Lisa Currie, M.S. | Coming Out of the Fridge!

Program Topics

Consider one of these program topics or discuss customizing a program to your campus' needs with Lisa. Handouts typically used are linked below several of the program descriptions.

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► Eating Disorders & Concerns
*Coming Out of the Fridge: A Personal Look at Compulsive Eating* In this multi-media presentation, Lisa describes her own experience with compulsive eating disorder by sharing stories from her life in order to put a face to the facts about this less talked-about eating disorder. Her stories illustrate what can contribute to the development of compulsive eating, the role emotional eating and poor body image plays, and about moving towards recovery. In addition, she shares suggestions and resources with the audience on how to prevent an eating disorder, how to help a friend who is struggling and resources to look to for more information.
Tips for Dealing with an Eating Problem Honor and Value Your Self
*Bandage my Heart with Chocolate: Unwrapping Emotional Eating* Eating to assuage an emotional state is something almost everyone does at some time or another. Often our societal expectations and family structures actually support emotional eating as stress management, in spite of our national obsession with being thin. When emotional eating becomes the norm for an individual, it can contribute to greater eating concerns, as it did for Lisa with the development of her compulsive eating disorder. Learning to unwrap those situations that trigger an emotional eating response is critical to relearning to use food as fuel for the body, not as a bandage for the heart. This program offers participants the opportunity to learn about emotional eating, illustrated by examples from Lisa's personal experience, what contributes to its development, how to identify triggers and creating more effective responses to emotional situations.
Eight Traits of Emotional Hunger
*Is it a Diet...or an Eating Disorder?* Wondering when it’s a diet and when it’s an eating disorder? Sometimes it can be difficult to tell, just by observing the behaviors of your peers. In general, striving to lose some weight in a healthful manner is a diet; trying to improve one’s entire life through food and eating (or restricting eating) is an eating disorder. But where is the line that separates one from the other? Learn about the continuum of eating behaviors – from healthy eating to eating disorder and everything in between. The multiple factors that contribute to our “diet culture” and the development of eating disorders will also be discussed to help you understand why some people will develop disorders, while others will not.

► Well-Being
*Choose Wellness!* Each day you make choices that effect your organization, your peers, and your campus. Deciding to put as much energy into choices that positively impact your own health is just as important so your personal and academic performance do not suffer. This presentation takes a look at wellness-based decision-making to encourage you to maintain a healthy balance between the demands placed on you and your own personal needs. You will learn how to gauge your readiness to change, about setting attainable goals for behavior change, what role rewards play, and how to cope with challenges to your progress. This is a practical system for making small changes that can make a big difference. Learn how to put these tools into use in your own life and also discuss how you can encourage your peers to do the same!

Compassion Fatigue: Can You Care Too Much? We all care a great deal about our roles as student leaders, our academic commitments and the people we interact with on a daily basis. Yet this penchant to care can zap the energy right out of us if we are over-doing it. It may even get to the point where we lose our ability to empathize with others and feel we don’t – or can’t -- care anymore. If it gets to that point, it may actually be compassion fatigue, which is a type of burnout first identified in trauma nurses and other health care professionals. This session examines compassion fatigue and how to recognize and address it before it gets the best of you or your fellow student leaders. You will take away tools to help identify when you (or a peer) are burning out and how to prevent compassion fatigue from occurring in the first place.

► Alcohol and other Drugs
*The Case of* Miss Perception & the Technicolor Yawn Alcohol is one of the most significant predictors of problems for college students. Much of that trouble begins with the misperception that high risk alcohol use is the norm, leading to incidents of severe intoxication and other problems. This program strives to correct the misperceptions surrounding student alcohol consumption while giving students practical knowledge on how to address problem situations that do arise. If the session is intended for student leaders, a discussion of their responsibility for role modeling positive healthy behavior around alcohol can be included.

*TIPS for the University Training* Promote a more responsible social environment by providing your students with the skills they need to intervene effectively in alcohol-related situations. This three-hour training consists of three components: information about how alcohol affects the body and the legal liabilities associated with the consumption and provision of alcohol; skills training to recognize signs of intoxication and prevent alcohol misuse and a practice session to build confidence for using these skills. In addition, each participant receives their own workbook and a certification card good for three years. Note: An additional materials fees of $15 per person will be charged for this training; however, local beer and liquor distributors may offer grants to cover these costs. Learn more about TIPS training at www.gettips.com.

► Other Trainings
*Staff Trainings* Drawing on her long experience with training various groups of students and faculty & staff, Lisa can help you design a training for your group that best meets your needs. Groups which can benefit from training: Peer Educators Resident Advisors Student Leaders Professional staff members Topics which Lisa can address for your group include, but are not limited to: Addressing eating disorders & body image concerns effectively Social norms theory Environmental management theory Discussion facilitation skills Role modeling and ethics Contact Lisa to discuss your needs and how she can be of assistance.

*Customized Programs* Programs can be personalized to the needs of your campus. When discussing your program needs with Lisa, sharing information about your student population, campus characteristics and culture, and anticipated audience will allow for greater personalization.

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