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How to Raise a 300-Pound Daughter
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You are here: Home. How to Raise a 300-Pound Daughter. How to Raise a 300-Pound Daughter. August 12, 2015. Want to raise an overweight daughter? Here’s a list of 7 parenting decisions that can help make it happen. How do you raise an overweight daughter? If this were a sweet message with a surprise hook, the two-word answer would be with love. Instead, this particular post is a list of some of the factors that sent me sailing over the 300-pound mark long before I was old enough to vote. Exercise, that I.
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Why It Sucks To Be Raised By People With Addiction
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You are here: Home. Why It Sucks To Be Raised By People With Addictions. Why It Sucks To Be Raised By People With Addictions. April 20, 2015. A piece on what we pick up when our parents suffer from addiction (and how we begin to recover). I am the child of alcoholics and addicts. BFD, right? You are, too, huh? Great We should hang out. I learned fairly young what alcoholism was, and that it was bad to be an alcoholic. Exactly why it was bad was never discussed. Big deal, she would’ve said. Emerge in my w...
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Kelly Coffey, Author at Strong Coffey
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You are here: Home. Archives for Kelly Coffey. Rage, Blame, and Rejecting the Victim Role. August 17, 2016. Telling it like it is doesn't have to mean embracing our own defeat. My hair was sticking to the back of my neck and arms. My shorts and t-shirt were damp. I was on the sidewalk in front of our building, moving Barbies from one concrete square fantasy world to another. I was having fun, but my … [Read more.]. Filed Under: Motivation and Self-sabotage. 5 Reasons Women Should NOT Do Cardio. Wherein I...
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Why Strong Coffey Writes and Teaches
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You are here: Home. Hey I’m Coffey. Hey I’m Coffey. I train, write, and teach so that women like me. Can access the tools they need to develop healthier habits in a sustainable way. Full disclosure: I rarely look this hot. I’m not your average peppybunnyinlycra personal trainer. I’m not an athlete by nature and I’ve never been “skinny.”. The problem was never my weight. My weight was just a symptom of something deeper – the fact that I had spent a lifetime living in reflexive reaction to pain, ...Women w...
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Weight is Not The Problem and Diets Are Not the Solution
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You are here: Home. Weight Is Not The Problem And Diets Are Not The Solution. Weight Is Not The Problem And Diets Are Not The Solution. April 5, 2015. If our weight was the problem, diets would fix us. More significant are the problems that weight loss obsession may keep us from addressing. Almost every woman we see in the media is as thin as a rail, glammed to the nines, and smiling. It’s no wonder so many of us feel so nuts. I can tell you that our weight is almost never. So long as we labor under the ...
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Why Some Accountability Groups Fuel Self-Sabotage
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You are here: Home. Why Some Accountability Groups Fuel Self-Sabotage. Why Some Accountability Groups Fuel Self-Sabotage. March 10, 2015. Accountability groups – online and IRL. 8211; are supposed to help us make positive change. Here’s why so many end up fueling our self-sabotage, and doing us more harm than good. Do you belong to any accountability-type groups or online ‘wellness’ communities? Who’s Wrecking Accountability Groups? 2 Golden Effing Unicorns. And so we resent them. 3 Evader / Manipulators.
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How To Turn Criticism, Real or Imagined, Into Self Care | Strong Coffey Blog
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You are here: Home. How To Turn Criticism, Real or Imagined, Into Self Care. How To Turn Criticism, Real or Imagined, Into Self Care. July 23, 2015. Take it from me: You can’t please everyone, no matter what you do. But you CAN take great care of yourself regardless. Hi Coffey –. Also, has the course changed? It looks more distant, less personal. Hey there, Christina –. To answer your first question:. Now, to your other question:. Have you ever felt self-conscious? And though your instinct is to run and ...
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Indiana to See If Shame is an Effective Tool for Weight Loss
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You are here: Home. Indiana to See If Shame is an Effective Tool for Weight Loss. Indiana to See If Shame is an Effective Tool for Weight Loss. March 19, 2015. Indiana is offering shame as a weight loss tool for state employees who apparently need to hate their bodies more in order to take better care of them. I’m reporting someone else’s story here, a launch from the norm on StrongCoffey.com. Much gratitude to Jessica for sharing her experience.). I watched a video orientation of this guy telling me tha...
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Is This a Body Positive Blog or Are You Just Selling Thin?
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You are here: Home. Is This A Body Positive Blog or Are You Just Selling Thin? Is This A Body Positive Blog or Are You Just Selling Thin? March 7, 2015. Wherein I explain why I use my before-and-after photo to a body-positive / self-love activist who, understandably, wants to smack me in the face. (Strong Coffey is a body-positive blog, I assure you.). Lisa in San Francisco. Coffey, Before and During. Hey there, Lisa –. Of course, many would argue that thin and miserable is better than fat and miserable,...
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Are You Sabotaging Your Authentic Self? Here's How to STOP
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You are here: Home. Are You Sabotaging Your Authentic Self? Here’s How to Stop. Are You Sabotaging Your Authentic Self? Here’s How to Stop. April 2, 2015. One simple tip to get a grip on self-sabotage and start living in line with what you want most. But most of us also identify with the impulse that runs directly counter to this drive: Self-sabotage. That twisted something in us that keeps us from getting or staying strong and healthy. That voice that tells us that we are too lazy to accomplish ...When ...
