Short-form social media videos and images that set unattainable appearance standards may harm young women’s perception of body image, research suggests.TikTok and body image: idealistic content may be detrimental to mental health Short-form social media videos and images that set unattainable appearance […]
Thanks to good old New Year’s resolutions, we spend a lot of January thinking about our bodies. Maybe we want to lose weight, eat better, or meditate more. All that reflection on what we want to change makes it way too easy […]
Images of fit, toned bodies on social media claim to provide fitness inspiration, but many millions of photos tagged #fitspo could be having the opposite effect. According to a new study by Flinders University, women who are exposed to campaigns encouraging functional […]
For many women and girls, how to stop absorbing the incessant negative messages from the fashion and advertising industries and build a healthy self image, can be a bridge too far. It’s just too hard for many and they simply give up […]
I’m back again to talk about social media and body image, only this time, rather than highlight the things that I don’t like about what’s out there, I thought I would instead reflect on some of the many positive things I have discovered in […]
(Pictured above: Taryn Brumfitt during the making of her documentary, EMBRACE) I’ve had an epiphany of sorts … it came after I attended the documentary EMBRACE and the Q&A with Taryn Brumfitt. This doco is life changing. I wish I had seen […]
Myjanne Jensen interviews Jenn Hand—food coach, creator of Healing From Within and founder of www.jennhand.com – a full-service boutique that offers coaching and an online program that enables women to transform their relationship with food, weight, body, and eating. Jenn knows from […]
I don’t know about you, but I’m just a little bit over seeing Kim Kardashian’s naked selfies plastered all over the place and even more tired of the fact that these images are constantly glorified and portrayed as “news”. Now, hear me […]
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