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Body Image

How Obnoxious Are the Voices in Your Head?

Donna Fish | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Body Shame, Body Hatred, Beauty Pageant, Rachel Hovnanian, Body Image, Jason McCoy Gallery, Art Installation, Beauty, Living News
Donna Fish

Do we tend to get fairly self-critical, and focus on the negative, instead of the positive, when left to the mercy of that mirror and brutal lighting?

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Are You a Closet Eater?

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress Eating, Lose Weight, Yo-Yo Dieting, Healthy Eating, Healthy Body, Mindful Eating, Eating Disorders, Anorexia, Childhood Eating Problems, Closet Eater, Diet, Bulimia, Food Hoarding, Weight Loss, Weight Loss Strategy, Body Image, Eating Mindfully, Healthy Diet, Comfort Eating, Eating Disorder Prevention, Weight Gain, Living News
Susan Harrow

Continuing to associate the pleasure of companionship with the enjoyment of food gives me those same good feelings I had with my girlfriends -- filmy, fluid and fun.

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Three Hollywood Halloween Trends That Need to Die

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Tampons, Halloween, Underwear, Halloween Costumes, Noah Cyrus, Children, Body Image, Slutty Costumes, Nadya Suleman, Octomom, Calvin Klein, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

For one day a year, we are encouraged to be as violent, sexual, inane or un-PC as our little hearts desire. Even given these lax rules, there are still ways to cross the line on Halloween.

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Kids Say The Darndest Things: "Your Butt Looks Sexy" Creepy? Or A Helpful Reminder I've Still Got It?

Stacie Krajchir | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Looking Sexy at Any Age, Sexy Women, Aging Gracefully, Women's Issues, Anti-Aging, Women and Body Image, Body Image, Living News
Stacie Krajchir

I hit the big "four O" last year and -- let's face it -- you start to question a few things when you get to that no-longer-in-my-thirties place in life.

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Fat Talk Free Week: Think More Like Oprah Less Like Chelsea Lately

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.20.2009 | Living

Read More: 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food, The Balanced Life, Body Image, Critical Voice, Chelsea Handler, Eating Mindfully, Tri Delta, Dr. Susan Albers, Mindful Eating, Self-Esteem, No Fat Talk Week, Living News
Dr. Susan Albers

Imagine stepping in front of the mirror and instead of hearing critical comments about your weight or the "f" word immediately jumping into your head, you accept who you are.

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The Secret Dialog Of Women

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Lose Weight, Women's Rights, Comfort Eating, Women, Living News, Women's Issues, Weight Gain, Healthy Diet, Healthy Body, Mindful Eating, Diet, Childhood Eating Problems, Women and Body Image, Over-Eating, Stress Eating, Communication Between Men and Women, Eating Matters, Body Image, Women's Health, Health, Yo-Yo Dieting, Living in the Moment, Diet Advice, Eating Mindfully, Weight Loss, Health Tips, Women and Power, Powerful Women, National Eating Disorders Association, Eating Disorder Prevention, Living News
Susan Harrow

Weight loss coach Kathrine Brown's mission is helping women of power and influence who are holding themselves back. She does this by detecting the subtle sabotaging dialogs that decrease their power.

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The Benefit of Ralph Lauren's Blunder

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Air Brushing, Mindful Eating, Eating Mindfully, 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food, Dr. Susan Albers, Eating Disorders, Photoshopping, Ralph Lauren Airbrush, Filippa Hamilton Fired, Filippa Hamilton Ralph Lauren, Ralph Ladove Evolution Video, Self-Esteem, Ralph-Lauren-Photoshopped-Model, Dieting, Body Image, Entertainment News
Dr. Susan Albers

Ralph Lauren has seen better days. This week his company has been blasted for allegedly firing a size 4 model for being "overweight" and photoshopping her into a grotesquely and impossibly thin woman.

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A Triathlete Amputee's Thoughts On Her Body: Missing An Arm, But Not Courage, Part 1

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: The Balanced Life, Perfectionism, Healthy Body, Self Care, Negative Body Image Amputee, Eating Disorders, The Inner Life, Wellness, Self-Help, Look Better Naked, Active, Body Image, Body Image Mastery, Living in the Moment, Fitness, Self-Improvement, Weight Loss, Triathlete, Confidence, Physical Benefits of Yoga, Healthy Eating, Triathlete Amputee, Yoga, Aging, Forget Perfect, Athlete, Self-Esteem, Self Love, Acceptance, Sports, Self Esteem, Consciousness, Health, Self Mastery, Benefits of Yoga, Living News
Susan Harrow

Leadership expert, triathlete and mother of quadruplets, twins and three other children, DeeDee Myers is never without lipstick in her purse. She's always prepared, always presentable, no matter what.

