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herlife | contentscontentwelcome 16January 201230health 20spotlight 24beauty 28inspirations 30cravings 36culinary 40recipes 44wine 46spotlight 48HEATHER TOWNSENDHeather Townsend didn’t wake up one day and say, “Oh I think today is the day I’ll start losing weight.”It was a gradual process and something that had been on her heart for years, but she admits she neverhad the time to dedicate to it, focus on it and really make it a life change. Being a physician’s daughter, sheoften heard her father’s concern about the correlation between excessive weight and cancer. Finally decidingto get in the groove, and only one week later and 11 pounds lighter, she realized she was on the righttrack. Heather shares with HERLIFE Magazine how she ‘stuck’ to the change, how it’s changed her life, whatshe hopes for the future and how you can do it too.20book club 52scene and be seen 54spotlight 70mother’s perspective 74green living 78fine things 82spotlight 84trendsetter 88Working WOmen 96Finance 100The Power of AffirmationsEach of us has an inner dialogue that we carry onwith ourselves throughout the day. This dialogue isso deeply engrained that we usually aren’t awareof it, but psychologists say that it can control ourmoods and influence the outcome of importantevents in our lives. When your inner dialogue is fullof fear and negativity, it can negatively impact yourreality.74Helping Your Child Deal WithTheir Changing BodiesAs parents, we watch our children grow with joyand excitement. That glee can turn quickly to sorrow,however, when we discover that our kids maybe struggling with these milestones; feeling discomfortor even anxiety about what is happening withintheir bodies. Body image is a very important part ofhow they define who they are.Spotlight 104Home 108Real Estate 110travel 112pets for people 114Just Sayin’ 118HERLIFE Hottie 120tie the knot 122calendar 128star journeys 13214 HERLIFEMAGAZINE.COM