The Paradox of "Beautiful" in Body Image Campaigns: How It Upholds the Importance of Beauty as a "Thing"

The Paradox of “Beautiful” in Body Image Campaigns: How It Upholds the Importance of Beauty as a “Thing”

I saw it again today. This time it was the  heading “All Postpartum Body Types Are Beautiful”, accompanied by...

March 6
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Be a Part of Our Understanding Body Matters Podcast

  Our Understanding Body Matters podcast has reached an impressive milestone of 113 episodes, each packed with helpful information...

January 30

Making peace with your pregnant body

By Andrea Guerrini “A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about...

October 28

What is the role of an Eating Disorder Dietitian?

How can a Dietitian assist someone recovering from an Eating Disorder? A Dietitian specialising in the treatment of Eating...

November 4

Men Aren’t Immune to an Eating Disorder

By Tim Fulton Source: Executive style Eating disorders are more commonly experienced by females but this doesn’t mean that...

September 21

Managing automatic and unhelpful thoughts

By Deborah Etienne-Ward It is common to assume that our feelings are automatic and that they occur as a...

April 21

Teaching Families that Integration (Not Eradication) Leads to Recovery

Reposted from Eating Disorders Blog with permission; Adapted from original article by Anna Kowalski and Abby Gold. Having worked at Monte...

March 8

Meet Nikki DuBose: Former Model, Author, Speaker and Mental Health Advocate

By Madalyn McCormack Trigger warning: Descriptions of eating disordered behaviour and abuse. In December last year we were lucky enough...

March 1

What are the Benefits of Using a Recovery Tool Like Recovery Record?

By Sarah McMahon Recovery Record is a powerful App that we use regularly at BodyMatters. We have written about...

February 13

MINDFULNESS, YOGA AND EATING DISORDER RECOVERY

The following blog was written by Jodi Strock as part of YBIC’s monthly column that highlights how the practice of yoga...

February 9