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Melissa Carmona
- May 1, 2020
- 5 min
Hasta La Próxima: Distancia social como Latinx
Para muchos latinxs, hay una capa adicional de dolor cuando se trata del distanciamiento que debe ocurrir debido a COVID19. Para aquellos...
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Melissa Carmona
- Apr 29, 2020
- 5 min
Hasta La Próxima: Social Distancing While Latinx
For many Latinxs, there is an added layer of pain when it comes to the distancing that needs to happen due to COVID19. For those that do...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Apr 11, 2020
- 3 min
10 Tips For Celebrating Holidays During a Pandemic
What a lot of folks are experiencing right now, during the 2020 COVID19 Pandemic, is akin to grief. The loss may not be of an actual...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Mar 23, 2020
- 11 min
Tips for Helping Clients Ground During Telehealth
Like the many therapists, dietitians, and other healthcare providers around the world, our team at Three Birds Counseling has had to transit
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Jul 19, 2019
- 4 min
Your Healing Is Selfish, And That Is Okay.
I remember the first time my therapist told me to stock my pantry with binge foods—it felt so scary. It felt dangerous. It felt like I...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Oct 19, 2018
- 15 min
I Am Not A *Good* White Person
Alternate titles: Why We Need *Healthy* Shame For Anti-Racism Work OR When Your Boundaries are Gaslighting Marginalized Individuals...
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Dr. Christina Rush
- Oct 2, 2018
- 4 min
OBGYN Appointments After Loss or Infertility: 6 Tips
Hi, I’m Christina. I have been pregnant three times. I’ve given birth once at 26 weeks to a micro-premie. I have gone through IVF 10 plus...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Sep 13, 2018
- 4 min
Birthday Ambivalence Disorder: When You’ve Got the Birthday Blues
No, not an actual, official DSM diagnosis. But, yes, an experience many encounter. Sometimes, every year. I hereby define Birthday...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Jun 20, 2018
- 7 min
Body Liberation is Not About Eating Donuts
At their very core, the Health at Every Size and Body Liberation movements are about access to and autonomy of one’s own body, and...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Apr 10, 2018
- 4 min
Integrating Providers of Marginalized Identities into Your Practice: *Some* Questions to Ask Yoursel
As a Health at Every Size provider and business owner, who values and affirms diversity, social justice, and equality, I believe it is...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Apr 7, 2018
- 10 min
Selling Health At Every Size: How To Market Brave
If you identify as a Health at Every Size (HAES) provider, this one’s for you. This one is also for myself. As with most of my writing,...
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Maria Paredes and Melissa Carmona
- Mar 20, 2018
- 56 min
Diversity Is A Good Thing: 80+ Eating Disorder & Body Image Providers & Activists
Clients' bodies come in ALL shapes and sizes (and colors and gender identities and body abilities and faith beliefs and country of origin...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Feb 23, 2018
- 9 min
Why I Won’t Ever Identify As Recovered.
Having had an eating disorder is a significant part of my identity. I wish it wasn’t. I wish that I had never believed that my worth was...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Jan 27, 2018
- 13 min
Body Affirming Children Books That Teach Kids to Trust & Celebrate Their Bodies
I love books. I love words. I believe in the power of information. Information liberates us from oppression. One of the most effective...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Dec 12, 2017
- 5 min
Raising Our Boys To Say "I Believe Her."
Moms and Dads of boys, we need you. We need your courage and willingness as a parent to allow your sons the opportunity to develop their...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Nov 22, 2017
- 1 min
Your Body's Holiday Bill of Rights
This holiday season, as you celebrate or mourn. As you join with others or join solely with yourself, consider honoring your body with...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Nov 22, 2017
- 4 min
When You’re Angry Instead of Thankful
At this time of year, we hear a lot about gratitude and positivity. Children learn about the importance of giving thanks in school....
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Melissa Carmona
- Nov 17, 2017
- 6 min
My body, Mi Cuerpo: Cómo te Sientes?
Creciendo, recibí muchos mensajes sobre cómo se suponía que mi cuerpo debía verse. No muchos en como se suponía que debía sentirme. Estos...
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Dr. Maria Paredes
- Nov 12, 2017
- 5 min
Why the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) Conference Could Put Me Out of Business
A week ago, I had the privilege of attending the BEDA/NEDA conference in Brooklyn, NY. This was my second time attending BEDA; my first...
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