3 Easy Ways to Increase Your Mental Fitness
May 3, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Healthy Coping, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Stress Management, Writing and Poetry, Yoga and Meditation
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Real Deal Role Model: Lisa Kantor, Attorney Who Fights For Women’s Health
April 9, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Activism, Advocacy, Binge Eating, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Mental Health, Politics, Recovery, Treatment
Part of the mission of the Real Deal website is to offer empowering messages, facts and research about body image, media literacy and self-care, but also to provide role models for women — courageous pioneers who make a difference, who share their voices, who help others. This month’s Real Deal Role Model is Lisa Kantor [...]
Meet Becca — Pioneer, Visionary, and Environmentally-Friendly Taxidermist
March 23, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Art Therapy, Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Moms & Sisters, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Care
Real Deal exclusive interview with Becca: a Pioneer, Visionary and Environmentally-Friendly Taxidermist. I first met Becca about a year or so ago, when we both attended a production of NORMAL THE MUSICAL in Charleston, SC. Becca offered feedback that — to this day — has served as a catalyst for some new programs for our [...]
#RealDeal Applauds First Lady Obama — “Health Not About Size or Weight!”
March 21, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Role Models
First Lady Obama, #RealDeal applauds and salutes you!! THANK YOU for lending your voice to help others learn that HEALTH is not just about size or weight and for stressing that every person’s body is intended to be different. It is time to put an end to weight obsession! From PRWire dated March 18, 2013 [...]
Ugly Ducklings Supporting NORMAL
March 19, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care
The Ugly Ducklings have come forward to help NORMAL and our mission of educating about mental health, eating disorders, body image, self-acceptance and stress-management through arts and mindfulness programs. We are so grateful!! The Ugly Ducklings is an initiative inspired by Jennifer Morrison of Once Upon a Time. A few weeks ago, Jennifer gave her Twitter supporters the [...]
Reclaim Your Body, Grow Into Your Edges, Change The World
March 12, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Activism, Advocacy, Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Politics, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion
There are moments in life where the light bulb goes off and suddenly a thousand tiny dots are connected in the flash of an instant. This moment happened for me over the weekend at BEDA’s 2013 conference in Bethesda, Maryland, as I sat and listened to Carol Munter speak. I had only ever heard of [...]
Emma Bell’s Painfully Powerful True Body Image War Story
March 12, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Guys, Healthy Communication, Loving Your Body, Moms & Sisters, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Talking To Kids
The talented and generous Emma Bell shares with Real Deal her painful story of being bullied … When I was 6 years old I got in trouble for kissing my ‘boyfriend’ in preschool during reading. We thought we’d get married. When I was in 1st grade I serenaded the boy I liked with a rousing [...]
REAL DEAL’s NEW HANDLE ON TWITTER!
March 5, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Featured
In an effort to consolidate NORMAL in Schools’ online work, we will be relocating all @WeAreTheRealDeal & @RealDealGirls Tweets and announcements to our @NORMALInSchools handle. Please join us and follow along at @NORMALInSchools with hashtag #RealDeal. Thank you for your ongoing support here at We Are the Real Deal – we are thrilled to have [...]
Do You Have a Body Image Pie Problem?
March 4, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Media Literacy, Prevention
A special thanks to Cindy Bulik for taking the time to share in a little e-interview with me. This is SERIOUSLY amazing stuff! Robyn Hussa Farrell, Editor, Real Deal. 1. During a film interview for the FLOORBOARDS documentary, you mentioned that body image should really only take up a small percentage of our self-esteem. What [...]
10 Things You Can Do to Promote Eating Disorder Awareness
February 25, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Addiction, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Recovery
In support of Eating Disorder Awareness month across the nation, we compiled a list of 10 things you can do in your own community. 1. Circulate this sheet about Disordered Eating and Living to your friends and help CHANGE the norm in our culture away from disordered lifestyles! Most importantly, know the Warning Signs that signal [...]
