Published/Featured Articles

Are you your own worst critic?
Women have a tendency to be their own worst critics, say experts. The most common and insidious display of this has got to be the self-deprecating comment. When innocent bystanders try to assail our misperceptions with a compliment, we shoot them down by insulting ourselves.
Read the full article from Flare, October 2009

Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat?
Eating disorder activists Claire Mysko and Magali Amadei, authors of Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat?, along with author Esther Kane, spoke to Demo Dirt about pregnant women's dread fear of baby weight.
Read the full article from Jezebel, October 2009

Eat, Drink, and Be Wary
Women are more likely to eat less when their dining companions are male, but eat more when dining solely with other women, says research from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. The research, led by Meredith Young, PhD candidate in the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour confirms previous studies which found that people regulate their eating based on who they are dining with in specific situations.
Read the full article from Demo Dirt, August 2009

Orthorexia: Are you addicted to healthy eating?
If your bookshelf is lined with diet and nutrition books and you're constantly preoccupied with food labels, your healthy eating fixation could be masking an eating disorder.
Read the full article from Homemakers.com, May 2009

Diet is "die" with a "t"
While much of (Esther Kane's) work focuses on helping people with eating disorders... the information she share(s) would be useful to anyone. In fact, after listening to Esther I realized I have had moments that bordered on disordered eating. I was staggered.
Read the full article from Elusive Onions, May 2009

The Goodbye Girl
There's a reason why so many sad songs are about breakups. They suck. They can occupy your every waking thought - and keep you up all night, too. But they're part of life- and the risk we take when we fall in love. The one thing you need to know? You will get through this. Here's what will make you feel better, what won't and why it's so painful.
Read the full article from Glow, April 2009

Confessions of a Health-Food Junkie
Think there's no such thing as being "too healthy"? Read on to hear about Esther Kane's journey with orthorexia - orange skin, social isolation and all.
Read the full article from Glow, February/March 2009

One-Woman Show
Men may take out the garbage and occasionally make the bed, but women still handle the bulk of the household work - and it's harming our health. Here's how to get on a more balanced track.
Read the full article from Glow, Nov. 2008

Through Thick and Thin
Sure, you've enjoyed great times together, but how do you navigate the sticky situations that can crop up in any friendship? Here's how the pros would handle three potential friendship breakers - without saying goodbye.
Read the full article from Glow, October 2008

Totally Crushed
Crushes may be fun, but the reality of a relationship is so much better. Crushes are also normal even in a committed relationship. Just don't act on them.
Read the full article from Glow, April 2008

Swan Songs (Done Right)
Time to make your exit? Whether you're saying goodbye to a relationship, a friendship or even a job, here's how to do it well - and how to avoid the temptation to go out in a blaze of glory.
Read the full article from Glow,Feb/Mar. 2008

Stressed for Success
It's the same old story: girl meets stress, girl falls in love. But is the buzz of an overbooked life good for any of us, or are we on the fast track to burnout?
Read the full article from Glow, September 2007

Find the Healthy Love You Deserve
The choosing of mates has nothing to do with intellect. If we haven’t examined family-of-origin experiences, and the beliefs and value systems we were taught early on, and come to realize how they have shaped current beliefs and behaviors, we’re bound to go for what’s most familiar.
Read the full article from Body Beautiful, July 2007

Just a Hunch
Whether you feel it deep in your gut or hear it whispering in your head, chances are you've experienced the wonder of intuition. But is there any science behind the hunch?
Read the full article from Glow, October/November 2006

Confessions of a Toxic Relationship Junkie
Lying, cheating and jealous rages - sometimes love is nothing like the brochure.
Read the full article from Glow, October/November 2006

Seven Tips for Deriving Energy from Your Relationships
We all want to be physically healthy, but if our emotional life is unbalanced, efforts to reach our full health potential may be thwarted.
Read the full article from Alive, September 2006

Local Counsellor Makes a Difference in Women's Lives
Enthusiasm and passion seems to pour out of the compact dark-haired young woman sitting in the big easy chair. Easy, however, does not describe her job, but Esther Kane is determined to make a difference in the lives of women.
Read the full article from In-Focus, July 2006

Esther Wins Vancouver Island Top 40 Under 40 Award
Victoria Times Colonist, June, 2006
Comox Valley Record, July 12, 2006

A Daughter's Words of Wisdom
Toronto Star, June 11, 2005

Exploring the Role that Ethnicity and Culture Play in Disordered Eating
Visions: BC’s Mental Health Journal, Fall, 2002

Not Just A Pretty Face: Exploring Jewish Women's Experiences of Eating Problems
Journal of Collaborative Therapies. 6:1, pp.7-17. Spring 1998

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