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Loving What I Love

Friday, October 17, 2008 - Comments 5

I’ve created a monster.

You see, I’m a Nebraska Football fan and as such I have fulfilled my duty to indoctrinate my 8 year-old son Spencer in all of the traditions, myths and customs of a Husker Fan. Recently I took him to his first Nebraska game in Lincoln where he enjoyed screaming at the top of his lungs for the home team, complete with giant foam hat, foam finger and red-painted face. We toured the trophy rooms and I tutored him on the heroes (Tommie Frazier, Tom Osborne) and villains (Oklahoma and Colorado) of Husker Nation.

Overall I believed this to be a good thing, after all, it is male-bonding in its purest form. Together we cheered when Nebraska scored a touchdown and on the drive back to the hotel we recounted the best parts of the game.

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Be Weird

Thursday, October 02, 2008 - Comments 1

Do you ever stop and think, “What a strange culture we live in?” Consider the following: We are the richest country in the world and yet women are starving themselves to death. We spend $40 billion each year on beauty products yet 8 out of 10 women are dissatisfied with their appearance. Children have more opportunities in this country than any other and yet a 9-year old’s most pressing concern is voiced in her question, “Dad, do you think I’m fat?” Strange culture, indeed.

Our first reaction is too blame “them”—whoever “they” happen to be; the media, Hollywood, the cultural elites. “Someone’s at fault!” we shout. But we need to take a closer look. Below are three cultural beliefs that are central to these problems. See if you can identify with them.

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How I Started Making Peace with the Mirror (and other inanimate objects!)

Tuesday, September 02, 2008 - Comments 0

Blogging for us today is our friend Michelle Watson, a professional counselor and instructor at an eating disorder graduate program in Oregon. Enjoy.

This past spring there was a segment on the Today Show that sought to debate the question, “If you had to choose, would you rather be 40 pounds overweight and smart OR skinny, but stupid?” What an intriguing and yet hard question to answer! If you were honest, would you admit to leaning toward being a little less smart if it meant you could hold on to your version of what skinny looks like? If I come clean, I admit to leaning that way more often than not actually. And if we continue being honest, wouldn’t we agree that our definition of skinny has slowly morphed into meaning more than just body size? 

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