David Bedrick, JD, Dipl. PW is an author, speaker, teacher and expert on the topics of shame, night time dreams, weight loss and body image, diversity and social injustice, and new paradigms in psychology.
February 3, 2021
Weight loss programs abound. It’s a $70 billion industry that is 95% ineffective. So why keep trying? Why keep taking their advice? Or, more importantly, why do... more
November 2, 2020
When I ask people how they think trauma interacts with body size, I often hear statements like, “I’m really bad when it comes to eating my feelings,” or “I... more
October 25, 2020
We tend to think about hunger in relation to food, but guess what? We have a lot of hungers for a lot of things. And by hunger, I mean craving, need, thirst, desire,... more
October 8, 2020
There’s a giant crime at the heart of the way women feel about themselves and their weight. Want to know what it is? The conventional weight loss industry, a titanic... more
January 17, 2017
Excerpted from David's new book Revisioning Activism. How far have we really come since Dr. King’s passing in 1968? Could those who argue that we now live in a truly... more
November 8, 2015
Maya Angelou was raped as a child. Visiting her aunt and uncle, she was frightened to tell them about the rapist for fear her uncle would hurt this man. She decided to... more
November 7, 2015
A child is assaulted by a parent; the other parent looks away, dismisses, minimizes, or simply doesn’t see. What happens psychologically? The assault needs to be... more
November 6, 2015
George Zimmerman, a white male neighborhood watchman, shot and killed Trayvon Martin, a black male youth. Zimmerman was charged, tried, and acquitted in July 2013. In... more
November 5, 2015
"I'm so stressed"; "I'm stressed out"—words spoken by people every day. Stress is one of the most written-about areas in psychology. Just by listening and reading,... more
November 4, 2015
What are your dreams telling you? How can you understand their meaning? In my years of teaching people about dreams, I have found three keys to help unlock... more