Check out this magnet I found in the UCLA bookstore:
At first, I loved it, but then, as I walked away, I began to think: "No, wait, Barbie should be happy being Barbie!"
We psychologists over-think everything.
Have I mentioned I moved to Los Angeles? That's what I did during my summer vacation. How about you?
As I return to blogging this fall, I'm interested in what you'd like to see me write about. Any requests for topics?
There's a lot brewing in the Does Every Women Have an Eating Disorder? world. . . . I already have talks lined up for September and March, and now, being in Los Angeles, where eating disorder treatment centers seem to be everywhere, I have a number of meetings scheduled with other professionals. I've hung my shingle in Southern California and am seeing new patients here. I continue to scour the internet, magazines, and television ads for cultural illustrations of my premise. Just the other day, I saw a commercial (I believe it was for Home Goods), in which a woman returns from her lunch break, bragging to her colleague that her meal was both affordable and calorie-free. As it turns out, she visited a Home Goods store and made a home purchase there, skipping lunch entirely.
Please help me in fighting this fight. . . .
8 comments:
Hmmm... you're in LA, taking clients...how does one become your client?
i kept mis-reading and getting "Barbie wants me to be me". that seemed like a lovely sentiment.
i always appreciate what you write about. and it is so weird -- why do we think it's fab to skip meals? why is thinner "better"? grrrr
so nice to see you posting again! wish i were in Southern California. much success to you out there!
AB--email me: drstaceylaatgmaildotcom
IHTW: Thanks for commenting! In my most clinical and professional voice, Barbie totally wants you to be you!
I saw that commercial too and had the exact same reaction! Needless to say, I probably wont spend my lunch money on a big vase...
Congrats on the move! Very exiting!
Ooops...obviously meant "exciting." ;)
RF--who needs the clutter, anyway? ; ;)
MB--thanks! It was v. exiting (of NY) and exciting at the same time.
: )
take a look at my site about my ED RECOVERY-
http://godgivenglamorouslife.blogspot.com/2011/07/face-lies-preface.html
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