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Ralph Lauren Model: I Was Fired For Being Too Fat

Leslie Goldman | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Today Show, Fired, Ralph Lauren, Filippa Hamilton, Keira Knightley Airbrushing, Xeni Jardin, Modelling, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Paris Fashion Week, Photoshop, Women and Body Image, Entertainment News
Leslie Goldman

Did anyone ever actually look at this image and think, for even one millisecond, that it was real? Filippa Hamilton's body was manipulated to such an irrational extent that it ceases to look human.

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A Week Without the "F" Word: 5 Ways to End Fat Talk

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Mindful Eating, Eating Mindfully, Dieting, Body Image, Fat Talk, Dr. Susan Albers, Fat, Dove Self Esteem, 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food, Self-Esteem, Living News
Dr. Susan Albers

Can you go a week without using the F word? If you're not sure, here is your chance to give it a try.

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Walking for a Cause: Eating Disorder Awareness

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Dr. Susan Albers, Treatment, Eating Disorders, Prevention, National Eating Disorders Association, Body Image, New York City, Mindful Eating, Eating Mindfully, Living News
Dr. Susan Albers

See a Two Minute Video: Join Dr. Susan Albers on the walk: http://www.youtube.com On October 11th the very first National Eating Disorders Associ...

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Two Women Bare It All

Holly Robinson | Posted 10.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Resorts, Women, Aging, Friendships, Nudist Colony, Body Image, Naturists, Nudists, Nudism, Living News
Holly Robinson

Our first morning at Berkshire Vista Resort, my friend Mandy sleeps late while I muster the courage to leave our room. The question isn't so much what to wear, here, as what not to wear.

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Zapping Size Zero: An Open Letter To 'Average' Women

Carleton Bryant | Posted 10.02.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Glamour Magazine, Humor, Women's Body Issues, Glamour, Women's Issues, Body Image, Women's Body Confidence, Beauty, Size Zero, Size 0, Style News
Carleton Bryant

The fact is that most guys like the curvier form of so-called "average" women. That's because they don't look like they'd snap like a dry twig if guys tried to cuddle with them.

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A Nudity Experiment: Are You Comfortable Naked?

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Confidence, Body Image, Eating Habits, Naked, Women and Self Confidence, Nudity, Self-Confidence, Body Comfort, Nakedness, Female Nudity, Intimacy and Trust, Intimacy, Eating Disorder, Self Care, Self Love, Self Esteem, Body Image Mastery, Women's Body Confidence, Feeling Good Naked, Mind Body Healing, Weight Loss, Self Mastery, Living News
Susan Harrow

My partner, Will, felt I had shared something that was meant just for us. For me it was a daring investigation into how I see and live with my body, a personal test.

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Mackenzie Phillips Slept With Her Dad

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.27.2009 | Living

Read More: MacKenzie Phillips, Rape, The Mamas and the Papas, Incest, Body Image, Self-Love, Chynna Phillips, Self-Esteem, The Oprah Winfrey Show, John Phillips, Living News
Susan Harrow

While Phillips's is an extreme case, you don't have to sleep with or have been raped by your dad to feel bad about yourself, your body or your sexuality.

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Tyra Banks: Tyra Show Casting - Do You Have a Body Part You Absolutely Hate?

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Body Hate, Tyra Banks, The Balanced Life, Physical Benefits of Yoga, Healthy Body, Anxiety, Eating Disorders, Benefits of Yoga, Active, Confidence, Wellness, Stress, Body, Yoga, Weight Loss, Body Image, Emotions, Models, Forget Perfect, Mood, Perfectionism, Tyra Show, Self-Help, Healthy Eating, Mental Health, Health, Acceptance, Look Better Naked, Naked, Self-Esteem, Consciousness, Aging, Fitness, Self-Improvement, Nude Bodies, Living in the Moment, Living News
Susan Harrow

Do you have a body part that you absolutely hate and sometimes feel ashamed of? Are you constantly finding ways to cover it up or hide it?

