Back in the 60s we had “Be-Ins “or “Love-Ins,” when people would gather in the same place and meditate on love and peace. Sometimes LSD was involved, sometimes sex and nudity, most of the time music was definitely a factor. But no matter what form they took, the “prime directive” was to raise awareness about …
My favorite professor at UNH! Carol Lucha Burns, author of Georgia, A New York Story I was a theater major at the University of New Hampshire for my B. A., a creative arts education major for my M. A. and a therapeutic recreation/expressive arts therapy major for my M.S. at SFSU. It wasn’t until I …
It’s been almost a year now since I read Hungry by Crystal Renn (and wrote a blog post about it here which has my favourite quote from the book) and identified with it despite not being a model, plus size or otherwise, or suffering with Anorexia. I’ve been keeping an eye on Crystal Renn’s weight …
This particular Creative Meditation can be implemented by a leader of a group or led by the clients themselves. What we have the eating disorder clients do is the following exercise: Imagine a behavior you would like to change. Visualize it is in a magical crystal where its future unfolds. For example, if you have …
“What happens then?” you ask. . . . The unofficial start to summer? Bikini season? (ahem) The anniversary of when Anne Boleyn was crowned Queen of England? Nah. It’s the publication of my book! Stay tuned for more information and thanks, as always, for your unrelenting support.
Elaine Stevenson lost her 24-year-old daughter, Alyssa, to anorexia and is now dedicated to preventing the disease from taking more lives. Stevenson has organized the conference, Setting the Table for Recovery – the first ever eating disorder conference hosted by the Canadian Mental Health Association, taking place Friday, June 8th at the Viscount Gort. …
Elaine Stevenson lost her 24-year-old daughter, Alyssa, toanorexia and is now dedicated to preventing the disease from taking more lives. Stevenson has organized the conference, Setting the Table for Recovery – the first ever eating disorder conference hosted by the Canadian Mental Health Association, taking place Friday, June 8th at the Viscount Gort. Stevenson’s …
Making a change can be a very difficult decision. When the New Year rolls around, we tend to be pumped for a new start and ready to alter the path we have been going down. By February our motivation has usually diminished a little and we have maybe started to travel down our old paths. …
Can one woman hail the return of entire macronutrient? I’d like to try. We live in a carb-free, low-carb, healthy-carb country. We’re encouraged by experts to up our protein intake and lower our carbohydrates, with the premise that this is the key to arriving at a healthy (read: aesthetic) weight. Recently, I went to a …
“If you don’t love yourself, you cannot love others. You will not be able to love others. If you have no compassion for yourself then you are not able of developing compassion for others.” – Dalai Lama I value this quote because despite what we are taught, believe and even think we’re doing, we won’t …
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