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Building a Healthy Relationship with Body & Food – Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2025

Post author By Blythe Stephens
Post date 21. February 2025
Categories In Creative Living, Dance, Mindful Movement

Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW) is an annual campaign to educate the public about the realities of eating disorders and to provide hope and visibility to individuals and loved ones impacted by eating disorders. Taking place Monday, February 24 – Sunday, March 2, 2025, I have once again signed up to be an EDAW Collaborator, sharing important resources with students, clients, and my community! This issue is close to my heart as a dancer, educator, and person who has grown up in a toxic diet and body culture, working hard to break free of such restriction and all harmful constructs.

Dancing Body Acceptance with Dietician Fumi Somehara

Post author By Blythe Stephens
Post date 29. November 2021
Categories In Creative Living, Dance
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Part 1 of my mini-series on Dancing Body Acceptance! I had the great pleasure, during my personal “Body-Positive October” celebration research, to talk with Dietician Fumi Sumehara, who is based in Australia. Fumi took time out of her busy day at the DDD Clinic to talk with me about diet culture in ballet and society and ways to promote nourishment and a healthy relationship with eating and body image as dancers, teachers, companies and schools, and others.