Brave Suffragettes marching for women's dignity, respect and equality. Women can vote because of their courage and determination

My point about fear of fat not being a "subclinical issue" in healthy women (see Women are Human Beings, Not Symptoms) just got confirmed with this article from PubMed via the National Center for Biotechnology Information, "An experimental study of the role of weight bias in candidate evaluation," written by Beth J Miller and Jennifer D Lundgren.

Sadly, but not surprisingly, "...obese female candidates were evaluated more negatively than nonobese female candidates and nonobese male candidates were evaluated more negatively than were obese male candidates."

Eating disorders are serious conditions that can limit or destroy a woman's life. I'm glad to know that these disorders are taken seriously and being researched and that prevention is sought.

But, in my opinion, the direction of study can go astray. The focus needs to be on women, not the disorder, the human being, not the symptoms.

A post came in from a reader, a man in his senior years with a a curiosity about my work and an ability to ask questions that make me ponder.  Recently he asked, " When you say 'healing work' is that primarily counseling that you're thinking of?"

I've been thinking about his question.

Westside Los Angeles Treasure and Co-Therapist

The Westside of Los Angeles, where I live and have my psychotherapy private practice, holds a treasure trove of resources that can be helpful in the eating disorder recovery of my clients.  I consider many of these places to be "co-therapists" in our work.

Women I work with are often surprised, reluctant, wary and then eager and happily surprised to when they explore and discover what will nourish their bodies, hearts, minds and souls out in our nearby world.

UCLA

For example, UCLA is a gift that keeps on giving.