Huffington Post UKStruggling With an Eating Disorder During RamadanHuffington Post UKAs a Muslim suffering from an eating disorder, I understand how hard the month of Ramadan can be for others with eating disorders. For the past few years, I have been medically advised not to fast as it could trigger negative thoughts and cause the …and more »
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National Advocate for Those with Eating Disorders
If Lynn Grefe ever agreed with the adage that “you can’t be too rich or too thin,” she publicly denounced it as “dead wrong” after her teenage daughter confided that she was suffering from bulimia and anorexia. That inspired Grefe to organize a national campaign to promote education and treatment for eating disorders and to convince women whom teenage girls idolize, like fashion models, that being too thin can be fatal.
Caurie Putnam: You Are Beautiful Today
I’m going to let you in on a big secret: You are beautiful today. It’s taken me 39.10 years to figure this out, but now that I have, I have to share. Here’s how I figured it out. Read more: Women's Self-Esteem, Self-Esteem, Body Image, Beauty, Body, Advice, Forty, Thirty, Twenty-Something Advice, Women and Body Image, 40th Birthday, Turning 40, Women News
KMOV interview with Cherie Massmann
On Wednesday, May 6, 2015, Cherie Massmann, LPC, NCC was interviewed over a controversial photo taken at Busch Stadium. Below is the link. Trainer not apologizing for body shaming woman at Busch Stadium Share with us! How do you feel about this? The post KMOV interview with Cherie Massmann appeared first on McCallum Place | Eating Disorder Blog.
Jodi Aman: My Mother’s Day Commitment Is Raising My Daughter’s Self-Image
The best way to help others is to heal yourself, I realized. Though I am a work-in-progress, as long as I am committed to growing and cultivating that self-love everyday by caring for myself, celebrating my successes and seeing myself as more than just my body, I can support and share what has been helpful with my daughter. Read more: Self Esteem Body Image, Body Image, Women and Body Image, Raising Daughters, Mothers Day, Parents News
#Dear15Me
That’s me, 15-ish, posing for one of those glamour shots everyone got in Taiwan in the 90′s (do people still do that?!?). If I could tell that girl kneeling in her Victoria’s Secret dress in the hot Taipei summer sun what I know now, I would say this: “This outfit may be important to you now, but it won’t be in a few years, and you’ll never buy clothes from Victoria’s Secret as an adult so stop staring at the catalog models every time it arrives. Your future husband is going to love your boobs, so stop wishing they were bigger. Stop thinking about your secret boyfriend back in NJ, worrying about how to pay for a Phish concert. You guys are going to break up,
Congrats Jenny Yang!
Our good friend Jenny Yang is featured in LA Weekly as one of their People of 2015!There’s a bit in Jenny Yang’s stand-up routine in which she lifts her shirt halfway up and juts out her belly as far as possible. She talks about how her protruding stomach can be interpreted as either a real baby or a food baby.It’s the latter.“Let’s just not comment on women’s bodies,” she says to a giggling crowd.Over lunch at Baccali, her favorite Hong Kong cafe in the San Gabriel Valley, she says, “As an Asian-American woman, it’s always [about] whether or not we come off as respectable to people. I don’t want to care whether
The Emily Program – Residential Opening in Cleveland, OH
We are extremely excited for the upcoming opening of our residential facility in Cleveland this June! Our teams have been hard at work making progress to be ready to open our doors to clients soon!Below are some photos of the progress that is has been made throughout the house. The place has really transformed. Located in Cleveland Heights, OH, our 16-bed licensed residential care facility is the first of its kind in Northeast Ohio. We’ll offer those struggling with eating disorders comprehensive solutions – combining evidence-based treatment, personalized holistic care, and a highly individualized treatment plan. We’ll hold an open house on June 16 from 5-8 PM. Hope to see you there!
Two Awards this Week!
This blog was the lucky recipient of not one, but two awards in the blogosphere this week!The first came from Psych Central, which named DEWHAED one of the Top 10 Eating Disorder Blogs of 2015.The second award came courtesy of Healthline, awarding DEWHAED one of the Best Eating Disorder Blogs of 2015.Many thanks to these sites for recognizing my nine years(!) of blogging dedication. I encourage my readers to check out my great company on both lists for additional reading suggestions.
How not to talk to people with an eating disorder – The Guardian
The GuardianHow not to talk to people with an eating disorderThe GuardianWhy, then, am I constantly contending with strangers wishing to comment on my eating disorder? And no, this is not simply a matter of needing to grow a thicker skin. Over the past year – the length of time that I have been “in recovery” – I have become …
How not to talk to people with an eating disorder | Charlotte Samantha
When it comes to strangers, some things are off the conversation table. There is no need to tell me about the importance of food. I know about thatBy all accounts, I’d been enjoying the conversation. We were two pina coladas apiece in, and between us had covered the breadth of holiday small talk. The weather, the flight over, the cult of the Kardashians, to name but a few. Then Jenny, the woman who had been stretching on the sun lounger beside me all day, got personal: “I know all about your problems,” she said as matter of fact. “You’ve just got to eat.”With that, she happily skipped back to decrying Kim Kardashian and her much-debated posterior. I sat in silence, scared to burst the