by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 20, 2025 | Body Image Issues
Diet Culture Disguised As Common Sense Picture it. Santa is at the mall, on a chair. The red and green Christmas lights are shining brightly. The rehearsed wish for a LEGO set is on the minds of the kids in line.. And then, with the honesty a child delivers, this line...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Nov 26, 2025 | Body Image Issues
Body Image in a Changing World: What 30 Years of Research Reveals Looking Back: What We Knew Then Body image has changed dramatically over the last three decades—but not always in the ways you might expect. When I began studying body image in the early 1990s, the main...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Nov 22, 2025 | Body Image Issues
If you’ve been walking around in a fog, feeling like your emotional battery is permanently stuck at 5%, you’re not malfunctioning.You’re likely dealing with something more than “being tired.” You’re burned out — and your body knows it. Not the Instagrammable “a spa...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Nov 1, 2025 | Body Image Issues
That “Oh No, That’s Me?” Moment: When Photos Trigger Body Shame Why does seeing a photo of yourself, especially in a group, make you want to shrink your body, even though you know better? Most of us know that familiar jolt: the scroll, the tag, the sudden oh no,...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Oct 26, 2025 | Body Image Issues
When Halloween Feels More Trick Than Treat: Understanding Why Some People Opt Out Halloween is supposed to be fun — a chance to play, indulge, and maybe even feel daring. But for many, it’s the opposite. The costumes feel exposing, the candy feels threatening, and the...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Apr 16, 2025 | Body Image Issues
Anti-Diet Utopia: A World Without Food Shame or Body Distress It is the year 2500, and the world is now an Anti-Diet Utopia (ADU). No more self-imposed restriction or dieting. They’re banned. Bodies of all shapes and sizes are welcome. In ADU, bodies...
