Progression of Positive Affirmations
March 31, 2012 by Arielle Bair
Filed under Advocacy, Anorexia, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Loving Your Body, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Self-Harm, Yoga
Today, I’d like to tell you a story. It’s about why I believe wholeheartedly in the power of positive affirmations. About 8 years ago, University of Delaware, my undergraduate alma mater, held a Love Your Body week. I know many of you are familiar with this. One of the items that was being handed out […]
A WEIGH WITH WORDS
March 31, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Body Image, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Mindfulness, Sharing Feelings, Stress Management
Whoever came up with the expression, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me,” probably had really good intentions. I can picture the person, maybe a mom, consoling her child on the playground after being teased or called a name. Inside she is trying to repress her rage and maternal […]
A journey of self-compassion
March 31, 2012 by Doris Smeltzer
Filed under Body Image, Loving Your Body, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion
I am excited to be a part of such an amazing community! For those of you who are not familiar with AndreasVoice.org let me share briefly. I was thrust into the eating disorder world when my daughter Andrea developed bulimia. Tragically, she died after just 13 months of behaviors at the age of 19. Since […]
How does your SOUL respond?
March 30, 2012 by Carolyn Costin
Filed under Body Image, Featured, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Mindfulness, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Spirituality, Stress Management, Yoga, Yoga Therapy
The therapist’s mindful presence is itself a source of healing. It facilitates a better relationship with the client, and like a tuning fork, it helps bring out this mindful presence in the client. I believe that when clients are in this mindful presence they can distinguish the difference between this presence and the chattering of their ego/mind. When […]
You Don’t Have a Soul. You Are a Soul.
March 29, 2012 by Carolyn Costin
Filed under Body Image, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Spirituality, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga Therapy
“You don’t have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.” CS Lewis This is perhaps one of my favorite quotes because it succinctly describes what I believe it means to be human. Working with clients with eating disorders means working with people who have inaccurate views of their body. No matter what […]
Mindfulness
March 29, 2012 by Carolyn Costin
Filed under Body Image, Featured, Livin in the Moment, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Yoga
Our true home is in the present moment. To live in the present moment is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now. Peace is all around us- in the world and in nature- and […]
What is a normal curve anyway?
March 29, 2012 by Emma Wood
Filed under Body Image, Depression, Fat Acceptance, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Weight Stigma
Statistics was almost my downfall in graduate school, however there was once concept that I was able to integrate into my general knowledge in a meaningful way: the normal curve. This normal curve represents the distribution of values, frequencies, or probabilities of a set of data. It slopes downward on either side of a highest […]
Eating Disorder Parity: What people don’t get about Binge Eating Disorder and the “war on obesity”
March 27, 2012 by Emma Wood
Filed under Anorexia, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Mental Health, Obesity, Weight Stigma, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
With the 2013 revision of the DSM right around the corner there will be a need to rethink, both at the professional and public level, how we conceive of the “war on obesity” and the way in which both health care providers and lay people talk about food and weight. As some of you may […]
True Beauty Podcast — Truth about FAT
March 27, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Fat Acceptance, Loving Your Body, Self-Acceptance
Graciously re-posted from Judy Ciacci and Anne-Sophie Reinhardt created these cool episodes on the True Beauty Podcast. In this episode of the True Beauty Podcast, Judy and Anne-Sophie share the truth about the word fat with you. The go into the real meaning of it and what we imply when we say it to ourselves or to […]
What is causing my Hair Loss?
March 25, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Pregnancy
Hair loss isn’t a straightforward condition and there can be many reasons for the thinning or shedding of hair. However, once you know the reason you can do one of three things: 1)Find a solution to your hair loss, in the form of medication or hair transplant treatments. 2)Hide your hair loss, with wigs, weaves […]
