Emma Bell’s Painfully Powerful True Body Image War Story
March 12, 2013 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Guys, Healthy Communication, Loving Your Body, Moms & Sisters, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Talking To Kids
The talented and generous Emma Bell shares with Real Deal her painful story of being bullied … When I was 6 years old I got in trouble for kissing my ‘boyfriend’ in preschool during reading. We thought we’d get married. When I was in 1st grade I serenaded the boy I liked with a rousing [...]
Binge Eating Disorder — The Bridge Between Obesity and Eating Disorders
March 7, 2013 by BEDA
Filed under Binge Eating, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Featured, HAES, Mental Health, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Wellness
Written by Robyn Hussa Farrell and Chevese Turner — Founders of NORMAL and BEDA, respectively. As we know, the nation is caught in the grip of epidemic health crisis, including both mental health and obesity. Following extensive recent studies, we now know that mental illness (including addictions) is more widespread than previously imagined and is [...]
Why Girls Need to Learn About CyberDRAMA, Not Just CyberBULLYING
February 6, 2013 by mamaV
Filed under Body Image
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. If it bleeds, it leads: it’s a popular saying in journalism that refers to our attraction to sensational, often violent headlines. As an anti-bullying educator, I have seen something similar: we tend to focus on the most extreme levels of bullying as a way to teach and build [...]
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 [...]
Ending Bullying Due to Weight Stigma
October 23, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Bullying, Empowerment, Fat Talk, Featured, HAES, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Obesity, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Weight Stigma, Wellness
This week, the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders (ANAD), Binge Eating Disorders Assocation (BEDA) and NORMAL nonprofit (NORMAL) announce the launch of a united initiative to end bullying due to weight stigma. The project hopes to bring a crucial supplemental programming element to the wellness programs that exist in schools. One of [...]
Size Bullying IS Bullying, thank you Jennifer for fighting back!
October 4, 2012 by Emma Wood
Filed under Activism, Activism, Advocacy, Body Image, Bullying, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Role Models, Weight Stigma
If no one has ever criticized you for your weight, body shape or size you may not know that this was bullying. If you have never been yelled at by a bunch of teenage boys in a pickup truck as you were going for an evening walk, you may not realize this was bullying. If [...]
Jennifer Livingston, Caroline Rothstein, Katie Couric, Lady Gaga — Body Image Warriors
October 2, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Weight Stigma
Another public personality stands up to bullying due to weight bias and stigma. News reporter Jennifer Livingston in LaCrosse, Wisconsin stood up to a bully who had the audacity to write to her about her appearance. Watch it, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIwBwJzl5eI&sns=em Her message is clear: it is time to stand up to bullies regardless of who [...]
POWER TRIPPING
July 2, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Featured, Freedom, HAES, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion
I know all too well that starting a wait loss program, is no easy task. It forces us to embark on a whole different kind of power trip that takes a great deal of I will power and even more I won’t power.
You Are Better Than This
June 21, 2012 by mamaV
Filed under Depression, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Moms & Sisters, Parents, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Harm, Suicide, What to Say, How to Say It
This guest post graciously submitted by Ashley Kervabon. My childhood was not terrible, in plain English. I do not have any memories of being unhappy as a child therefore I cannot provide you with a sappy novella about how my parents abandoned me or how I ran away because they did not treat me right [...]
Why a Parent’s Empathy is Vital for a Bullied Girl — and Why It Often Goes Out the Window
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. When I did the original research for Odd Girl Out, I asked every bullied girl I interviewed to tell me what she needed most from her family. The answer truly surprised me. It wasn’t having the best solutions, calling the school or trying to act like everything was [...]
