Choosing a Tattoo
Tattoos are as individual as the people who have them, and it seems like an odd thing for me to tell someone else how to make a decision so personal and individualized. I don’t know you, your story, or what…
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Author Archive: Tamara Frattarelli
Body Image and the Media – Yes
January 26, 2015 Style and Beauty - Other
There is no question that our country has some serious body image issues that keep countless therapists employed and countless girls and women confused and insecure. I have a four-year-old daughter, and how to raise her with a healthy sense…
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Teen Safety
July 7, 2014 Friends and Peers
In my lifetime, I have been given a number of gifts for the purpose of protecting myself. From a friend, pepper spray. From a colleague, an obnoxiously loud alarm that could be set off by pulling a cord to get…
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Mutuality
July 7, 2014 Friends and Peers
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson In their best form, friendships are reciprocal. There will inevitably be a period in which each of us is the sad one, the strong one, the fun…
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Marriage Equality
Is marriage equality a right or a privilege reserved only for heterosexual couples? Marriage is an issue that lies at the intersection of civil and religious life, and the heated debates surrounding it focus on which of these spheres should…
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