I'm reading Carrie Hope Fletcher's book, All I Know, at the moment.  For those of you who haven't heard of her (like me before I bought her book), she's an English singer, actress and vlogger.  Here's one of her videos.

Check out the Bella website - it's based on the premise that every girl is beautiful and strong in her own way.  They publish a quarterly magazine too.

We are often our harshest critics and should give ourselves a break.  Jess Glynne says it best...

Just in case you missed this awesome acceptance speech in 2013, here it is again.

Make a list of what makes you happy.  Here's my top ten.
1.   Iced coffee with extra ice cream
2.   Spending time with my family
3.   Music
4.   Dark chocolate
5.   Curling up with a good book
6.   Nice smells like freshly baked bread, coffee brewing, perfume etc.
7.   Gelato
8.   Shopping
9.   Sunshine
10. My dog 

This is for all you girls who are on Struggle Street - struggling with school and exams, having a difficult time with your family, ditched by your friends, dumped by your boyfriend or just down in the dumps.  This song always lifts my mood.

You'll never be that girl, because you're you.  Besides, I think that you'll find being that girl isn't all it's cracked up to be and being you can be pretty darn wonderful - it depends how you look at it.