Photoshopped Images Need Labels France now requires all retouched, airbrushed or altered photos to come with a warning. The purpose of the new law that went into effect Sunday, is “to avoid promoting inaccessible ideals of beauty ...
3 Insider Tips: Hope for Eating Disorder Recovery “Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.” Joseph Campbell Spreading hope is part of what I love about being a psychologist. The following ...
Use 3 C’s to Improve Body Image: Catch it, Check it, Change it “Diseases of the soul are more dangerous, and more numerous, than those of the body.” Picture this…you’re swimming in the ocean, gathering with your friends for a meal or walking into a ...
Actions Speak Louder than Words, in Eating Disorder Recovery “Action is the foundational key to all success.” Pablo Picasso Does this sound familiar? You want to recover but you also want to keep a few of the familiar eating disorder behaviors. Maybe you ...
How a Suicide Prevention Song Inspires Hope & Help-Seeking We were recently reminded how much of a positive difference one person can make. At the Video Music Awards, singer Logic performed a moving song about suicide prevention and mental ...
Why do we Confuse Weight and Health? Can we agree that weight and health are not synonyms? Even though most of us recognize this in theory, our everyday language confuses the two words. Furthermore, our conversations are littered with ...
Want to Reduce Binge Eating? Use Your imagination “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Walt Disney Michael Phelps’ coach, Bob Bowman believes vivid imagining (or mental rehearsal) is necessary for peak performance in every endeavor. Bowman ...
Weighing In on Netflix’s “To The Bone” In “To The Bone”, Ellen, the main character played by Lily Collins, shifts to embrace healing when she faces and accepts the complexities of past missteps, multi-dimensional relationships, the ...