How Drug Rehab Can Help You
May 1, 2012 by Robyn Hussa
Filed under Addiction, Featured, Freedom, Mental Health, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Substance Abuse, Wellness
This guest post graciously submitted by Marilyn Kegley How Drug Rehab Can Help You There are so many challenges that addicts face when trying to break the chains of addiction, but drug rehab treatment is there to help. Each program in rehabilitation treatment is different in order to accommodate different needs and preferences. There are [...]
Unleash Kindness in Your Life: Open Yourself to Happiness
April 30, 2012 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Body Image, Fat Talk, Self-Care, Self-Compassion
Kindness, used mindfully, is a practical tool to feel good about yourself, even in the most trying situations. You live in a society that runs on selling product to consumers. That means all communication channels are loaded with expertly created words, pictures, stories and films designed to sell you something. It’s important for you to [...]
Perfection Does Not Exist
April 30, 2012 by Arielle Bair
Filed under Anorexia, Anxiety, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Freedom, Mental Health, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Weight Stigma, Wellness
So many people, eating disordered or not, are just so engrossed with the topic of perfection and imperfection. It can really become an obsession, whether it’s body image related, beauty related, achievement related, or beyond. There are so many things you can find to become obsessed about where flaws are concerned… but it takes away [...]
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 [...]
The Self-Love Rule
April 26, 2012 by MamaV
Filed under Featured, Self Esteem
Blast from the past, originally posted July, 2009: You’ve heard of the golden rule right? It’s an idea I personally try to live by every day. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. So simple yet so poignant. In most situations is makes perfect sense. It breeds empathy and Lord knows [...]
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. [...]
If I Don’t Like Me, Can I Take Care of Me?
April 23, 2012 by Marsha Hudnall
Filed under Body Image, Fat Acceptance, Featured, HAES, Loving Your Body, Nutrition, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Wellness
Originally posted October, 2009 when Marsha Hudnall, RD, MS first joined the WeAreTheRealDeal site. Marsha has taught hundreds of women how to live the HAES (Health At Any Size) lifestyle through her decades of work at Green Mountain at Fox Run, a women’s retreat where she serves as owner and director. Read Marsha’s blog at [...]
Finding more of my voice through song
April 20, 2012 by Doris Smeltzer
Filed under Body Image, Expressive Arts, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Music, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Spirituality, Voice
Graciously re-posted from Gurze Publications: Returned a few weeks ago from the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP) conference in South Carolina where I had the honor of presenting with Robyn Hussa and Jenni Schaefer. It was truly a “mountain-top” experience for me. One of our goals was to be sure to give the [...]
