Great Discovery When you Stop People Pleasing
August 1, 2012 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Anorexia, Anxiety, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Depression, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Obesity, PTSD, Recovery, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Self-Harm, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
In eating disorder recovery you discover your authentic beliefs and values. This quote then becomes more relevant as you make your way to healing and health. When people pleasing gets you down you are ready to drop an eating disorder symptom you may have lived with your entire life. You discover, perhaps while looking over [...]
this is your brain on dance
June 2, 2012 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Anxiety, Dance, Dance Movement Therapy, Exercise, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Loving Your Body, Mental Health, Movement, PTSD, Self-Care, Wellness
Scientific American’s 2008 article explains that “unconscious entrainment – the process that causes us to absent-mindedly tap our feet to a beat – reflects our instinct for dance.” It would seem that our brains have evolved around rhythm! Throughout all of the movement tasks in their study, there was activation in areas of the brain that correlate [...]
