Do you often judge your body? Do you easily find the flaws and “ugliness” of yourself? These actions can be described as a “dysmorphia” which means that a person may experience misperceptions in their appearance. This article is interesting because it states that those who demonstrate dysmorphic thoughts about themselves … Read More
Controversy in Eating Disorders: Can One FULLY recover?
As a counselor who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders, I found this article a little disheartening. When I read the initial sentence, it took everything inside me not to yell at my computer screen “yes you can!” This article mentions the struggle of an emergency room physician’s eating … Read More
Getting a Better Body Image – Atlanta Sports Nutrition
Gaining a better body image seems to be a world-wide desire. With constant exposure to negative media messages and celebrity diets, it’s easy for us to see ourselves in a harmful light, resulting in lower self-esteem and depressed body image. Glamour magazine reported that 97% or women will have an … Read More
“You’d be pretty if…”
I found this blog interesting: a somewhat personal account mixed with raising awareness of a new term – body-snarking. Accoring to the author, body-snarking is the act of appraising someone elses body, then commenting negatively about it via a different outlet, such as the internet or social networking sites. I … Read More
GROW Interviews: Yoga Instructor Colette
G: Tell us about yourself, your job, and how you became a Yoga instructor: C: I’m a small-town girl from Newnan, GA who went to college for Dance Education & Mass Communications. After a short bout in Pittsburgh for a degree in Legal Studies, I moved back to Atlanta to … Read More
Don’t miss your life…
Americans as a whole are challenged by being fully “present.” We tend to value quantity over quality. We find ourself looking for more before we have fully embraced what we have. We often settle for skimming the surface of something…say Twitter, Facebook, or emails…instead of seeking to fully understanding. Rather … Read More
What causes an eating disorder?
What Causes an Eating Disorder? Eating disorders are complex conditions that arise from a combination of long-standing behavioral, biological, emotional, psychological, interpersonal, and social factors. There are some general issues that can contribute to the development of eating disorders. While eating disorders usually begin with preoccupation of food and weight, … Read More
How Do I Approach Someone Who Might Have an Eating Disorder?
Be patient – eating disorders can be long-term problems Be aware that an eating disorder is an attempted solution to a problem Convey your concerns about the person’s health and function, and avoid focusing on he person’s weight or body size. Speak of your own experience or witnessing of warning … Read More
Emotional Eating
Anxiety, loneliness, boredom, and anger are emotions we all experience throughout life. Food won’t fix any of these feelings—it may comfort for the short term, distract from the pain, or even numb you into a “food hangover”. But food won’t solve the problem, if anything, eating for an emotional … Read More
Intuitive Eating
According to Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, co-authors of Intuitive Eating, intuitive eating is defined as listening to your inner hunger signals, eating whenever you choose without experiencing guilt or an ethical dilemma. Principle 1: Reject the Diet Mentality Dieting damages your body and mind. It is linked with … Read More
