4 Keys To Improving Your Body Image
April 18, 2012 by Robyn Hussa
Filed under Body Image, Cooking and Culinary Arts, Creative Art, Dance, Expressive Arts, Featured, Film, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Martial Arts, Mindfulness, Movement, Music, Sharing Feelings, Spirituality, Stress Management, Theatre, Voice, Volunteering, Writing and Poetry, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation
Graciously re-posted from Gurze Publications Whether we are in grade school, high school, college — or beyond — we can benefit from increasing our body esteem. We know that negative body image contributes directly to an array of issues, to overall dissatisfaction and unhappiness, but also it is important to see that our bodies also [...]
Fat is the New Skinny
April 11, 2012 by YeahDave
Filed under Body Image, Exercise, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Stress Management, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation, Yoga Therapy
Are you one of those rare people who can see past the physical and recognize one’s inner beauty? Honestly? The other day I was searching the internet for real life “Beauty and the Beast” stories and came across the following: “When I was in high school-there was this gal–her name was Trudy Nussbaum–her father was [...]
A WEIGH WITH WORDS
March 31, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Body Image, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Mindfulness, Sharing Feelings, Stress Management
Whoever came up with the expression, “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me,” probably had really good intentions. I can picture the person, maybe a mom, consoling her child on the playground after being teased or called a name. Inside she is trying to repress her rage and maternal [...]
How does your SOUL respond?
March 30, 2012 by Carolyn Costin
Filed under Body Image, Featured, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Mindfulness, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Spirituality, Stress Management, Yoga, Yoga Therapy
The therapist’s mindful presence is itself a source of healing. It facilitates a better relationship with the client, and like a tuning fork, it helps bring out this mindful presence in the client. I believe that when clients are in this mindful presence they can distinguish the difference between this presence and the chattering of their ego/mind. When [...]
Overcoming Recovery Fatigue
March 6, 2012 by Karen Koenig
Filed under Eating Disorders, Healthy Eating, Mindfulness, Recovery, Stress Management
I had an interesting discussion with a client about how well she was doing eating “normally” while visiting her family, then how things suddenly fell apart. She said that for most of the week she’d eaten only when she was hungry and stopped when she was full or satisfied, but that by the end of [...]
STILL CONNECTING THE DOTS
March 1, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Healthy Coping, Mental Health, Recovery, Stress Management
About a year ago, when invited to cross post my blog, Dr. Deah’s Tasty Morsels, on several websites, I was asked to write a letter of introduction. Since then, it has been humbling to receive so many positive comments about the blog and watch my readership continue to grow. When I was invited to blog [...]
My Personal Challenge: No Gym for One Year
February 23, 2012 by Robyn Hussa
Filed under Body Image, Exercise, Healthy Coping, Mindfulness, Sharing Feelings, Stress Management, Wellness, Yoga
Over the last year I have been engaged in a personal experiment and challenge: to stop working out in a gym for one year, while simultaneously eating what I love (aka NOT dieting), and eat those foods when I want to. My little self-imposed test has led to many surprising results … Blog this!Bookmark on [...]
Why The Real Deal? A Letter From The Editor.
February 22, 2012 by Robyn Hussa
Filed under Body Image, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Healthy Coping, Mindfulness, Self-Acceptance, Stress Management, Wellness
I grew up in the Midwest: good, old-fashioned, family style. Strong family values, committed and loving parents, siblings, an abundance of music, arts, gardening, camping, cooking, clubs, friends and outings. I was a Miss Badgerette award-winning dancer / pom-pon girl, a first-chair clarinet player, singer, actress, social butterfly and a super-achieving kid. Despite these external [...]
Wherever you are now … call it perfection.
February 8, 2012 by Robyn Hussa
Filed under Healthy Coping, Mindfulness, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Stress Management, Yoga
With gratitude to my mentor, Debra Mundt, for introducing me to this quote in 2007 while sharing her wisdom and certifying me to be a yoga instructor. Namaste! Robyn Blog this!Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on LinkedinShare on Posterousshare via RedditShare with StumblersShare on technoratiTumblr itTweet about itSubscribe to the comments [...]
Expressing and reflecting on gratitude: step away from food
November 20, 2010 by Robyn Hussa
Filed under Healthy Coping, Mindfulness, Stress Management
This guest post provided by Heidi_PsyD from http://www.examiner.com/eating-disorder-in-philadelphia/heidi-dalzell Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes. Ugh. Get rid of the thoughts of food, calories, and weight —it’s not really what the holiday is about. Although the first Thanksgiving was a way to celebrate the harvest by savoring the bounty of the season, even more, it was a way [...]
