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NEDA Awareness Week: Posted on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:48 PM
Can You Tell Anything at All by a Person's Weight? By Deb Burgard, PhD If you have grown up in this culture, you probably associate quite a few things with fatness and quite a few of the opposite traits with thinness. Almost every audience comes up with the same lists:
Fat: - Lazy
- Depressed
- Sick
- Out of control
- LoserBad
Thin: - Productive
- Confident
- Healthy
- Disciplined
- Sexy
- Good
Even though these associations are not something people from other cultures (or other times in history) believe, they are so strong and unquestioned in our own time that they form the basis of our weight stereotyping, bias, and stigma. |
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MCS Team: Posted on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 6:00 PM
National Eating Disorder Week is Feb. 26th-March 3rd 2012.
Check back regularly here, at our MCS Blog, for tips, resources, stories, and encouragement.
Follow Miller Counseling Services!
Want more information on National Eating Disorders Week? Check out NEDAhere.
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Susan Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC, BCPCC: Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:02 PM
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body
Acceptance Part Three:Moving into Body
Acceptance for Women
 For women,
body image issues can continue to dominate our acceptance of self through out
the college and adult years, ranging from focus on parts of our body we do not
like to ways that we feel in our body movement.
A woman’s journey of body acceptance takes many twists and turns as we
go into childbearing years, our mid life and as we age into our sliver years. I have found, like the writer of the Real
Simple article, that my journey as been similar in accepting this bigger built,
less coordinated body of mine! |
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Susan S. Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC: Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:29 AM
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body
Acceptance Part 2 of 3: Teen Women Body Blues The teen
years present a mix of fears related to body image for girls. This is magnified
with normal insecurities regarding self-acceptance. Mixed messages are present from society’s
view of what is beauty. Girls are transforming into women as their bodies
develop at different paces, sizes and shapes.
One memory
that stands out to me in my body image journey as a teen was the way I felt
around my petite friends. |
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Susan Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC, BCPCC: Posted on Monday, February 13, 2012 4:46 PM
A Woman’s Life Journey of Body
Acceptance Please join
us for our three part blog series on Women and Body Acceptance. Learn about strategies and resources to
support healthy body image in women.
Part 1 of 3: Beginning of Beauty or
Beast?
 I came
across a wonderful article in the March 2012 Real Simple magazine about a
women’s journey in resolving her body image and recognizing her beauty (check
it out; see resource below). It got me thinking about our individual paths of
body acceptance as women throughout the life span. |
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Sarah A. Miller, MA: Posted on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:31 AM
Tax Season:Two words that make most people cringe (unless
you’re a CPA). It’s that time of year
again! This is a time of year that our budget and finances (which have always,
most likely, been an issue) force their way into your brain and wiggle out in a
frown. Don’t you hate it? I just spent several hours printing up my statements
and swimming through all of the medical and personal receipts- not fun. Just the
topic of taxes make me want to curl up inside myself and not peek until after
April 15. |
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Susan Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC, BCPCC: Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2012 6:11 PM
 “Do not conform any longer
to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12: 2 NIV
“Finally, brothers,
whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent and
praiseworthy – think about such things.” Philippians
4: 8 NIV
The
wordresolutionmeans a firm decision
or intention to do something or not to do something. Resolutions alone do not work for me. |
Books, time, Busy, time issues, Susan Miller, stress, faith, soul care, Seasonal, Kaizen Muse, Spiritual, Transformation
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Susan Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC, BCPCC: Posted on Friday, December 23, 2011 12:50 PM
 “Twas the night
before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter…. |
Christmas Gifts, healing, Busy, mom, pressure, time issues, grief, Susan Miller, Women, stress, Seasonal, Parenting
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MCS Team: Posted on Tuesday, November 29, 2011 11:18 AM
Recommended by Dr. Cherry Chevy, our consulting psychiatrist, about parent/child issues:
Amazon Book Description states, " In 10 Days to a Less Defiant Child, child and family psychologist Dr. Jeff Bernstein has developed a ground-breaking 10-day program to help parents gain back control over their defiant child or teen. This powerful and exceptionally reader-friendly guide explains what causes defiance in kids, why it's so destructive to the family, and shows parents step-by-step how they can end the behavior. |
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Susan Miller, PhD, LPCS, NCC: Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 11:00 AM
Dr. Susan Miller talks about Grief & The Holidays on NBC17's My Carolina Today. Aired 11/8/11. |
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