the model. “I didn’t like it and wanted to change it”.
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Nicola Roberts recalls being bullied as a child by her dance teacher
“I used to be hugely insecure about being pale,” says the Girls Aloud star.
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- Michelle Elman
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Poorna Bell is sick and tired of the fitness industry’s sexist stereotypes
“Everything tells us that the main goal of fitness is to lose weight. It doesn’t tell you anything about ability or strength.”
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- Michelle Elman
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Body Politics: Bryony Gordon on the one thing we can all do to reach self-love
“We need to stop feeling like we have an obligation to find bits about our bodies that we dislike”
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- Michelle Elman
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Lizzo just shared a vital lesson on the three steps to self-love
Her words will help you appreciate yourself, no matter what.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Jennifer Garner just summed up the problem with the word pretty
The actress says the word was always banned in her house, and it made a world of different to her self-esteem.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Why it’s OK to be quiet in meetings at work
Don’t beat yourself up - it's actually an asset
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- Anna Brech
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- Lucy Partington
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This new selfie series by Rankin is extremely powerful and entirely necessary
He asked 15 teenagers to edit their own pictures in order to make them 'social media ready'
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“Empowering? The #10yearchallenge is fuelling our obsession with beauty ideals“
It sends out the wrong message in a surface-level world
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- Anna Brech
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Why this man’s surprising response to a Reddit #AskWomen thread has gone viral
“I’m not ‘mansplaining’ or trying to discount how you might feel – I’m offering a perspective that might help…”
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Lucy Mangan
“Why women are describing themselves as #AppropriatelyConfident”
Lucy Mangan tells us exactly what she’s thinking.
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- Lucy Mangan
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How to say no when you are a people pleaser
You may have always been the 'nice' one, but it's time to start putting yourself first.
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- Felicity Morse
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Why Gemma Cairney is taking over the Stylist website for one whole day
Get ready to to think outside the box, embrace your creativity and try something new
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- Megan Murray
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This is what happened when Oprah googled herself for the first time
She was shocked by what the search engine uncovered
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- Kayleigh Dray
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- Deborah Coughlin
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One writer on why we should change the conversation around stretch marks
Writer and former Feminist Times editor, Deborah Coughlin, thinks it’s time we all embraced our stretch marks…
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Selena Gomez’s attitude to her scars will resonate with anyone who’s had surgery
It took a long time for her to feel comfortable with her body after the kidney transplant
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- Kayleigh Dray
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