Try out these websites for helpful tips related to mood and self-esteem.
mindyourmind.ca (particularly good for teens)
selfesteem2go.com
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Disordered Eating
Carol Normandi and Laurelee Roark, in their book "It's not about Food", say:
"The issue of food and weight is serving an important function in your life and you have no chance of letting it go until you understand what that function is. This does not mean that you have to understand every emmotional reason why you are over or under eating. But it does mean that you need to realize you've been trying to help yourself the only way you know how".
On this note, if you are struggling with body image or eating concerns, consider things like: feeling insecure, relationships, identity, need for love, reassurance, security and soothing. We often deal with emotional struggles and relationship insecurities/family dysfunction by placing them on to our bodies. Sometimes the only way we know how to soothe ourselves is to eat, but the only way we know how to be accepted, as women in this culture, is to "control" our weight.
Food for thought.
SHC
"The issue of food and weight is serving an important function in your life and you have no chance of letting it go until you understand what that function is. This does not mean that you have to understand every emmotional reason why you are over or under eating. But it does mean that you need to realize you've been trying to help yourself the only way you know how".
On this note, if you are struggling with body image or eating concerns, consider things like: feeling insecure, relationships, identity, need for love, reassurance, security and soothing. We often deal with emotional struggles and relationship insecurities/family dysfunction by placing them on to our bodies. Sometimes the only way we know how to soothe ourselves is to eat, but the only way we know how to be accepted, as women in this culture, is to "control" our weight.
Food for thought.
SHC
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