Even people with a healthy body image struggle with insecurities. It is rare to meet a person who is completely comfortable in their own skin. For most individuals, maintaining a healthy or self-respecting body image is a lifelong process. He or she must continuously juggle their choices, beliefs, feelings, thoughts, compliments, criticisms, physical reality, and …
Enjoy this relaxation technique called Breathing Through Your Sole before leaving for school or work, to chill-out before crawling between into bed, or any time during the day. It helps relieve anxiety and muscle tension, and quiets the mind. Read through the steps and you will realize how simple the exercise is. Try it to …
They do not pucker our mouths as lemons do, satisfy our love of crunch like a crisp apple, or taste as good slathered in peanut butter as a banana. Yet, they can turn a splash of cream into ambrosia. Peaches are one of nature’s most delightful treats, a sweet understated pleasure, much like a soft …
Quieting the mind is an effective way to relieve issues associated with eating disorders such as negative thoughts and anxiety. Transcendental Meditation (TM) has long been a popular meditative, mind-quieting method. Since TM is not a philosophy there is nothing practitioners must believe in, no lifestyle changes are necessary, and TM is effective. You do …
The healthier our body image, the more resilient we are when our self-esteem is bruised or takes a beating. There are four aspects to our body image. Knowing these aspects, and considering them separately, can help us assess our body image with clarity, and consider how we might strengthen it. The Four Aspects of Body …
ARFID, or Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, is a diagnosis reserved for people who are clearly struggling with food and eating issues, but do not fit the criteria for anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorders. Because ARFID usually develops during infancy or childhood, the previous psychiatric diagnostic manual (the DSM-IV) described ARFID in a chapter called …
Children are like sponges, picking up and absorbing the messages and social cues of the most important people in their lives: their parents. Certified holistic health counselor Jacqueline Banks says that teaching children how to love and respect their bodies at a young age is the key to a healthy body image later on in …
Food cravings can be physical in nature, but emotional eating is a response to negative feelings that may seem too overwhelming to actually face. Emotional eating is a very effective way to suppress, numb, or cope with these feelings, but it can lead to weight gain, guilt, shame, and potentially even more self-destructive behavior. If …
There are many forms of meditation. At least one of them is bound to suit your temperament and lifestyle. Here are 14 reasons cultivating a focused, quiet mind through mindfulness or mediation can help you develop a healthier relationship to food, and to yourself. 14 Reasons to Meditate A quiet mind is more likely to …
Stress can worsen the symptoms of psychiatric issues – including eating disorders, depression and anxiety. To combat the damaging effects of stress, we need more than the distraction of TV or video games. We must activate our innate relaxation response. This response is a physical state of deep rest that alters our emotional and physical …
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