BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Feeling vs. Looking Good”
November 28, 2012 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Loving Your Body, Self Esteem, Weight Stigma
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Feeling vs. Looking Good (Body Empowerment 41)” originally posted June 20, 2011, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. Check it out! 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 […]
deciding to live consciously and creatively
November 27, 2012 by Chris Kingman
Filed under Addiction, Anxiety, Depression, Empowerment, Featured, Livin in the Moment, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Self-Harm
Effective therapy in NYC and beyond is about helping people create new realities in their lives—internally AND externally. And creating new realities starts with a decision to participate consciously and creatively in the present moment. Deciding to step into a conscious/creative mindset is so subtle as to almost be unrecognizable as an action that we […]
Are you Normal?
November 27, 2012 by Angela Mensah
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Media Literacy, Role Models
Do you see yourself re-imaged, re-presented, or depicted as you truly are in media? Your hair texture, the shape of your nose, the natural shape of your body or even your natural tone-color, and texture of your face with all of its wonderful imperfections? And finally, what about your social class or even the dialect […]
Gratitude is the source of your healing and self confidence
November 22, 2012 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Eating Disorders, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Treatment
Being aware and grateful in your life promotes your own healing and develops you as a sturdy and worthwhile person. Gratitude is far more than saying “thank you” to someone for their efforts.
Heavy Petting
November 21, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Binge Eating, Eating Disorders, Featured, HAES
Sons and daughters are different. That seems like an obvious statement but as the mother of a son, who did my best to raise him in an environment as free from gender stereotypes as possible, whenever I come across evidence of what seems to be a universal difference between boys and girls (genitalia and hormones […]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “To Internalize, or Not to Internalize”
November 21, 2012 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Recovery
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “To Internalize or Not to Internalize (Body Empowerment 40)” originally posted June 13, 2011, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. Check it out! About BODY EMPOWERMENT: Founded in 2008, “Body Empowerment” is hosted and produced by NYC-based writer, performer, and eating disorder recovery advocate Caroline […]
Are You Getting Enough Sleep?
November 14, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Featured, Recovery, Self-Care, Treatment, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation, Yoga Therapy
Graciously re-posted courtesy of Gurze Publications. When I interviewed Dr. Craig Johnson of the Eating Recovery Center in Denver in 2010, he told me a surprising statistic: “The average adolescent patient coming in for eating disorder treatment is reporting an average of 4.2 hours of sleep per night.” According to the National Sleep Foundation, teens […]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Intuitive Eating and Joyous Environments”
November 14, 2012 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Intuitive Eating, Recovery
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Intuitive Eating and Joyous Environments (Body Empowerment 39)” originally posted June 6, 2011, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. Check it out! About BODY EMPOWERMENT: Founded in 2008, “Body Empowerment” is hosted and produced by NYC-based writer, performer, and eating disorder recovery advocate Caroline Rothstein. […]
I’m a STAR today because….
November 14, 2012 by Arianna Merritt
Filed under Body Image, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Sharing Feelings, Wellness
November is the time to become your own CHAMPION. This is a month where you should start to express gratitude towards YOURSELF. Let me tell you why I think this is important. Have you ever been in a relationship (i.e., business or personal) where the other person is extremely critical of you? Are they constantly […]
Thoughts on mental health
November 14, 2012 by Doris Smeltzer
Filed under Addiction, Eating Disorders, Featured
Updated and graciously re-posted from Gürze Publications: In the San Francisco Chronicle there was an article by Martha Woodruff titled, “Let’s treat addiction like the disease it is.” Ms. Woodruff was writing about an HBO executive who was seeking treatment for a substance abuse relapse. Woodruff asked, “When is this country going to relax its […]