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I Had No Idea: A Blogette
NEDAwareness Week I just returned from presenting at the Popular Culture Association Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I also had the honor to act as substitute chair for Dr. Susan Koppleman,...
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Day Two of NEDA Week: I Had no Idea!
Eating disorders are serious illnesses, not lifestyle choices. What does an E. D. look like? “Eating disorders are complex illnesses that arise from a combination of long-standing behavioral,...
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Day 3 NEDA Week: Count Your Blah Blahssings Baby!!
Count you Blahssings Baby! If you are like most people, you thrive on positive reinforcement and disintegrate just a bit each time you are shamed or told you are wrong. So why do we give our power over...
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NEDA Week: Day 4: Dr. Who?
I used to watch the show Dr. Who religiously! I LOVED it. And I just returned from presenting at the Popular Culture Association Regional Conference in New Mexico on Healthism and Weight Stigma where...
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What We Can Do: Day 5 NEDA Week
Despite the well known saying, talk is NOT cheap, Advertisers spend billions of dollars each year on ads telling us and selling us body hate messages. And unless we unplug completely and live in a...
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Siblings: NEDA Week Day 6
The connection between siblings is one of the most unique relationships that many of us will experience in our lifetime. Whether it is rooted in classic sibling rivalry, merged into one identity, or...
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That Was the Week that Was! NEDA Week: Day 7
Today is the last day of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2014 and it has been an eye opening week for me. I don’t have any hard stats to back this up, but it feels as if this year’s week had a...
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Trigger Theory: Dedicated to Mattie and all of our beloved pets that have passed
Trigger warning! Talk about Trigger Warnings! I was seven years old and playing in the Atlantic Ocean. It was one of those perfect New York summer days, not too humid, not too hot and with the entire...
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FATigued: Finding a second wind in body acceptance.
I am tired. The endless intrusion of diet mandates and body hating messages that wheedle their way into my world via billboards, television, radio, movies, magazines, books, blogs, trolls, and the...
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Managing the August Effect…Again
I originally wrote this post in 2012 and have decided to post it again for two reasons. The first is that I have recently been managing a series of difficult and time consuming family challenges and...
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The Pros and Cons of Professional Conferences
As I mentioned in my last blog post, I just returned from presenting at The Renfrew Foundation Conference. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with Renfrew, it is the oldest residential program...
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Eating Disorders Recovery Support: It’s Not sELFish to Ask for Help
Elf Promotion I am reluctant to use my blog for sELF-promotion. Sure, I always include links to where to buy my book, it is an author’s obligation these days to market their books in any way...
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BUZZ OFF: Part Two of Tackling the Buzz Kill!
This is the second part of a three part series on one approach to treating the clinical diagnosis of Beeinurbonnettopathy (soon to be included in the DSMXXXV). If you didn’t read part one you may want...
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MIXED NUTS
Mixed Nuts: A Re-Post about Valentines and True Love Mixed Nuts. That’s how I feel about Valentine’s Day. Like a can of mixed nuts. Remember those cans of Mr. Peanut Planter’s mixed nuts that would...
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The Bee’s Knees
This is the third and final part of my three part Bee Here Now Series about cultivating a positive body image via Walkie Talkie sessions. In part one, “A Bee in my Bonnet,” we talked about the buzzing...
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Why ISN’T This Night Different?
Seders and eating…a match made in…well, it all depends on your spiritual/religious perspective. Passover Seders will kick into gear this week and while the diversity of rituals is extensive, one common...
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Cruel Days…Cruel Days
…Dear old golden rule days. How many of you remember that song? If some of you are experiencing a Dr. Deah ja Vu, you are correct. You have read this before. One of my walky talky clients noted that...
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Dr. Deah ja Vu (6)
DEJA POO: THE FEELING YOU HAVE HEARD THIS CRAP BEFORE! If you are having that strange feeling that you have been here before, worry not…there is a very good likelihood that you have! Every January,...
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