this is the second interview for this blog’s very own eating disorder’s week month spring. the first one was a three-part series on eating disorders and relationships. here is an interview with a vancouver woman who has struggled with recurring eating disorders, including anorexia, orthorexia and bulimia, and is currently maintaining a healthy weight with… Continue reading eating disorders: learning to let go
Month: March 2009
MentalHealthCamp – registration now open!
the mental health camp that grew out of our panel discussion at the northern voice blogging conference is growing in leaps and bounds. we now have a date – april 25, 2009 a location – workspace (for free!) a blog a registration page and a call for presenters and a twitter ID
rubenesque on a wordless wednesday
still looking at images of people who, according to media, are not “supposed” to be beautiful … this beautiful photograph was created by camil tulcan
recovery
here is the last instalment of my conversation with joanna poppink. this is part of a series of interviews about different topics in eating disorders. originally, i was going to tack the answer to my last question on to the second part of the interview. however, i realized that the answer to this question is… Continue reading recovery
eating disorders: mothers and daughters
this is a continuation of my conversation with joanna poppink about adults recovering from eating disorders, with an emphasis on how that impacts relationships. joannna poppink is a psychotherapist with a private practice in los angeles specializing in eating disorder recovery (you can see her blog at stop eating disorders.) yesterday i said i was… Continue reading eating disorders: mothers and daughters
eating disorders and relationships
remember last week i asked people to be interviewed about eating disorders? well, some people volunteered. today i am happy to introduce you to joanna poppink, MFT, a long time private practice psychotherapist in los angeles specializing in eating disorder recovery. her blog is at stop eating disorders. joanna will talk about how eating disorders… Continue reading eating disorders and relationships
chaotic thoughts on employment counselling
another live blog from the career management conference! glenn olien works in employment/career counselling in the construction industry warning: aptly, since this is about chaos theory in counselling, these notes will be somewhat chaotic, more than the two live blogs before. kind of like twitter on a blog 🙂 questions to be discussed: why do… Continue reading chaotic thoughts on employment counselling
happy beauty on a wordless wednesday
this image is quite a propos, seeing that the main topic of this week is eating disorders and body image. don’t you think? image by thinkross
collaborative learning
now i’m at a session on collaborative learning by michael yue and maria starosta. more live blogging! some of the impetus for this session came from the philosophers café projects “collaborative learning is better than learning by yourself” presenter not an authority; he may have taken a bit more time to look into the topic… Continue reading collaborative learning
norm amundson talks about being and doing
this is a live blog of the talk given by norm amundson from the department of educational and counselling psychology and special education at the university of british columbia at the career management association’s annual conference here in vancouver. the topic is active engagement – the being and doing of career counselling. norm amundson was… Continue reading norm amundson talks about being and doing