Interview with Miss Vermont, Lucy Edwards: Being a role model to younger women

April 2, 2015, 3:45 am

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Please tell us about yourself and what you do? I am the current Miss Vermont. I’m taking time off of school right now to serve the state, and promote the four points of the Miss America Organization- scholarship, success, style, and service.   Can you tell us a bit about any upcoming projects or events […]

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Interview with voice actress, Maddy Peters: Standing up for others

April 3, 2015, 2:47 am

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Please tell us about yourself and what you do? Hey, I’m Maddy. I’m a voice actress on TV shows like Martha Speaks and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and I’m also an art student studying illustration at Maryland Institute College of Art. I love drawing and animation and when I graduate I want to […]

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Four Secrets to Authentic Love

April 15, 2015, 2:01 pm

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As the saying goes, “Love is all around us.”   Make a commitment today to see and experience love at least once per hour.  Try it for a day.  Notice the love with which a coworker holds the door for you with a smile.  Notice the love between the couple in the car next you […]

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Are Scare Tactics Causing More Harm Than Good?

April 17, 2015, 7:00 am

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How to live in a processed world and make right choices. Do scare tactics work? I know the new documentary Fed Up declares that scare tactics have worked for decreasing tobacco sales. Personally, I worry that scare tactics will actually contribute to more fat shaming, diet shaming and finger pointing. I was really surprised that […]

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National Giving Day — Please Help Us Win Matching Grants on May 5th!

May 3, 2015, 7:39 pm

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YES! You can help Mental Fitness bring primary prevention programs to schools nationwide. Our national nonprofit qualifies to have donations matched from up to TWO pools of matching funds — MAY 5TH  ONLY! Be a part of the paradigm shift toward resiliency by donating today. Join the movement of resiliency and mental fitness in school aged […]

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4 Tips to Feeding Your Inner Self with Self Care

May 8, 2015, 7:00 am

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In order to survive and create balance, start connecting with your true self. In a world of external focus where a scale determines your worth and your salary defines your success, you need to turn inward to find wellness and well-being. In order to survive and create balance, start connecting with your inner core — […]

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How Your Dinner Plate Can Affect Your Diet

May 30, 2015, 7:00 am

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Graciously reposted from www.LauraCipulloLLC.com Did you know that your dinner plates can actually affect the amount of food you and your children consume? As a mom and dietitian, I understand the need for parents to feed their kids well while fostering a positive relationship with food. This relationship is more complicated than the nutritional value […]

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Responding to Fat Shaming

June 3, 2015, 1:19 am

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The subject of being bullied, teased or shamed in childhood for being fat comes up often on my Food and Feelings message board and in talking with clients. If you have let these experiences from long ago shape how you feel about your body and self today, it’s time for a new take on the […]

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Caitlyn Jenner’s still Ideal Beauty Image

June 5, 2015, 5:40 am

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Before you tell me how to do it better, before you lay out your big plans for changing, fixing, and improving me, before you teach me how to pick myself up and dust myself off so that I can be shiny and successful—know this: I’ve heard it before. I’ve been graded, rated and ranked. Coached, […]

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Diabulimia: Learning More about your Teen and their Type-1 Diabetes Diagnosis

June 14, 2015, 7:00 am

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Graciously reposted from www.LauraCipulloLLC.com Diabulimia is an unofficial term, used by both the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, to define a serious condition effecting, but not limited to, adolescent girls diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. An adolescent diagnosed with diabulimia (known formally as ED-DMT1) is characterized by the intentional misuse and […]

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What If You Were Friends with Ingrid Nilsen or Caitlyn Jenner?

June 18, 2015, 9:15 am

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This week I’m so inspired by Ingrid Nilsen. She shared a video about her coming out journey that is really sweet and beautiful. Nilsen courageously wore her heart on her sleeve talking about the inner struggle she experienced. When a friend or family member shares their inner being, let’s be there for them. How can […]

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Femininity and sexism

June 19, 2015, 10:45 am

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Why are qualities that are considered stereotypically feminine so often dismissed with negativity? Why is it that crying is weak, and why is it that even now a woman is often the one responsible for affection and nurturing? The only answer I can come up with is that sexism still plays a big role in […]

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Healthy and Happy: The Positive Role Team Sports Play on Adolescent Girls

July 29, 2015, 7:00 am

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Do you remember what middle school was like for you? If you're like me, you probably try not to remember. Being a teenager is difficult.

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#MakeItFair Interview With #RealDeal

August 4, 2015, 10:54 am

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Robyn Hussa Farrell, Editor of #RealDeal, interviews Nadia Quinn and Patricia Noonan, two of the Founders of the #MakeItFair campaign shedding awareness and light on gender inequality in the entertainment industry.  Check out their interview about our #WhatIsBeautiful campaign, here.   1.  What is the #MakeItFair campaign? #makeitfair is a call for gender equality in the stories we tell, the […]

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#WhatIsBeautiful Interview with #MakeItFair Founders

August 7, 2015, 2:00 am

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Robyn Hussa Farrell, Editor of #RealDeal, interviews Nadia Quinn and Patricia Noonan, two of the Founders of the #MakeItFair campaign to learn how they define beautiful.  (see the full interview about #MakeItFair here) 1.  What is the #MakeItFair campaign? #makeitfair is a call for gender equality in the stories we tell, the wages we earn, and the future we […]

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Media Illuminates

August 10, 2015, 6:02 am

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Cait Jenner’s show seems to be a big success in that she is bringing light to a subject matter that can save lives. The Black Lives movement seem to being doing the same thing in that it is shinning a light on the continued abused toward people of color by those in power over them. […]

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Support #GivingTuesday and Mental Fitness

December 2, 2015, 6:08 am

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This December, the Mental Fitness nonprofit (we manage the #RealDeal body image site) is participating in the December giving #GivingTuesday, a national month of giving! Our nonprofit’s goal is to raise at least five thousand dollars ($5,000) towards our 2016 programming that connects evidence-based mental wellness programs to schools across the nation in an effort to get […]

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Article 3

January 26, 2016, 2:51 pm

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Fit to Fat to Fit. Are you kidding me?

January 26, 2016, 3:10 pm

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There is a new series that is supposed to give fitness trainers a glimpse into the world of those of us that have a difficult time losing weight. I find myself perplexed. On the one hand, I am thrilled that trainers will understand why we do not come to gyms. On the other hand, I […]

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Critical Fat Care: Recovering from a Concussion

March 31, 2016, 12:30 pm

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When you get into a car accident and you are Fat, a Woman and African American of Slave Decent, your experience is unique, to say the least. I still and always will believe that my life experiences as a Fat person, outweigh those of being a Black Woman. This could be different for other black […]

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