We live in a culture obsessed with youth. Wrinkles are considered flaws; midlife is deemed a time of decline; and aging with confidence is reserved for the rich and famous. For the rest of us, aging...

Anti-Diet Utopia: A World Without Food Shame or Body Distress   It is the year 2500, and we live in an Anti-Diet Utopia (ADU). Self-imposed restriction and any form of dieting are banned....

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")....

She’s long, lean, and smothered in pink. Her hair is beauty-pageant lush, her plastic breasts are firmly attentive, and her non-bunioned feet are always on tiptoe. And she has it all – careers,...

The awareness of – and struggle over – what can be both gained and lost is at the heart of this growth. It requires stretching, accepting, even grieving. An eating disorder can develop for many...

While nearly everyone has heard of eating disorders, not everyone has heard of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and disordered eating, let alone the 10 things they have in common. Are these all...

Call them what you want: asymmetries, beauty marks, battle scars, flaws. We all have them. The mirror reveals them, and we interpret them. And, for some, that interpretation reveals signs of body...