Posted in Bible study, Body image, Christian life, Christianity, Depression, tagged conference, guilt, Lincoln Berean, perfectionism, struggle, women on 24 March 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Berean Church here in Lincoln is hosting their Women’s Spring Conference on Saturday April 4, 2009. All are welcome! Registration by April 1 is strongly encouraged.
How To Struggle Well
Find freedom from these snags that can hinder successful living:
Guilt
Perfectionism
Low Self Esteem
Poor Boundaries
Making Comparisons
Fear of Change
Uncontrolled Emotions
Begin to struggle well by taking away practical tools and [...]
Posted in Body image, Food for Thought, tagged Body image, Delta Delta Delta, Eating disorders, fat talk, Tri-Delts on 28 October 2008 | 1 Comment »
Congrats to Delta Delta Delta Sorority for creating this powerful video and being a part of the movement to help women in the United States address negative body image.
10 million women are suffering from eating disorders – more than four times the number suffering from breast cancer.
And 81% of 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat.
Stop [...]
Posted in Body image, Christian life, Christianity, Food for Thought, In His image, Responding to God, tagged advertising, beauty, Body image, faith, ministry, self-esteem, women's health on 9 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Secret: I have a connection for great websites! My (very cool) Aunt surfs around out there and gives me regular updates on sites that are speaking up with real, true, meaningful messages. Here are some of her latest finds:
Real Beauty Is… bold, courageous, perfectly imperfect
~Love the link to www.feelyourboobies.com (it’s a breast cancer awareness site!)
Love [...]
Posted in Body image, Eating disorders, Food for Thought, tagged Eating disorders, Fashion Week, models on 11 September 2008 | 5 Comments »
According to this report from the AP, models at New York’s Fashion Week were “up to” sizes 2 and 4 instead of the usual size 0…this is somehow considered an improvement.
Did you know that in 2006 at least two models died from complications linked to eating disorders?
Posted in Body image, Christian life, Christianity, Food for Thought, In His image, Responding to God, tagged balance, beauty, culture, eating, freedom, God, identity, self image, True Campaign on 11 September 2008 | 1 Comment »
I got to sit down to lunch today with Travis Stewart of the True Campaign. What an incredible privilege! I am such a fan of what they are doing with their young organization, and it was just awesome to listen to Travis talk about some of the True Campaign’s goals and plans. I hope to [...]
Posted in Body image, Christian life, Christianity, tagged beauty, Eating disorders, grace, identity, Omaha, PCA, self image, Travis Stewart, True Campaign on 26 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
Travis Stewart, co-founder of the True Campaign, will be in Omaha on Wednesday 9/10/08 to speak at Grace Reformed Church. Check out the flyer below for details and spread the word to your friends, your family, your church, your school, your office, and your gym!
This is an event for anyone and everyone who wants to [...]
Posted in Body image, tagged art, beauty, Body image, documentary, photo, self image, self-awareness, self-esteem, women on 25 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently there are two awesome projects out there that call themselves “The Beautiful Women Project”!!
The Beautiful Women Project going on right here in the United States is a photo documentary project “challenging the traditional definition of beauty” in our culture. The artist, Nancy Bruno, is an accomplished photo-documentarian who uses her latest project to focus [...]
Posted in Body image, tagged art, beautiful, Body image, breast cancer, healing, self image, women on 22 August 2008 | 1 Comment »
Wow! Thanks to reader Nancy Bruno for bringing my attention to an amazing project going on with our sisters in Ontario, Canada!
In the group’s own words, the Beautiful Women Project ”is a teaching and healing tool for women and girls, men and boys. The foundation of the project is a touring art exhibition of 120 clay torsos of [...]
Posted in Body image, Food for Thought, In His image, tagged anorexia, Body image, bulimia, Eating disorders, ED, radiance on 22 August 2008 | 3 Comments »
I received 2 great blog recommendations recently:
Create Radiance — “Empowering people to create radiant lives from the inside out” — lots of great thoughts related to positive body image and learning (or re-learning) to love yourself for the beautiful creature you are.
Eating Disorders Blogs — “Supporting recovery from bulimia, anorexia, and related issues” — a [...]
Posted in Body image, Food for Thought, tagged Body image, Food for Thought on 10 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
On April 22, 2008 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued the following news release:
Three Out of Four American Women Have Disordered Eating
Sixty-five percent of American women between the ages of 25 and 45 report having disordered eating behaviors, according to the results of a new survey by SELF Magazine in partnership with [...]
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