ChickSpeak

With the holiday season upon us, why not get in the holiday spirit by
getting your shopping done early and participating in a charitable
event?  
The National Eating Disorders Association is currently
hosting “Every BODY Is Beautiful,” an on-line fund-raising auction event
running from November 1 through December 2.  
Country music star Sara
Evans is serving as this year’s host […]

What’s the common denominator between an Ironman & Xterra Triathlete Champion, a Top 10% finisher in the Boston Marathon, and a Girl Scout Troop Leader?
Drive? Maybe.
Passion? Probably.
One woman named Amy Bennett? Definitely.
Pro Athlete Amy Bennett is hardly your average woman. She’s accomplished more from a competitive sports angle than most groups of […]

According to the brilliant team at Vital Juice Daily,  your new fitness routine can be as simple as a little time and a jump rope.
This beloved childhood pastime deserves some major props, as it burns 200 calories in 15 minutes and travels a whole lot better than most other gym equipment we’ve come across. 
Keep a jump […]

If you are trying to commit something to memory, take a nap. Even a short daytime snooze could help you learn, according to the recent study done by a research team at The City University of New York.
A good night’s sleep is known to improve people’s ability to learn actions such as mirror writing. REM […]

Each morning, I trace with my fingers the scars that cover my stomach and I smile to think that I was fortunate enough to have such a road map carved out there-it tells of a difficult journey that I never could have imagined, but that I managed to survive. This journey is not one that I would wish on anyone, but I also hope that naivety will not hinder women our age from assuming that it is a journey that they will not also have to traverse.

 Continued from last week, our final installment of our Q&A with Eating Disorder Experts, Aimee Liu, accomplished author, and Judith Banker, President-Elect of the Academy for Eating Disorders.Because we hear from you, our ChickSpeak community, often about topics ranging from a basic lack of self-confidence to full-blown anorexia and bulimia, we decided to enlist the help and support […]

Continued from last week, our third installment of our Q&A with Eating Disorder Experts, Aimee Liu, accomplished author, and Judith Banker, President-Elect of the Academy for Eating Disorders.
Because we hear from you, our ChickSpeak community, often about topics ranging from a basic lack of self-confidence to full-blown anorexia and bulimia, we decided to enlist the help and support […]

 Continued from last week, our second installment of our Q&A with Eating Disorder Experts, Aimee Liu, accomplished author, and Judith Banker, President-Elect of the Academy for Eating Disorders.
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Because we hear from you, our ChickSpeak community, often about topics ranging from a basic lack of self-confidence to full-blown anorexia and bulimia, we decided to enlist the help and […]

According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 86% of women in college have consumed alcohol in their lifetimes and more than 66% report alcohol use within the past month. Age also plays a role, as freshman women are reported to drink more heavily than upper-class women, binge drinking more often […]

According to the Academy of Eating Disorders,  eating disorders have been on the rise over the past 30 years and “at any given time 10 percent or more of late adolescent and adult women report symptoms of eating disorders. Although these symptoms may not satisfy full diagnostic criteria, they do often cause distress and impairment. Interventions […]