CBS Radio Host Mike Adam “The Block Button is My Best Friend”
December 7, 2016 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Featured, Guys, Mental Health, Music, Role Models
Please tell us about yourself and what you do? I’m a host for CBS Radio, on 96.5 AMP Radio in Philly Monday through Friday, then on 92.3 AMP Radio in NYC Saturday and Sunday. Clearly, I’m a workaholic, haha. But I love what I do. Aside from radio, I do some web hosting and TV […]
Interview with MTV’s Faking It star, Senta Moses: “You have to be true to who you are”
January 26, 2015 by mamaV
Filed under Body Image, Dance, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Movement, Music, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion, Volunteering
Please tell us about yourself and what you do? I’m an actress. I’m originally from Chicago and I moved out to Los Angeles when I was sixteen to continue my career in film and television. I like to joke that I was a child actor…but ya know, without a drug problem. Can you tell us […]
Interview with Recording Artist, Katey Laurel “Be yourself. It’s Who You Are Best at Being!”
November 12, 2014 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Body Image, Expressive Arts, Featured, Music, Role Models, Writing and Poetry
Please tell us about yourself and what you do? I guess I consider myself a troubadour, storyteller, writer, singer and performing/recording artist. I have songs to write and people to share them with, and that’s what motivates me in the morning. I grew up in the mountains of Northwest Colorado reading, painting and riding horses, […]
Interview with host, Jackie Hollywood: Love What You Do
October 13, 2014 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Music, Parents, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Volunteering, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
Please tell us about yourself and what you do? My name is Jackie Palatnikov (most people know me as Jackie Hollywood), I’m 25 years old, originally from San Francisco but currently living in West Hollywood. I’ve been working in the entertainment industry for 7 years now, mostly in radio, but have done my share of […]
John Keefe of “Boys Like Girls” Wants You to Be Your Best
October 3, 2014 by Jacob Burman
Filed under Bullying, Featured, Music, Role Models, Self-Acceptance
Please tell us about yourself and what you do? My name is John Keefe, some know me as BEEF. I play drums in a band called Boys Like Girls, and another band called Best of Friends. I do some session work as well, most notably some recent things have been Daughtry’s new record, and Christina […]
Finding the Artist within: Art Therapy and Eating Disorders
January 20, 2014 by Priscilla Jadallah
Filed under Anorexia, Art Therapy, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Creative Art, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Music, Orthorexia, Over-Exercise, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Sharing Feelings, Stress Management, Treatment, Weight Stigma, Wellness, Wellness, Writing and Poetry
Art Therapy has been a powerful and effective coping skill that the eating disorder community has embraced for decades. Art therapy helps and challenges a person to create and to reflect on the process of the art making experience and the art work they create. This process is powerful especially for someone who is suffering […]
Finding Your Sanctuary
September 19, 2013 by Debra Hennesy
Filed under ADHD, Anxiety, Bi-Polar Disorder, Depression, Empowerment, Exercise, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Movement, Music, OCD, Parents, PTSD, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Spirituality, Stress Management, Treatment, Wellness, Writing and Poetry, Yoga and Meditation
Recently, my family and I were fortunate enough to discover The Wild Animal Sanctuary, a place in Colorado in which animals (carnivores like lions, tigers, and bears…oh my!) are rescued, often from misinformed people who attempt to keep such animals as pets. The animals are taken to an amazing facility of over 700 acres, in […]
Low-Fat Love 101: Listening to Our Kids’ Music
June 30, 2013 by Patricia Leavy
Filed under Expressive Arts, Mindfulness, Music, Parents, Self Esteem
Just a couple of nights ago I took my 12-year-old daughter, Madeline, to a One Direction concert. We bought her the tickets more than half a year ago as a much hoped-for holiday present. Madeline is obsessed with One Direction. No exaggeration; she is absolutely obsessed. Her room is plastered with their posters and filled […]
Could You Avoid Mirrors for 1 Year? Kjerstin Gruys Did
June 12, 2013 by ADRIENNE TRIER-BIENIEK
Filed under Activism, Advocacy, Body Image, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Finding Your Voice, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Mental Health, Music, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Care
This past May sociology PhD candidate Kjerstin Gruys released the memoir “Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall: How I learned to Love My Body by Not Looking at it for a Year.” The book chronicled Gruys endeavor into wedding dress shopping, something that ended with her owning four possible wedding dresses. This experience, and her recovery […]
Lessons Learned From Zach Sobiech
May 24, 2013 by Arianna Merritt
Filed under Body Image, Featured, Guys, Healthy Coping, Media Literacy, Mental Health, Music, Role Models, Self Esteem, Sharing Feelings, Voice, Wellness
As you know, I love sharing stories of people who have impacted my journey. I was saddened to find out that a beautiful soul, Zach Sobiech, lost his battle to cancer earlier this week. Zach was only 18 years old when he died but in his short time he embraced life to the fullest. His […]
