The Truth About Your Body: It’s Beautiful!
June 7, 2013 by Emma Wood
Filed under Body Image, Featured, Healthy Communication, Loving Your Body, Role Models, Self Esteem
Young children know something that many of us have forgotten at some point along the way. We may even have decided that this truth that many children know without a doubt, is false. As children we know that our mothers are beautiful, in fact we are certain that they are the MOST beautiful women in […]
Befriending Anxiety
June 5, 2013 by Chris Kingman
Filed under Anxiety, Mental Health, Wellness
It is crucial for psychiatrists and therapists in NYC to educate clients that anxiety is not to be avoided, feared or simply doused with psychiatric medication. In fact, it needs to be pursued, befriended and mastered. different types of anxiety All competent mental health professionals agree that living well requires that we regularly take emotional […]
Why I Heart GIRLS & Lena Dunham’s Body
December 22, 2012 by mamaV
Filed under Body Image, Featured, Loving Your Body, Role Models, Self-Acceptance, Weight Stigma
This guest post graciously submitted by Virginia Sole-Smith I’m a little late to this game since the first season of HBO’s GIRLS ended Sunday night. But if, like me, you don’t schedule your life around appointment television, then you’re probably very appreciative of the fact that I waited a respectful three days before blogging about this so as to […]
On the Olympics & Body Diversity
December 15, 2012 by mamaV
Filed under Athletes, Body Image, Featured, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Role Models, Self-Acceptance
This Guest Post graciously submitted by Virginia Sole-Smith I know, I know, the Olympics ended Sunday (with that weird Spice Girls reunion/closing ceremony). But I was at the beach last week, so these are some late musings. Every four years there is always a lot of talk about how Olympic athletes aren’t like us regular folk, particularly […]
