Article written by Mary DeMuth – Based on the book Beautiful Battle – www.writeuncaged.com I run the same route when I jog through my neighborhood, memorizing each house, lawn, street. This morning I run with pain because of an exercise boot camp the day before. My legs ache and they don’t lift like they should. They’re a study in shuffling …
I Don’t Have an Eating Disorder—I Just Watch What I Eat Patti came into my office for her usual one o’clock counseling appointment. She had just come from her doctor’s office for a yearly check-up where she was informed she was obese and needed to lose weight. She was very upset. Patti struggled with food her whole life, constantly …
February 26 to March 3rd was National Eating Disorder Awareness Week; so to help you consider the role that food, weight, body image, and the culture have had on you, ask yourself the following questions: Do you constantly think about your weight, food or your body? Do these thoughts take up an inordinate amount of space in your day? Do you …
Has our relationship with technology helped or hindered personal intimacy in our lives? Dr. Sherry Turkle has studied how living in a highly technical age, where we’re all plugged into something, changes the way we see ourselves as people; and the way we do relationships. Her research suggests that technology is taking up so much space in our lives that …