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Tag Archives: body image

Dec212016Dec 21 2016

How to Lose Weight When the Odds Are Stacked Against You

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

I have experienced the double whammy of weight gain – quitting smoking and entering full-blown menopause. Now, while just ‘eating less and moving more’ or ‘mindful eating’ might have worked when I was younger, at a certain age, losing weight gets harder and harder. I  needed to do something more than simply count calories. In the… Read More

Oct132015Jan 12 2016

Why I’m handing back my Midlife membership card

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

In a few days I will turn 51. It is not a momentous birthday like my last one (and I’m not in KL to celebrate it sadly), but I have come to a significant understanding — I am not cut out to be a Midlife Lady — at least not the type I sometimes encounter online. Here… Read More

Oct72015Jan 14 2016

The Girl and the Unicorn

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

The girl had wished for a unicorn her whole life. She had seen the beautiful creatures in magazines with the most successful recording artists, models and actresses and she knew she was just the kind of person who could have one for herself. She also knew boys adored girls with unicorns and with one, she would… Read More

Oct12015Jan 14 2016

Eating Disorder Recovery • Six Years of Sobriety + Seven Recovery Tips

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

On a cold September morning in 2009, I sat in the bottom of the shower sobbing so hard I was almost sick. I wasn’t upset because someone had died, or was ill, or had been hurt in any way, I was crying because I had binged the night before and my morning weigh-in had shown the ugly… Read More

Sep142015Jan 14 2016

Searching for Fullness

by KatieP, in category Head | Mindfulness

Women seem to have the hardest time with overeating, dieting and obsessing about food. Perhaps the reason for this is that most women have a feminine essence which desires the sensation of fullness. A masculine essence, on the other hand, it all about finding peace and nothingness and is illustrated in their need to zone out… Read More

Apr72015Jan 18 2016

F is for Fat

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife

When I decided to enter a body-building competition in my forties, there was something the trainers and seasoned competitors forgot to tell me. They forgot to warn me that once you’ve experienced being so thin that your tailbone digs into the chair, any weight higher than that will feel fat. So from my point of view, I spend… Read More

Nov262014Dec 6 2014

Self Portrait 365|38

by KatieP, in category Self Portrait 365
katiepaul-atwar

So here I am with my warpaint on — fighting myself while knowing that even if I win, I still lose.

Oct232014Nov 4 2014

Self Portrait 365|4

by KatieP, in category Self Portrait 365
leather and stripes

I hated every single photo I took today. I don’t know if it was my hair, or the way I was feeling, but I just look bloated and old in every frame.

Oct212014Nov 4 2014

Self Portrait 365|2

by KatieP, in category Self Portrait 365
self portrait 365 | 2

I see so much beauty in the world, sometimes so much I worry that I’ll explode from the joy it brings. But when it comes to myself … not so much.

Oct202014Nov 4 2014

The Self Portrait • a demonstration of self-acceptance

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife
the self portrait • a demonstration of self acceptance

What if taking a self-portrait helped me accept who I am and what I look like?
The idea seemed feasible. Totally feasible but completely scary.

Oct142014Oct 15 2014

Wounds and Scars • Yielding to the Darkness

by KatieP, in category Head | Mindfulness
wounds and scars • yielding to the darkness

Here are my wounds. Here are my scars. Body shame, shyness, anxiety, guilt, fear, hopelessness.
Will they ever be fixed? I don’t think so. Is darkness such a bad thing?

Sep252014Sep 20 2016

The Pleasure Principle • Following Your Bliss

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife
the pleasure principle

Somewhere along the way, pleasure has developed a bad reputation. According to the experts, only selfish people give in to their desires. I don’t agree.

Jul172014Nov 2 2017

[Guest Post] You Should Lose Some Weight

by KatieP, in category Health | Midlife
you should lose some weight • katerina edwards

Please make welcome the lovely Katerina Edwards who is guest posting today. The moment I take off my clothes, the feelings of self-worthlessness creep in. “I think you should lose some weight,” the massage therapist murmurs. Her words hit me right in my fleshy, untoned, cortisol-bellied stomach, right in the most sensitive, guarded and protected part of… Read More

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I have survived adoption, bulimia and the suicide of my husband, more or less unscathed. I attribute my resilience to my guardian angels Bob, Fred and Hugo.

I used to be a stage manager but gave it all up to create beautiful images and to write about loss, love, lust and longing. I get a bit raunchy at times because that’s the way life should be – full of big juicy moments. I'm sure Bob, Fred and Hugo agree.

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