Entries Tagged as 'eating disorders, body image & similar topics'
mental health video: binge eating disorder
May 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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8 from google
March 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment
my brain is still only functioning at 42.718% capacity (as opposed to the usual 60 7/8th) so i don’t find myself to be able to say much. what little brain power i had went to work today and another fabulous mental health chat on twitter. but i feel guilty for not blogging enough so i [...]
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overeating – a neglected eating disorder
February 7th, 2010 · 7 Comments
unhealthy habits and demographic changes are combining to place an unprecedented burden on the health-care system that may not be manageable, the heart and stroke foundation said in its 2010 annual report on canadians’ health. so says the CBC about an alarming increase in heart disease and the potential for heart disease, adding `most of [...]
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eating disorders, depression and perfectionism
February 5th, 2010 · 6 Comments
by now you must have cottoned on to the fact that i really like therese borchard’s beyond blue: surviving depression and anxiety and making the most of bad genes. one of the things she talks about in that book is her run-ins with eating disorders. in the chapter BMI (body mass issues) – depression in [...]
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a song for anorexia
February 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments
this week is eating disorders week. to start it off, here is a song one of my twitter contacts wrote for someone who was struggling with this difficult, often life threatening disorder (the fourth song, “you are not alone”) and the lyrics: you are not alone music & lyrics by bob gray © october 22, [...]
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taking responsibility: constance barnes and the braidwood enquiry
June 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments
i was going to offer you another poem of sarah’s in this post but there’s something i need to say before we move on to that. the braidwood enquiry into robert dziekanski’s death, the polish immigrant who was tasered at the vancouver airport in the fall of 2007. and constance barnes. right from the very [...]
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self esteem: the thread in the quilt of recovery
March 27th, 2009 · 9 Comments
here is another interview with someone recovering from an eating disorder. this person used to eat too much, and has been and still is dealing with it by going to overeaters anonymous. isabella: “you’ve come a long way, baby” – how long HAVE you come? what’s changed? OA person: how long have i come? i [...]
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amputee beauty on a wordless wednesday
March 25th, 2009 · 7 Comments
no. 4 in my series on unconventionally beautiful women: image by cambodia trust
Tags: eating disorders, body image & similar topics · peace, environment, social justice et al · wordless wednesday
beating ANA – one relationship at a time
March 22nd, 2009 · 3 Comments
“relationships replace eating disorders. period. the end.” this is the central message of beating ANA – how to outsmart year eating disorder and take your life back by shannon cutts. it’s a book i’d recommend to anyone who wants to work their way out of an eating disorder. the more loving, supportive, therapeutic relationships that [...]
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the helping hand
March 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments
i am way, way, way, waaaaay overdue in passing along sojourner’s helping hand emblem to others. first of all, sojourner, you honour me with this. one of the reasons why i am so passionate about blogging is that i believe we are truly building a community of the future here. a community of a better [...]
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march 2009 buddhist carnival – in reverse
March 15th, 2009 · 11 Comments
roses are blooming on the rosebush. there is nothing strange. the flower blooms silently and falls quietly without sound, never again to return to its branch. her total existence is expressed in that one moment. one place on the branch. that is the voice of the flower, the truth of the single flower on the [...]
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eating disorders: learning to let go
March 13th, 2009 · 9 Comments
this is the second interview for this blog’s very own eating disorder’s week month spring. the first one was a three-part series on eating disorders and relationships. here is an interview with a vancouver woman who has struggled with recurring eating disorders, including anorexia, orthorexia and bulimia, and is currently maintaining a healthy weight with [...]
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rubenesque on a wordless wednesday
March 11th, 2009 · 5 Comments
still looking at images of people who, according to media, are not “supposed” to be beautiful … this beautiful photograph was created by camil tulcan
Tags: eating disorders, body image & similar topics · wordless wednesday
recovery
March 9th, 2009 · 5 Comments
here is the last instalment of my conversation with joanna poppink. this is part of a series of interviews about different topics in eating disorders. originally, i was going to tack the answer to my last question on to the second part of the interview. however, i realized that the answer to this question is [...]
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eating disorders: mothers and daughters
March 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments
this is a continuation of my conversation with joanna poppink about adults recovering from eating disorders, with an emphasis on how that impacts relationships. joannna poppink is a psychotherapist with a private practice in los angeles specializing in eating disorder recovery (you can see her blog at stop eating disorders.) yesterday i said i was [...]
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