Empowered Dating: Loving Yourself, Having a Blast, & Treasuring What’s Important
November 20, 2013 by Amy Leigh Mercree
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, Guys, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Stress Management, Wellness
What does it really mean to be empowered? Confident. Secure. Self-assured. Yes, but also striving, learning, seeking to grow. And even more than that, there can be vulnerability in empowerment. In fact, there can be anything within an empowered person because the essence of empowerment is self-acceptance. A person who accepts herself can learn confidence […]
High School Reunion: Friend or Foe?
July 1, 2013 by Debra Hennesy
Filed under Anxiety, Body Image, Depression, Empowerment, Expressive Arts, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Guys, Loving Your Body, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Obesity, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Stress Management, Weight Stigma, Wellness, Wellness, Yoga, Yoga and Meditation
About a year ago, I was approached by my high school class president about heading up a committee for our class reunion (okay, I actually brought the subject up to him, so technically I volunteered…WHY do I bring these things on myself?!). Fast-forward 6 months, and things were shaping up well, including my creating a […]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “The Body”
April 10, 2013 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Body Image, Featured
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “The Body (Body Empowerment 61)” originally posted July 2, 2012, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. In this video, Caroline talks about the body – its brilliance and power! About BODY EMPOWERMENT: Founded in 2008, “Body Empowerment” is hosted and produced by NYC-based writer, […]
Bodies Die But Connect Spirits Forever
March 30, 2013 by Angela Mensah
Filed under Body Image, Depression, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Recovery, Role Models, Sharing Feelings, Spirituality
My birthday has never been celebrated in the traditional sense because there was always a Lent and Easter celebration. I suppose as a child I felt left out but as an adult my birthday is meaningful in a non traditional way. A long time ago I started a tradition of giving my mother a gift […]
Music Speaks to My Heart
March 22, 2013 by Arianna Merritt
Filed under Empowerment, Expressive Arts, Featured, Mental Health, Music, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Stress Management
Whenever I have a chance, I listen to music as it empowers me. Plain and simple: Music speaks to my heart. It also unites people. One particular memory stands out as a highlight of my trip to Great Britain and Ireland this past summer with one of my sisters (the same sister who introduces me […]
Yoga Strengthens My Core
February 22, 2013 by Arianna Merritt
Filed under Exercise, Featured, Loving Your Body, Mental Health, Wellness, Yoga and Meditation, Yoga Therapy
I admit it – I LOVE Yoga! Incorporating it into my daily life has empowered me to stand tall and speak from the heart. As you may know, yoga is a very personal practice which makes one stretch myself past their limits, physically and mentally. Practicing yoga encourages me to persevere and ignore negative thoughts; it […]
Tools for your Tool Box- In Need of Repair: Perfectionist Thinking and Doing
February 8, 2013 by Sondra Kronberg
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Drunkorexia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Intuitive Eating, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Orthorexia, Over-Exercise, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Spirituality
Tools for your Tool Box – In Need of Repair: Perfectionist Thinking and Doing Not feeling good about yourself often leads to the quest for perfection. The need for perfection is to establish value or disguise feelings of worthlessness and often woven into the cloth of most eating disorders. This quest has many pitfalls in […]
BODY EMPOWERMENT – “EDs = Social Justice Cause”
January 30, 2013 by Caroline Rothstein
Filed under Activism, Advocacy, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, Politics
As part of the weekly Wednesday posting of my ongoing YouTube series “Body Empowerment,” here’s “EDs = Social Justice Cause (Body Empowerment 50)” originally posted January 16, 2012, on YouTube.com by Caroline Rothstein. Check it out! About BODY EMPOWERMENT: Founded in 2008, “Body Empowerment” is hosted and produced by NYC-based writer, performer, and eating disorder recovery advocate Caroline Rothstein. […]
Learning to Stand Tall & Speak From the Heart
January 18, 2013 by Arianna Merritt
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Voice, Wellness, Wellness, Writing and Poetry
The journey to stand taller started with a purchase. A few years ago, I bought the prettiest pair of high heels. The best part about them is they are four-inch heels. Now I know, you are probably thinking, “Arianna, WHY are you sharing your purchase with us?!” Well, the reason is not the product itself […]
Dancing at the Shame Prom
October 17, 2012 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Anorexia, Body Image, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Mental Health, Parents, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Treatment
Shame is an internal, insidious experience that lives in the body. It can be one of the most devastating emotions because it often leads to isolation, which can then increase the entrenchment. Shame and bodily shame have been strongly associated with eating disorders and, in my experience, oftentimes prevents those suffering from seeking the help […]
