Comments on: Another Way to Look at Your Body Image

By: Positive Body Image & Living A Life Of Purpose | Weightless

Positive Body Image & Living A Life Of Purpose | Weightless — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:13:01 +0000

[...] I’ve talked before about the importance of creating a life mission statement. [...]

By: Body Image & How to Honor Yourself | Weightless

Body Image & How to Honor Yourself | Weightless — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:45:27 +0000

[...] of having a bigger purpose for building a better body image, and thereby creating your own life mission statement. This is similar. You basically create a statement that puts honoring yourself as a priority. Below [...]

By: When Your Self-Worth is Wrapped Around Your Weight (and 7 Ways to Unwrap It) | Weightless

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:47:01 +0000

[...] you’ll start to focus more on this and less on your thighs. Not sure of your purpose? Try these exercises to boost your brainstorming process. According to one self-esteem researcher: “We really [...]

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Some Notes on New Year’s Resolutions | Weightless — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:40:56 +0000

[...] Look inward. Work on discovering your life mission. [...]

By: Dr. Christina Bjorndal

Dr. Christina Bjorndal — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 03:35:06 +0000

@Margarita – I would LOVE to…..what is the next step? I am new to this blogging world….

By: Margarita Tartakovsky, MS

Margarita Tartakovsky, MS — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:26:47 +0000

@ Dr. Bjorndal, thank you! So glad you enjoyed it! I like the question you asked yourself about money. That’s wonderful that you overcame your own struggles and channeled that into helping others.

If you’d ever like to share your story about recovering from bulimia on Weightless, please let me know. I regularly feature Q&As with women who’ve recovered from eating disorders, emotional eating and other disordered eating:

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/weightless/category/personal-story-qas/

By the way, I can’t believe you’re an ironwoman triathlete. That’s incredible!

By: Dr. Christina Bjorndal

Dr. Christina Bjorndal — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:35:48 +0000

Hi! I am a colleague of Dr. Biali’s and enjoyed reading your article. I met Susan when we were researching developing an organic baby formula in 1999 when she as a tired ER resident and I was a tired Head of Marketing at an Investment Managment firm. While we “shelved” our idea, we both made career changes. I became a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine specializing in Mental Health, sports Medicine and Women’s health. My sole intention was to help those with mental health issues as I had personally recovered from depression, anxiety, bulimia and a few other issues in the mental realm. The one question I asked myself in order to make the big leap of faith: “If money didn’t matter, what would you be doing?”….it hasn’t been an easy journey to “swim against the current”, but it has definitely been rewarding, life altering and life changing in such positive ways, to say the least.
Thank you for your post
Christina Bjorndal, ND
Doctor, Orthomolecular Medicine Expert, Leadership Expert, Writer, Speaker, Coach & Ironwoman Triathlete

By: Margarita Tartakovsky, MS

Margarita Tartakovsky, MS — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:16:41 +0000

@ Dr. Biali, thanks for stopping by and commenting! Your post really resonated with me. It’s a great example of how being flexible still leads to success and exciting, wonderful paths. I think it’s a good parallel to dieting and body image. Being restrictive about what you eat can do the opposite, sometimes leading to overeating and more obsessing. Being flexible with your food, however, usually prevents overeating.

To me, your post also speaks to self-acceptance and the importance of listening to yourself. Instead of getting caught up in not following some perfectly laid out plan and berating yourself when something didn’t turn out, you listened to yourself and accepted yourself. And it lead to great success. A nice lesson!

By: Dr. Susan Biali

Dr. Susan Biali — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:24:51 +0000

Hello Margarita!
Thanks for this post, I found it fascinating to learn that finding your purpose can “officially” bring you improved health, happiness and relationships. I’ve certainly found that to be the case in my personal life and in the lives of others (I write about the link between an authentic, purpose-driven life and health and happiness quite extensively in my book, “Live a Life You Love”), but wasn’t aware that there’s actual scientific literature supporting this. How fabulous! I will have to look that up. Thanks for the quote and I look forward to reading more of your work.
All the best,
Susan Biali, MD
Author, Speaker, Medical Doctor & Flamenco Dancer

By: Dr. John Grohol

Dr. John Grohol — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:26:11 +0000

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