Do all disordered thoughts end when you decide that you no longer want to succumb to the weight of Eating Disorders? Rebecca Tishman, our resident teen blogger who has detailed her recovery for over a year now here at DrRobynSilverman.com, admits a hard truth: She still struggles but thankfully, she’s stronger than her eating disorder. [...]
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Eating Disorders. The Recovery process is a hard road and the length of struggle varies depending on the person. Many wouldn’t dispute that there is no silver bullet. What may be controversial is my colleague, Jenni Schaefer’s concept that one can indeed recover fully from an Eating Disorder. But more and more, those who have [...]
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I spoke with Maggie McKay of KFWB in Los Angeles today about my book, Good Girls Don’t Get Fat and how girls can be terrible body bullies to themselves and others. We chatted about fat talk, the body bully within, assets, and what we can do to help our girls embrace their strengths rather than [...]
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Today’s Reviews of Good Girls Don’t get Fat: How Weight Obsession Is Messing Up Our Girls & How We Can Help Them Thrive Despite It (1) On Amazon: 5.0 out of 5 stars Dr Robyn Silverman is transforming what we teach our girls is beauty, October 26, 2010 By Marianne Russo This review is from: [...]
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This book is absolutely amazing, and I strongly recommend it to everyone. One of the things I admire most about Good Girls Don’t Get Fat is that it doesn’t just talk about how bad things are, it gives concrete suggestions for improvement! That’s what we need. The book is available in any format you can [...]
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We know that bullying and relational aggression can strip children of their dignity, self esteem, and desire to go to school. Having focused on appearance-based discrimination in my own research and in preparation for writing Good Girls Don’t Get Fat, I quickly realized that what I termed “body bashing” or “body bullying” can be particularly [...]
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……………… I know it’s only Monday morning but I’m pissed. I mean, isn’t this what we’ve been saying all along? There are so many things wrong with this situation I’m wondering where to start. My mind is reeling and I’m praying that this won’t happen to another young girl—but it will. And having a daughter, [...]
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“No one wants to see curvy women,” Karl Lagerfeld, as quoted on the website of news magazine Focus on Sunday. I just love it when a man tells me what women think. Especially when it comes to my body. Remember “no means yes?” This is along the same lines. “You’ve got fat mothers with their [...]
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Have you seen this? In the Netherlands, Fitness First, a large privately owned health club group, decided to make an interactive advertisement as a push to get more people in the gym. What do you think? Barbaric and body bashing or necessary to make people more aware of their weight (as if they already aren’t???). [...]
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Diet Doping: Getting Thin at any Cost Dr. Robyn Silverman For many girls and women, “feeling fat” has become a common part of everyday life. Dieting has become normal. Complaining about weight is a social expectation. And doing anything you can to achieve the perfect thin body, acceptable. A recent online poll of 993 teens [...]
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