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What Courtney Cox Revealed About Her Body

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dr. Susan Albers, Cougar Land, Mindful Eating, Dieting, Courtney Cox, Body Image, Entertainment News
Dr. Susan Albers

In Cox's interview with O'Brien, she discusses a scene from Cougar Town that many people, particularly women, can identify with.

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Mothers That Measure Their Daughters

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Self-Help, Mother Daughter Relationship, Healthy Eating, Eating Disorders, Acceptance, Confidence, Self Love, Yoga, Self-Esteem, Body Image, Weight Loss, Fitness, Models, Self Image, Forget Perfect, Self-Improvement, Perfectionism, Living News
Susan Harrow

I am examined, scrutinized and commented upon. "I didn't have lines like those on my lips when I was your age," my mother says in the bright lights of her marble bathroom.

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Bedroom Insecurities, Shopping Addictions And Stress

health.com | Posted 09.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Shopping, Body Image, The Inner Life, Financial Advice, Living News

What's the secret to bedroom body confidence? How do you conquer impulse shopping? Can you get addicted to stress? You ask the questions. We called th...

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Large and in Charge

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Depression, Colonialism, Hawthorne, Fat, Strunk and White, My Friend Baker, Glamour Magazine, Girls Body Image, Women and Body Image, Natives, Body Image, How-to-Speed-Up-Metabolism, Christianity, Religious Conversion, Metabolism, Poor Richard's Almanack, My Friend Emily, Chinese Food, Benjamin Franklin, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

Whether you're colonizing natives in the New World or trying to keep women down without actually having to do anything, it's always good to make the people you control feel that everything is their idea.

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Harley Riding Chin Hair

Emily Bracken | Posted 11.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Women, Women's Issues, Style, Body Image, Women's Health, Pubic Hair, Beauty Industry, Beauty, Women and Body Image, Comedy, Hair, Facial Hair, Chin Hair, Style News
Emily Bracken

It's not something you'd notice from spitting distance, but if you look at me up close, you'd discover I have hair on my chin. Not blond wisps. Not peach fuzz.

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Hate Your Body? 3 Steps Toward Learning To Love It

Sadie Nardini | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Models, Acceptance, Healthy Eating, Yoga, Forget Perfect, Perfectionism, Fitness, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Self-Improvement, Self-Esteem, Confidence, Celebrities, Self-Help, Body Image, Sadie Nardini, Living News
Sadie Nardini

This superficially focused yet deeply-ingrained striving for some unattainable, deprivation-based goal can easily overcome a good life, and swallow it whole. And those feelings can turn deadly for some of us, or at the very least, consistently ruin our days.

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Are You a Work of Art? The Secret to a Better Body Image

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food, Mindful Eating, Women's Issues, Body Image, Eating Mindfully, Fad Diet, Diet, Dr. Susan Albers, Living News
Dr. Susan Albers

At times, we narrow in on one aspect of who we are and lose sight of the big picture.

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Muffintop: The New Feminine?

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress Eating, Muffintop, Living News, Over-Eating, Yo-Yo Dieting, Women and Body Image, Healthy Eating, Healthy Body, Mindful Eating, Eating Disorders, Health, Anorexia, Childhood Eating Problems, Diet Advice, Diet, Wellness, Bulimia, Muffin Top, Women, Women's Health, Weight Loss, Body Image, Eating Matters, Health Tips, Eating Mindfully, Unhealthy Diets, Lose Weight, Healthy Diet, Women's Issues, Obesity, Comfort Eating, National Eating Disorders Association, Weight Gain, Eating Disorder Prevention, Living News
Susan Harrow

A woman should have a little pooch. It's part of what makes us womanly.

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Hide Your Body, Hide Yourself

Susan Harrow | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress Eating, Living News, Over-Eating, Yo-Yo Dieting, Healthy Body, Eating Disorders, Anorexia, Childhood Eating Problems, Diet, Wellness, Bulimia, Eating Matters, Weight Loss, Health Tips, Body Image, Comfort Eating, Eating Disorder Prevention, Weight Gain, Lose Weight, Women and Body Image, Healthy Eating, Mindful Eating, Health, Diet Advice, Women, Women's Health, Eating Mindfully, Healthy Diet, Unhealthy Diets, Obesity, Women's Issues, National Eating Disorders Association, Living News
Susan Harrow

If you're always looking for ways to not be seen, how do you speak out? How do you move through the world if you have an invisible cloak that has no magical powers other than to keep you in your own shadow?

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