by Taslim Jaffer | Jan 22, 2013 | I Love Myself Campaign
…you can’t help it. You were born that way. I love this. I really, really love this. When the words came to me as I was creating my Make-A-Wave cards I was filled with this swell of emotion that could only be expressed with a great big YEAH! and of...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jan 15, 2013 | I Love Myself Campaign
Have you ever wondered why at the end of a crazy day of “Hurry up! Let’s go! Come on!” you feel exhausted and…somehow, less farther ahead than you think you ought to be? Me, too – until I read a facebook post by author Lori V....
by Taslim Jaffer | Jan 8, 2013 | I Love Myself Campaign
“I need some alone time, please!” It also stands for: “I will be in my room, if you please don’t need me!” “I just need it to be really, really quiet!” and sometimes, “I have discovered the bathtub also doubles as a...
by Taslim Jaffer | Dec 18, 2012 | I Love Myself Campaign
Do you ever feel laughter-starved? Like honest-to-goodness laughter. Not just a half-smile-before-moving-on-to-the-next-task kind of thing but like a real belly-jiggling-oh-my-face-is-hurting-but-I-can’t-stop kind of thing. It’s not that things...
by Taslim Jaffer | Dec 11, 2012 | I Love Myself Campaign
There is a really wise lesson imparted on us every time we fly on an airplane. Every single time we get on a plane, we are run through all of the emergency situations that could possibly occur on our trip (which we would rather not think about while strapped in a...
by Taslim Jaffer | Dec 4, 2012 | I Love Myself Campaign
“Come on, Taslim. Don’t even think those things. Just tell yourself, ‘I am SOMEbody!'” My mom looked at me from the other side of my bed, eyes sad but trying their best to look strong. On the last word of her pep talk, she sat up straighter...