News Flash: The AND Recommendations Feature Ellyn Satter’s Model
November 5, 2014 by iaedp
Filed under Anorexia, Binge Eating, Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Fat Talk, Food Revolution, HAES, Healthy Communication, Healthy Eating, Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Prevention, Recovery, Wellness
Graciously re-posted courtesy of www.momdishesitout.com We are all inundated with nutrition messages. Messages range from our pediatricians to our mom friends, and of course from the media. Just last month, AND released their position paper on nutrition guidance for healthy children ages two through eleven. Well in 1999, I was introduced to the works of […]
A Love Letter to My Daughter
September 24, 2013 by Emma Wood
Filed under Body Image, Moms & Sisters, Role Models, Self Esteem, What to Say, How to Say It
Dearest. As I fed you at 4 o’clock this morning I admired your beautiful face: the curve of your check, the peacefulness of your gently closed perfect eyelids with their fan of lashes, the ski slope curve of your up-turned nose. You are everything you need to be. You are beautiful, not because society says […]
Low-Fat Love 101: Listening to Our Kids’ Music
June 30, 2013 by Patricia Leavy
Filed under Expressive Arts, Mindfulness, Music, Parents, Self Esteem
Just a couple of nights ago I took my 12-year-old daughter, Madeline, to a One Direction concert. We bought her the tickets more than half a year ago as a much hoped-for holiday present. Madeline is obsessed with One Direction. No exaggeration; she is absolutely obsessed. Her room is plastered with their posters and filled […]
Dads and Daughters: In Preparation for Father’s Day
June 12, 2012 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Empowerment, Fat Talk, Featured, Guys, Healthy Communication, Loving Your Body, Parents, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion
I was on the phone with a friend last week and we were talking about my blog. She asked if I was going to write a blog post for Fat Her’s Day. I had no idea what she was talking about. She said, “Oh you know Deah, how you play with words all the time? […]
How I married a sex addict, and other symptoms of swine flu
March 8, 2010 by MamaV
Filed under Self Esteem
First some disclaimers. This is my story. Mine, Mine, Mine. I’m writing it because, that’s what I do. I write. I share my life. It’s how I have learned to cope. And keeping this secret for as long as I have has done incredible damage to me. It’s time to come clean, not just for […]
