Finding Body Image Freedom
May 21, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion
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
May 7, 2013 by Chris Kingman
Filed under Anxiety, Depression, Empowerment, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Stress Management, Wellness
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
May 6, 2013 by Debra Hennesy
Filed under Empowerment, Exercise, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Spirituality, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation, Yoga Therapy
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
May 3, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Healthy Coping, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Stress Management, Writing and Poetry, Yoga and Meditation
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Growth Takes Time: Lessons Learned from Trees
April 26, 2013 by Arianna Merritt
Filed under Livin in the Moment, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Movement, Self-Care, Wellness
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 [...]
Introducing the Womanifesto
April 12, 2013 by Marsha Hudnall
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, HAES, Livin in the Moment, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Wellness, Wellness
Marsha Hudnall, MS, RD, CD, is the owner of Green Mountain at Fox Run, a pioneering healthy weight retreat for women. Green Mountain has been working for 40 years now to help women stop dieting and change their focus from their weight to living their lives fully, and achieve health and happiness in the process. [...]
e=mc²
April 10, 2013 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Empowerment, Featured, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Mindfulness, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Stress Management, Wellness
Energy = Mass x Speed of Light (in a vacuum) squared What is energy? Intensity or vitality of action or expression. All energy can be transformed or converted into different types of energy. Energy can also be refocused. The laws of physics state that total energy remains the same while only the type and focus [...]
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 [...]
“Act Like a Lady”? Nah.
April 4, 2013 by ADRIENNE TRIER-BIENIEK
Filed under Dance, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Livin in the Moment, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings
I run the Facebook page “Pop Culture Feminism“, a page dedicated to presenting challenges to the media’s representation of beauty. I spend a lot of time googling around, looking for positive body images quotes as well as inspirational sayings. I have seen my fair share of the oddities that the internet can serve up (my [...]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Emotions & Food”
April 3, 2013 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Featured, Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness, Nutrition
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Emotions & Food (Body Empowerment 60)” originally posted June 18, 2012, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. In this video, Caroline interviews her father on Father’s Day about his thoughts and experience with emotional eating. About BODY EMPOWERMENT: Founded in 2008, “Body Empowerment” is [...]
