Initially we shot the our interview together, but I wanted to talk to Ben alone for moment and get some more thoughts about the lessons he’s learned from his mother about taking care of his body, it’s fragility, he also talks about his sister and how this whole ordeal he brought is family closer. It took us a couple of tries to get it (you will see from our clothing changes lol) but we got it!
last Spring Lynne’s son (and my Student) (Prince) Ben suffered a shoulder injury that had him sidelined for a while, she talks about how seeing her son in pain and injured effected her and how she imparted what she has learned about taking care of herself and her body wit him.
I don’t know if you all are ready, I know him and I’m not. I sat down with Ben Avram ~ Prince Ben to you!!! We talked about how his shoulder injury left him with a greater respect for his body, dance and a deeper understanding of what his mother has endured. We also talk about what his perception (as a 10 year old) of what was happening when his mother first fell ill, how his parents and family shielded him and his sister from the gravity of the situation, and how now after having read the book he has been able to connect the dots of that time of his life to create a complete picture.
* When we were reviewing the footage Ben got such a kick out of the shots of him “preparing” to be interviewed, that he wanted me to do a bloopers reel, instead I left it in, as it gives you a better idea of why I get such a kick out of him!! Enjoy- I totally did!
Early on in The Body Broken when Lynne first begins to get searing headaches and begins the process of trying to get a diagnosis and hopefully find a cure, she reflects back on some of the other health issues that she had experienced earlier but thought nothing of- be it her issues with her eyesight, or even the loss of her sense of smell. I spoke with her about what she learned from connecting the dots, and how important it is to learn to listen to one’s body. We also talk about how this experience has changed her relationship to her Daughter Lilly (of whom I am a HUGE FAN!) what life lessons, woman lessons does she try to impart to the young girl now coming of age:
well considering that she is only 25 I wouldn’t think that she would, however being in Hollywood were they botox fetuses..you might have to prove the point here are the photos she posted as proof!
Well, she has mobility!!!
Interview with Body Hero Lynne Greenberg Author of The Body Broken Pt1
Part 2 of Lynne Greenberg Interview
Tom Ford Says Americans are too Fat
Intern Makeda Roney Tells you Her 6 Ways she Makes Herself Feel Good!
Tyra in a Bikini- Lookin’ Good!
GOOD HEAVENS the Woman with the Word’s Largest Breasts
Taking it further back:
Creating Body Image: When Parents are the Problem
Jenny Stahl’s Banning Bitchfests
Is Obesity the Cause of High Health Care?
Plus sized model Fluvia was a Body Hero last week and she just posted this beautiful video celebrating her body check it out!
I have to say, I have to so a mental double take when I look at billboards and advertisements. I have already shared the head trip that the H&M bikini ad put me through! clearly it effects me here is what Dr. Vivan Diller had to say
Hosted by Huffington Post
by Vivian Diller, Ph.D. Psychologist, author of “Face It,” speaker on issues about beauty and aging.
Has Photoshop gone too far? Kate Winslet and Brad Pitt are among several public figures who think so and the American Medical Association (AMA) is now backing them up.
Winslet was one of the first to break ground when she took action against GQ magazine for digitally altering her body in its photographs — making her unrealistically thin. Pitt requested that there be no retouching on his W magazine cover, personally selecting, Chuck Close to shoot it, a photographer known for his extremely detailed portraits that expose skin flaws. While most people dream of magically removing their pounds and wrinkles — and some celebs demand it — more and more are seeing Photoshop as dangerous terrain.
The American Medical Association (AMA) recently announced it was taking a stand against image manipulation in advertising, stating that alterations made through processes like Photoshop can contribute to unrealistic body image expectations, eating disorders and other emotional problems. Surprisingly, professional and public reactions are mixed.
One eating disorder specialist, Carrie Arnold, reacted with “show me the evidence.” In her piece, “What’s Photoshop Got to Do With It,” she quotes the AMA as saying “a large body of literature” exists linking media exposure to eating disorders, but after Arnold did her research, she found little scientific evidence to support the statement. The studies AMA cited just don’t connect Photoshop to diagnosable eating disorders, as spelled out by the DSM-IV. She writes, “We don’t think ads for disinfectant somehow promote OCD. We also don’t think that those Bluetooth headsets promote schizophrenia because it looks like you’re talking to yourself.” Condemning Photohop may make for a good media story, but Arnold questions its validity.
In a post here entitled “Photoshop Isn’t Evil,” Elizabeth Perle wrote that her “knee jerk reaction to hearing this news was a long, exaggerated eye roll.” The AMA’s statement against Photoshop, she believes is “too little too late,” adding it “frankly might make it worse for models, actresses, singers and other performers, for whom the pressures to alter their bodies will only be heightened.”
Tuesday the newly named creative director of Mugler Designer Nicola Formichetti was quoted in W magazine as saying:
One shoot, which involved dressing a rock band, was particularly unfortunate. “I was only used to dressing models and skinny kids,” he recalled. “And I turned up and it was, like, three fat guys. I just left. That was the last time I tried to work with fat people. I think one of them was Ali G’s brother. It was so ghetto.”
Now he is saying that his words were twisted and he was misquoted by the fashion rag. If in fact he did say this it would be in direct contradiction to the philosophy and mantra of his one of his largest clients, as he is the creative designer for “Born this Way” Lady Gaga.
After the article came out and plus sized models and I am assuming many “fat” people were offended he took to his social networking outlets to “clear up” the matter. The self proclaimed “Gemini,” he said—“I’m a two-faced bitch!” had this to say on his offcical Facebook page:
The text says “I know I should just leave it…but I hate when writers write whatever they want “I don’t work with fat people” why would someone say such a thing!?
I don’t know you tell US. Ok Here’s the thing I don’t know if he said it or not, but I can image those words floating uncensored out of a designers mouth it has happened before, whether slightly in jest or in totally candidness. I can also image that the concept of being “Misquoted” being WTF did I say PR damage control. Either way we should all learn to watch our words.
Little did I know but Lynne was a dancer! as a teenager she studied intensely but felt that her body was not right (her feet and hips) we talk about her perceptions of herself then and post accident. She talks about her relationship to our 3 principles of the body Acceptance, Appreciation and Respect. Clearly she as a very intimate understanding of what those three things mean. Listen and learn…I did.
for more information on Lynne Greenberg and The body Broken click here
I can not express how excited and honored I was to be able to sit with Body Hero Lynne Greenberg to discuss some of the reasons why I chose her for our Body Hero of the week, and let me tell you it was so much more than I could have asked for. There is such a grace and elegance about her, and her ready smile and sense of humor are delightful. When asked to recount what happened that fateful day she literally fell of a cliff she simply tells the story, when asked how, so calmly she can speak of it her answer embodies the all of the life lessons the accident has taught her. She is such an endearing, authentic person I only wish that you could have been sitting with us so that you could see and feel what she is saying. In this first section we talk about the metaphor of falling that she so eloquently uses in The Body Broken a Memoir to describe her actual fall during the car crash and her descent into a world of pain…