May 2009 Archive
Ways to Nurture Your Body
05.12.09
Those with eating disorders and many people who do not suffer spend a great deal of time agonizing over their appearance, weight and size. It is time to challenge those negative thoughts and actions toward your body with nurturing and care. Here is a short list of ways you can begin to nurture your body:
- call a friend
- journal
-read a good book or a favorite passage
- take a bath
- paint your nails
- take a walk
- light a scented candle
- make a cup of herbal tea
- compliment yourself
-write a list of things you are grateful for
Can you think of others? Feel free to share!
05.09.09
| May 13, 2009 |
Mindfullness presents eating disorder prevention program at Oakland County high school
05.09.09
| May 16, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 PM | to | 6:00 PM |
Center for Eating Disorders Benefit, open to the public in Ann Arbor Michigan
Happy International No Diet Day!
05.09.09
International No Diet Day is a day to declare a moratorium on dieting for weight loss. It is a time to learn the facts about diets. It is a day of advocacy for an end to weight size discrimination and fatphobia. It is a time for acknowledgment for those affected by an eating disorder and/or weight loss surgery.
What would have to happen for our culture to live this way EVERY DAY? How can we transition from doing these things once a year to a way of life?
It begins by challenging what our culture says is beautiful and myths about beauty (i.e. thin is healthy, fat is unhealthy). It continues by viewing ourselves and our bodies as beautiful- for function AND form- in whatever shape that may be.
Doesn’t that sound great? Beginning celebration today by listening to your body. Eat what sounds good. Enjoy the taste, sound and smell as you eat. Enjoy nurturing your body. Wear something that makes you feel great and feels good!