by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Sep 6, 2024 | Body Image Issues
It’s one of life’s most momentous rites of passage. Every August young adults shed their status in high school and enthusiastically assume a new role as college freshmen (aka “first-years”). Starry-eyed, ambitious, and naively straddling puberty and...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Sep 6, 2024 | Anxiety & Depression
We hate it. We fight it. We develop bad habits to avoid and ignore it. But (spoiler alert) stress isn’t goin’ anywhere anytime soon. And neither is its partner-in-crime, anxiety. They’re here for the long haul; and we can either deny and deflect or we can meet...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Aug 29, 2024 | Body Image Issues
As we women enter our 40’s and beyond, concerns about appearance often resurface, rekindling feelings of self-consciousness. What was once a conflict between budding maturity and body image is now a conflict between aging and body image. You know how it goes: those...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jul 17, 2024 | Disordered Eating
Believing you have to look a certain way – and basing your worth accordingly – is the curse of Diet Culture. And mental health is both related to and affected by it. Does the following sound familiar? “I can’t eat anything with (fill-in-the-blank) in it....
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Jun 15, 2024 | Body Image Issues
Naked. Raw. Alone. Unencumbered, unpretentious, unadorned. Stand this way in front of a full-length mirror, take and release a deep breath, and observe. Observe your thoughts as you observe your body. This is, after all, an exercise in body-acceptance. Notice the...
