awww, you’re so cute!
March 11, 2014 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Parents, Role Models, Self Esteem, Talking To Kids
46% of 9-11 year-olds are “sometimes” or “very often” on diets, and 82% of their families are “sometimes” or “very often” on diets 42% of 1st – 3rd grade girls want to be thinner 51% of 9-10 year old girls feel better about themselves when they are dieting 9% of 9 year olds have vomited […]
What do you love about your body?
February 12, 2014 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Loving Your Body, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion
Men and women spend an enormous amount of time using negative self-talk to minimize, judge and criticize themselves. Most people aren’t even aware of how incessantly this internal tyrannical tape plays. Think about it in your own life – how much negative self-talk to you engage in? If you engage in any, it’s already too […]
wabi-sabi
January 14, 2014 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Empowerment, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Mindfulness, Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion, Spirituality, Wellness
“Wabi Sabi is a way of life that appreciates and accepts complexity while at the same time values simplicity. It nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect. To accept these realities is to accept contentment as the maturation of happiness, and to acknowledge […]
The Trick Is Not “Not Minding”
December 10, 2013 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Body Image, Depression, Freedom, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings
Gaius Mucius is at the center of this story about conquering pain. As a young Roman in the 6th Century B.C. he was captured and threatened with being burned alive. To prove his courage, he stuck his right hand into the fire until it burned, thereby losing his right hand and earning the name “Scaevola” […]
awareness
November 12, 2013 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Empowerment, Freedom, Livin in the Moment, Mindfulness, Self Esteem, Wellness
It is said that ignorance is bliss. Perhaps this can be true for the short term, but for the long term, I respectfully disagree. Awareness affords us the opportunity of choice. Choice offers us agency in our lives. Increasing self-awareness allows for more choice and more influence in your life. It’s as simple as that! […]
No pain, no gain?
October 9, 2013 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Athletes, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Exercise, Fitness, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Over-Exercise, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Wellness
The idea of “fitspo” (short for fitspiration / fitness inspiration) has been on my radar for a while and I’m glad that it has received increased attention over the past few months! A huge part of my attempt to address this issue, and the issue of destructive behavior in the fitness world has been the […]
No Pain, No Gain?
September 11, 2013 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Eating Disorders, Exercise, Loving Your Body, Self Esteem, Wellness
The idea of “fitspo” (short for fitspiration / fitness inspiration) has been on my radar for a while and I’m glad that it has received increased attention over the past few months! A huge part of my attempt to address this issue, and the issue of destructive behavior in the fitness world has been the […]
be naïve enough to not know what you can’t accomplish
July 10, 2013 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Empowerment, Livin in the Moment, Role Models
Kevin Plank, creator and CEO of Under Armour, Inc., said one of the most inspiring quotes I have heard in a long time. When asked about the experience of building his brand, he remarked, ”[I was] smart enough to be naïve enough to not know what I couldn’t accomplish.” Here is a little bit about Kevin’s […]
How Do You Define Beauty?
June 12, 2013 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Body Image, Fat Talk, Freedom, Loving Your Body, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance
Merriam-Webster defines beauty as “the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit.” Pythagoras and Euclid attribute beauty to the geometric concept of the Golden Ratio (a+b is to a as a is to b). Science has even backed up the idea that this physical symmetry seems […]
Raising Kids After Having an Eating Disorder
May 15, 2013 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Body Image, Eating Disorders, Parents, Pregnancy
Raising Kids After Having an Eating Disorder How to help children develop a healthy relationship to food by Jodi Rubin, ACSW, LCSW, CEDS (reprinted with permission from Seleni Institute, a nonprofit organization based in New York City that provides care, information and research support central to women’s reproductive and maternal mental health and well-being.) Many women (and […]