It Is About the Food…New Group Starting November 1

Join me on a weekly basis starting November 1 in a Eating Disorder Recovery Meal Support Group. In this group I will work with you and your peers on your individual and shared food fears in a supportive and relaxed atmosphere. We will use mindfulness, awareness and cognitive restructuring to help free you from mistaken beliefs  about food that may be keeping you stuck in your disordered eating patterns.  You will set goals together with your recovery peers and witness and support each other as you move forward. This group is for people who have done some recovery work yet still find themselves struggling to have complete freedom in their relationship with food.

Call me at 448-8461 to schedule a free interview to decide whether you are a good fit for this group. Cost is $65 per week and a six week commitment is required for participation in the group. Group will meet Mondays 6:00-7:30 in my office beginning Monday, November 1.  Space is limited.

Celebrate The Skin You’re In

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Beverly Hills Country Club

Beverly Hills, CA

4:00 – 8:00pm

Cost is $35 per person

~ wine and Hors d’ oeuvres served ~

Cocktail Attire Suggested

Join us at iaedp Southern California Evening in the Arts as Juli Hayes Nadler displays an amazing visual show of her Real Beauty Collection of photographs and will discuss how her work as a photographer has evolved from her work with eating disorders. She will share her story of how she became committed to authenticity in celebrating women’s bodies with her photography and how this work has personally touched and inspired her.

Juli has been a Registered Dietitian, specializing in eating disorders and body image related issues for almost 25 years. During this time she has helped many women accept, nourish and honor the body they were born with. She has worked in inpatient and private practice settings, with individuals and groups, and on college and high school campuses. She has a passion for helping her clients free themselves from the prison and pain of disordered eating.

For many years, Juli has also been a photographic artist, specializing in her “Celebrate the Skin You’re In” photography. She brings her experience and passion for celebrating women’s bodies in all shapes and sizes to this work. Her photo sessions are often a healing experience for women who have been brought up in a culture that tells us there is only one type of body that is worthy of celebrating.

“Juli’s photos gently illuminate the true beauty and grace of the feminine spirit as it is reflected through the bodies of all women. The authenticity of these images are an antidote to the false, one-dimensional images we see in the media today. They invite us to celebrate the exquisite beauty of the embodied feminine soul.” -Anita Johnston, Ph.D. author, Eating in the Light of the Moon.

For more information please go to www.iaedpsocal.com

Celebrating the Skin You’re In…A body image workshop for mothers and daughters, ages 9-12

Join eating disorder prevention and treatment specialists Juli Hayes-Nadler, RD and Andrea Borgatello, LCSW for a special day with your pre-adolescent daughter to celebrate the changes her body is and will be going through. Both mothers and daughters will learn about how our bodies are each beautifully unique and can not be molded into our cultures “perfect ideal” that our daughters are starting to consider emulating. You will learn about the influences of genetics, metabolism, media and the dangers of dieting.  Moms will get a chance to talk about our own body image histories and the concerns we have about our daughters in this culture that idealizes ultra thinness. Together we will learn to celebrate the skin we’re in!

This event will be held at the beautiful Oak Grove School campus in Ojai, California from 9AM-4PM on Saturday, Oct. 25 for moms and daughters ages 9-10 and on Sunday, October 26 for moms and daughters ages 11-12. There will be a potluck lunch where we will learn and practice mindful or “intuitive eating” together. Both days are expected to fill quickly, so be sure to contact me at www.julhaynad@gmail.com or 805-448-8461 for a registration form as soon as possible. The workshop is $165 per mother-daughter pair with a $20 discount for Oak Grove families.

Group facilitators:
Juli Hayes-Nadler, RD is a Registered Dietitian with over 23 years of experience preventing and treating body image and food related issues. She works with pre-adolescents, teens and their families to support them in living a healthy lifestyle, and relating more positively to their bodies, food and each other.  Juli is a consultant to The Thacher School and Westmont College and  has a private practice in Santa Barbara.
Andrea Borgatello, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist specializing in the treatment and prevention of eating and body related issues. She brings great passion and inspiration to her work helping mothers and daughters not just “survive” but thrive through adolescence. Andrea has a private practice in Santa Barbara

Celebrating Girls, Honoring Mothers

Our “Celebrating Girls, Honoring Mothers, Strengthening the Connection” workshop at Santa Barbara Yoga Center this past Saturday was a great success and a clear sign that there is a need and a desire for more opportunities for mothers and their pre-adolescent daughters to strengthen their connection with each other before the onset of adolescence. Through myth, ritual, yoga, art, and photography we celebrated this special bond that is passed down from generation to generation. We talked about the need for girls to have the support of their mothers throughout the process of individuation and how this support needs to begin well before our daughters begin this major transition of adolescence. We also reflected on the need for mothers to find support from each other as we try to raise our daughters in a culture that works often against our girls.

Given the great enthusiasm we felt from the mothers and daughters at this special workshop, we have decided to offer a full day retreat in early fall. For more information about this next workshop, feel free to email me at julhaynad@gmail.com or call me at 805-448-8461.

New Group Forming

There will be a new group forming to support and educate mothers with daughters struggling with body image and food issues. This six week group will help you decode “fat talk”, explore the underlying factors that contribute to body dissatisfaction in adolescence, and communicate more effectively about food and body image issues with your daughter. The group will be co-facilitated by myself and Andrea Borgatello, LCSW

Please call or email me for more information about the group!

Celebrating Girls and Honoring Mothers

Join me on Saturday, May 10, 2:00-5:00 at Santa Barbara Yoga Studio for a lovely afternoon celebrating the connection between girls ages 8-12 and their mothers. I will be co-facilitating with Andrea Borgatello, LCSW and yoga instructor, Anne Chennoweth. Cost is $65 per pair. For more information or to register for this very special afternoon, call me at 448-8461.Through myth, education, yoga, arts and crafts, sacred circle and photography we will celebrate and strengthen the mother daughter connection.