Posted by
Sheryl Canter, October 18th, 2010
Categories:
Social Norms & Bias, Tags:
social pressure
This is Katie Makkai at the National Poetry Slam in 2002, talking about the dream of being pretty. You don’t want to miss this. It is awesome.
Posted by
Sheryl Canter, August 31st, 2010
Categories:
Attuned Eating, Tags:
non-diet approach,
self-esteem,
social pressure
For an emotional eater, giving up dieting can be terrifying. Suddenly there are no rules. You’re responsible for your own food choices, and you’re not sure you can be trusted. You may have struggled for years with lack of control around food. You may fear that Normal Eating can’t work for you, that you don’t [...]
Posted by
Sheryl Canter, March 31st, 2010
Categories:
Eating and Self-Care,
Social Eating, Tags:
social pressure
Most of us don’t live in isolation. The people closest to you usually know all about your struggles with weight and eating, and can have a profound effect on your Normal Eating journey.
When you’re coming from the diet world, you’re coming from a world in which it’s assumed that you don’t have the self-control or [...]
