My Mom Has a Disease
by Lizabeth Wesely-Casella My mom has muscular dystrophy. It’s a disease that wastes the muscles and grows increasingly more serious over time. My mom will die with a brain as… Read More »My Mom Has a Disease
Workplace Wellness Revisited
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”~ Oscar Wilde I planned this blog post as a follow-up to a piece… Read More »Workplace Wellness Revisited
One by One
To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Judith Matz’s and Ellen Frankel’s Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Comprehensive Guide to Treating Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Eating, and Emotional Overeating… Read More »One by One
HAES Goes to Campus — Lessons Learned
by Dr. Dawn Clifford, RD and Dr. Michelle Neyman Morris, RD As we gear up for back-to-school season, consider the many opportunities for supporting a weight-neutral paradigm at your school… Read More »HAES Goes to Campus — Lessons Learned
The Art of the Backhanded Compliment
by Jenny Copeland, PsyD Mainstream media sources are up to their subterfuge again. Whether it is non-retouched ‘selfies’ or summer anthems, they seem to be missing the target. It brings… Read More »The Art of the Backhanded Compliment
Shameless
by Fall Ferguson, JD, MA It’s the opening minutes of a weekend workshop on embodiment. We – 25 participants and I – sit in a circle. About a third of… Read More »Shameless
The Dangers of Living in a Safe House
by Stacey Nye, PhD This article originally appeared in the September 2006 issue of the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle. I recently presented a workshop at a local spa on healing disconnected… Read More »The Dangers of Living in a Safe House
Fat Studies in Popular Culture/American Culture
by Rev. Dr. E-K Daufin The Popular Culture/American Culture Association is an international, academic organization whose different areas of research and interest cover alphabetically from Academic and Collegiate Culture through… Read More »Fat Studies in Popular Culture/American Culture
In the summer haze, a season full of HAES-inspired events!
by Amy Herskowitz,MSc Being connected to various size acceptance and fat activism listservs, blogs, online groups and social media sites allows us to broadcast some of the incredible events going… Read More »In the summer haze, a season full of HAES-inspired events!
From Shame to Love — My Journey to Size Acceptance
by Lisa Ann Citarella Shame I saw the look in your eyes, When I couldn’t squeeze my thighs into those size 14 jeans. I’ll never be a size 4, you’ll… Read More »From Shame to Love — My Journey to Size Acceptance