With the onset of a new college school year, freshmen, as well as other students are being oriented (first hand), as well as renewing, the experience of college life. For many, it is their first experience of an extended time away from home. Opportunities that come with freedom, both good and bad, abound. What comes…
Recently, I came across this article from ABC News (found here) which sheds light on eating disorders in individuals that break the “mold” of who is typical. One is about a female kindergartner who is anorexic, and another supplemental video is about a male with binge eating disorder. These cases do not follow the typical…
With it National Eating Disorders Week (usually the last week in February) being so close to media bombshells such as the Grammy’s and the Oscars, our eyes are on Hollywood. This short clip (from”60 Minutes Overtime”) features singer Adele talking about body image…
In today’s media soaked world, children and teens are dealing with a tremendous pressure to be thin…the ideal of today’s society. The Thin Ideal is just that…not real…based on doctored up photos of models with stretched legs and carved out waists, and hollowed out cheeks. It is especially important in today’s computerized generation to be…
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body Acceptance Part Three: Moving into Body Acceptance for Women For women, body image issues can continue to dominate our acceptance of self throughout the college and adult years, ranging from focus on parts of our body we do not like to ways that we feel in our body movement. …
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body Acceptance Part 2 of 3: Teen Women Body Blues The teen years present a mix of fears related to body image for girls. This is magnified with normal insecurities regarding self-acceptance. Mixed messages are present from society’s view of what is beauty. Girls are transforming into women as their…
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body Acceptance Part 1 of 3: Beginning of Beauty or Beast? I came across a wonderful article in the March 2012 Real Simple magazine about a women’s journey in resolving her body image and recognizing her beauty (check it out; see resource below). It got me thinking about our individual…