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Dads, Daughters and Body Image

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
We’ve already talked about how moms and daughters can help boost each other’s body image. However, moms aren’t the ...

Minding the Magazines: Examining an Editor’s Letter

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
If you’ve been feeling slightly off, acutely apprehensive or flat-out frightened, women’s magazines likely know the reason: Why, it’s bikini season! And forget fear, you should be plain panicked, whether the villain is your bulging ...

Moms and Daughters: Promoting a Positive Body Image

Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Does this sound familiar? You’re standing in front of your full-length mirror scrutinizing your hips or thighs, and whispering to ...

How Easily is Your Memory Manipulated?

Friday, April 3rd, 2009
You may be surprised to learn that it's easier to manipulate your memory than you might have imagined. Or so says ...

12 Depression Busters

Monday, March 16th, 2009
The following piece is the most popular Beyond Blue post I have written. Click here for the gallery version. My therapist helped me to build a personalized "toolbox": a list of a dozen depression busters ...

Minding the Media: Is the Thinning Economy Bringing Curves Back?

Thursday, February 19th, 2009
From time to time, we see articles proclaiming that thin is totally in or curvy is making a comeback. Oftentimes, this proclamation occurs after fuller-sized models (by fuller, we mean a size 4) grace the ...

Minding the Media: 5 Things Jessica Simpson’s Curvy Controversy Reveals

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
In the past two weeks, everyone’s been talking about Jessica Simpson, whether it’s the news media, blogs, celeb weeklies or entertainment TV shows. Even other stars are sounding off. They’ve praised Simpson’s physical appearance, ...

Minding the Media: The Impact of The Biggest Loser

Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Earlier this month, the biggest weight-loss show in America — and perhaps abroad, airing in over 90 countries ...

Calorie Counting at the Fast Food Counter

Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Massachusetts is likely to join California, New York City and Seattle in requiring some sort of calorie count next to food items in restaurant chains in the state. ...

Navigating Through the Diet and Fitness Resolution Confusion

Saturday, January 10th, 2009
In the next few weeks, whether you’re actively searching for it or trying to avoid the resolution hoopla, you’ll be bombarded with tons of eating and exercise tips guiding you to become a whole new, ...

Minding the Media: 9 Eating Lessons from Magazines

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Women’s magazines are always filled with tons of tips. Here’s what I learned from December/January issues of popular fitness and health publications. 1. At your family dinner or office party, concentrate your efforts on making ...

Five Tips for Mindful Eating

Thursday, December 18th, 2008
As we approach yet another holiday, many of us will be engaging in more mindless eating -- eating simply because food is put in front of us, or we feel like ...

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