Twenty years after the landmark Beijing conference on gender equality, the UN this week issued a depressing report that details the uneven, and in some cases backward, direction the fight for women’s rights has taken since then. It brought to mind a similar tale of promises dashed, Debora Spar’s book Wonder Women: Sex, Power and […]

March 16, 2022 by Lisa Leave a Comment Special offer, Serving Hours.. complimentary counseling and coaching. When you are struggling, feeling lost, depleted, uninspired, sleepless.. I can help. ~Turning points announce themselves through a variety of vague symptoms: deep restlessness, a yearning with no name, inexplicable boredom, the feeling of being stuck. While these moments […]

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By Kacey Clark Image courtesy of Shira Barzilay (@koketit) I’m going to be honest. In the past when I’ve been invited to protests, asked to take a stand, or take action for Black Lives, I have often erred on the side of indifference. “That sounds great but…I’m not comfortable with that,” or “That sounds great […]

How often do you find joy when you’re exercising? If your answer is “never” or “rarely,” it’s probably time to reevaluate. Physical activity need not be a miserable experience. It shouldn’t be punitive, compensatory, or self-attacking. While a workout might be challenging or difficult at times, it should never be painful, motivated by fear, or […]

Recovery from this surgery (and any surgery I would venture to guess) is just as much mental as it is physical. My emotions are riding on a huge rollercoaster. Sometimes laughing and feeling myself to suddenly plunging into tears of frustration for not being able to do something or simply from being tired of hurting. […]

Seeking eating disorder care for your child can be an overwhelming decision. Their illness has already robbed them of so much, and you can’t help but wonder: Won’t treatment mean sacrificing even more? Maybe it can wait until a better time, you reason – when school is out, or social activities have settled down. For now, […]

Fragile, dry hair, weakened, brittle fingernails, and dull, dry skin are signs of general malnutrition, particularly when calories, protein, and zinc are low. No surprise, then, that hair loss (and bad fingernails and skin) is common in anorexia nervosa. I reassure patients that they are not going to lose all their hair because this is […]

Change is so uncomfortable. Not changing, is so uncomfortable. Two days ago I was in my weekly session for physical therapy for voice/throat…He is honestly the best, a gift, a true healer of which I have only met a few,he is one of them.He gets it in every possible way…He gets the physical, the postural, […]

Feb 282017 Twitter Chat #NEDAwareness Twitter chat w @NEDAstaff today! We will be tweeting @dumplingskin account 11am PST/2pm EST #NEDAwareness (image via @artbykriss) Source link

Portrait of smiling curly hair woman talking on phone. By Alan Pelaez Lopez Originally published on Everyday Feminism. I have tried to write this letter for years. I used to think that I needed to apologize to my younger self for never letting myself claim both my Blackness and my Latinidad. I constantly told myself […]

Despite its festivities, the holiday season can present a number of challenges for thosein eating disorder recovery. For some, family time can be stressful. Food is often abundant and not on a regular schedule. In many cases, individuals leave the comforts of their homes and routines in order to celebrate with others. Those with co-occurring […]