Tag Archives: eating disorders
Arizona the beautiful
I just had the luxury of spending a week in Arizona where I combined work and pleasure. I started in out in Scottsdale, where I attended the Second Annual Binge Eating Disorder Conference put on by BEDA. I also presented there in the Individuals/Family & Friends track with, ”What About Me? How to Take Care of Yourself While Caring for [...]
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Also tagged alice rosen, BEDA, binge eating disorder, carolyn coker-ross, fat and fit, jess weiner, NEDA
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Endangered Species Summit London
Check out some footage from the recent Endangered Species Summit in Europe:
http://ht.ly/4jLEL
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Also tagged activism, advertising, body image, feminism, susie orbach, women, world summit
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Binge Eating Disorder
Hey Folks,
Back refreshed and renewed from a 2-week vacation in Florida. Wasn’t so sunny, but I did a whole lot of nothing and feel fabulous! Of course, I was flooded by e-mails and phone messages and a huge pile of unopened mail when I got back to the office and I’m still playing catch-up.
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Also tagged BED, BEDA, binge eating disorder, Esther Kane, recovery from binge eating, Sunny Sea Gold, teens
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MEDIA ALERT
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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Also tagged addiction, body image, compulsive overeating, Esther Kane, food, hollyhock, retreat, workshops
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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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Also tagged ashley solomon, body image, how to love your body, women
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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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Also tagged activism, body image, england, feminism, penny red, real women, recovery, susie orbach
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Eating Disorders in Midlife
I am seeing more and more women ages 30+ in my practise who are struggling with disordered eating. Many people think that eating disorders are only for teens and women in their twenties, but research shows this is absolutely false. In fact, the following statistics will most likely shock you.
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Also tagged counselling for eating disorders for womn, midlife, women
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7 Empowering Tips to Improve Your Body Image
I am delighted to share with you a wonderful piece contributed to this blog by my colleague and positive body image ally, Margarita Tartakovsky, MS, author of Weightless, a blog about body image, the skinny fad and freedom from numbers.
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Also tagged body image, empowerment, loving your body, margarita Tartakovsky, not dieting, weightless, women
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Hear Me on the Radio
Was interviewed on Calgary’s VIBE radio station earlier this week about why we shouldn’t diet. Check it out here: http://www.itsnotaboutthefood.net/press.htm#radio
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Also tagged dieting, diets, interview, radio, why diets don't work
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Males and Eating Disorders
In this blog post, I’ve decided to tackle the topic of males with eating
disorders for a couple of reasons: 1) I am working with more men with
this problem than ever before and have noticed a huge rise in this
phenomenon as an Eating Disorders Therapist and 2) I feel that we don’t
discuss how boys and men [...]
