https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 21:39:28 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy/page/2#post-519217 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:42:41 +0000 kimlee 519217@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, this is a beautiful post. I can see your heart thru your words. And as much as you have gained from YLF, you have given back. I look forward to your kind words and helpful suggestions on each of my posts. Thank you for sharing yourself with us! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy/page/2#post-519199 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:00:42 +0000 suzanne m 519199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful Sona, you help make YLF the beautiful place it is. Your sharing is inspirational and just plain fun. I love your smile and -now- knowing you are happier and healthier through the power of YLF. That power is generated by all who contribute here. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy/page/2#post-519188 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:38:51 +0000 ButterflyLady 519188@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a lovely post, Sona, I'm so glad that this winter has been better for you. I agree, there is something lovely about this place. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy/page/2#post-519163 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:11:20 +0000 Inge 519163@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such a beautiful and moving post, Sona. You have been knocking it out of the ballpark with your outfits, and have been looking incredible, stylish, confident and happy!<br /> I'm so happy to read here that this *is* exactly how you've been feeling, and that this year is so different to the last.</p> <p>Angie and all the wise, stylish and supportive women in the YLF community are truly changing lives, just by being their incredible selves. *You* are one of those special lasses too, Sona. So thank you for sharing this happy news with us, and thank you for being special you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-519052 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:00:30 +0000 Katiepea 519052@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That was a lovely, heartfelt post Sona. I've loved watching your style journey and am looking forward to seeing what the next six months have in store for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-519023 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:27:46 +0000 HelenInCanada 519023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Cheers, Sona! What a touching and happy post. I'm so glad you are feeling the warmth and friendship that is so important in life here. I'm also heartened to hear you have resolved your seasonal depression, and are seeking positive inspiration and fun to get through the long winters (I relate, sistah!) Keep on keepin' on - I am personally inspired by your story!</p> <p>Brilliant idea - YLF conference! I would SO be in! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518987 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:59:35 +0000 Aida 518987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona this was a beautiful post, and I was so so happy to read about your milestone success! *hugs* I hope I can meet you in person one day! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518959 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:43:05 +0000 Sveta 518959@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, I am so glad that this year was different for you and that you are found a piece with yourself through the acceptance of your body. I can relate to this so much! It is incredible how one's confidence in how one's look affects all other aspects of life and makes us happier.<br /> I can sign under your every word about YLF therapy and I truly believe that Angie (and Greg and Rosie and Jasmine :0) is changing this world to the better - one woman at a time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518935 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:27:55 +0000 ironkurtin 518935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Power on, sister! Good for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518914 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:16:27 +0000 Jaime 518914@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not only is it lovely and encouraging to read your words, it is amazing to see how supportive everyone is in their responses. Thank you for posting this Sona. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518859 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:33:33 +0000 nancylee 518859@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, I am so happy that YLF played such a big part in your feeling so good. Wishing you a happy and stylish year going forward. We are always here for you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518854 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:30:39 +0000 MNsara 518854@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona - this is such a sweet, thoughtful post! Your kind words about Angie and YLF, and your kind words to yourself It has been fun to see your style emerging -- it was there all along and just needed the YLF experience to be recognized and respected.</p> <p>I'm so very happy for you that this December has been better! Winters can be SO difficult to get through for everyone, add in a 'downward spiral' and it can be truly soul sucking. YLF is effective and practical 'therapy' and it's a great antidote to all those life things (job, family, body) that can drain us.</p> <p>Are you considering making the trek to Chicago in March? A great chance to meet some of your YLF community in person. . . !!?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518841 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:20:45 +0000 Debora 518841@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, Sona! This is such a heartfelt and beautiful post! You are such a valued member of this community and a part of what makes this place so special. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I wish I could give you a big hug but am sending you a virtual one in its place. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518800 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:44:36 +0000 Anonymous 518800@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful Post Sona, your growth in confidence is visible in your outfit posts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518788 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:37:23 +0000 Jewell 518788@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What a wonderful post! so glad I read it and hugs right back to you!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518776 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:29:58 +0000 Anonymous 518776@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh Sonal, I'm so glad to hear that you are having a good winter! Seasonal depression is no joke. Come to think of it, this past December was the best I can remember in a very long time too, and I'm sure YLF had a lot to do with it! Thank you for writing this beautiful compelling post. We are so much richer for having gotten to know you.</p> <p>I had to chuckle when you described your adventures in sauna-like clothing! We have all have little idiosyncrasies that we have to learn to dress around. Without going back to look at your WIW's, there are a few silhouettes that stand out in my mind as being excellent on you. The Gap skinnies and boots with a tunic and open blazer (single-breasted of course) with exotic jewelry AND a dress in a vibrant print (wrap or magic). You are beautiful inside and out and I'm so glad to be a fellow traveller with you on the road to fab style! