What’s Your Normal?
October 1, 2014 by Karen R. Koenig
Filed under Binge Eating, Disordered Eating, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Intuitive Eating, Mental Health, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Care
If you’re being emotionally, verbally, physically or sexually abused by your partner, you’ll likely have difficulty becoming a “normal” eater because of what you accept as “normal” in your domestic life. Several points about such misperceived normalcy were made in Time magazine (9/22/14) after the release of the video of NFL player Ray Rice beating […]
Binge Eating Disorder — The Bridge Between Obesity and Eating Disorders
March 7, 2013 by BEDA
Filed under Binge Eating, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Featured, HAES, Mental Health, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Wellness
Written by Robyn Hussa Farrell and Chevese Turner — Founders of NORMAL and BEDA, respectively. As we know, the nation is caught in the grip of epidemic health crisis, including both mental health and obesity. Following extensive recent studies, we now know that mental illness (including addictions) is more widespread than previously imagined and is […]