Tennie Invited to Present at Kripalu Yoga, Meditation and Recovery Conference
Everyone has the ability to identify and recognize their addictions and find the strength to overcome them. This can be accomplished through connecting with your inner wholeness. The Yoga, Meditation and Recovery Conference held at the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health aims to bring together leaders from “a wide variety of backgrounds and modalities,”…
Food Addiction Q&A with Tennie and Betty Ford Center
Tennie was recently the featured speaker at the Betty Ford Center Women’s Symposium. Prior to the event she sat down with the Betty Ford Center for a brief Q&A session on food addiction. You can read the full Q&A on their website. The Women’s Symposium mission is to provide innovative tools that help professionals care…
Tennie McCarty Joins The Huffington Post As Healthy Living Blogger On Eating Disorders, Food Addiction & Compulsive Overeating
Best-selling author & food addiction expert brings her insights to The Huffington Post readers. March 11, 2013– Best-selling author and food addictions expert, Tennie McCarty, has joined The Huffington Post as one of its Healthy Living bloggers on eating disorders and food addiction. Tennie’s blog entries will focus largely on anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, compulsive…
Shades of Hope Alumni Story: Amanda
Amanda began her journey at Shades of Hope as a very hopeless and broken individual. Recovery is possible! We hope that you will read her story and make a change for yourself today. Call (800) 588-4673 to speak to someone. “My battle with weight and food began when I was 8 years…
Shades of Hope Alumni Story: Jackie
Jackie’s daughter suffered from anorexia and bulimia for more than 4 years before her family became involved. Upon identifying her eating disorder with her therapist, the family came to Shades of Hope. Read Jackie’s story and know that there is hope for your own child or family member struggling with…
Focusing on Sexual Abuse Resources for Survivors
With the accusations that have emerged about Harvey Weinstein, sexual assault and abuse has been front and center in the news cycle lately. While Hollywood stories can be salacious, and the media gets very excited about high-profile celebrities and scandal, our position at Shades of Hope is that the focus should be on survivors. If you…
Where do I start?
Where do I start? There is one thing we see here at Shades of Hope that seems to be a common theme: helplessness. Sometimes people realize they have an eating addiction, and other times they haven’t even gotten that far. Even receiving that diagnosis can leave even the strongest of people feeling deflated and powerless…
