February 24th, 2009

Hindsight’s 20/20 With Rose Colored Glasses

If you’re an adult child of aging parents, and you’re judging yourself and feeling inadequate to the task of caring, know this: It’s easy to look back with the clarity of hindsight, and imagine exactly what we should have done differently. Of course, we can only account for our own responses. It took me a while to really, seriously pardon myself for being imperfectly human . . and to pardon my parents for being the same. Rose colored glasses…

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January 29th, 2009

Battered Women - 7 Secrets of Successful Weight Loss for Abuse Survivors

Weight management is an issue for many women. However, when you’re a battered woman, it gets even more complex because you are dealing with inner and outer control. Read on to learn 7 eating tips to help you manage your weight.

Domestic violence survivors hear it all the time: “You’re too fat.” “Your hair is too short, too long, you’re a dummy, you’re too fat, you can’t, you won’t, you shouldn’t, you’re too fat!” Sound familiar.

It’s no wonder that domestic abuse survivors develop dysfunctional relationships with their bodies and unhealthy eating habits. Far be it for him to see me enjoying a candy bar…so I’ll sneak it in and have it while alone in my car.

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November 19th, 2008

What is The Most Excellent Diet

Often it occurs late at night, just before you creep into couch.

You’re still feeling a little overfed from — as usual — ingestion too much at ceremonial dinner. You flinch as you walk past the complete mirror in your bedroom and see yourself in contour. You flinch again as you look in the restroom as you brush your teeth.

That double jowl you’re starting to shape. The ending is unavoidable:

“we ‘re getting fat. We have got to mislay credence.”

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