Can you force someone to get help?
I just found out recently my younger sister is suffering from bulimia. I caught her purging after dinner. She claims she has been doing for months. Now she is refusing to get help. She is only 16. How ...
Snack Attack or Binge
It’s not uncommon for us to turn to ice cream or chocolate cake after a breakup or a serious trauma at work. On rare occasions. But what if it’s the entire cake, plus cookies, plus chips, plus…I fou ...
Qigong
Qigong, or chi-kung literally means energy work, the word chi means breath energy and kung means a kind of skillful work. Strictly speaking, qigong encompasses a lot of practices. There is qigong fo ...
Parents in the Dark about Pro-Eating Disorder Websites
In this day and age, you’d think more people would be responsible about the kind of information they disperse about eating disorders. However, according to experts, there are tons of pro-eating disord ...
Top Ten Healthy Ways to Alleviate Stress
1. Yoga - you will get the most benefit if you practice with a teacher, but there are also very good books and videos that can get you started.
2. Meditation - there are probably an infinite number of ...
Being Aware of Eating Disorders
I was watching a show on VH1 or some other such trashy celebreality network, regarding women in the media who are "too thin." Now, I've never really paid too much attention to shows like these, beca ...
Clothing Storage Issue
I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts or ideas on solving a clothing storage issue. I live in a two-bedroom apartment all by myself. You think with that I would have plenty of room for everything ...
I Am Breaking Up With McDonalds
Fast food, I have had it with you! You make me fat and you never make me feel full! McDonalds, you are the worst. I see you revamping yourself with iced coffee and "salad options", but is the public ...
The upside of five dollar per gallon gasoline
As I write this, late June 2008, the cost of a gallon of regular gasoline in my neighborhood is four dollars and 79 cents (and 9/10 for whatever that's about). Six weeks ago, it was 3.99. That's a 17 ...
