Overcoming Body Image Issues

She’s long, lean, and smothered in pink. Her hair is beauty-pageant lush, her plastic breasts are firmly attentive, and her

The awareness of – and struggle over – what can be both gained and lost is at the heart of

While nearly everyone has heard of eating disorders, not everyone has heard of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and disordered eating,

Call them what you want: asymmetries, beauty marks, battle scars, flaws. We all have them. The mirror reveals them, and

Where on the timeline of growing up do body image and aging become a focus? As an adult reading this,

I want to talk to the body-haters out there. Look in the mirror, then fill in the blank: “I hate

Of all the “self-qualities” in one’s life portfolio, self-worth is the one that ought be the unconditional foundation to all

Be honest. Is social media affecting your body image? Do you find yourself masking your true feelings behind a heart

Corsets, bikinis, skinny jeans, stilettos. Every culture has its version of the contrived ideal body and the clothes that should

Times change. People change. Bodies change. But interestingly, findings from body image research haven’t changed much in the past 30

What does Albert Einstein have to do with body image? Perhaps not so much in the direct sense. But, as