Body Image SHE-roes!
In my clinical work and when I do speaking engagements I often encourage women to identify body image heroes, or as I like to call them “SHE-roes.” After all you can’t be what you can’t see and we...
View ArticleSize Stimga in the Medical Community: my recent reminder.
For as long as I can remember my weight has been the topic of conversation and concern. I was “treated” by many physicians and specialists as a child and young adult for my weight problem- generally...
View ArticleFunction over Form- how to engage in body image work
While I was training on my internship in Upstate New York, I had the privilege of working with the most incredible woman, Dr. Melissa Fallon. She was wise and wonderful, a beautiful soul who would...
View ArticleBeing a Critical Consumer of Social Media: my imperfect birth story
My daughter is sleeping, one of her sporadic 2-3 hour breaks between diapers, feeding, crying, rocking and snuggling. I became a mother three weeks ago and I must say it has not been what I expected. I...
View ArticleThe Truth About Your Body: It’s Beautiful!
Young children know something that many of us have forgotten at some point along the way. We may even have decided that this truth that many children know without a doubt, is false. As children we know...
View ArticleFashion retailers and size discrimination- you have more power than you think!
Something that Plus Size women have known for years is finally coming to the surface in various news outlets: weight and size discrimination is not only prevalent but often intentional. Recently the...
View ArticleChildhood obesity initiatives, we must do better!
I have a very specific memory of a class project that my second grade class did for math in 1990. We were supposed to weight ourselves to get a number that then we would use in an equation. I was 8...
View ArticleA Love Letter to My Daughter
Dearest. As I fed you at 4 o’clock this morning I admired your beautiful face: the curve of your check, the peacefulness of your gently closed perfect eyelids with their fan of lashes, the ski slope...
View ArticleNot Cool Facebook… Not Cool.
I was innocently updating my status from my phone today and saw this option… Fat is NOT a feeling.(Visited 202 times, 12 visits today)
View ArticleThe Great Princess Debate: messages on sexuality, body image and relationships
I was 10 years old when Disney’s Aladdin came out in theaters. I grew up on Mickey and adored the music and magic of the full-length feature films, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the more recent (at...
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