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Ask Sheila: My Daughter Wants to Wear PINK Clothes!

What do you do when your daughter wants to wear a brand name of clothes that you’re uncomfortable with? Today for our Ask Sheila video we’re featuring a mom who has issues with her 12-year-old who...

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Can We Talk Honestly about Teenagers and Weight Problems?

I’m going to open a big can of worms. I’m getting ready for people to throw tomatoes at me and yell at me. But, please, please, can we talk honestly about something today? I really think we need to...

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10 Stories of Big-Bust Shame from Hitting Puberty Early

Does hitting puberty early, and growing a bust early, contribute to sexual shame? All too often it can. A few weeks ago I asked on Facebook and Twitter for women’s experiences if they grew breasts...

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Reader Question: Why Can’t I Get In the Mood?

Do you find that you can’t get in the mood and can’t get mentally ready for sex because you dread it? For the next few days we’re talking on the blog about how to embrace your sexuality, and I want to...

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10 Tips for Winter Pajamas that Are Warm–but Still Sexy!

How do you choose sexy pajamas–that are still warm? Recently I wrote a “Fight the Frump” series at the blog, where I encouraged all of us to try to spend just a few minutes looking put together every...

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Fight the Frump: Looking Put Together with Outfits

Are you ready to create outfits that work for you? We’ve been talking all week about how to fight the frump, covering hair, natural-looking makeup, and finding clothes that fit and flatter. Now we’re...

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Fight the Frump: Finding Clothes that Fit and Flatter

It’s Fight the Frump week here at To Love, Honor and Vacuum, and today we’re going to talk about how to find items of clothing that fit and flatter you. We’ve talked about hair and makeup so far,...

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Fight the Frump: Mastering Natural Makeup

Let’s fight the frump today by talking about makeup! All week we’ve been talking about getting rid of that frumpy feeling by taking care of our appearance and showing that we respect ourselves. It’s...

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Fight the Frump: A Good Haircut Makes a Huge Difference!

We’re in the early part of our Fight the Frump week! And for this edition, I want to talk about hair. But first, let’s go back to some basic principles. Fighting the frump is NOT about vanity and not...

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Fight the Frump: Let’s Get Dressed!

Do you feel frumpy? Look, no one has to live up to society’s standard of beauty. No one needs to be a size 4. But what I’m talking about has nothing to do with your figure and everything to do with the...

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3 Truths to Teach Your Girls About their Bodies

Body image is such a huge issue for adult women. But it’s even more so for teenage girls! Right now my daughters are putting the finishing touches on an online course that moms can use to help teach...

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Why “Don’t Be a Stumbling Block” is A Really Bad Modesty Message

How many times have you heard calls for women to dress modestly in terms of “you don’t want to be a stumbling block”? Phew. This has been a tiring week on the blog–and I knew it would be. I’ve been...

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10 Resources to Help You Get More Comfortable with Your Body

Do you find it hard to get comfortable with your body? And is part of the problem that you just don’t understand how your body works? A reader just sent me this question: Recently I was talking to some...

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Please Don’t Resolve to Lose Weight This New Year’s

I firmly believe that the main reason so many of us struggle with weight is that we don’t understand it. And this desire to “lose weight” too often manifests itself in this attitude where food and your...

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10 Ways to Love Your Body–and Want to Share it With Your Husband!

Can how we see our bodies affect our sex lives more than how our bodies actually look? For women, I’ve said again and again: our brains are our biggest sex organ. And what often gets in the way of our...

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Top 10 Ways to Support a Spouse Struggling to Lose Weight

How do you help your spouse lose weight? Yesterday I was talking about how to heat up your sex life, and I was hoping to run a post today on how to make HIM feel great in bed. But I had so many...

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Can You See Your Body as Your Friend?

Can you truly believe that your body is your friend? On Monday I wrote a long post asking you all to help me synthesize something–how do we talk about body image, weight, beauty, and health in a good...

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How Do We Talk About Weight in a Healthy Way?

Is it possible to have a conversation about weight in a healthy way? Every Monday I like to put up a reader question and take a stab at answering it, but today I’ve got one of my own that I wanted to...

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How I Use a Capsule Wardrobe to Fight the Frump!

My daughter Rebecca recently started preaching to me about the benefits of a capsule wardrobe. Basically, you try to get your wardrobe down to only a certain number of pieces–some say 25, some say...

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When Your Husband Ruins Your Confidence

Does your husband make you feel insecure? Last week I wrote about how sex can make you feel powerful. But I know that in all too many marriages the opposite is the case. Your husband says things that...

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