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Self-Esteem and Unsolicited Advice – Submissive Meditation Monday

By Luna Carruthers / 3 minutes of reading

I’m devoting this Monday to meditation, reflection, and devotion to submission. I hope to select topics that will get you thinking differently about some part of your life or submission and then just maybe grow a little bit further. If you have ideas for topics that might work for a Meditation Monday, please email me. How’s your self-esteem? Do you feel

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Self-Esteem Through Grooming Part 4: Diet & Exercise

By kallista / 7 minutes of reading

In Part 4 of the Self-Esteem Through Grooming series, we explore how diet and exercise influence confidence and self-worth. It’s not about perfection—it’s about discovering the lifestyle that helps you feel strong, balanced, and proud of the body you live in.

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There’s No Size Limitation to Being Kinky

By tequilarose / 5 minutes of reading

Kink isn’t reserved for a specific body type, size, or look. This article explores body positivity in BDSM, challenging harmful myths about who “gets” to be kinky and encouraging self-acceptance, confidence, and pleasure at every size, shape, and stage of personal growth.

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Being a Little Doesn’t Come with a Size or Age Limitation

By tequilarose / 4 minutes of reading

Littles come in many forms, and there is no age or body size requirement for identifying as one. This article explores littlespace as an identity and form of self-expression, challenging harmful myths and encouraging inclusivity, self-acceptance, and personal authenticity within healthy, consensual dynamics.

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Learn to Love The Body You Have – Submissive Meditation Monday

By Luna Carruthers / 3 minutes of reading

Learning to accept your body can be a powerful act of self-care and submission. This meditation invites submissives to slow down and practice compassion toward the body they have right now, encouraging gentler self-talk, grounding, and appreciation without pressure to change or “love” every part instantly.

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The Day I Stopped Rejecting Compliments and Learned to Love Myself

By Luna Carruthers / 5 minutes of reading

Accepting compliments can feel surprisingly difficult when low self-esteem or poor body image tells you the praise can’t possibly be true. This personal reflection explores how learning to receive compliments without arguing, dismissing, or making excuses helped challenge negative self-talk and gradually build greater body acceptance and self-worth.

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You Don’t Have to Be a Porn Star or Fashion Model to Participate in BDSM

By Luna Carruthers / 3 minutes of reading

You’re sitting at your computer (or tablet, or phone) right now and have wondered for some time about going to a BDSM munch or a party or convention but are afraid that you don’t fit into the image you have in your head of who really is into BDSM. You’ve seen the porn on Kink.com

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Seeing a Desirable Me: Learning Body Confidence through the Fingers of a Lover

By Luna Carruthers / 4 minutes of reading

Originally published April 9, 2011 on Fearless Press when I was a guest author there. From an early age, I would look into the mirror and see only the things I wish I could change; from the dimple in my chin, my growing belly and fat arms to my round face, huge jiggly ass. Then I didn’t

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Who Influences Your Submission?

By tequilarose / 5 minutes of reading

The other day, I found myself wondering who and what influences me with the decisions I make. The reason why I found myself pondering this is that I had begun to doubt myself and everything I believed and how I lived my life because of something someone had said about me. This person who had

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Help! My Dom is smaller than me!

By Luna Carruthers / 2 minutes of reading

You’ve met the perfect person; they are strict and charming, their dominance is a perfect compliment to your submission. There is just one hang-up. They are shorter than you, or they could be smaller in stature than you. Could there be an issue with your ability to submit to someone that can’t overpower you physically

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