Why Weight Loss Is The Wrong Goal

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 Power of Role Models: A Young Woman’s Lifelong Bond With One of America’s Most Influential Political Figures

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. [...]

Feeding Tube Diets And The UnEthical Doctors Who Prescribe Them

There’s a new, horrifying diet being endorsed by medical professionals.  Beware! The K-E diet involves a feeding tube and restricts the patients intake to a certain number of calories. I’ve said since day one that our society is creating eating disorders, I am not sure there is another such blatant examp le of proof. I’m [...]

Eating Disorder Recovery – Post by Author Marya Hornbacher

A blast from the past — This guest post is from Love2EatinPA, originally posted in 6/17/2010. Here is a post about recovery from life-threatening eating disorders by the amazing author of “Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia”, Marya Hornbacher.  She has recovered after over 15 years of battling both anorexia and bullimia. I hope you [...]

Subconscious Mind Control and Limiting Beliefs

This Guest Post graciously submitted by the Silva Method team. Check out the article about the law of attraction and  how to use daily affirmations to attract success It is essential that an individual learns to control his limiting beliefs that are being produced by his subconscious mind in order to take control of his life. If one changes the [...]

Cheering on Your Own Greatness

So many people hate themselves. So many people spend hours picking at themselves, looking for things that aren’t up to par, things that are “wrong” or “bad.” It’s a sad way to live, but what’s sadder is that it’s so common. You’ve probably heard the saying “You are your own worst critic” before, but let [...]

Creative Connection in the Recovery Process

Do you ever find that you’re at a loss for words about how to share your experience of the eating disorder with others?  Do you have a hard time figuring out what words to use for this largely ‘untalked’ about illness? You’re not alone if you feel this way from time to time or even [...]

Through a Shocking Epiphany, I’ll Stand with You

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 [...]

Therapy vs. Therapeutic (Art)

There is a distinct difference between therapy and therapeutic arts. Art can be healing, art can be cathartic, art can deeply reinvigorate a wounded and traumatized spirit, but art cannot single-handedly eliminate trauma or eradicate its scars. That, is the work of treatment, rehabilitation, and help. Therapy can be an artist’s most sacred tool, most [...]

Vogue has gone too far!

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 [...]

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