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February 8, 2010
Big winds, little winds, all kinds of winds By Johanna Marie McShane
Winds are a funny thing. There are all kinds of varieties of winds, and just as many names in many different languages...
February 7, 2010Hiding from Hungry By Leslie E. Murray
Pull down the blinds! Close the drawers! You don't know where you might find "hungry"...
February 7, 2010Writer Peach Friedman Chronicles her Eating Disorder Recovery By Marica Herrin & Nancy Matsumoto
I just finished reading Peach Friedman’s Diary of an Exercise Addict, which is newly out in paperback from Globe Pequot Press...
February 7, 2010From punishment to pleasure developing a new relationship with exercise By Michelle Lelwica
Last week I posted my blog encouraging readers to stop criticizing their bodies and start critiquing our society's obsession with thinness in the Huffington Post...
February 7, 2010The Puzzle Image By Johanna Marie McShane
A client and I came up with this image the other day, and we both really liked it, so I asked her if I could write about it on the blog...
February 6, 2010Necessary Changes By Johanna Marie McShane
Sometimes we have to make a change or changes that we might not want to in the short run, but are important in the long run...
February 5, 2010Open Letter to Michelle Obama By Aimee Liu
With permission from Susan Paxton, president of the Academy for Eating Disorders, I would like to share with you the letter recently sent to Mrs. Obama...
February 5, 2010A message to our first lady By Doris Smeltzer
The following letter is one I sent to our First Lady a few days ago...
February 5, 2010Different ways of listening to ourselves By Johanna Marie McShane
I've been thinking, Laura, about how to answer your question about listening to your body...
February 4, 2010The Right Words for the Obama Girls By Aimee Liu
My mailbox is filling up with concern over reports that the Obamas are putting their daughters on a diet and referring publicly to the girls' weight...
February 4, 2010Decision Making By Karen R. Koenig
When you’re unsure of what to do about an issue or feel stuck in a dilemma, it can be extremely difficult to come to a final decision...
February 3, 2010You Tube Video on Food & Feelings Workbook By Karen R. Koenig
If you would like to see a brief video made by a woman talking about and reading from my FOOD AND FEELINGS WORKBOOK...
February 2, 2010The 2nd Guarantee By Johanna Marie McShane
You may accidentally overwhelm yourself with how big the whole idea seems (that's what happens to many, many people, and then they feel like it's so big that they can't even deal with it, and then they sort of give up)...
February 1, 2010Slow down eating By Karen R. Koenig
Need one more reason to s-l-o-w d-o-w-n yo-u-r e-a-t-I-n-g? According to the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, eating fast reduces the release of hormones which help regulate appetite...
January 31, 2010This weeks bumper sticker By Johanna Marie McShane
This week's Bumper Sticker, brought to us by Laura: Sappy is Good...
January 31, 2010Debunking the myths...A series report By Leslie E. Murray MD, MPH
I’ve just finished coordinating the first draft of the National Eating Disorders Association Coaches’ and Trainer’s Toolkit, which will be available on the NEDA website in early summer...
January 31, 2010Advice about eating disorders that bears repeating By Marcia Herrin & Nancy Matsumoto
I’ve just finished coordinating the first draft of the National Eating Disorders Association Coaches’ and Trainer’s Toolkit, which will be available on the NEDA website in early summer...
January 30, 2010The Grief Monster By Shannon Cutts
I was sitting with a friend at dinner last week when she suddenly confided, "I woke up this morning and my heart just HURT"...
January 29, 2010Finding a Miracle By Martha Peaslee Levine
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change,” Buddha. This week in my journaling group I used that quote as a starting point...
January 29, 2010A dad who "wants to help" By Doris Smeltzer
My husband often leaves newspaper articles he thinks may be of interest to me on the dining room table...
January 28, 2010Stop criticizing your body and start critiquing our cultures devotion to thinness By Michelle Lelwica
In my last blog, I encouraged you to make a different kind of New Year’s resolution. Instead of vowing to do whatever it takes to lose weight and “improve” your figure...
