Finding Body Image Freedom

Reprinted from my book, Healthy Selfitude Most of us have little things we hold onto that help us feel confident or sexy, more worthy or desirable.  For me, I was absolutely “addicted” to wearing toenail polish.  Silly as it may sound, I actually had developed a kind of irrational co-dependency on fancifully colored toenails.  So in [...]

Toxic Habits of the Mind

Thanks to Martin Seligman (founder of the movement called Positive Psychology), therapists have a much better understanding of three of the most common self-defeating habits/patterns of the mind. In response to challenging situations in our lives, we often fall into habits/patterns of thinking that are excessively: Personal Pervasive Permanent To illustrate, let’s take a look [...]

Birds-Eye View

The last time I went to Pikes Peak (not far from the place that I now call home), I had no intention of doing anything other than hiking and enjoying the scenery with my husband. Little did I know that I would have two experiences that changed how I feel about the world around me, [...]

3 Easy Ways to Increase Your Mental Fitness

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Everyday Health Insurance Challenges and What You Can Do To Overcome Them

Reposted from Eating Disorder Law Blog! Challenge # 1: Understanding your policy                                                                                                     [...]

What Does it Mean to be Healthy?

My clients often talk about how they perceive health and what classifies them or someone else as healthy or unhealthy. More often than not, when my clients describe health, they describe a state of physical health (or anything that has to do with our physical entity or our bodies). As they continue their explanation, they [...]

BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Passions”

As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Passions (Body Empowerment 64)” originally posted August 20, 2012, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. In this video, Caroline answers a viewer’s question about finding ways to replace the brain and life space once preoccupied with food and weight with new and healthy [...]

Growth Takes Time: Lessons Learned from Trees

Life lessons can be learned anywhere.  This week, I was reminded of the importance of patience while in a wooded trail around a lake.  Nature empowers my personal growth, so I seek it out whenever possible.  I choose, whenever possible, to exercise outdoors, as it combines my love of fitness with inspiring surroundings. During a [...]

Musical Inspiration

I am a writer. Plain and simple. It is more than my title, but less than my sum. Writing is my hobby, my passion, my job. It is what I do at work and what I do on my days off. I can’t say it absorbs every one of my waking thoughts, but it comes [...]

BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Movement”

As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Movement (Body Empowerment 62)” originally posted July 16, 2012, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. In this video, Caroline talks about intuitive movement, and really listening to our bodies desires for movements, rather than imposing what our brains – or the media! – [...]

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