Finding the Joy in Eating: An Experiment
June 14, 2013 by Marsha Hudnall
Filed under Anxiety, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, HAES, Healthy Coping, Healthy Eating, Intuitive Eating, Livin in the Moment, Males with Eating Disorders, Nutrition, Orthorexia, PTSD, Self-Care, Stress Management, Treatment
In a recent post on our blog A Weight Lifted, Darla Breckenridge, psychologist and behavioral leader at Green Mountain at Fox Run, shared some thoughts on how we can change our brain with mindfulness. The overall thrust of the post was that how we repeatedly react to emotional situations causes actual structural changes in the [...]
Is yoga like stand-up comedy?
June 10, 2013 by Debra Hennesy
Filed under Addiction, ADHD, Anxiety, Bi-Polar Disorder, Body Image, Depression, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Exercise, Expressive Arts Therapies, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Mindfulness, OCD, Parents, Prevention, PTSD, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Spirituality, Stress Management, Treatment, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation, Yoga Therapy
“You’re a yoga teacher? Cool…show me something really impressive!” This is a typical response when I share that I teach yoga (and teach the teachers!). I think that it must be what stand-up comedians feel when they divulge what they do, and hear the inevitable “Say something funny!” Oh, the pressure! When I get that [...]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “SELF Acceptance and Recovery’s Ebb & Flow”
May 22, 2013 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Recovery, Treatment
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “SELF Acceptance and Recovery’s Ebb & Flow” originally posted October 15, 2012, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. In this video, Caroline responds to a viewers question about how one accepts one’s SELF, as opposed to their physical body, and how to deal with [...]
Announcing Binge Eating Disorder Week, May 27-31
May 17, 2013 by Marsha Hudnall
Filed under Binge Eating, Eating Disorders, Featured, Mental Health, Obesity, Recovery, Treatment, Weight Stigma
Hopeless…desperate…defeated…disgusted…guilty…ashamed These are the words with which I open an article I wrote explaining binge eating disorder (BED), as part of the upcoming BED week, May 27-31. These words describe the difficult feelings that plague those who struggle with BED. And the feelings can go much deeper than that, to increase risk for depression and [...]
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 [...]
The Blessing of Affirmations
April 9, 2013 by Debra Hennesy
Filed under Activism, Anxiety, Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Media Literacy, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Prevention, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Spirituality, Stress Management, Treatment, Weight Stigma, Wellness, Wellness, Writing and Poetry, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation, Yoga Therapy
When you look in the mirror, what’s the first thing you say to yourself? If you are like most women, it’s not something kind or complimentary. Most of us are WAY too hard on ourselves, and the media doesn’t help with that. Think about it…can you recall ONE company that promotes happiness with what IS [...]
Extraordinary Measures to Pay for Eating Disorder Treatment
Re-posted from Kantor & Kantor Eating Disorder Law Blog: http://www.kantorlaw.net/Eating_Disorder_Blog.aspx Annie Seal is a dedicated advocate to insurance reform and eating disorder recovery, although this hasn’t always been her calling. Annie’s daughter recovered from an eating disorder, but not without a battle from their insurance company. This is her story, and the story of countless [...]
Dancing Again
March 25, 2013 by mamaV
Filed under Dance, Dance Movement Therapy, Eating Disorders, Exercise, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Freedom, Loving Your Body, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Sharing Feelings, Spirituality, Treatment, Wellness
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Mandi Degner. Last week, I finally took a long and honest look at myself in a mirror for the first time in my available memory of life. I didn’t hate her. I didn’t yell at her. I didn’t tell her she was ugly. On Tuesday, I just looked. On [...]
Music and Healing
March 19, 2013 by ADRIENNE TRIER-BIENIEK
Filed under Empowerment, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Coping, Media Literacy, Mental Health, Music, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Treatment
Songs: Tori Amos “Silent All These Years” Alicia Keys “Brand New Me” Welcome to my first column for We are the Real Deal! I am very excited to be contributing to the website and to share my appreciation for music and pop culture. To introduce myself, I have PhD in sociology and I study the [...]
Family Based Therapy (FBT) Summary by Becky Henry 2013
February 19, 2013 by Becky Henry
Filed under Anorexia, Bulimia, Eating Disorders, Featured, Mental Health, Moms & Sisters, Parents, Recovery, Treatment
Family Based Therapy (FBT) Summary by Becky Henry 2013 – Thanks to Sharon Heywood at Adios Barbie for asking me to write my interpretations of this treatment model for her blog. Back in 2002, after two years of trying desperately to get my daughter’s eating disorder diagnosed we finally had the EDNOS diagnosis. I was relieved and thought [...]
