Athlete to Anorexia to Athlete
Athlete to anorexia to athlete. My unexpected journey through life. I grew up as an athlete. That was what I did. That was who I was. When I was eight years old, I lined up on the start line for the sprint race. And my love for running began. When I was a teenager I […]
Examine.com Sale & New AOBiome Moisturizer – Perfect Health Diet
Examine.com Sale & New AOBiome Moisturizer We continue to be busy building our cancer therapy company Angiex. This week we got some good news – we won the Boeing-CASIS prize at MassChallenge, obtaining funding to put an experiment on the International Space Station where we’ll study how our cancer drug behaves in this unusual environment. […]
Christmas Cookies – 3 Guidelines to Guiltless Indulgence – Peggy Farah, LMHC, RCC Deeper Cravings
Truly my favorite time of year…I love the lights, the music, the evergreen garland, the parties and, let us not forget, the array of beautifully decorated cookies that only emerge for this tiny window in our calendar year. I couldn’t always easily include cookies in my list of holiday loves. For many years it was a complicated relationship. […]
Why more people don’t have it.
Bariatric surgery is a pretty darn effective obesity treatment. Beyond the weight loss, which for many increases their quality of life, multiple long-term studies show bariatric surgery can put type-2 diabetes, sleep apnea, and hypertension (a risk for heart disease and stroke) into remission and reduces the burden or risk of many other obesity-related conditions […]
The Pandemic and A Case for Single-Payer Healthcare
Photo by Adli Wahid on UnsplashRest in Peace Posters of Dr Li Wenliang, who warned authorities about the corona virus outbreak seen at Hosier Lane in Melbourne, Australia. Hosier Lane is known for its street art. Please listen to the experts & scientists, wear a mask, social distance and help keep each other safe! By […]
Embracing Internal Family Systems: Nourishing Your Soul for a Sane Relationship with Food
I had the pleasure of interviewing a special guest, Celia Clark, on the Feed Your Soul with Kim podcast! Celia Clark is a food and body image specialist from Scotland. Celia brings a fresh perspective to our discussion by introducing the concept of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and its profound impact on our relationship with […]
Fighting Anorexia: A great Summer
This week I have commenced my final year of university study. Although I am exciting to be nearing the end of my university degree, I really am not feeling motivated to be back studying again as I was really enjoying my summer break. Overall, this summer has been a really enjoyable one. Here in Tasmania […]
Now… Now… and Now… – The Body Positive
“It’s human nature to want to bind ourselves to the parts of life we hold dear whether those parts are actual people, events, items, or dreams. We want to fasten them to us so they’re safe and near us forever. But this type of binding frays and tears until, even when we fight the awareness, […]
Introducing Misty Johnson – 2021-2022 Trainee of the Year Award winner
Welcome to our blog series profiling the winners of the 2021-2022 Beautiful You Coaching Academy Awards. The awards aim to uplift and honour our worldwide community of coaches and the incredible work they are doing through their coaching, events, programs, books, products, podcasts and more. Get ready to have your mind and heart blown wide […]
Obesity Villains Exonerated | Childhood Obesity News
This is an extension of the recent post, “Obesity Villains Reconsidered,” which discusses an interesting 2009 paper in which multiple authors looked closely at many accepted or alleged causes of obesity. One of their reactions was to divide pretty much all those possible causes into two subheadings: “food marketing practices” and “institutionally-driven reductions in physical […]
Does Every Woman Have an Eating Disorder?: “I Weigh” Movement
Earlier this year, 32-year-old, British television and radio star Jameela Jamil, on Instagram as @jameelajamilofficial, published a post about her weight: “I weigh: Lovely relationship. Great friends. I laugh every day. I love my job. I make an honest living. I’m financially independent. I speak out for women’s rights. I like my bingo wings. I […]
What are the Most Common Triggers for Overeating?
I was curious about your most common triggers for overeating, so I asked this question on our Facebook: page: What are your top three triggers for overeating? Before we get to the responses, let’s clarify what we mean by the words “triggers” and “overeating.” I am using “trigger” to mean any situation, person, place, or […]