BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Body Ownership & Citizenship”
May 8, 2013 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Activism, Activism, Body Image, Featured, Food Revolution, Politics
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Body Ownership & Citizenship (Body Empowerment 65)” originally posted September 3, 2012, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. In this video, Caroline seeks to spark a discussion about body ownership in relation to nationality, government, and citizenship. About BODY EMPOWERMENT: Founded in 2008, “Body [...]
Can We Talk? The Truth About Social Media
April 10, 2013 by ANAD
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Media Literacy, Parents, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Talking To Kids, Wellness, Wellness
Can We Talk? The Truth About Social Media Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, and Pinterest are now a part of my common vocabulary. I’ll admit, I’ve done my fair share of Facebook “creeping”, and I always have my iPhone or iPad with me. But, despite all this, I can honestly say that I don’t let social [...]
Neutralizing Your Response to Your Body
March 12, 2013 by ANAD
Filed under Anorexia, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Bullying, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Parents, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Sharing Feelings, Talking To Kids, Weight Stigma, Wellness
There are thousands of messages in the world that tell us that we are not perfect enough, not pretty enough, not thin enough. Most of these messages originate with the media. The media has been shaping our cultural norms for decades. The media preys on our humanness, our desire to fit in, our desire [...]
Emma Bell’s Painfully Powerful True Body Image War Story
March 12, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Guys, Healthy Communication, Loving Your Body, Moms & Sisters, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Talking To Kids
The talented and generous Emma Bell shares with Real Deal her painful story of being bullied … When I was 6 years old I got in trouble for kissing my ‘boyfriend’ in preschool during reading. We thought we’d get married. When I was in 1st grade I serenaded the boy I liked with a rousing [...]
What’s in a Name? Mindful Eating vs Intuitive Eating vs Competent Eating
December 15, 2012 by Marsha Hudnall
Filed under Binge Eating, Body Image, Dieting, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Featured, Food Revolution, HAES, Healthy Eating, Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Obesity, Self-Care, Treatment, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
Is there a real difference between mindful eating, intuitive eating or any other name internally-regulated eating goes by these days? It’s an important question in a time when so many people are trying to recover from decades of diet thinking that led them to disordered eating, to the real detriment of their health and happiness. [...]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Stopping ED Behaviors and Dessert”
October 31, 2012 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Eating Disorders, Featured, Food Revolution, Recovery, Treatment
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Stopping ED Behaviors and Dessert (Body Empowerment 35)” originally posted May 9, 2011, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. Check it out! About BODY EMPOWERMENT: Founded in 2008, “Body Empowerment” is hosted and produced by NYC-based writer, performer, and eating disorder recovery advocate Caroline Rothstein. [...]
Calories…Again??
October 18, 2012 by Marsha Hudnall
Filed under Dieting, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Featured, Food Revolution, HAES, Healthy Eating, Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Talking To Kids, Wellness
In listening to a radio show discussing the impact of recently-released 2012 school lunch/breakfast regulations, a primary feature of which is the limitation of calories per meal, obviously in response to concern over children’s weights, it struck me once again how misguided is the focus on calories that public health initiatives continue to have. Certainly, [...]
Real Deal Nominated for Illuminating Blogger Award!
September 7, 2012 by mamaV
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Cooking and Culinary Arts, Empowerment, Expressive Arts, Featured, Food Revolution, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Role Models, Self Esteem, Wellness
So grateful to Dr. Deah Schwartz for nominating The Real Deal for the Illuminating Blogger Award — a fabulous award presented by “Food Stories” that anyone can bestow on their fellow bloggers for illuminating, informative blog content. We are proud to be a part of the blogging community that empowers women with healthy coping strategies [...]
Julia Child, The Art of (Re)Valuing Food
August 15, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Cooking and Culinary Arts, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Expressive Arts, Featured, Food Revolution, Healthy Eating, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Wellness
“I had my first French meal and I never got over it. It was just marvelous. We had oysters and a lovely dry white wine. And then we had one of those lovely scalloped dishes and the lovely, creamery buttery sauce. Then we had a roast duck and I don’t know what else.” ~Julia Child [...]
Eating Disorders Tools for the Dog Days of Summer
July 12, 2012 by Becky Henry
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Healthy Communication, Parents, Self Esteem, Talking To Kids, What to Say, How to Say It
How can parents respond to the defensiveness of an eating disorder? We are in the midst of summer now, constantly barraged with advertisements showing airbrushed and photoshopped models in barely-there bikinis—images that can be severely destructive to a person’s self-esteem. Even the most self-confident person can be affected by these images. For those with eating [...]
