March 24, 2012 • 21 notes • mytoxiclife
What would you do with all the time you spend disliking parts of you? Grab a paper and pencil and add up how much time you spend thinking negative things about your body. Now make a list of 25 other ways you could use that time… 1. sleep 2. talk to a friend 3. take a walk 4. write yourself a love note 5. eat some nourishing food 6. babysit for someone 7. paint 8. read 9. play a video game 10. write 11. make a list of 10 things you’re grateful for 12. make a list of 3 body parts you like 13. make a list of 5 things you like about yourself that have nothing to do with appearance (if you can’t think of any, ask someone who knows you for help) 14. skip down the block 15. learn about something you care about 16. do some homework 17. do some extra credit work 18. help someone else 19. see how many people you can smile at 20. day dream about the different things you could do for work 21. think about what college you want to go to 22. volunteer 23. pet a dog/cat/parrot/chicken/ferret/hamster/rabbit 24. clean your room 25. write yourself a sign, big or small, that says “Stop Hating Your Body” and put it up where you’ll see it every day.

What would you do with all the time you spend disliking parts of you?

Grab a paper and pencil and add up how much time you spend thinking negative things about your body.

Now make a list of 25 other ways you could use that time…

1. sleep

2. talk to a friend

3. take a walk

4. write yourself a love note

5. eat some nourishing food

6. babysit for someone

7. paint

8. read

9. play a video game

10. write

11. make a list of 10 things you’re grateful for

12. make a list of 3 body parts you like

13. make a list of 5 things you like about yourself that have nothing to do with appearance (if you can’t think of any, ask someone who knows you for help)

14. skip down the block

15. learn about something you care about

16. do some homework

17. do some extra credit work

18. help someone else

19. see how many people you can smile at

20. day dream about the different things you could do for work

21. think about what college you want to go to

22. volunteer

23. pet a dog/cat/parrot/chicken/ferret/hamster/rabbit

24. clean your room

25. write yourself a sign, big or small, that says “Stop Hating Your Body” and put it up where you’ll see it every day.

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March 23, 2012 • 14 notes • harmreduction
harmreduction: 5 Sexy Condom Tips For More ‘Pro-Phylactic’ Safe Sex Wrap it up folks! Sex is a minute (well, hopefully at least a few), but a disease or baby is a lifetime. Take care of yourself - cause yes, you’re worth more than just the heat of the moment. And trust, I’ve seen young folks come back with diagnoses of incurable STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections) such as herpes or HPV and they are *not* happy. Once you have something like that, you will need to tell every sex partner you have. Not so hot, right? So…what goals can you set for yourself around safer behaviors?

harmreduction:

5 Sexy Condom Tips For More ‘Pro-Phylactic’ Safe Sex

Wrap it up folks! Sex is a minute (well, hopefully at least a few), but a disease or baby is a lifetime. Take care of yourself - cause yes, you’re worth more than just the heat of the moment.

And trust, I’ve seen young folks come back with diagnoses of incurable STIs (Sexually Transmitted Infections) such as herpes or HPV and they are *not* happy. Once you have something like that, you will need to tell every sex partner you have. Not so hot, right?

So…what goals can you set for yourself around safer behaviors?

March 9, 2012 • 2 notes • cyr4n0
Feeling stressed? Try this simple solution: *INHALE (relax your face) *EXHALE (deepen your exhale) *INHALE (to a long, slow count to three) *EXHALE (blow all that air out through your mouth) *INHALE (notice thoughts and picture putting them in bubbles and blowing them off your hand into the far distance) *EXHALE (really empty your lungs) *REPEAT (try it, it really does work)

Feeling stressed? Try this simple solution:

*INHALE (relax your face)

*EXHALE (deepen your exhale)

*INHALE (to a long, slow count to three)

*EXHALE (blow all that air out through your mouth)

*INHALE (notice thoughts and picture putting them in bubbles and blowing them off your hand into the far distance)

*EXHALE (really empty your lungs)

*REPEAT

(try it, it really does work)

March 8, 2012
…Each of us is a seed, a silent promise, and it is always spring.
Merle Shain
March 7, 2012 • 7,825 notes • leilockheart
What have you made the best of lately? (Psst! PS - another secret: The happiest people aren’t happy all the time. You just think they are.)

What have you made the best of lately?

(Psst! PS - another secret: The happiest people aren’t happy all the time. You just think they are.)

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February 27, 2012 • 3,656 notes • ishallnotbemoved
Too often we think we’re the only ones going through it. Fact is, more people than you think are experiencing at least some of what you are (even the crazy bad stuff). All you have to do is ask. Though it might be one of the harder things you’ve done, sharing what you’re dealing with with someone you trust (particularly someone older who might have some experience listening) could be one of the best things you do for yourself. What would it take for you to feel less alone right now?

Too often we think we’re the only ones going through it. Fact is, more people than you think are experiencing at least some of what you are (even the crazy bad stuff). All you have to do is ask.

Though it might be one of the harder things you’ve done, sharing what you’re dealing with with someone you trust (particularly someone older who might have some experience listening) could be one of the best things you do for yourself.

What would it take for you to feel less alone right now?

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February 26, 2012 • 7 notes • 1x.com
“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”       Native American leader Chief Seattle

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.”       Native American leader Chief Seattle

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February 7, 2012 • 40 notes • harmreduction
Nuff said!

Nuff said!

February 1, 2012 • 37 notes • harmreduction

Most folks don’t know what AIDS (or HIV) stands for. We’ve seen the acronyms for so long, we forget to look further into what they mean.

HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is what a person needs, plus a lowered t-cell count, and an opportunistic infection or two (sounds like a menu, yes, but not one off which you’d like to order if you can help it) to be diagnosed with AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).

Just keeping current while checking out cool posters from the past.

January 31, 2012 • 379,146 notes • octopussoir-
What are words you wish you could wipe off the page? And with what would you replace them?

What are words you wish you could wipe off the page? And with what would you replace them?

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