worth Archives - Andrea L. Ramsay

“I didn’t know myself without social media.” – Essena O’Neill and Knowing Ourselves

By Andrea L. Ramsay | November 3, 2015 |

I don’t often drop everything to comment on newsy topics, but when it involves body image and identity, sometimes I can’t help myself. You may have seen that Essena O’Neill, a teen social media celebrity with half a million Instagram followers, has quit social media. I didn’t know who Essena O’Neill was until yesterday, but…

The Lie That You Can Always Be Better or More

By Andrea L. Ramsay | June 29, 2015 |

Last Monday night I set my alarm for 5:30am to get up for a 6am workout class. My plan was to go to that class, then come home, shower, get ready, go to to work and then go to an afternoon meeting. This was my Tuesday plan. What happened instead? Well, Monday night I couldn’t sleep…

Why Men Don't Tell You You're Beautiful

By Andrea L. Ramsay | October 6, 2014 |

I read this post by Matt Walsh a while back. It was a letter to his daughter, who is still very young, about her beauty and how he hopes that the magazine rack and social media will never convince her she isn’t beautiful. He’s knows it’s wishful thinking but it was a very well-written and…

You Are More than You Think You Are

By Andrea L. Ramsay | June 16, 2014 |

I think we often define ourselves by the things we believe we are not just as much as we define ourselves by the things we are. I am a publicist. I am a preacher’s daughter. I am a writer. I am not a musician. I am not a chef. I am not an athlete. It’s…

That One Part of Your Body You Still Don't Like

By Andrea L. Ramsay | May 19, 2014 |

I think as women we can come far in believing in our own beauty. We embrace that curly hair we tried so hard to straighten growing up. We actually miss the red hue in those curls that we so badly wanted to be blond. We realize having a big nose isn’t so bad and…

Beauty: The Race We're All Losing

By Andrea L. Ramsay | February 10, 2014 |

If beauty is fleeting, why do we chase it? I was fortunate to be told by loving parents again and again that I was beautiful. Their compliments came naturally, but I took them for granted. Sometimes, I didn’t believe them and many times they even got on my nerves. Great, my dad thinks I’m beautiful,…

Lessons for a 13-Year-Old

By Andrea L. Ramsay | April 25, 2013 |

We are taught a lot of things at age 13 in churches and at our youth groups. I remember nights around the campfire at church camp that were profound and talked about Jesus in a way I hadn’t thought about him before. I remember hearing that who I was was in Christ and not in…