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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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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 [...]
Women’s Friendships Vital to Our Health
By Gale Berkowitz
A landmark UCLA study suggests friendships between women are special. They shape who we are and who we are yet to be. They soothe our tumultuous inner world, fill the emotional gaps in our marriage, and help us remember who we really are.
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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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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, eating disorders, empowerment, loving your body, margarita Tartakovsky, not dieting, weightless
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