There's more pressure than ever before in our history for girls and women to spend energy, time and money to have the 'perfect' look. But at what cost?
Jill Zimmerman Rutledge is a psychotherapist who has been working with girls and women on body image issues for over 20 years. She’s the author of Picture Perfect – What You Need To Know To Feel Better About Your Body, and Dealing With the Stuff that Makes Life Tough.
Read about:
•How we’ve come to believe the illusion that the perfect image is more attainable than ever before
•How the ideal creates unbelievable stress for our girls
•How to tell if all this pressure is at an extreme, and what to do about it
•How a mother’s negative body issues and behaviour can affect her daughter, and how to change it
•How you can learn to picture yourself as being perfect just the way you are
•The signs that your daughter might have developed negative body image, and how you can help her
•And some of the signs and symptoms of eating disorders
•How special statements can help overcome the pressure to look perfect, and how you can craft your own
•What school support groups can do to help with negative body image and head off eating disorders
•How you can support someone under pressure about their looks
•Strategies to cope with binge eating
•Plus, Jill’s own body image journey, and she shares her top revolutionary idea with you
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Comments about this conversation:
Deborah RiveT: "After listening to this I felt so motivated to evalaute my life-style and body image, self esteem issues and motivation to take some steps to engage in my self, beliefs and negative issues that prevent contentment."
Lesley Rulli: "Thank so much for your words of wisdom. I have struggled with weight issues for many years. I have many sizes of clothing in my closet. I never stopped to think how my negative self image would affect my teenaged daughter. Now when I think back about comments I have made about myself in front of my daughter, I see how it affects her in a negative way. I plan to put your words into action. Thanks for the great suggestions. I do not want my daughter to struggle as I have with a negative self image."