The Invisible Line: Finding your voice and setting your boundaries
December 4, 2013 by Priscilla Jadallah
Filed under Activism, Anorexia, Anxiety, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Empowerment, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings
Boundaries and assertiveness for many people these words bring upon anxiety, fear and represent a negative task. For many people the ability to stand up for their inner needs and wants can be very difficult. Often times many people I encounter hold many of their emotions and thoughts within themselves. I know especially for the […]
Hope For The Holidays
December 4, 2013 by Priscilla Jadallah
Filed under Anorexia, Anxiety, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Depression, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Freedom, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Healthy Eating, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Stress Management, Treatment, Wellness
The holidays can be a very magical and special time for many people around the world but for others the holidays equate stress, anxiety, sadness or anger. This can be for a variety of reasons, familial issues, relationship issues, money issues, health issues the list goes on. For some reason the holiday season is the […]
Practice Practice Practice!
October 25, 2013 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Activism, Body Image
Trigger Warning: Discussion of Eating Disorders and Halloween Candy Nobody is born with a negative body image nor did it develop over night. So assuming we can instantaneously fix it just because we decide to feel better about our bodies is a bit unrealistic. In short, it takes PRACTICE! We must practice setting limits on […]
Love is a Verb!!
October 19, 2013 by Deah Schwartz
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Featured, HAES, Loving Your Body, Self Esteem, Weight Stigma
That’s an Action Word! The third Wednesday of every October is Love Your Body Day. LYBD, created by The National Organization of Women (NOW) was launched as an opportunity to remind people that we should love our bodies no matter what their size, shape, weight, ability, color, condition, height, or any other adjective you can think of, may […]
Australia and eating disorders research
July 19, 2013 by Becky Henry
Filed under Eating Disorders, Featured, Moms & Sisters
Hope Network Founder, Becky Henry is back to blogging and shares her experiences from eating disorders conference in Australia. What do Australia and eating disorders research have to do with an anniversary trip. Plenty it turns out. Read below and find out…for in the name of sanity, time and that ever elusive “life-balance” I’m always […]
Rebel Your Way Out of Misery. Here’s How
June 16, 2013 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Addiction, Anorexia, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Bullying, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Exercise, Finances, Freedom, Mental Health, Obesity, Self Esteem
Adversity may be inevitable but misery is optional. This goes along with the saying: “Adversity is a great teacher.” You may not learn much from misery. But the burden of misery can become more than you can or are willing to be. Then you rebel. Blog this!Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on […]
What is it … ?
June 7, 2013 by Doris Smeltzer
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Fat Talk
Updated and graciously re-posted from Gurze Publications: In a conversation with my husband the other night I asked him the names of his elementary school teachers and what he most remembered about them. He did far better than I, recalling all but his third grade teacher. When it was my turn I was struck not so […]
Announcing Binge Eating Disorder Week, May 27-31
May 17, 2013 by Marsha Hudnall
Filed under Binge Eating, Eating Disorders, Featured, Mental Health, Obesity, Recovery, Treatment, Weight Stigma
Hopeless…desperate…defeated…disgusted…guilty…ashamed These are the words with which I open an article I wrote explaining binge eating disorder (BED), as part of the upcoming BED week, May 27-31. These words describe the difficult feelings that plague those who struggle with BED. And the feelings can go much deeper than that, to increase risk for depression and […]
What Does it Mean to be Healthy?
May 3, 2013 by Sarah Biskobing
Filed under Eating Disorders, Featured, Nutrition, Wellness
My clients often talk about how they perceive health and what classifies them or someone else as healthy or unhealthy. More often than not, when my clients describe health, they describe a state of physical health (or anything that has to do with our physical entity or our bodies). As they continue their explanation, they […]
Body Mass Ineptitude
May 1, 2013 by Matt Wetsel
Filed under Body Image, Fat Talk, Featured, HAES
A number of states have already implemented body mass index, or BMI, testing in schools. When Michelle Obama launched her “Let’s Move!” campaign, she proudly noted that they were partnering with the American Academy of Pediatrics to work on BMI testing. Use of the BMI has become so commonplace that I don’t think most people […]