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518663 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:42:04 +0000 Diana 518663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, this is such a beautiful and thoughtful piece you have written. It's such a wonderful tribute to Angie, YLF, and the whole community we have built here, and it really makes me happy that we have been able to contribute to your healing process. It should be required reading for all those who wrongly think that style and fashion are shallow and frivolous pursuits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518652 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:36:11 +0000 taylor 518652@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely post Sona...:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518646 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:29:03 +0000 Sona 518646@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you ladies.</p> <p>A YLF "conference" sounds amazing Rae: it would be great to have YLF'ers from<br /> across the globe try to gather in one place: perhaps Seattle or NYC? I think if we planned a year or more in advance people would be able to make plans. We'll have to see what Angie thinks. And I'm sure there is a YLF'er out there that works in the travel industry to get us great travel deals! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518640 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:24:12 +0000 Angie 518640@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, YOU HAVE HEART. </p> <p>I was also moved by your post, and very relieved to hear that you've reached an all important and killer milestone. Thank you for enriching our community by being nothing more than just special you. I hope to hug special you some day too :)</p> <p>(Thanks for remembering Jasmine, who I pine for every second of the day. xoxo).</p> <p>(Thanks, Jonesy). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518619 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:52:17 +0000 Suz 518619@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, this post has brought such happy tears to my eyes. You are AMAZING in every possible way. Your courageous embrace of your own unique style in the face of some powerful personal demons is an inspiration to us all, and your wonderful WIW posts with their vibrant colours, carefully chosen shapes, and beautiful jewelry are fast becoming favourites with us all. The recent outfit that Jonesy mentioned is a case in point. I love the way you are bringing your cultural heritage to your looks and yet managing to keep it all contemporary and fresh. It's brilliant. </p> <p>Thank you for sharing your half-year anniversary feelings! And rock on! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518618 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:51:18 +0000 Meredith1953 518618@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona,<br /> That was a very lovely post. It's wonderful to have a community of people where you can feel you can truly be yourself. We all have body issues to some extent and it is so great to have a place to be supported in dressing and loving the bodies we have right now. I looked at some of your other postings and find your eye for color and pattern very inspiring. I particularly love you in your kurti's. They look fabulous on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518617 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:49:12 +0000 Mo 518617@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, I'm so glad to read that this winter has been one free of the deep depression and that YLF has helped to make this so. I do remember you mentioning how hard Decembers have always been for you.<br /> I have found coming here therapeutic as well and have been meaning to put it into a post. Being homebound, first through the injury to my ankle, and then through shipping my car in Aug. in anticipation of a move that has yet to happen, has me alone with my cat and my thoughts for sometimes days on end. The BF works 10 - 12 hour days 6 days a week and the neighbors are all over 70, so not exactly a peer group. This place, and all of you have helped me get through my every day and keep from getting bored and depressed and all that can happen with too much time alone. Thank you all so much!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518612 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:40:24 +0000 Debbie 518612@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona what a thoughtful post. I love looking at you outfits and hope you continue to show us your evolving style. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518605 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:36:38 +0000 Anonymous 518605@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful post, Sona! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518521 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:34:48 +0000 rae 518521@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, thank you for the beauttiful and beautifully written post - I am sure the sentiments apply to most (if not all!) YLFers. We all have body quirks, and it really does feel amazing to finally work *with* them instead of against them. Personally, I also love feeling welcomed by the group when "real life" can sometimes feel isolating and cold. </p> <p>Thank you also for your kind spirit, enthusiasm, fashion gusto, and for sharing your fabulous, evolving style with us. I always look forward to seeing your newest color choices, your beautiful blouses and jackets, and of course your jewelry collection, which sets everything off so well. </p> <p>I hope that you continue on in the forum even though you've now have your style locked down. As you said, it's therapy, and it's friendship! Hopefully we can meet at a grand YLF conference someday. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518507 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:19:51 +0000 morethanbeige 518507@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>So well said! What a beautiful post. I agree 1000%. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518503 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:18:15 +0000 catgirl 518503@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, I am glad my not so occasional fashion flailing can bring you comfort! Seriously, you are a much valued, cherished and admired member here, with always thoughtful advice to offer. Your beautiful words have made my day today. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518502 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:16:26 +0000 Transcona Shannon 518502@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, this post just ROCKS!!! It is thoughtful and caring people like you that make YLF the wonderful place that it is. I'm so glad for you that this December and winter is unlike your previous ones and that you have found this place to be helpful. I too am learning through YLF and all its wonderful members, to accept a body that is not what I suppose I had hoped it would be - but learning to dress what I have and embracing who I am. </p> <p>I think you have an amazing sense of style that is uniquely yours and we all look forward to continue seeing you in your beautiful outfits (and occasionally with your adorable children). You have become a much loved member of YLF! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ylf-as-therapy#post-518498 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:05:36 +0000 Sylvie 518498@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sona, what a kind and thoughtful post. YLF is a truly special place on the internet and how wonderful that it's been a source of therapy for you. I am truly so so glad to hear it's helped you escape the winter doldrums - cheers to you for having a happy and healthy winter.</p> <p>Also, I just want to mention that you, in your own turn are becoming a source of style inspiration to others. There is such a marked difference between your early WIWs and later WIWs, if I may say so, there's so much joy radiating from you in the later ones as you obviously feel comfortable and happier in what you're wearing. Your facial expressions say it all. </p>