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 [...]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Movement”
April 17, 2013 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Body Image, Exercise, Expressive Arts, Featured, 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! – [...]
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 [...]
Bodies Die But Connect Spirits Forever
March 30, 2013 by Angela Mensah
Filed under Body Image, Depression, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Role Models, Sharing Feelings, Spirituality
My birthday has never been celebrated in the traditional sense because there was always a Lent and Easter celebration. I suppose as a child I felt left out but as an adult my birthday is meaningful in a non traditional way. A long time ago I started a tradition of giving my mother a gift [...]
Welcome your humanity
February 17, 2013 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Addiction, Alcoholism, Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Drunkorexia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Empowerment, Finding Your Voice, Gambling, Healthy Communication, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Over-Exercise, Over-Exercise, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Sex Addiction, Smoking, Substance Abuse
“Some things you must always be unable to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame. Not for kudos and not for cash — Just refuse to bear them.” William Faulkner. Blog this!Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on LinkedinShare on Posterousshare via RedditShare with StumblersShare on technoratiTumblr itTweet about itSubscribe to the [...]
Tools for your Tool Box- In Need of Repair: Perfectionist Thinking and Doing
February 8, 2013 by Sondra Kronberg
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Drunkorexia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Intuitive Eating, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Orthorexia, Over-Exercise, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Spirituality
Tools for your Tool Box – In Need of Repair: Perfectionist Thinking and Doing Not feeling good about yourself often leads to the quest for perfection. The need for perfection is to establish value or disguise feelings of worthlessness and often woven into the cloth of most eating disorders. This quest has many pitfalls in [...]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “How Not To Purge”
January 9, 2013 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Body Image, Bulimia, Creative Art, Eating Disorders, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Recovery
Note from WATRD Editor: this post may be triggering for those struggling with an eating disorder, but the end message is incredibly powerful. Please view at your own risk and employ self-care. As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “How Not To Purge (Body Empowerment 46)” originally [...]
Mental Holocaust
January 5, 2013 by Angela Mensah
Filed under Body Image
I am currently reading Healthy Selfitude by NORMAL President Robyn Hussa and this month I am more aware of the shift toward mindfulness but also realize that as an African American that grew up in the Protestant church how foreign this concept may come across. I would like to speak to you as you consider [...]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Forgiveness”
December 26, 2012 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Recovery
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Forgiveness (Body Empowerment 44)” originally posted October 17, 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. In an effort to [...]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “Causes of My ED”
October 10, 2012 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Anorexia, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Featured, HAES, Recovery
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “Causes of My ED (Body Empowerment 32)” originally posted January 28, 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. In [...]
