The Days After Thanksgiving: Thankful Reflections
November 28, 2018 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Empowerment, Finding Your Voice, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Wellness
Joanna Poppink, day after Thanksgiving in Hotel Bel Air gardens. Photo by Delilah Hirshland After the joy, stress, sorrow and clean up is passed you may feel motivated to move ahead toward the upcoming holidays with a pang. Thanksgiving comes and goes so quickly. What was all that activity and emotion about? Your Thanksgiving may […]
Phenomenal Women: A Portrait Gallery of Role Models by Robyn Hussa Farrell
May 28, 2018 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Activism, Advocacy, Art Therapy, Body Image, Creative Art, Empowerment, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Media Literacy, Mindfulness, Moms & Sisters, Politics, Prevention, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Social Justice, Spirituality, Stress Management, Treatment, Wellness, Wellness, Writing and Poetry
In celebration of the 10th year of this empowerment blog site, #RealDeal Editor, Robyn Hussa Farrell, shares this “gallery of role models” and fierce women leaders. Each of the below paintings were created while reflecting on the abundance of women role models in my life. In honor and celebration of each of them, I wanted […]
Are You Often Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop?
September 6, 2017 by Karen R. Koenig
Filed under Anxiety, Binge Eating, Depression, Disordered Eating, Empowerment, Healthy Coping, Mental Health, PTSD, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Stress Management, Wellness
Do you ever feel as if things are going swimmingly in your life—even as you’re waiting for the proverbial other shoe to drop? If you frequently feel this paradoxical tug of simultaneous joy and fear, let me explain this dynamic and what you can do about it, the goal being that you lose the fear […]
True Grit and “Normal” Eating
March 1, 2017 by Karen R. Koenig
Filed under Anorexia, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Empowerment, Featured, Healthy Coping, Healthy Eating, Intuitive Eating, Mental Health, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Stress Management, Wellness, Wellness
When I say “true grit,” I’m not referring to the movie of the same name. I’m talking about a quality that is essential to success which many dysregulated eaters need to cultivate. Although I haven’t read the book, Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth, I did read about it in an […]
My New Book: Helping Patients Outsmart Overeating
February 1, 2017 by Karen R. Koenig
Filed under Binge Eating, Body Image, Dieting, Disordered Eating, EDNOS, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Eating, Intuitive Eating, Loving Your Body, Mental Health, Obesity, Recovery, Self Esteem, Sharing Feelings, Treatment, Weight Stigma, Wellness, Wellness
My seventh book is out! Helping Patients Outsmart Overeating—Psychological Strategies for Doctors and Health Care Providers is co-authored by Paige O’Mahoney, M.D., CHWC. Don’t be fooled by the title and think that the book is only for health professionals. It has two audiences: healthcare practitioners and patients who want their providers to understand and truly […]
Making Meaning of Lack of Success
January 4, 2017 by Karen R. Koenig
Filed under Binge Eating, Depression, Disordered Eating, EDNOS, Empowerment, Healthy Coping, Intuitive Eating, Livin in the Moment, Mindfulness, Recovery, Self-Care, Wellness
Dysregulated eaters often feel like failures because they haven’t lost weight, kept it off, stopped bingeing/overeating/mindless eating, quit obsessing about the number on the scale, or have yet to establish “normal” eating patterns. They feel like failures and tell themselves that they’ll never succeed, and this focus reduces the likelihood of moving forward and increases […]
Critical Fat Care: Recovering from a Concussion
March 31, 2016 by Angela Mensah
Filed under Activism, Advocacy, Body Image, Bullying, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Healthy Communication, Politics, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Weight Stigma, Wellness
When you get into a car accident and you are Fat, a Woman and African American of Slave Decent, your experience is unique, to say the least. I still and always will believe that my life experiences as a Fat person, outweigh those of being a Black Woman. This could be different for other black […]
What If You Were Friends with Ingrid Nilsen or Caitlyn Jenner?
June 18, 2015 by Amy Leigh Mercree
Filed under Activism, Activism, Advocacy, Anxiety, Body Image, Depression, Empowerment, Featured, Freedom, Guys, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, LGBT, Livin in the Moment, Media Literacy, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Moms & Sisters, Parents, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Stress Management, Wellness, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
This week I’m so inspired by Ingrid Nilsen. She shared a video about her coming out journey that is really sweet and beautiful. Nilsen courageously wore her heart on her sleeve talking about the inner struggle she experienced. When a friend or family member shares their inner being, let’s be there for them. How can […]
Diabulimia: Learning More about your Teen and their Type-1 Diabetes Diagnosis
June 14, 2015 by iaedp
Filed under Anorexia, Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Healthy Eating, Intuitive Eating, Mental Health, Nutrition, Over-Exercise, Over-Exercise, Parents, Prevention, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Treatment, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
Graciously reposted from www.LauraCipulloLLC.com Diabulimia is an unofficial term, used by both the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, to define a serious condition effecting, but not limited to, adolescent girls diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. An adolescent diagnosed with diabulimia (known formally as ED-DMT1) is characterized by the intentional misuse and […]
Are Scare Tactics Causing More Harm Than Good?
April 17, 2015 by iaedp
Filed under Eating Disorders, Fat Talk, Food Revolution, HAES, Healthy Communication, Healthy Eating, Loving Your Body, Nutrition, Obesity, Orthorexia, Prevention, Self-Care, Talking To Kids, Weight Stigma, Wellness
How to live in a processed world and make right choices. Do scare tactics work? I know the new documentary Fed Up declares that scare tactics have worked for decreasing tobacco sales. Personally, I worry that scare tactics will actually contribute to more fat shaming, diet shaming and finger pointing. I was really surprised that […]
