Is It Too Late to Apologize?
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. Hi Rachel, I started college last year and met my friend who quickly became a best friend. The problem is that later on in the year a third friend popped up to make a threesome and I didn’t handle the situation as gracefully as I could have. [...]
Are You Photoshop-ing your life?
May 7, 2012 by Maripat Abbott
Filed under Body Image, Fat Acceptance, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Wellness
Your reaction to this film clip was probably similar to mine – rage and a feeling of disbelief that women are STILL being portrayed this way, and that things have gotten even worse. And again, if you’re like me, you immediately went into blame – blame of the advertising industry, the magazine editors and perhaps [...]
Why Weight Loss Is The Wrong Goal
April 27, 2012 by Marsha Hudnall
Filed under Dieting, Eating Disorders, Fat Acceptance, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings
A Marsha Hudnall blast-from-the-past, originally posted September 11, 2009. I own and direct a women’s healthy weight loss retreat. But I wish women would stop trying to lose weight. No, I don’t want to put myself out of business. I’d just rather help women set and achieve goals that will really take them where they [...]
Mother May I?
April 25, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Body Image, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Loving Your Body, Moms & Sisters, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion
Perhaps it is a coincidence, perhaps it is because I called my mother, Ma, but the first two letters of the month reminds me that MAy brings us Mother’s Day. Despite the fact that some folks tout this as a shameless commercial “Hallmark” opportunity for selling cards and gifts, others experience it as a more [...]
Today Show’s Comments about Jessica Simpson: “She’s Pretty Fat”
April 24, 2012 by Robyn Hussa
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Bullying, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, HAES, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Pregnancy, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Weight Stigma
This guest post graciously submitted by Sarah Biskobing, RD. It seems as though once again, Jessica Simpson is under the microscope when it comes to her weight. This time, she is being criticized for being too heavy while being pregnant. Apparently, Jessica has gained around 40 pounds so far during her pregnancy. Dr. Nancy Snyderman [...]
The Power of Role Models: A Young Woman’s Lifelong Bond With One of America’s Most Influential Political Figures
April 23, 2012 by Robyn Hussa
Filed under Activism, Activism, Advocacy, Body Image, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Featured, HAES, Mental Health, Politics, Recovery, Role Models, Sharing Feelings, Suicide, Treatment
When Joslyn Smith told me about her lifelong correspondence with one of America’s most influential political figures … and the resulting chain of events that ensued … I had to film her experience. For so many young people, they believe that there is no way out of their situation — regardless of what it is. [...]
5 year old boy dares to dress as a girl, neighborhood moms freak.
April 18, 2012 by MamaV
Filed under Featured, Finding Your Voice, Guys, LGBT, Role Models, Self Esteem, Talking To Kids
WATRD blast from past, originally posted 11/2010 I found this story about a “Boo” a 5 year old boy who decided to dress up as Daphne from Scooby Doo quite interesting and I think you will too. His mother has an awesome post on the “aftermath” of Halloween, but here are the highlights. The kid [...]
Through a Shocking Epiphany, I’ll Stand with You
April 11, 2012 by Troy Roness
Filed under Activism, Activism, Advocacy, Body Image, Bullying, Finding Your Voice, Guys, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, LGBT, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Mindfulness, Politics, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Spirituality, Wellness
Through the process of completing a class for my graduate program, I had a very eye-opening experience concerning my sexuality, my faith, my eating disorder, my emotional hurt, etc., and knew that others in my position would benefit from the words circling inside this 10-pound bobble on my shoulders. I have studied, researched, and listened [...]
Fat is the New Skinny
April 11, 2012 by YeahDave
Filed under Body Image, Exercise, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Stress Management, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation, Yoga Therapy
Are you one of those rare people who can see past the physical and recognize one’s inner beauty? Honestly? The other day I was searching the internet for real life “Beauty and the Beast” stories and came across the following: “When I was in high school-there was this gal–her name was Trudy Nussbaum–her father was [...]
Vogue has gone too far!
April 5, 2012 by ANAD
Filed under Body Image, Bullying, Featured, Moms & Sisters, Parents, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Weight Stigma, Wellness
In the April issue of Vogue magazine there’s an article written by a young girl’s mother, Dara Lynn Weiss, who forces her daughter, Bea to submit to a lifestyle that is restrictive, rigid, punitive and humiliating in the pursuit of weight-loss. There are many articles, bloggers, and Facebook postings that chastised Dara-Lynn. I have to admit, I had a [...]
