Life By Design’s Weekly News
February 26, 2009
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News this week:

~ Body Image in the Techno Age on JTS
~ Family Management 101 series at MCB
~ WSW Brings You “Free Resources for Your Business”
~ Quote of the Week

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Body Image in the Techno Age on JTS

Twenty years ago there was no size zero. Twenty-five years ago there was barely a size 2, and if someone fit in a 2 she was what my mother called, in a whisper, “one of those girls with problems.” Anorexia and bulimia were just getting popular then among the teenage set. The goal of weight obsessed teens and 20somethings was to fit in a size 4. It was a badge of honor to say you wore a 4. That was bad enough.”

~ From the article “Weightism” by Rivka Tadjer

This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and on Journey to Self we will be talking about body image in the techno age.

Body image is an issue that most women (and Men) have struggled with at one point in their lives.  Society certainly does not make it easy with the pressure not only to be thin, but also the emphasis on youth.

Eating disorders are complex conditions that arise from a combination of long-standing behavioral, emotional, psychological, interpersonal, and social factors.”

~ National Eating Disorder Association Website

Rivka Tadjer author of “Two Weeks Under” joins me this week to talk about this very important issue.

About My Guest:

Rivka Tadjer is an author who specializes in the sociological implications of the techno-centric era—how our behavior is changing. She has devoted a lot of ink tothe issues of privacy, security, and identity.

Tadjer has written for newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times Op Ed page, as well as many business papers, magazines and online outlets, including: The Wall Street Journal Interactive, Business Week, Red Herring, and Working Woman, and CBS MarketWatch. She has been a columnist for The Wall Street Journal Interactive, as well as for several tech and business magazines. She has written for TV news, made on-air appearances for Internet privacy issues, and authored a non-fiction book called Small Business Solutions for Financial Management, to help entrepreneurs compete with large corporations.

After they tried to dose the New York press corps with Anthrax, Tadjer started writing novels.

Tadjer teaches journalism as an adjunct professor at SUNY New Paltz, in hopes that someone will carry the torch of an independent press, before the Fourth Estate crumbles to ruins altogether. She also does marketing and PR work for select, worthy high-tech companies and non-profit organizations in the arts and education. Her favorite long-term personal project: Finagling a way to make the voting system in this country mandatory, less hackable, and able to provide voters with a receipt. She also serves as Secretary of the Board of Trustees at Woodstock Day School, a progressive, independent private school.

Tadjer’s hometown is Washington, D.C. She went to Boston University and University of Maryland, studying philosophy and journalism when those two things weren’t mutually exclusive. She is a first-generation American who lived in L.A. briefly, Manhattan for most of her adult life, until she scurried to live on high ground in Woodstock, NY.

Join me Thursday February 26th as Rivka and I talk about the challenges that face women as they strive to come to acceptance with their own body image. Listen live at 10am pst / 11am mnt / 12pm cst / 1pm est on Blog Talk Radio.

You can join the chat room during the show, use the “click to talk” feature, or call in (347) 215-8942 with your comments or questions.

If you can’t make it to the live show - no worries, all shows are archived and available with the show notes soon after the show on the Journey to Self Website ~ http://journeytoself.info.

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Family Management 101 Series

Don’t forget to stop by the Mom’s Coffee Break Website ~ http://momcoffeebreak.com to read a new Family Management article every week!

Stop by later this week to read Family Management 101: The Family and Friends Department.

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WSW Brings You “Free Resources for Your Business”

I am honored to be speaking at Wealth, Success and Women’s tele-seminar next week Wednesday March 4th @ 8pm cst/9pm est.  I will be talking about Free Resources for Your Business and sharing the research I have done on free and low cost alternatives for the home business owner.

Wealth, Success and Women is a free social networking site for women entrepreneurs ~ http://www.wealthsuccessandwomen.com.  Mix and mingle with other dynamic, motivated, successful women in the Million’aire Diva Community.

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Quote of the Week

“It’s time to start living the life you’ve imagined”

~ Henry James

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