Compromising health for elusive perfection
“Nine million girls and women in this country — of all different classes and cultural backgrounds — have diagnosable eating disorders and countless others obsess over food and fitness. Panic disorders are twice as likely for females. About 75% of autoimmune illnesses occur in women.
“These are serious health concerns in large [...]

Certified business coach Molly Gordon, MCC www.mollygordon.com enthuses in her Authentic Promotion® Ezine about The Life Organizer: A Woman’s Guide to a Mindful Year:
“The title of my buddy Jennifer Louden’s new book doesn’t quite capture the richness of this book. That stands to reason, because Jen has broken the life-balance/life-planning/organizing mold, and it’s hard to [...]

Putting our energies into a creative project can help put an end to our obsessions with ourselves.
Actress Rosanna Arquette [photo] confessed to “stressing” about having a “chicken neck” as she approached forty. But the obsession to look perfect — all the more intense in her profession — no longer consumed her after she reached out [...]

Contemplating suicide
In an interview in Ebony magazine [by Laura B. Randolph, March, 1997], Halle Berry talked about the devastation she felt when her then husband David Justice ended their marriage, leading her to consider suicide: “I took my dogs, and I went in the garage and sat in the car. For two or three hours, [...]

From abuse to activism
Tori Amos is known for “lyrically opaque but emotionally intense songs that cover a wide range of subjects including sexuality, religion, patriarchy and personal tragedy.” [Wikipedia profile]
Her song “Me And A Gun” (1991) was a response to her brutal rape.
She has openly talked about her abuse, and in 1994 co-founded the [...]