My self-hate journey started in a 7th grade locker room when a girl poked my belly and called me the "Pillsbury dough girl".

Is there such a thing? If there was, we certainly would all want some. . . no, we would want ALL of the secret sauce. Someone amazing once told me that life was never meant to be easy. I couldn’t agree more. How boring would life be if we were able to sail through without any pain or sadness? Did you just stop right there? Are you thinking, “GIRRLLL, I’m not buying it?”. Pain and sadness are part of life’s great journey. We all have some. None of us want it. We would never c