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18/05/2024

Healthy Body, Healthy Mind

00:00 Introduction to 5-step guide to a healthy body & mind00:37 Step 1: Seek mental health treatment02:37 Step 2: Improve your nutrition06:27 Step 3: In...

15/09/2023

https://youtu.be/CaPdsrp_BVQ?si=roJmyWDwAE8-EuAh
In this episode of Mental Health Break we discuss body image and why it matters.

16/02/2022

20/11/2021

Coming in January, free body image group! Learn how to heal your relationship with yourself, exercise, and food. Stay tuned for more info and updates.

19/07/2021

Let’s get some exercise!

26/11/2020

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Please remember that you are worthy of nourishment on this special day. Cheers!

30/09/2020

Intuitive eating is where it is at! Free event:

30/09/2020

It is weight stigma awareness week. You can sign up for this free event:

15/07/2020

If you have children (especially girls) one of the best things you can do with regard to setting them up for a positive body image is to refrain from making disparaging remarks about your own body. Let them see you having respect for your body and providing it with proper nutrition.

17/06/2020

With biological hunger almost any food will do. With a craving or emotional eating we are trying to meet a need that is psychological.

It can be confusing to distinguish emotional hunger from biological hunger in the beginning. I even used to have hunger pangs when I was actually just needing to deal with my emotions.
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It helps to remember that true biological hunger is patient. It will wait for you to find a satisfying meal. It is satisfied by all types of foods--whatever is yummy, available, and usually somewhat balanced. And, it comes on gently (unless you've been ignoring it for a really long time.) It whispers at first, then grows louder the longer you ignore it.
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Emotional hunger is the complete opposite. It is NOT patient. It's like a runaway train inside that won't be ignored. And, it MUST have the food it's craving (usually not a balanced meal). And, it MUST be NOW!
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Remember, as you're learning to distinguish between emotional and biological hunger to slow down when you eat. Pause when you think you need food and drop into the physical sensations you're experiencing in your body. Your body knows what it needs. You just have to get your brain and emotions out of the way.
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22/05/2020

You're not defective or a sugar addict if you want something sweet after dinner. It's a very human desire to have something sweet.
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It also doesn't mean you need to have a ginormous dessert after every meal.
We can be so black-and-white with ourselves sometimes.
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What if it was part of your day--everyday--to have a bit of something sweet after lunch and dinner? Say, a few squares of chocolate or a few spoons of ice cream.
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It's also totally OK to have a full serving of something. I'm not promoting being restrictive with yourself. I'm just saying that you can think outside the box a little bit. Sometimes a few bites of chocolate is just the lovely end to a meal that you need. It helps you feel satisfied, not deprived, nourished, and balanced.
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But, you'll only feel this way if you can normalize it for yourself. If you're telling yourself that you're a failure for having a few bites, then you're going to feel awful and end up eating an entire bag of chocolate.
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Ditch the black-and-white thinking. Allow yourself what you love. Listen to your body. You got this!
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09/05/2020

Compulsive exercise is a sometimes overlooked symptom of an eating disorder.

Read more on the Eating Recovery Center blog

28/04/2020

If you struggle to accept your body, you're not alone. Many people take negative feelings out on their body. One's body image is made up of not just a physical representation but also how one feels about the self and life overall. This guide can help someone start to build a healthier relationship to their body. Cheers!
https://positivepsychology.com/positive-body-image/

Build a positive body image and body image awareness with these activities and worksheets and develop a more accepting relationship to your body.

16/03/2020

https://www.self.com/story/the-difference-between-complete-and-incomplete-proteins

And how to know if you're getting the right mix

06/12/2019

His name was David, and I was crazy in love with him. I wanted to spend my life with him, grow old with him, have more children than Angelina Jolie with him. The only teensy problem was that he didn't feel the same way about me. "I'm not attracted to you," he said. Picky, picky, picky, I thought.

I was certain I could persuade him to love me, that he wasn't seeing clearly, that it was my job to show him that we were meant for each other. I was also certain that when I finally lost the 10 pounds I'd been losing and gaining for a hundred years, he'd be smitten.

And so I pulled out all the stops. I developed a sudden fascination for 18th-century architecture (his field), I baked coconut layer cake (his favorite), I dyed my hair blond (his preferred color). And most of all, I starved myself. A few months into Project David, he fell in love with a size 16 brunette and moved 3,000 miles away.

As you probably have already guessed (or experienced firsthand), when you are as thin as you can ever imagine, the people who didn't love you before will still not love you, and the people who did love you before will love you still. People will come, go, leave, and die, no matter how much you weigh.

Hearts are made to be resilient. Think about it: Is there one thing that's happened to you that you haven't survived? Something in you is still awake, alive, eager to learn, ready to be moved. And once you know that your heart is resilient, then you can take in the huge streaks of delight, joy, and happiness as well. Once you understand that everything will end, you can finally live your life — the one you already have, not the one you imagine you'll someday have when you lose enough weight.

28/11/2019

In honor of Paula O. Lockhart, who reminded me of this.