Would cosmetic surgery make you happier?
- Mon Dec 05 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
We spend a lot of time agonizing over our physical flaws, but do you think that cosmetic surgery might make you happier? Recent findings from the National Plastic Surgery Survey show that 87 percent of Canadian women would like to change at least one of their body parts.
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At what age will you be happiest?
- Thu Nov 03 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
I've been sort of under the impression that things are going to get steadily better as I get older. Sure, there are the inevitable realities of the body. The elasticity in my skin will give, I'm already kind of thinking that I'm past the bikini years, and my childbearing opportunities are not eternal.
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Would lying about your age make you happier?
- Fri Oct 28 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
A little while ago, I heard a rumour. "She lies about her age," said my friend, nodding his head in the direction of a good friend's ex-girlfriend, who was just out of earshot.
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Yet another body part to make you unhappy
- Fri Apr 08 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
The other day I was speaking to a friend of mine who was slightly dismayed. She had just visited a cosmetics counter to replace her worn-out favourite colour of blush, and the salesman had tried to talk her into another product: a cream to reduce lip lines, the wrinkles that allegedly form around your mouth.
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View yourself as beautiful, not flawed
- Fri Oct 01 2010
- Sarah Treleaven
Women spend so much time fretting over their appearance. But what if we could just stop, embrace who we are and experience all of the best things about life instead of worrying about things we can't (or shouldn't) change.
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