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Lauren Stahl: Addiction Aftercare Treatment Needs A Makeover
As a grateful recovery addict and alcoholic, having spent time at a residential treatment facility and also, as the founder of a company that is revol… Read more: Addiction, Recovery, Sobriety, Health Care, Technology, Innovation, Eating Disorders, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drugs, Depression, Prescription Drug Addiction, Impact News
Sam Rivman: An Interview with Marlee Roberts
Marlee Roberts is an actress and director, known most recently for Little Miss Perfect, a film that tackles eating disorders and the struggle of being… Read more: Anorexia, Film, Movies, Festival, Healthy Eating, Eating Disorders, Children, Children's Health, Entertainment News
Stephanie Schwartz: The First Time I Felt Fat
Sometimes I think about what I wish someone would have said to me at that age to lighten the burden of my poor self-image. Like, “Your worth is so much greater than your physical body”, or, “You are such a hardworking student”, or, “You are beautiful because of how you make other people feel”. Read more: Body Image, Women and Body Image, Body Positivity, Healthy Living Body, Women's Empowerment, Body Confidence, Women's Self-Esteem, Girls Self-Esteem, Self Love, Self-Confidence, Confidence, Women's Body Confidence, Teen Body Image, Teen Body Confidence, Women News
Katharine Angelina Love: The Lesbian Chronicles 21: Queen of the Fucked
I was in Montreal for weekend and met up with my two oldest friends for Sunday brunch. Since we are Hebes we begin meal not with wine, but with whinin… Read more: Lesbian, Queer, Yoga, Emotional Wellness, Healthy Eating, Eating Disorders, Family, Queer Voices News
Jenn Hand: The 3 Things We Need to Teach Our Daughters About Body Image
Teach your daughter that her beauty is unique to her. She doesn’t have to conform to that latest “it” body type just to fit in. Show her how to cultivate her own inner confidence in who she is, regardless of what society says. Read more: Body Image, Women and Body Image, Family, Holistic Health, Positive Body Image, Healthy Living News
RaVal Davis: Curvy Chronicles: My Boyfriend Told Me I Didn’t Have a Beach Body… and That’s When I Knew… I Needed a New Boyfriend
Be careful of who you surround yourself with. If your friends, bf, family, whoever, cannot get in formation around the idea of loving and supporting you, in the words of Bey, eliminate them. Read more: Curves, Curvy Women, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Body Confidence, Body Positivity, Body Shaming, Style News
Mark Brodinsky: The SundaySeries (106), with Mark Brodinsky
Some people just find a way to shine through whatever darkness tries to mask their light, and for this we should all be grateful, because by their cou… Read more: Courage, Hope, Inspiration, Eating Disorders, Being Bold, Young Voices, Impact News
Melinda Parrish: Give F-E-A-R a New Meaning
No matter what you’ve been through, or what you’re going through, you can choose to rise. You can pull yourself up, and look yourself in the eye and say, “Today is the day.” Read more: Being Active, Body, Body Confidence, Career Advice for Women, Career Change, Confidence, Healthy Living Body, Healthy-Eating-Active-Living, Mel Parrish, Melinda Parrish, Mind.Body.Soul, Plus Size, Plus Size Model, Plus Size Models, Plus-Size, Plus-Size Models, Rosie, Rosie Mercado, Self-Confidence, TRUE Beauty Sisters, TRUE Curves, True Model Management, Women and Body Image, Women-and-Confidence, Style News
Temimah Zucker: What My ‘Big Day’ Proved To Me About My Relationship With My Body
For years I did not think marriage was possible. My mental illness and difficulty adjusting made me believe that I would never feel ready, that I’d never be wanted or find someone who would completely “understand” me. Read more: Weddings, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Recovery, Stronger Together, Healthy Living News
Michele Lian: 5 Obstacles That Are Keeping You Overweight (And How to Break Past Them)
My goal with this post is to leverage off my mistakes (and I’ve stumbled with many of the obstacles I’ve outlined below) to build that awareness within you and help you pin-point what yours are–if you’re struggling with this particular area of your life — so that you can start clearing the path to your goal. Read more: Weight Loss, Weight Loss Tips, Healthy Living, Healthy Eating, Healthy Lifestyle, Diet, Diet and Nutrition, Diet and Fitness, Dieting, Healthy Diet, Fitness and Exercise, Fitness, Eating Disorders, Women's Health, Motivation, Weight Loss Motivation, Emotional Wellness, Wellbeing, Wellness, Food, Exercise, Healthy Living News
Darkness and Light-Solstice Rituals
Darkness and light are very much on my mind this week. I long for the light and count the days towards the winter solstice two weeks from today with a sense of hope trusting the light will return. I love the symbolism of moving toward and into the light. Of actively welcoming the light. And we need more light right now. Oh God how we need it, need to create more of it, need to embody and share it in as many ways as we are able. The world has been so very dark. I wanted a ritual for the next 14 days to conjure and celebrate light. I created a small altar to the light for this. It’s a bunch of votives and candles with some…
A favorite practice for challenging times (and holidays)
A Favorite Practice for Challenging Times I have a new favorite game, a spiritual challenge that calls to me to be mastered. If I were to name it I would say it’s called “Falling in love with what is”. This game challenges me in so many ways, and yet there is an insistence that I play and learn to play well. I’m at a strange juncture where ‘new beginnings’ (also known as endings) mix and mingle with the season of rest, of pulling in, of stillness and quiet, and sometimes aloneness. I know that softening and soothing expectations is an essential part of finding any kind of serenity. To have compassion for the longings while allowing what is here now. Being in present-…