Mental Health Awareness Month May is mental health awareness month, so let’s partner and break the stigma. I was reading my email earlier today and I received one from Claire’s jewelry store. I usually just erase those emails and send them straight to the trash. However, this email caught my…
Every shape, size, skin, hair and eye color, complexion, height and ethnicity before me, all beautiful. I contemplate why the world around us insists on defining beauty when beauty lies in each and every person.
Eating disorders have the 2nd highest mortality rate among all psychiatric illnesses, with someone dying every 52 minutes as a direct result. #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek
Binge Eating Disorder According to the National Alliance of Eating Disorders, binge eating disorder includes recurring episodes of overeating in a hurried manner and brief timeframe. These individuals often eat when they are not hungry and can extend beyond the point of a person reaching excessive fullness. Much like bulimia,…
Anorexia Nervosa According to the National Alliance for Eating Disorders, Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that affects about 1% of females and about 1/3rd of that for males. Not only that, but it has the highest mortality rate among mental health disorders. It causes individuals to obsessively fear weight gain…
Bulimia Nervosa According to the National Alliance for Eating Disorders, bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder where an individual regularly has episodes of binge eating. Binge eating occurs when one consumes, in a short period of time, large quantities of food. This is followed by purging to rid themselves of…
Media Shapes Our Body Image Magazines, television, social media and billboards. None of these are safe. Each of these are plastered with thin beautiful women, the image of perfection and perfectly chiseled men. It’s no wonder so many struggle with poor body image and eating disorders. A profound 46% of…