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An Update on Accepting My Limitations 21 Aug 2013 | 06:59 am
In the more than three years that I’ve been cultivating this blog, I don’t think I’ve ever had this long of a lapse between posting. It’s been almost two full weeks, which in internet time is like 10,...
Dear Women of the World: I’m Weightist and I’m Sorry. 6 Aug 2013 | 04:11 pm
[This post is inspired by the brave and poignant apology by Iris Higgins I shared with you here.] Dear Women of the World, Sitting up here atop my perch — the one made with my fancy schmancy degrees...
Love means sometimes saying your sorry… 1 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
You’ve probably been on the receiving end of one of those half apologies, the ones that make you feel like you’d rather the person had said nothing at all than give you that load of crap. You’ve proba...
The (Beautiful) Truth of Body After Baby 29 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
How long do you think poor Kate has until the media starts in on her getting her “post-baby body back”? I give it 24 more hours… The antidote? A crowd-funded project sharing gorgeously intimate phot...
Do diets work? 23 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
It’s sounds like a simple question, and you might think you know my answer. I’ve talked about ditching dieting for years here, and I’ve expressed my distinct disdain for our culture’s obsession with w...
You Should Know : Does Cost Impact Willingness to Receive Eating Disorder Treatment? 15 Jul 2013 | 03:45 pm
That’s the question that Kristie Ferreira and her supervisor, Dr. Lea-Rachel Kosnik, are trying to answer with an interesting new research study. It’s a question that’s asked frequently among those in...
Who’s on Your Personal Board of Directors? 8 Jul 2013 | 05:07 pm
Your BOD may look like this — or not… {image source} I’ve discovered over the past few months that the old adage that “it takes a village to raise a child” is spot on. But I’ve also learned that all...
Learning to Enjoy Your Own Company 3 Jul 2013 | 03:30 pm
It’s so easy to become stuck in the belief that someone else is the source of your comfort and happiness. Anne-Sophie Reinhardt. body image expert and author, believes you can be your own partner. Rea...
You Can Be 410 Pounds and Have an Anorexic Mind (And Why ABC’s Weight Loss Show Makes Me Sick) 1 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
I was at the gym the other night, not a particularly surprising place to see a weight-loss show airing, I suppose. (I thin I need to change gyms). The show was ABC’s Extreme Weight Loss (Remember how ...
The Punishment Paradox 23 Jun 2013 | 04:30 pm
For individuals struggling and the people who care for them alike, one of the most challenging aspects of anorexia is this baffling question: How can someone seemingly choose to engage in something so...
