by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 19, 2021 | Body Image Issues
The reflection you see in the mirror may seem straightforward for a quick passing. “Good hair day,” “bad hair day,” “looking good,” “just not feeling it.” But, in truth, what you see is more than visual. It’s deeper and more complex than that. Your “acceptance” or...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 11, 2021 | Body Image Issues
Whatever your child’s age or gender, body image is a topic that belongs in your daily teaching and communication. If body image is a sensitive or confusing topic for you as an adult, imagine how it can impact a child’s impressionable mind. Information about body image...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Dec 7, 2021 | Body Image Issues
Open up any social media app, and you’ll see it – in ads, in videos, in your friends’ posts and photos. Turn on the TV or open a magazine, and you’ll see it – in commercials, in programs, in fashion and makeup ads. You really can’t escape the countless normalized...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Oct 11, 2021 | Body Image Issues
Healthy body image role models are tough to find, let alone meet. Especially in Diet Culture. Diet Culture is a system of false beliefs that we’re taught. Despite their glaring untruths, they’re almost universally endorsed in Western culture — so much so that we often...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Sep 20, 2021 | Body Image Issues
Body image is complicated. Rarely is there anyone over age 4 or so who loves her body. That is so sad; none of us is born hating our body. And even through early stages of life, we revel in our fingers and toes. And in our body as a whole. Chubby babies are considered...
by Elayne S. Daniels, PhD | Aug 19, 2021 | Body Image Issues
Tips for how to overcome poor body image and body dissatisfaction tend to be generic. Or at least limited. Suggestions such as valuing what is inside and not just what you look like on the outside. Focusing on what your body can do instead of how it looks. Or that how...
