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I I was inadvertently shamed into exercise by my sister and cousins. One evening I found myself in the hot tub with my older sister who had just come down from a bikini competition and a slew of my cousins, all of whom were undeniably jacked. And I was what they call skinny fat. They…
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One of the key purposes of Chez Palafox is to help and inspire people to overcome the things that most weigh them down. To that end, I wanted to do a series of things I have personally wrestled with and overcoming including suicidal tendencies, depression, PTSD (I’m healing), crippling anxiety, emotional eating, the binge/purge phenomenon…
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Trigger warning: While this is not meant to be a gruesome post, just apply virtually every trigger warning imaginable here. It ends on a positive note and a call to action. I was seventeen when he proposed. Shy and unsure by nature, bullied by adults around me to accept, knowing I didn’t love him, but…
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One of the most profound things I’ve ever heard was in jail. I don’t refer to incarcerated people as inmates. They are my friends. They wear orange, they come from different backgrounds, speak different languages, and they are often genuinely deep, insightful people. And I love spending time with them. I teach a couple of…
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I had the extraordinary opportunity to live in both hyper wealthy atmospheres and far more humble ones and making the transition from an area in which my family was seen as invaluable leaders to moving to the land of country clubs and designer labels where my handmade clothes became a cause for bullying and embarrassment taught me survival skills that…
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