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Triggers for Emotional Eating

By Marsha Hudnall on April 1, 2008

Emotional eating is something we all engage in from time to time. For example, it’s normal to celebrate with food, and sometimes nothing is more comforting than food. Still, it can get the best of us if we turn to food too often. Annette Colby, PhD, nutritionist, therapist and author of several helpful books that look at issues such as […] read more »

Requiem for a Fad Diet Author

By Marsha Hudnall on October 31, 2007

I just learned that the author of the Beverly Hills Diet died a few days ago. There’s nothing in particular I have to say about this, or the diet, that wasn’t brilliantly summed up in a post on diet blog. Briefly, the post talks about formulas for these types of books: pseudo-scientific theories, celebrity testimonials, a sexy title named after […] read more »

Learning to Cook for Healthy Weight Loss

By Marsha Hudnall on October 17, 2007

Here’s a bit of weight loss information you might already know about: The research is pretty clear — those of us who eat out more often seem to be destined to have a harder time maintaining a healthy weight. And when it comes to healthy weight loss — fuhgeddaboutit! (Okay, so the Sopranos are over, but some things just won’t […] read more »

Healthy Eating or Disordered Eating in Teens?

By Marsha Hudnall on October 10, 2007

We get a lot of questions from our participants at Green Mountain at Fox Run about how to help their children avoid eating and weight problems. It’s a good question. “Since the 1980s, disordered eating has become so common that it affects the majority of adolescent girls,” according to Marcia Herrin, EdD, an eating disorders specialist who has updated her […] read more »

Give Your Daughter the Gift of a Positive Body Image

By Cindy on July 17, 2007

101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Lover Her BodyBy Brenda Lane Richardson and Elane Rehr From birth to her teenage years, help your daughter to develop the confidence, physical strength, emotional maturity and respect for her body. You may even pick up a few pointers on treating yourself more kindly too! This book shows you how to inspire your daughter […] read more »

Another No Vote for Weight Loss Diets

By Marsha Hudnall on May 30, 2007

‘Tis the season…for diets, that is.  With summer fast approaching, I can almost hear the collective worries of American (and other countries) women who begin fretting anew over what they look like in shorts and bathing suits.  Body image issues ignored, the collective answer generally runs towards starting another weight loss diet.  With that in mind, I thought I’d pass […] read more »

Stumbling on Happiness

By Cindy on September 4, 2006

For for those of us who still allow ourselves to believe that losing a few pounds will automatically bring us the happiness and joy we seek, may want to stop and rethink why. I’m currently in the middle of a very good book. Usually I wouldn’t recommend a book before I was finished reading it, but I’m enjoying it so […] read more »

Relaxation

By Gina V. on July 28, 2006

I was in a bookstore and came across "The Big Book of Relaxation: Simple Techniques to Control the Excess Stress in Your Life, edited by Larry Blumenfield. Editor Blumenfeld has gathered some of the biggest names in alternative healing to discuss how to unwind and detoxify our souls and bodies. John Harvey provides a good basic chapter on meditation. Lilias […] read more »

Oppression Syndrome

By Gina V. on May 30, 2006

I’m taking on a big topic today, and I’ll tell you right up front that there won’t be a neatly ribboned answer at the end…you’ll have more questions than answers. I’ve been thinking about stress and body image and living in an environment where you’re subtly (and not so subtly) told that you’re not acceptable – because of your body […] read more »

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