Creating a positive body image takes work. But one of the easiest ways to get started is to use mind trick and little mantras. I love the idea of making promises to yourself, just like wedding vows. Here are 17 promises you can make each and every day to help you stay positive about yourself and build your confidence.

While being in shape to be healthy and feel good about yourself is important, and we like to provide tips and tricks for you from time to time, this article from Gawker says exactly what I want to say to all of you: Just go to the damn beach and enjoy yourself already.

Tank tops and swimsuits and sundresses, oh my! It’s almost time to break out these arm-baring styles, and if you’re anything like me, you’re feeling a little bit of body anxiety.

I read an adorable article this morning and it was too sweet not to share. We are all looking for the “Fountain of Youth” right? And not just with how we look. We all want to act and feel young, because in general, it’s a better feeling than your normal tired self.

It seems I really struck a nerve yesterday when I brought up weight stereotyping. I guess that dealing with body image, both our own and others’, is a big deal. I know it is for me. I’ll go personal here for a minute: I struggle with this pretty much constantly.

It's Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention month and while we love to get ourselves a healthy summer glow, getting skin cancer is not sexy. Instead, we'd rather protect ourselves. Since 1970, the incidence of melanoma among young women has skyrocketed, rising eight-fold, and current estimates predict that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime.

In the summer, the last thing I want to do is cook. I spend all winter making heavy meals like stew and as I start to shed my layers of clothing, my meals get lighter too. It’s not only due to the heat outside, which just kills my desire to ever turn on the oven, but I just don’t want to spend my time inside!

Nobody said it was fair, but it’s happening all day everyday. Weight stereotyping is harsh…and everywhere. Discrimination against heavier people is well documented—and, sadly, rising: a full 66 percent in the past decade, according to a Yale University study. But could this kind of bias extend to women of all sizes?

It’s summertime, and you can expect to find yourself poolside, at the beach, at the ballpark, or at a barbecue, where you’ll be tempted by a juicy hot dog or a cool and creamy ice-cream sundae. I know in the summer I find it easier to eat healthfully most of the time because when it’s hot out, who wants to eat something hot?

I know that I usually bring you a cocktail recipe in this column, because, well, they’re just fun and playing bartender makes me feel like Megan Draper making fancy drinks for my friends in my mod Manhattan apartment. (Yes, I’m a Mad Men nerd. Sorry I’m not sorry.) But sometimes, I just don’t want to drink. I know, shocking!