The Days After Thanksgiving: Thankful Reflections
November 28, 2018 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Empowerment, Finding Your Voice, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Wellness
Joanna Poppink, day after Thanksgiving in Hotel Bel Air gardens. Photo by Delilah Hirshland After the joy, stress, sorrow and clean up is passed you may feel motivated to move ahead toward the upcoming holidays with a pang. Thanksgiving comes and goes so quickly. What was all that activity and emotion about? Your Thanksgiving may […]
Knowing the Difference Between Prodctivity and Creativity
July 3, 2016 by Karen R. Koenig
Filed under Creative Art, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Expressive Arts, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Livin in the Moment, Mental Health, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Stress Management
So many dysregulated eaters are also folks who feel a pressing need to stay busy all the time. Not just busy doing anything old thing, mind you, but filling their time with properly productive endeavors. Sadly, many are potentially or highly creative individuals who have let their need to be productive co-opt their creativity. In […]
Slim Chance
January 10, 2014 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Body Image
The Slim Chance Awards were announced!! For those of you who are unaware, The Slim Chance Awards are given to the most outrageous and egregious weight loss hoaxes of the year. (Click here for full list of winners…er um losers…) 2013 had an impressive list of candidates!!! You may have read my recent blog post, […]
Step Away From The Scale!
August 15, 2013 by Sarah Biskobing
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Loving Your Body, Nutrition, Recovery, Self-Acceptance
Step away from the scale! Yes, you! Back away from the scale! And here’s why… 1. The number on the scale does not tell you the whole story. The number on the scale is a blind number. It does not differentiate between bone, muscle, water, skin, fat, or how much you have eaten (or had […]
Free Online Eating Psychology Conference, August 5-9. Sign up Information
June 27, 2013 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Fitness, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Obesity, Recovery, Weight Stigma, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
First Global Online Eating Psychology Conference August 5-9, 2013. I’m excited to announce that I’m one of the featured experts in the 1st Global Online Eating Psychology Conference. This conference certainly includes information related to eating disorders, and covers so much more. Men and women are concerned about weight and body image. How to eat, […]
The Best Diet Trick For 2013 — A Secret Finally Revealed
December 28, 2012 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Loving Your Body, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance
Please note: this post is safe for those in recovery — keep reading! This post will reveal a dieting trick that few discuss. Once revealed, this could be one of the keys that you have been searching for… Before I reveal this dieting secret — the Best Diet Trick for 2013 — I have a […]
Spring Break Diets??
March 16, 2012 by FREED Foundation
Filed under Depression, Disordered Eating, Drunkorexia, EDNOS, Fat Talk, Featured, Healthy Eating, Mental Health, Over-Exercise, Prevention
Bikinis & Bathing Suits, Toning Up, Beaches, Dieting, Friends, Losing Weight, Vacation, Fun, & Watching What You Eat = Spring Break 2012! —- Wait a minute –something about that doesn’t sound right! That’s because it’s not. Spring Break is supposed to be about taking time off from school to refresh your mind, body and spirit. […]
Just Sit Back and Allow the Universe to Hold You Awhile
December 9, 2011 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Healthy Coping, Yoga
Borrowed from Robyn Hussa’s Recovery Yoga blog. I recently met Jodi Rubin at an outing for eating disorders clinicians in New York City. Aside from being a clinician, Jodi creates the curricululm for eating disorders programming at NYU’s Silver School of Social work and is a frequent lecturer. Below is a guest blog post – something […]
Breathe to Relieve Stress!
December 8, 2011 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Featured, Mindfulness, Yoga
You’d never think it, but breathing exercises are great (and easy) ways to manage stress, stay balanced and find more joy in life. Here are a few fun facts that might help you take a moment to breathe even deeper next time … (Excerpts borrowed from my Eating Disorder Recovery Yoga blog and Healthy Selfitude) Benefits […]
ED 101 — A Film About Eating Disorders
November 27, 2011 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Expressive Arts, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Recovery
This is our first post from Robyn Hussa, President of Normal in Schools (NIS). She started NIS driven to bring to our schools education about eating disorder through theater (or as Robyn would say “theatre” but I’m not so hip to the art scene). We all think we know everything about eating disorders, after all we are suffers, […]