Tag Archives: body image
Endangered Species Summit London
Check out some footage from the recent Endangered Species Summit in Europe:
http://ht.ly/4jLEL
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EXPERT ON DISORDERED EATING LEADING 4-DAY RETREAT AT HOLLYHOCK FOR COMPULSIVE OVEREATERS
For the first time ever, Women’s health expert, author and psychotherapist, Esther Kane, MSW, will be leading an intensive four-day retreat at Canada’s premier learning oasis, Hollyhock, to help compulsive overeaters .
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How to keep hating your body
Hello Dear Readers,
It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to fellow Body Image Warrior and Eating Disorders Therapist, Ashley Solomon, Psy.D. I just love this post she wrote on her blog which is a great, while also, humourous reminder, of how important it is to learn to love ‘the skin we’re in’….
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Thinness and Power
I wanted to share a fantastic article a fellow body image warrior, Julia Rice wrote recently. She’s an amazing artist and is currently in San Francisco exploring through art and the written word, Women and Ageing. Check out her blog: http://beautyqueensheen.wordpress.com/
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art project exploring women, beauty, and ageing
A wonderful colleague of mine, and fellow ‘body image warrior’, Julia Rice, is living in San Francisco for a few months doing an art project on women, beauty and aging. This project is a strange mutt, a mix of art and sociology. She will be interviewing women 60 and older, recording their recollections of how [...]
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Balanced Weight Loss
Normally, I try to avoid talking about weight loss, being an eating disorders therapist- it can be a touchy subject indeed. But lately, I’ve come to realize that there is what I believe to be, a balanced approach to losing a bit of extra weight if you really need to for health reasons. How did [...]
A New Look for Fashion
Some great news from our body-image warrior friends in Montreal:
http://www.torontosun.com/life/fashion/2010/08/08/14959321-qmi.html
Boycott Ralph Lauren, American Apparel and others who exploit women
Just wanted to share a fabulous blog from the UK which Susie Orbach is involved in creating. It’s called “AnyBody” and updates you on the most recent developments of body image catastrophes and triumphs across the global fashion world. Definitely one to keep on your “favourites”. I just signed a petition boycotting American Apparel for [...]
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Review of Susie Orbach’s latest book: “Bodies”
I had the pleasure of meeting with Susie Orbach in person last summer while in London visiting family and I bow to her- I consider her the ‘matriarch’ of the healthy body image movement and think she is not only a brilliant therapist, but a fabulous writer to boot. She was kind enough to endorse [...]
Happy International Women’s Day!
I realise International Women’s Day was yesterday, but I was too busy seeing clients to blog. However, this turned out to be a blessing because I found this awesome post by one of my body image allies in London, UK who totally rocked the House of Commons yesterday (alongside one of our other fearless leaders, [...]
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