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How I Began to Love My Body, Part 3: Overcoming My Hatred for My Body

Recognizing the beauty of my body

This is part three of a four-part series on body image—how I hated my body for a long time, learned to love my body eventually, and how you can achieve a positive body image as well. Part 1: How I Began to Love My Body, Part 1: My Deep Hatred for My Body Part 2: How I Began to Love My Body, Part 2: Unraveling My Weight Issues Part 3: How I Began to…

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Posted May 2 by | 22 Comments
Filed: About Celes, Awareness & Growth, Health & Fitness, Life Lessons, Self-Image
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Why I’m Retiring at 28 and Inviting You To Do the Same

With a Giraffe in Johannesburg, South Africa

Me with a giraffe in Johannesburg, South Africa As of today, I’m retired from work and life. What do I mean? I mean that I’ll no longer work or live life as conventional society deems me to. I’ll no longer concern myself with monetary needs, societal statuses, creating a lifetime of achievements, matching people’s expectations, and so on. I’ll just do my thing, act the…

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Posted Apr 7 by | 108 Comments
Filed: About Celes, Awareness & Growth, Biz & Entrepreneurship, Bucket List, Career & Work, Life Lessons, Motivation & Inspiration, Passion & Dreams
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What Happens When You Don’t Care For Your Teeth: Getting a Root Canal Treatment

X-ray of Teeth

Teeth x-ray (not my teeth, by the way—this is just a stock image) Earlier this week, I got my first root canal treatment. While root canal treatments are supposed to be painless and no more uncomfortable than having a filling, it was a very traumatizing experience for me–I’m ranking it even higher than my U.S. CBP experience on my personal trauma scale. Not fun at all, I’m telling…

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Posted Mar 29 by | 23 Comments
Filed: About Celes, Cultivate Habits, Health & Fitness, Life Lessons
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The Night I Cried

Solitude

Today, I would like to share with you a past moment in my life when I cried. I don’t know why I’m sharing this except that I just want to let you in on this private moment in my past and connect with you guys on a deeper level. Six years ago, I had yet to start Personal Excellence. I was still working in the…

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Posted Mar 7 by | 46 Comments
Filed: About Celes, Character Building, Emotional Mastery, Life Lessons
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Ask Celes – How Do You Comfort Someone When You Both Know His/Her Life Will End Very Soon?

Ask Celes

How would you comfort someone who is very sick or even dying? How do you comfort someone when you both know his life will end very soon? ~ Matt Hi Matt. I wouldn’t comfort the person because to comfort would be to perceive this person as coming from a place of lack. The fact is that he isn’t, by virtue of the fact that he is…

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Posted Feb 24 by | 22 Comments
Filed: Bucket List, Emotional Mastery, Family & Friends, Life Lessons, Love & Compassion, Relationships
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What I Have Learned From Being Hit On by Married Men

Me at Elliot's Beach (Chennai, India)

Horseback riding in Chennai, India (here, I’m at Edward Elliot’s Beach),thereby completing item #62 of my bucket list! More to come!! Now that I’m in my late 20s, I’m starting to have more older people in my social circle. Along with that, incidents where I get hit on by married men. Now, married guys are not my thing. Nor are guys who are attached (in a…

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Posted Feb 22 by | 31 Comments
Filed: About Celes, Dating & Romance, Life Lessons, Relationships
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What To Do When Someone “Stabs” You in Your Back: 6 Tips To Move On From the Ordeal

A Backstabbing Knife

Recently I learned that a “friend” stabbed me behind my back by badmouthing me in a pretty malicious way. It wasn’t just your innocuous, everyday gossip either—it consisted of pretty vindictive statements which cast doubt on my character and my integrity. When I heard it, I was infuriated of course. What kind of “friend” speaks of friends like this behind their backs? How about the…

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Posted Feb 18 by | 38 Comments
Filed: Biz & Entrepreneurship, Career & Work, Character Building, Family & Friends, Life Lessons, Relationships
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Case Study: Lance Armstrong’s Elaborate Doping Scandal (and 5 Important Life Lessons We Can Learn From It)

Lance Armstrong Confession on OWN

In one of the biggest scandals ever uncovered in sports history, Lance Armstrong came clean about his use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) throughout much of his professional cycling career last Thursday (January 17) in a two-part interview with Oprah Winfrey on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). Lance Armstrong–Oprah Winfrey Interview: Key Highlights I didn’t catch the interview when it was broadcast on TV. I only…

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Posted Jan 23 by | 16 Comments
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#2013Countdown, #5: What lessons have you gained in 2012?

What lessons have you gained in 2012?

This is the question #5 of the 13-Day #2013Countdown Challenge as we count down to the year of 2013 as one PE community. The challenge is now over, but you can still read more about it and participate in your own time. Visit the overview page for all 13 countdown questions. Welcome to Day 9 of the 2013 Countdown Challenge! 2013 Countdown, Question #5… Questions for the…

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Posted Dec 27 by | 58 Comments
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#2013Countdown, #8: [Cont'd from #9] What can you do to ensure you don’t repeat the same behaviors in 2013?

What can you do to ensure you don't repeat the same behaviors in 2013?

This is the question #8 of the 13-Day #2013Countdown Challenge as we count down to the year of 2013 as one PE community. The challenge is now over, but you can still read more about it and participate in your own time. Visit the overview page for all 13 countdown questions. Welcome to Day 6 of the 2013 Countdown Challenge! 2013 Countdown, Question #8… Questions for the…

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Posted Dec 24 by | 66 Comments
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#2013Countdown, #9: What could you have done better this year? (Be honest with yourself)

What could you have done better this year? (Be honest with yourself)

This is the question #9 of the 13-Day #2013Countdown Challenge as we count down to the year of 2013 as one PE community. The challenge is now over, but you can still read more about it and participate in your own time. Visit the overview page for all 13 countdown questions. Welcome to Day 5 of the 2013 Countdown Challenge! 2013 Countdown, Question #9… Questions for the…

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Posted Dec 23 by | 80 Comments
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