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
The Great Atlanta, iPhone Social Experiment!
Sometimes finding the first words to say when you see someone you might connect with is difficult. Perhaps a friend has to remind you to smile, uncross your arms, or even loosen your neck-tie a little or nudge you to utter the word “hello”; these things come naturally to some, … 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
Lose Your Mind to Find Your Body
The mind is a powerful and confusing structure. Have you ever heard the phrase, “it’s all in your head”? I think a lot of us can take that phrase figuratively instead of actually thinking literally about it. Let’s try: imagine a time when you were over analyzing, over-thinking, stressing or … 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
Coping with Trauma
In the aftermath of the recent natural disasters in the south, we are going to do a series of posts on dealing with crisis and trauma. Coping with Traumatic Stress There are things you can do to help yourself if you have suffered traumatic stress as a result of … Read More
Traumatic Stress
In the aftermath of the recent natural disasters in the south, we are going to do a series of posts on dealing with crisis and trauma. What is a Traumatic Stress Reaction? People who experience or witness horrible events such as school shootings, combat, rape, torture, natural disasters, accidents … Read More
Trauma – General Information
Disasters are often unexpected, sudden, and overwhelming. In some cases, there are no outwardly visible signs of physical injury, but there is nonetheless a serious emotional toll. It is common for people who have experienced traumatic situations to have very strong emotional reactions. Understanding normal responses to these abnormal events … Read More
