To Say Or Not To Say.. That is The Question?
January 4, 2017 by Priscilla Jadallah
Filed under Addiction, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Featured, Healthy Communication, Healthy Eating, Intuitive Eating, Loving Your Body, Nutrition, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Weight Stigma
“Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.” Working in the field of addiction and eating disorders, as well as being in eating disorder recovery myself, I have […]
Body Image Myths and the Last Accepted Prejudice
October 24, 2014 by Amy Leigh Mercree
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Guys, HAES, LGBT, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Weight Stigma, Wellness
A lot of us spend a lot of time consuming media from all directions. Print, online, video, audio. We are bombarded with messages about how we are supposed to look. For women, the pressure to achieve the ideal female body image is powerful. All-around we are shown images of hyper-slim, either tall or petite, large […]
Beyonce, Thank You for Making Feminism Cool Again
August 25, 2014 by Amy Leigh Mercree
Filed under Body Image, Dance, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion, Voice
If you saw the 2014 VMAs, you know exactly what I’m talking about. Beyonce closed the show and brought the house down with an incredible performance. It was everything from avant garde, to provocative, to unabashedly sexy, to touching. Besides her obvious, and stunning talent and beauty the underlying message was loud and clear, “I […]
How Can We Eliminate Fat Chat Forever?
July 10, 2014 by Amy Leigh Mercree
Filed under Activism, Anxiety, Body Image, Bullying, Depression, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Mental Health, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Sharing Feelings, Stress Management, Weight Stigma, Wellness, Wellness
I’ve wondered about this since I was in eighth grade. I stood in the lunchroom after school waiting for the bus by myself. None of my few friends were on a late bus so I was alone. Carla* sauntered up with Kerri*, who had the same birthday as me. I was wearing my brand new […]
Love Yourself and Make Your Summer Sizzle
June 3, 2014 by Amy Leigh Mercree
Filed under Body Image, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Freedom, HAES, Loving Your Body, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Spirituality, Stress Management, Wellness
Summer breezes, swimming on hot days, and steamy nights provide the perfect backdrop for a self love makeover. Enacting some of the principles of Spiritual Dating can make it happen! Spiritual Dating can take an unsatisfying romantic life and turn into a fulfilling, sensual, and emotionally safe celebration of love in all it’s forms. Here […]
Am I an Instrument or an Ornament?
February 25, 2014 by Amy Leigh Mercree
Filed under Activism, Body Image, Empowerment, Exercise, Featured, Guys, Healthy Eating, Loving Your Body, Media Literacy, Moms & Sisters, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Wellness
I just read a wonderful article on The Huffington Post. In it, Jennifer Aniston interviewed Gloria Steinem about life and feminism in 2014. It’s full of tons of great information but one especially potent statement stuck with me. Steinem said that women are taught to think of our bodies as ornaments and men are taught […]
Theories Detached: The Perpetual Outsider Within [pow]
January 27, 2013 by Angela Mensah
Filed under Body Image
“We write about and teach about race, gender, and sexuality. We write about class. However much of our writing is a description and analysis of issues. We write more about theory than we do about practice. It is has simply been easier to do theory than to put into real-life practice what we declare as […]
Hiding within yourself
August 13, 2012 by Sharon Peterson
Filed under Depression, Eating Disorders, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Mental Health
Many people with eating disorders feel ashamed and embarrassed. People are calling and texting you to go out, do things, and socialize. Have you called them back? Yes. Have you told them you’d meet up with them? Yes. But… You cancel at the last minute. Why? “I just can’t go” you say to yourself. “No […]
When Your Body Is Not The Norm
Obviously many of us here are used to living in bodies that are outside the perceived “norm” (if we want to avoid even trying to define what the “norm” is anyway). But there are times when our bodies seem to intersect. For example, it’s generally assumed that all brides will try to lose weight. It’s […]
Hey, What’s Up With the Lying?
March 20, 2012 by Sharon Peterson
Filed under Featured, Healthy Communication
Ok, so you have an eating disorder. Everyday you are consumed with food thoughts, numbers, calories, and negative thinking. On top of this you have developed a habit of lying to others about small, medium, and big things. Even some things that are important, like your health. Do you like to lie? No. Most people […]
