We frequently affiliate poor physique picture and physique dissatisfaction with teenagers and grownup girls. However the actuality that the roots of detrimental physique picture take maintain a lot sooner than that.
On this week’s episode, we dive deep into the science behind physique picture with Drs. Janet Boseovski and Ashleigh Gallagher, co-authors of Past Physique Optimistic: A Mom’s Science-Primarily based Information for Serving to Women Construct a Wholesome Physique Picture. This dialog is a must-listen for mothers, caregivers, and anybody seeking to foster a more healthy relationship with their physique and break the cycle of poisonous eating regimen tradition.
From early childhood messaging to the influence of media, peer teams, and parental affect, our visitors present highly effective insights into how physique picture is formed throughout a girl’s lifetime. They make clear why physique dissatisfaction isn’t simply one thing that seems in maturity—it’s cultivated from childhood and continues to be strengthened by way of numerous societal pressures.
Janet and Ashleigh additionally discover the distinction between “physique positivity” because it’s generally used right now and what science truly tells us about fostering a constructive physique picture. They problem the mainstream dialog and provide sensible, research-backed methods for serving to younger women (and their mothers) develop a more healthy, extra resilient relationship with their our bodies.
In the event you’ve ever struggled with physique picture or nervous in regards to the messages your baby is receiving about their look, this episode is filled with actionable recommendation, insightful analysis, and hope for change. Let’s transfer past simply “feeling good in our our bodies” and work in the direction of a tradition the place girls and women can deal with who they’re, not simply how they appear.
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Right here’s Why We’re Obsessive about This Episode:
✅ It’s not simply one other physique picture dialog—it’s science-backed and deeply insightful.
✅ The authors bust myths round physique positivity and introduce a more healthy, simpler method.
✅ Actual-life, sensible instruments to assist mothers and daughters shift their views on meals, health, and self-worth.
✅ A deep dive into the lifelong influence of physique picture—from childhood by way of maturity.
✅ Encouragement for ladies to step into their company and redefine how they interact with their our bodies.
Don’t Miss This Episode If…
🚫 You’ve ever struggled with physique picture your self and need to break the cycle for the following technology.
🚫 You’re a mother, aunt, trainer, or mentor who needs to assist younger women develop a more healthy self-concept.
🚫 You’re uninterested in eating regimen tradition and the fixed emphasis on weight, magnificence, and look.
🚫 You’ve puzzled why physique dissatisfaction is so persistent and what truly works to alter it.
🚫 You need a recent, empowering perspective on self-worth that isn’t about simply trying within the mirror and “loving what you see.”
Tune in now!
👉 Listen to the Full Episode Right here
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What You’ll Study in This Episode:
📖 The stunning science behind how physique picture develops from early childhood.
👩👧 How mothers are the last word influencers of their daughters’ physique picture—for higher or worse.
🔬 Why constructive physique picture isn’t the identical as physique positivity—and why that distinction issues.
💡 The three greatest contributors to physique dissatisfaction (and counteract them).
🍽️ The sneaky methods eating regimen tradition and fats speak present up in on a regular basis parenting—and shift the narrative.
🏋️♀️ How bodily literacy and motion influence physique picture (and why sports activities could be a double-edged sword).
💬 How you can have actual conversations with women about physique adjustments, confidence, and self-respect.
🚀 Sensible, science-backed methods for elevating assured, resilient women who see their our bodies as highly effective, not issues to repair.
About Janet and Ashleigh
Janet Boseovski, PhD is a professor and head of the Division of Psychology on the College of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is Co-Director of the DUCK Lab, a baby improvement lab at UNCG and she or he has studied social and cognitive improvement in early to late childhood for over 20 years. Janet serves on the Board of Administrators of the Greensboro Science Heart and the Jean Piaget Society for the Research of Information and Improvement. She enjoys chatting with the general public, and writing about, baby improvement and well-being.
Ashleigh Gallagher, PhD is a senior lecturer in psychology on the College of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her analysis and educating pursuits are within the areas of social cognition and gender, and she or he enjoys making use of psychology past tutorial contexts. She enjoys making use of psychology exterior academia and has co-authored a guide on the alternatives out there to researchers who want to achieve this as effectively (The Transportable PhD: Taking Your Psychology Profession Past Academia, American Psychological Affiliation, 2020).
🔗 Sources & Hyperlinks:
🎧 Past Physique Optimistic – Seize your copy right here (use code FLYER15 for 15% off) or right here.
📖 Psychology As we speak Weblog: Head Begin for Wholesome Physique Picture
📲 Comply with Janet & Ashleigh on Instagram, Fb, and LinkedIn right here and right here
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