BODY EMPOWERMENT – “SELF Acceptance and Recovery’s Ebb & Flow”
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series "Body Empowerment," here's "SELF Acceptance and Recovery's Ebb & Flow" originally posted October 15, 2012, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. In this video, Caroline responds to a viewers question about how one accepts one's SELF, as opposed to their physical body, and how to deal with the ebb & flow of recovery. About BODY EMPOWERMENT: Founded in 2008, "Body Empowerment" is hosted and produced by NYC-based writer, performer, and eating disorder recovery advocate Caroline Rothstein. In an effort to promote eating disorder awareness, prevention, and recovery, as well as promote positive body image worldwide, ...
Finding Body Image Freedom
Reprinted from my book, Healthy Selfitude Most of us have little things we hold onto that help us feel confident or sexy, more worthy or desirable. For me, I was absolutely “addicted” to wearing toenail polish. Silly as it may sound, I actually had developed a kind of irrational co-dependency on fancifully colored toenails. So in an effort to explore this, I embarked on an experiment (from a place of genuine curiosity). I tried to do something that -- at the time -- would have been unthinkable. To teach a yoga class (where people stare at your FEET) without polish on my ...
Why recover from BED? Why struggle to give up comfort?
[caption id="attachment_14233" align="alignleft" width="225"] g Recovery frees you to open the doors of your choice[/caption] You know how the insistent urge to binge takes over your mind and body. It seems like the only action you can take to get away from unbearable anguish. Yet with recovery you have an opportunity door in your future, waiting to be opened.
Announcing Binge Eating Disorder Week, May 27-31
Hopeless…desperate…defeated…disgusted...guilty…ashamed These are the words with which I open an article I wrote explaining binge eating disorder (BED), as part of the upcoming BED week, May 27-31. These words describe the difficult feelings that plague those who struggle with BED. And the feelings can go much deeper than that, to increase risk for depression and even suicide. BED is the most common eating disorder, afflicting over 80 million in the US alone. And that's just the diagnosed cases. So many people who struggle with BED don't realize the problem; instead they think they are weak-willed, unable to control themselves, or otherwise inadequate. That's hardly ...
Being a Critical Consumer of Social Media: my imperfect birth story
My daughter is sleeping, one of her sporadic 2-3 hour breaks between diapers, feeding, crying, rocking and snuggling. I became a mother three weeks ago and I must say it has not been what I expected. I wanted to write a little about some things I have learned, or more accurately re-learned, during the last three weeks of her life. This post is not about body image or eating disorders but rather about self-criticism, toxic comparison, unrealistic expectations and the potentially devastating impact of social media- all active ingredients in body image and eating disordered issues. Prior to her birth I ...
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BODY EMPOWERMENT – “SELF Acceptance and Recovery’s Ebb & Flow”
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body...
Finding Body Image Freedom
Reprinted from my book, Healthy Selfitude Most of us have little things we hold...
Being a Critical Consumer of Social Media: my imperfect birth story
My daughter is sleeping, one of her sporadic 2-3 hour breaks between diapers, feeding,...
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BODY EMPOWERMENT – “SELF Acceptance and Recovery’s Ebb & Flow”
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body...
Why recover from BED? Why struggle to give up comfort?
g Recovery frees you to open the doors of your choice You know how the insistent...
Announcing Binge Eating Disorder Week, May 27-31
Hopeless…desperate…defeated…disgusted…guilty…ashamed These are the...
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “The Movement”
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body...
Raising Kids After Having an Eating Disorder
Raising Kids After Having an Eating Disorder How to help children develop a healthy...
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Body Ownership & Citizenship”
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body...
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