Art by Peau PorotesanoWhen women come to me for advice, as I currently serve as a resident adviser in Lausanne, I often listen to concerns pertaining to body image: gaining weight, eating too much Cailler chocolate or fondue or the like, feeling guilty for indulging in certain kinds of foods, being concerned about fitting in particular pieces of clothing and the list continues. … [Read more...] about Body Image Abroad
Don’t Let Pictures Fool You
As I look out over Lake Geneva from my two-foot wide balcony on this luminous Monday morning in Lausanne, Switzerland, I find that, even though this view is to die for, with the lake’s piercing-blue ripples and such starkly white mountains that encompass it, Lake Geneva can be misleading. Currently, I only see one little white sailboat slowly making its way past my field … [Read more...] about Don’t Let Pictures Fool You