Here we are heading into summer! I’m not sure any of us know what to fully expect over the summer months with all going on in the world. But we can expect the weather to warm up (which means wearing less clothes than you’ve been used to lately), and maybe...
In the appearance-obsessed culture we live in, raising a body-positive child takes intentional work and effort. Helping a child respect and feel confident about his or her body is no small feat, but it’s definitely possible. Because our culture idealizes...
Eating disorders are serious life-threatening mental illnesses. National surveys show that 20 million American women and 10 million American men will suffer from an eating disorder at some point in their lives. There is not a single, specific cause; it’s usually a...
Around the time my husband came with me to Idaho for the IAND meeting, he was contemplating applying for a job in Cache Valley, Utah. We mulled it over a bunch on that trip, weighed pros and cons, and ultimately decided that it would be a good idea for him to apply....
Working toward a more positive body image is tough stuff. It feels like an uphill battle for most people, and is usually THE THING that moves clients back into a diet mentality, causing them to lose sight of the body trust they have been working so hard to create....
We live in a weight- and body-shape-obsessed society, and it’s easy (and normal) to develop body dissatisfaction. I recently heard the term “normative discontent,” coined in the 1980s by researchers who found widespread negative body image, particularly among women,...
